Cosmo Valdemar Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 Out of nowhere. Now, I do love Metallica, and have done for nearly 30 years, but I have to ask myself, is this really the best they can do? Really?! It will probably sound a lot better live with the guitars dominating rather than those ridiculously loud drums. Quote
lemmywinks Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) Pressed stop after the 37th consecutive line ended with "ay-shon". Edited November 28, 2022 by lemmywinks 4 Quote
Crusoe Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 It has a very NWOBHM feel to it, which I quite like, but yeah, the vocals are very annoying. 1 Quote
fretmeister Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 Bass is very low in the mix again. Good old Lars. 1 Quote
fretmeister Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 Also - are they now trying to be Diamondhead rather than just be influenced by them? 1 1 Quote
Machines Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) Big Metallica fan in my teens. It's OK, but not something that sounds like they spent 5+ years on. Exact same rinse and repeat of previous 2 albums. Edited November 28, 2022 by Machines Quote
lemmywinks Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 Worth adding that I'm not expecting them to come out with anything amazing or even half decent as the genre they play in moved on decades ago, great that they're still out there doing it though. Can think of worse ways to spend your late 50s / early 60s. 1 Quote
asingardenof Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) Sounds like they put Hit The Lights in a blender with Mercyful Fate and Diamond Head's back catalogues and this is the result. Edited November 28, 2022 by asingardenof 1 Quote
Cosmo Valdemar Posted November 28, 2022 Author Posted November 28, 2022 18 minutes ago, Machines said: Big Metallica fan in my teens. It's OK, but not something that sounds like they spent 5+ years on. Exact same rinse and repeat of previous 2 albums. I actually really liked the last album, even though it could have easily lost 4 or 5 sub-par songs. Spit Out The Bone was the best thing they'd done in a decade. This new song just sounds so... limp. Quote
fretmeister Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 Just to complete the circle... here is Diamond Head covering "No Remorse" 2 years ago. What a cracking version! 3 Quote
Doctor J Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 Terrible. Utterly terrible. Consistent with their last 30+ years, I suppose. It's mystifying. They used to be so f*****g amazingly good. There is nothing of that old band left in them. Quote
Lozz196 Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 Needs some more low-end presence imo, other than that I quite like it. Quote
paul_5 Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 Of course, given the resurgence of 'Puppetz' in Stranger Things they'd be foolish not to reference it it the video, but that's about the only thing of note in this. Lars playing 'Overkill' underneath Kirk and James playing Diamondhead riffs. Quote
Grimalkin Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 2 hours ago, lemmywinks said: Pressed stop after the 37th consecutive line ended with "ay-shon". At least he didn't have to use 'con-stip-ay-shon' or 'in-flay-shon' when out of words with rhyming phonetics... The track sounds like a load of bits put together, especially the intro, nothing sticks. Not a cause for e-lation. 1 2 Quote
SteveXFR Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) Why would they make the drums so loud when they're not interesting or creative? Bass is too quiet again. Metallica used to make great music, these days it's all just average. With the exception of Lars they're all extremely good musicians (even Lars is good, but not great) but I think they ran out of ideas a long time ago. Edited November 28, 2022 by SteveXFR Quote
lemmywinks Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, Grimalkin said: At least he didn't have to use 'con-stip-ay-shon' or 'in-flay-shon' when out of words with rhyming phonetics... The track sounds like a load of bits put together, especially the intro, nothing sticks. Not a cause for e-lation. Well he's not quite turned 60 yet so maybe future songs will feature angry lyrics about bathroom issues? Probably best approaching their next album with considerable trepi-day-shown. 1 Quote
SteveXFR Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 Is premature ejacula-shun an age related problem? Erectile disfunc-shun certainly can be. The two problems are rarely combined. Quote
Clarky Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 ... and rubb-erized pants with elast-icashun Quote
Grimalkin Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 The bass has never been a fix-ay-shon In its rel-ay-shon Lars won't allow emancip-ay-shon Due to his Anatidaephobia. 1 Quote
SteveXFR Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 So general opinion is not positive then? Quote
AndyTravis Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 Sounds like something of Garage Days Revisited. Without being any good. Quote
Barking Spiders Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 I'm paying for my missus to go to Download this year with one of her daughters and son-in-law primarily because they're big Metallica fans. I kind of owe it to her as I took her to Sonisphere 2014 and by the sunday morning i couldn't stand it any more and we left so she never got to see them. On the plus side Chas n' Dave were great. Watching this vid I'm glad not to be going with her. Love has its boundaries ya know! Quote
Beedster Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 That was like stepping back to the early 80's, to me it had a Priest/Maiden B-side feel. I'm sure others will know better Quote
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