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LARS ULRICH Says New METALLICA Album 'Should' Be Released In September
- Mar. 10, 2008
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According to NME.com, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has announced that the group's follow-up to 2003's "St Anger" will be released this September. The band has been recording the as-yet-untitled record in Los Angeles with producer Rick Rubin. Speaking to IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson on the March 7 edition of Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, Ulrich said: "We're just finishing up a record, we've got six weeks left and it should be out in September, that's the idea right now." He added: "I like what I've heard so far. I'm not one of the great sellers of 'the new record's the best thing we've ever done and it shits all over the last record and it's way heavier'. I'm not a great believer in all that horseshit." "I like it and I'm one of METALLICA's harshest critics. So far it feels pretty good but there's still plenty of time to fuck it up, so let's see what happens." Listen to a replay of "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show" featuring the Lars Ulrich interview at BBC.co.uk. Lars recently told Revolver magazine that the group's new material "is certainly a lot more dynamic and a lot more varied than the last couple of go-rounds," adding, "There's a lot of light and shade in these songs. There's heavy, fast, nutty stuff, and then there's some slowdowns and musical interludes." Ulrich also said that the album has more in common with some of the group's '80s releases than more recent offerings like "St. Anger" and "Load". Ulrich wouldn't agree that the yet-to-be-titled disc is a full-blown return to the past, saying, "I hate to be that specific, because six months from now people are gonna go, 'What the fuck? Lars lied to us!' But it feels that way to me." The drummer also revealed that producer Rick Rubin, working with the band for the first time, wanted METALLICA to use classic efforts like "Ride the Lightning" and "Master of Puppets" as "reference points" for its new songs.
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COMMENT |
posted by : thenumberofthebeef
3/10/2008 11:23:26 AM
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I've given this band so many chances...not sure if I should give them another. Who knows...maybe it will be moderately impressive.
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COMMENT | .
posted by :
3/10/2008 11:24:46 AM
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About damn time they announce the date... i can't wait!
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COMMENT |
posted by : DevinTownsendsFunnyShapedHead
3/10/2008 11:34:45 AM
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no matter how good this album is, it will still be slated by the 'troo' metalheads who long for more 'top metalhead' points
*rolleyes*
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COMMENT | Not sure what to think
posted by : ru18
3/10/2008 11:35:06 AM
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but I have high hopes with Rick Rubin producing it.
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COMMENT | Listen to a real band...
posted by :
3/10/2008 11:36:29 AM
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Give up on Metallica already!! Listen to a real band @ www.myspace.com/asskickermusic
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COMMENT | ...
posted by : weballergy
3/10/2008 11:36:41 AM
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Everyone, and I mean EVERY-fucking-ONE, will either download it or buy it. Good or bad. Sell-out or under...
Then, the internets will be flooded with insults and cheers! And Metallica will continue to cash on their fame!
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COMMENT | allright
posted by : a_m_z
3/10/2008 11:48:09 AM
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IT'S ABOUT A LOOOOOONG FUCKIN TIME , by the way it ain't gonna be near to RTL or MOP not in a milion years,and i think it's gonna be awosome u kno i was born in this month :-D
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COMMENT |
posted by :
3/10/2008 11:49:13 AM
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Maybe they should be like the "mainman" I mean Dave Mustaine and get on the internets and kiss all of your asses and do interviews every fuckin day and give you nicknames like "Doogies" and then if the music is shit none of you kids will care? The "it's all about me" emo kids out there don't like Metallica because they do shit theie way and don't give a fuck about what you think. You can't handle that.
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COMMENT | Can't wait
posted by : wag
3/10/2008 11:49:44 AM
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BUT ... this is the last chance I'm going to give this band. It's been down hill for me ever since the black album. I'm probably the only one on here that views the black album as a master piece.
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COMMENT |
posted by : houde666
3/10/2008 11:50:09 AM
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SEPTEMBER?!? damn... 6 months from now. This album must be very good...
