Metallica - Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
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Social_Assassin — 9 years ago(November 20, 2016 03:27 PM)
I just listened to it and I thought it was fine. Mostly enjoyable but suffers from problems that they've had since at least the Black Album. Every song is too long, there are a ton of mid-tempo parts that don't do much, Lars can't come up with an interesting fill to save his life, etc.
On the plus side, there are some really solid riffs and solos, Rob is actually audible, and the production isn't physically painful to listen to like Death Magnetic. It will probably hold up better than that album.
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HippieDrillSealOfApproval — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 03:56 PM)
there are a ton of mid-tempo parts that don't do much,
For the most part I've always thought Metallica were at their very best when they were playing slow or mid tempo stuff.
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Social_Assassin — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 04:35 PM)
Those songs have mostly been bland for me going all the way back to Master of Puppets. The Thing That Should Not Be and Leper Messiah are far and away my least favorite songs on that album.
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HippieDrillSealOfApproval — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 04:45 PM)
My least favorite on MOP is Damage Inc. (though I still like it) which is also probably the fastest song on the album. I guess i've just never really been a big speed metal fan. If it's TOO fast, it kind of looses the groove for me. I also like Slayer's mid tempo stuff better than their fast stuff. But in my opinion Megedeth did speed metal better than Metallica or Slayeror pretty much anyone else for that matter. Black Friday is probably the best speed metal song ever written.
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pconley22 — 9 years ago(November 21, 2016 10:23 AM)
Some of the riffs were pretty good, but the album overall really doesn't hold my attention. It's just too dull and generic. Metallica used to push the musical envelope and then started to reinvent themselves every few years. Now, they are clearly entrenched in a comfort zone.
It's really just Death Magnetic part 2.
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HippieDrillSealOfApproval — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 03:40 PM)
It's really just Death Magnetic part 2.
If that's true, then I'll probably like it because I thought Death Magnetic was pretty solid aside from the production which was WAY too loud and distorted.
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pconley22 — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 06:01 PM)
I have only listened to the tracks on Youtube, so music quality is so so, but from what I hear, the production is nothing like Death Magnetic. Without good speakers or headphones, it's hard for me to make that judgment, but word 'round the campfire is they learned their mistakes from Death Magnetic.
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HippieDrillSealOfApproval — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 03:44 PM)
I'm checking out some of the songs now and I like it so far. To all the people saying it sucks because it isn't groundbreaking, innovative, etc. like their old stuffwhat do people expect from a band that's been around 35 years? Any band I can think of that's been around that long sounds tired and uninspired in comparison to their classic stuff. It's inevitable.
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HippieDrillSealOfApproval — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 06:20 PM)
You know what's scary to me, is that Death magnetic came out 8 years ago! That means kids who were in elementary school when it came out are now entering college! That's damn near a decade ago yet I still think of it as the "new" Metallica album as if it only came out 2 or 3 years ago. I don't know if it's just because i'm getting old or what but this last 10 years has gone by crazy fast for me.
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