Metallica's New Album

[Surlok TP]

Originally Posted by DiscW

Stop listening to shitty radio stations?

Dauntless listens to the fox, it's the number one rock radio station in Canada.

I also listen to it,It's on on the way into work,at work all day and on the way home. When you drive people in to work generally the radio is a better choice as it's mostly talk in the morning so everyone can hear the news. At work there is about 40 people and about 8 radios spread out throughout my shop. Now when you have that many people of varying ages and that many radios,compromises must be set.

Classic Rock stations are generally ok, ours in Vancouver spends to much time talking,and plays to much "soft" classic rock, like the police and what not.Then there is country which can fuck off, or the pop stations which don't fly with anyone, so you're left with modern rock,and we only have one in Vancouver and it's apparently the top one in Canada.


But it's like Dauntless said,they play shit on the radio and the DJ's bitch about it, Music is in a sad state of affairs. out of the 10 top selling acts of the 2000's only two were rock oriented, Linkin Park and fucking Nickleback.


It's bands like Tool,Metallica, and the hope of reunions like the rumored STP and Rage actually making an Album. Velvet revolver is just simply OK, maybe the new AiC album will do something. Rock music exploded during the 90's ,a ton of genres and a ton of really great bands came out of it all but few exist today, It's unfortunate because in the 90's there was so much great rock out there and stuff that was actually commercially accessible to.

When I go home I can listen to what I want and there is cool stuff out there from some lesser known bands being released,but it's not like it has been pre 2000's where you could tune into a radio station and actually hear current good music.


IT sucks.

[dechire]

Was Lars ever able to afford the gold-plated shark tank bar he wanted installed next to his pool?

[Occido]

I hardly ever...actually I haven't listened to radio for years and years... not even in the 90's cuz personally... the 90's sucked for music.
Shit bands like Nirvana and every other wannabe Nirvana band popped up. Then, somewhere along the lines someone took the genre of Metal and fucked it up. Now we have bands like In Flames and shit that kids these days think is "metal" when it's really just shit. It's prolly been well over a decade since radio has played anything worth listening to.

Think I stopped listening to the radio when they decided to play 6mins of music and 20mins of commercials. KBER 101.1 used to do a Mandatory Metallica segment that was actually 30mins of nothing but Metallica and no commercials. I don't know if they still do it or not.

I would get the XM radio? I think is the commercial free radio?
but I'm too lazy to get one hooked up and I think it'll just end up being a waste of money anyway.

[Pharazon]

missionmetallica.com

This site just opened today. Not much on there yet in the way of music, I think the first video has clips from just one song, and the second one doesn't have much at all. But they're gonna keep adding new shit to it.. title, release date, more clips, recording, etc. Something cool for fans to keep an eye on.

[Surlok TP]

They are playing some benefit this weekend, in a Radio interview Lars was asked if they would play anything knew, he said if we do you'll hear it within 5 minutes of us playing it thanks to the internet.He then said he liked that...

So whatever it's some concert put on by the Chili Peppers and we should be hearing some new Metallica after this weekend assuming they play something new since guaranteed someone will have a recording device handy.

[Occido]

Originally Posted by Surlok TP

They are playing some benefit this weekend, in a Radio interview Lars was asked if they would play anything knew, he said if we do you'll hear it within 5 minutes of us playing it thanks to the internet.He then said he liked that...

So whatever it's some concert put on by the Chili Peppers and we should be hearing some new Metallica after this weekend assuming they play something new since guaranteed someone will have a recording device handy.

They're playing in Irvine, CA. on Sat. tickets went on sale today it's a KROQ Weenieroast or some shit, after that they start their European tour.

[Surlok TP]

I love this band, and while I'll admit St.Anger wasn't a great album there was still a couple songs that I liked.

Having said all that,this is probably one of the best paradoies I have heard and it probably pretty much sums up what most people thought of that album.




Also here are some snippets from the new album. Great sounding riffs, still the same kinda Vocal style from St.Anger which I am not a big fan of. Is at least better sounding,but I prefer his melodic style of the older albums over the more staccato style on the recent efforts.

[Kiely]

I can't wait. Standard E tuning with plenty of solos, heres to hoping for a lot of nice fun material to learn for guitar. So hard to tell with those riffs, some are nice some are a bit odd (suicide - I already died riff really bugs me).

[Leid]

More shitty lyrics. Can't wait!

[Lanludar]

Lately I have been listening to Master of Puppets and Kill em All again and I must say there new shit is so shitty compared to it. Its sad really, they should have just given up when Jason left.