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COMMENT |
posted by : pigchop
3/10/2008 11:54:12 AM
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Metallica will surprise us all with a very good record.
Please.
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COMMENT | Metallica, LOL!
posted by :
3/10/2008 11:56:38 AM
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I'm more exicted about the leaves changing color in September than I'll ever be about this shitfest.
Metallica = dead since '91.
jdfu!
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COMMENT | Yay!
posted by : RiotAct666
3/10/2008 12:04:02 PM
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Bring it on. Metallica still rules \m/
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COMMENT | What is sad is...
posted by :
3/10/2008 12:07:05 PM
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... that if CD doesn't sell a gazillion copies, Rick Rubin will be criticized... and Metallica will stay as clueless and as far removed as they are now... they haven't learned that different isn't always better...
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COMMENT | Sept 2008
posted by :
3/10/2008 12:09:00 PM
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One things for sure, this album will be the 2009 "Metal" grammy winner. Even, especially if, it sucks turds.
Also whether or not it is any good, there are millions of middle school girls and similar mentalities who will buy it.
It is going to be a commercial success just like St. Angel
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COMMENT |
posted by :
3/10/2008 12:09:35 PM
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I'ts so nice of you kids to give Metallica another chance, I'm sure it warms there heart. NOBODY CARES, GET OVER YOURSELF!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
3/10/2008 12:10:07 PM
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Good news, I'm looking forward to this release. St. Anger wasn't vintage metallica, but it wasn't bad either, so this is easily one of the most anticipated releases of the year for me (along with Opeth and Kayo Dot).
What's with people posting links to their shit bands? Comment about the article and be done with it.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
3/10/2008 12:19:28 PM
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Man! The Mayan Doomsday prophesy can't come soon enough!
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COMMENT | urgh
posted by : spaztekmofo
3/10/2008 12:19:56 PM
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Hopefully it will be good.
If not - Formation of Damnation will make up for it.
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COMMENT | Metallica FUKKIN Rules!
posted by :
3/10/2008 12:23:18 PM
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Man, I have been waiting for the past 2 years for this album! I can't wait. I'm not so much of a stuck up pussy that i would criticize all the albums Metallica has ever made. All of Metallicas albums are better than anything you will ever do so don't criticize. This new album is gonna show you.
METALLICA!
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COMMENT | Like some dude said in an earlier thread...
posted by : Your Mom's Best Friend
3/10/2008 12:26:06 PM
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"There's heavy, fast, nutty stuff, and then there's some slowdowns and musical interludes...
- Yeah, kinda like my dumps"
:-D
Anyway, bet this will be a swell album for the majority of their fans nowadays: soccer moms and the likes.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
3/10/2008 12:35:39 PM
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I have faith in this album for 2 reasons.
1)Rick Ruben is producing it, and he's done some pretty bad ass work in the past. I don't know of one album I've heard of his that I didn't like.
2)I just don't think Metallica has the balls to put out another shitty album. These guys pretty much started the world of heavy, yet clean and crisp distortion, and the crossing of classical and blues lead work. They have to know what's at stake here too. After as many fans have shunned them in the past, I'm pretty sure they realise they will lose most, if not all of their die hard fan base if this one bombs.
All I can say is "good luck".
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COMMENT |
posted by : TheSoundOfChunder
3/10/2008 12:50:53 PM
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make sure you leave the bass out of the mix as per usual, dipshits!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
3/10/2008 12:55:37 PM
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Listen to St. Anger and then listen to MOP or any album talica album from the 80's. St. Anger has more technical riffage and more originality than the old albums. On MOP they used blastbeats on Battery and Damage Inc. (I am not sure what a blastbeat is but I think it has something to do with a drum being blasted pretty hard), they didn't need blastbeats on St. Anger so they used snarebeats to replace it.
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COMMENT |
posted by : wooten
3/10/2008 1:07:50 PM
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I was hoping it would have that nice spring/summer Master of Puppets feel to it.
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COMMENT |
posted by : black_art
3/10/2008 1:09:43 PM
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fuck the new album and fuck metallica...
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COMMENT | ^^^^
posted by :
3/10/2008 1:12:59 PM
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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COMMENT | I meant
posted by :
3/10/2008 1:13:36 PM
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The laughter was for the blast beat comment! HAHAHAHAHA!! Still laughing!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : blackXmetalXcore
3/10/2008 1:19:35 PM
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good
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COMMENT | this was found out like last week
posted by :
3/10/2008 1:25:25 PM
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blabbermouth is kinda slow...can't wait for for it to come out its goin to be awsome.
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COMMENT | Thanks David Levine
posted by :
3/10/2008 1:27:33 PM
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Well I hope thet use more blastbeats than snarebeats on the new album!
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COMMENT | HOOORAY!
posted by : Dee67
3/10/2008 1:29:36 PM
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I've been really looking forward to buying this CD.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
3/10/2008 1:35:06 PM
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Metallica owns you fools.
Can't wait until September!!!
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COMMENT | metallica.......
posted by : mnmetalhead
3/10/2008 1:59:15 PM
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Even though they may suck now they will always remain legendary so say what you want but they will always rock in my book!
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COMMENT |
posted by : abatzkon
3/10/2008 2:24:35 PM
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Lars noone trusts u no more. I have no expectations from this one cause i dont wanna be dissapointed. Let's see whether it will be out on september or later even...
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COMMENT |
posted by :
3/10/2008 2:27:56 PM
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Metallica's first four albums are awesome, but come on. Bands like Possessed, Bathory and Venom destroy Metallica individually.
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COMMENT | wow... a september release date
posted by : #1metalhead
3/10/2008 3:14:27 PM
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just in time for the christmas shopping season.if this came any other time of year it probably wouldn't sell.this is the only smart thing this piece of shit band has done since "justice"
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COMMENT | Bathory vs Metallica?
posted by :
3/10/2008 3:15:02 PM
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Wow this has turned into an interesting thread. Personally being the reason for me palm muting playing guitar of course Metallica are a bigger influence, but I still love the first six or seven Bathory plus Blood on ice and parts of the last two.
very different bands though, dont think they can be compared. One thing is for certain, Quorthon didnt have too many fingers in the pie pulling him to do certain things. He did things the way he wanted to, even if it meant doing beatles and grunge style stuff (solo albums) or bad quasi industrial thrash stuff (Octagon?)
I think Metallica are more of an organization at this point, rather than a band, at least that is the impression that I got from watching Some Kind of Monster.
However I will say that the interesting thing is is that I didn't mind much of Saint Anger. It was kind of raw and fucked up and I quite enjoy that at times..
Np: Hellhammer Demon Entrails.
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COMMENT | Blastbeats also incorporate the useage of the snare drum.
posted by :
3/10/2008 3:20:02 PM
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History of Blastbeats.
Debatable first usage:
First DRI album, song: "Makes No Sense" (still one of my fave albums btw).
Beastie Boys (when they were punk): (song I can't recall).
Siege: Drop Dead (some of the songs?)
Death: forgot the demo name, but it had the DRI drummer Eric Brecht- this may have laid the foundation for incorporating blast beats into death metal-
as far as black metal, I can't recall who mixed it first, but Mayhem (despite the aversion they had towards grind and death) were definitely one of the first.
Excuse my inaccuracies that are possible, I'm a bit sloppy at metal history 101 today.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
3/10/2008 3:35:53 PM
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September eh?
That means it should be leaked and gread for download by august. :D
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COMMENT | St Anger Part 2
posted by :
3/10/2008 4:10:26 PM
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United Abominations will be better, anyone heard vulturous? lol if thats anything to go by the new metallica will be shite.
Bathory, Venom > Metallica
Mustaine > Hetfield
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COMMENT |
posted by : zGuitarman
3/10/2008 4:34:56 PM
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exactly what does Metallica rule? their bank accounts?
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COMMENT | oh and sad but true...
posted by : zGuitarman
3/10/2008 4:37:10 PM
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they haven't made a decent record since cliff died.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
3/10/2008 4:37:19 PM
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load ain't recent anymore. more time has passed between now and 'load' than between 'load' and 'master of puppets.'
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COMMENT | gotta say
posted by : stiff
3/10/2008 4:48:32 PM
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he doesn't sound too confident in the new material....
fingers crossed
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COMMENT | METALLICA!!!
posted by :
3/10/2008 4:51:23 PM
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I'll buy it and go to the show.
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COMMENT | Huh?
posted by :
3/10/2008 4:51:23 PM
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>These guys pretty much started the world of heavy, yet clean and crisp distortion, and the crossing of classical and blues lead work<
Maybe, if you were born in 1988. Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker and Glen Tipton might beg to differ on that one!
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COMMENT | first blast beat
posted by : stiff
3/10/2008 4:55:58 PM
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i ever heard was from cryptic slaughter circa '86
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COMMENT | hahaha
posted by :
3/10/2008 4:56:25 PM
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intothenow,
i have two words for you.
FUCK YOU!
Pantera did change their style dumbass, have you even heard their early albums?
GLAM FUCKING METAL.
by 1990 they had gone to power groove; and the same for vulgar,...
on fbd they just kept getting heavier and the groove improved even more...
trendkill started employing a southern feel to it with more soft/acoustic and soulful parts here and there, and 101 proof was a fucking bombshell...
reinventing the steel was them simply getting back to Pantera fashion.
Seriously, FUCK YOU.
Honestly; I like metallica's old stuff like anyone else; but in my opinion Pantera are far superior in the fact that they never truely SOLD OUT. Yeah, phil got on heroin and all that shit and they became a fairly popular band.. but they didn't become another Metallica Black/Load Album fiasco...
regardless of who came first; I like Pantera simply because they stood for not being a fake ass band, and making sure the fan is always first.
If any of you disagree i don't give a fuck, it's my opinion.
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COMMENT | I hope they deliver, but I'm not holding my breath.
posted by :
3/10/2008 5:04:29 PM
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I honestly don't expect Metallica will live up to their first four albums again, but I sincerely hope they can and will make an honest and sincere effort in delivering something alot more in common with those albums. Because its make or break time for them, when it comes to preventing total alienation of their fanbase from the pre-Black era, a rather substantial number have jumped ship already I feel.
I know Rick Rubin has done killer work in the past, and knows great metal and music in general when he hears it, so thats a glimmer of hope. I'm sure he knows Metallica's 80's material is generally what their best known and appreciated for, so he's probably pushing the band more in that direction. We can only hope, but for myself this will be the last straw if they fail to deliver something decent along the lines of their thrash roots.
Anyhow my anticipation is far greater for Testament this year.
To each his own...
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COMMENT | .
posted by : Pee Wee Herman
3/10/2008 5:53:27 PM
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they should wait and release it when Chinese Democracy comes out. then they can have G'NR and Metallica co-headling World Tour II, w/ very special guest the reunited Faith No More.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Paradosis
3/10/2008 5:57:52 PM
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Looking forward to the new album...
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COMMENT | I defy
posted by :
3/10/2008 6:01:58 PM
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Any full fledged, red blooded metal fan to call Pantera's 1988 classic opus Power Metal, "glam". To this day, its my favorite Pantera album, with its thrashy moments and killer soloing. Its somewhere in between "Painkiller" and a Testament album, a Priest worshipping power metal classic. "I am the Night" wasn't too shabby either, but they ditched the singer for Anselmo and the rest was history. i wish theyd remaster/rerelease Power Metal. Other than the cover, theres nothing embarrassing about it.
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COMMENT | wow
posted by : stiff
3/10/2008 6:39:33 PM
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will someone delete that larssux asshole! what a douche!
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COMMENT | larzsux douche:
posted by : Severed Head
3/10/2008 8:17:54 PM
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YOu need to have every one of your teeth kicked through the back of your empty skull.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
3/10/2008 8:49:46 PM
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COMMENT | Like some dude said in an earlier thread...
posted by : Your Mom's Best Friend
3/10/2008 12:26:06 PM
"There's heavy, fast, nutty stuff, and then there's some slowdowns and musical interludes...
- Yeah, kinda like my dumps"
:-D
Anyway, bet this will be a swell album for the majority of their fans nowadays: soccer moms and the likes.
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That was me and my dumps have more musical interludes lately. Less nutty.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
3/10/2008 8:56:35 PM
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The key word spoken by Lars there was "should"
Doesn't mean it will be!
Just release the damn thing
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COMMENT | .
posted by :
3/11/2008 11:54:28 AM
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The majority of you inconsequential fucktards are hilarious... will you ever stop repeating yourselves? This album will be good whether it sounds like it came straight out of the 80's or if it sounds like load or reload, You do realize metal is not the only genre of music that is good? Every time a band changes and no longer fits into your small ignorant frames of mind you bitch about it, 9 out of every 10 bands morph their sound as they age - Sabbath - Megadeth - opeth- machinehead- to name a few, go study any band that's been together for any significant amount of time very rarely do they sound the same as when they started out, in any genre..and that doesn't make them a sellout although you label it as such. People change and the music changes with them that's natural progression, it's human nature, we never like the same things our entire lives, our favorite bands today will not be our favorite bands in 10 years, so why should you expect musicians to be any different? Different experiences different ways of living life different relationships etc etc etc I would hate metallica if every single album sounded the same but They don't that's a positive thing not negative. If I feel like tearing someone apart I can listen to master of puppets If I'm having a mellow day I can listen to Load or reload if I'm going to sleep I can throw S@M. yet Every time a band goes mainstream people bitch, Well Music is meant to be enjoyed no one is entitled to a certain band or form of music more then anyone else, That's the point of listening to it so it can be enjoyed(by everyone) Yet the second everyone starts liking something original fans and people alike hate it... Never before have metal fans been so predictible it's fucking pathetic, If this where the 80's all of you would be fucking hair metal fans.
The thought that any of you can actually say they should give it up already shows how blindingly arrogant you are...this band created some of the greatest metal rifts songs and solos of all time, they can make and release music for as long as they damn well please.
Oh and Stop comparing it to chinese democracy they started recording this album last year chinese democracy has been in the works for over a decade..Theres a big fucking difference there.
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COMMENT | Disposable Hero
posted by : robato
3/16/2008 8:35:11 AM
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You better watch out for herpes of the mouth dude....its not a good thing to be slobbing on metallicas knob that much!
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COMMENT | whatever
posted by :
3/18/2008 10:49:53 PM
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For all the metallica bashers out there, can i ask something? Do you listen to classic metal?
Metallica seems to be the only metal band that gets criticised for straying so far away from the music that rules
I mean, cmon...
black sabbath have released nothing but pure shit for the past 30 or so years
iron maiden went all weird for a little while after somewhere in time
Megadeth released nothing but garbage after countdown to extinction, up until they reformed then they got better
Slayer went all nu metal and never fully returned after that one album (i dont remember the name, which is as it probably should be)
Machine head went full blown nu metal for two albums because they couldnt write something that would compare to their first two albums (their later albums are on the right track though)
and yeah, metallica released four classic albums, one decent album for a commercial album (whoever bashes the black album should also bash countdown to extinction by megadeth), two weird blues rock albums, and.... ummmm... something (aka st. anger)
all in all, i cant wait for this album to come out... in my opinion, metallica reached rock bottom with st anger
not only can they get themselves out of that without digging the hole deeper, but the errors, in hindsight, are pretty easy to pick out (shitty drums, crappy mixing, stupid vocal range and unimpressive song structures)
so bring on september, 'tallica will show all you nay sayers that they still have a bit of fuel left in the tank
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