[Salshun]

Man I can't WAIT to pirate this shit!

j/k. Hopefully they'll get back to some roots, even though I can honestly say I can find something I like from their whole catalog, listened to a bit of And Justice/Black yesterday, and today I've been looping, back to back, "Turn the Page" and "Whiskey in the Jar".

Black album has a really special place in my life. When our family got our new house when I was like 12-13, we wanted to plant grass in the back, but it was just shitty, gravelly dirt out back, way to rocky for grass to grow. I got the task of digging up the first 18" of top soil, sorting out any rock bigger than a golf ball, and trash canning it. Whole damn summer, every weekend, 5 hours a day, for probably 9 weeks, bumped that album on repeat all day long. Was always too tired to do anything, so the money I was getting for it piled up fast. First and last CD I ever ruined through playing. My mom woke up to "Enter Sandman" at 8AM for 9 weeks of Sats & Sundays. I learned and sang along to all of it, but my dad wouldn't do shit except the "YEAH-YEAH" before the "Nothing Else Matters" solo, and no matter what he was doing, drop it, throw up the horns, and loud as fuck "YEAH-YEAH". Still funny as shit.

The trash men became to loathe us, because every trash day, we had 2 55 gallon drums full of rocks, 100lbs+ easy, every time.

[Ibliss]

Has the album leaked or something? Theres a ton of Youtube vids up proclaiming new Metallica songs.

Nevermind, bunch of shit.

[Salshun]

Originally Posted by Ibliss

Has the album leaked or something? Theres a ton of Youtube vids up proclaiming new Metallica songs.

Nevermind, bunch of shit.

All that "brand new!" shit happens for any band with an awaited album. I remember when Lateralus was a week out, just grabbing ANYTHING, and like 300 songs all turned out to be static or some kid playing around on his guitar. Or even more fucked up, some song you never heard, guy sounds like Maynard, and it's some no-name local band dicking around, so you go around for a week singing what you think is "Parabola".

[Surlok TP]

The only thing they have hinted at is on their mission Metallica site,the second vid I posted up is basically the snippets of songs that have been played in the back ground of the little preview videos.

They have performed live a few times in the past couple weeks but have played nothing new and the few odd riffs they have tossed in at the end of songs in some shows are all obscure riffs from known bands. Maybe I shouldn't say obscure but riffs from lesser known songs, like on song from the wiener roast thing they did had some ACDC riff at the end but it seemed new to so many people since it was from some non hit of ACDC's.


I am guessing they are waiting till the mixing is done then they'll start to release bigger snippets of music rather than these short riffs. Curious to see what happens with the Rockband Game single now they have a confirmed Guitar Hero game coming out, I understood they signed a contract to release the first single Through RB but with GH on the horizon this might not be the case now?

[Morbeas]

UK's Rock Sound and Metal Hammer magazines have posted separate reports on the listening session for the new Metallica album, which took place earlier today (Wednesday, June 4) in London.

Rock Sound writes: "On first impressions and just one listen, Rock Sound can confirm that the songs we've heard sound very much like classic METALLICA in vibe, harking back to the days of 'Master Of Puppets', '…And Justice For All' (but with bass) and the [self-titled 'black'] album — without sounding dated or tired.

"Of the six tracks Rock Sound heard this afternoon, only one had a working title — 'Flamingo'. With a slow intro, the song was reminiscent of 'Battery' in vibe, with two guitar solos and an undercurrent of melody and groove.

"The first single is an epic power rocker in the vein of 'The Unforgiven', 'Nothing Else Matters' and 'Sanitarium', with a mid-tempo, head-banging section and some THIN LIZZY-esque twin guitar riffage.

"Another song features the lyrics, 'Into abyss, you don't exist, you can't resist the Judas kiss'; another features an almost RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE-esque drum 'n' bass undercurrent and lyrics about 'suicide' and 'cyanide'; while the final song we heard, dubbed 'The Song', clocks in at under five minutes and is a galloping thrash attack with quirks, and a sniff of TESTAMENT about it!

"We suspect other song titles could include 'Die Hard', 'Show Your Scars', and 'My Apocalypse' — but we cannot be held responsible if none of these titles or lyrics are accurate!

"Thankfully — there are plenty of Kirk Hammett traditional guitar solos and a decent drum sound. Hetfield's voice sounds in fine form too. All of the songs have many different parts to them, giving the impression that the quartet is revisiting the epic vibe of the band's 'classic' period."

Metal Hammer reports: "What do the songs sound like? Track one, which is only known by the cryptic working title 'Flamingo', opens up on thunderous rolling drums as lead guitar meets them head on, a flaring up in stop-start motion before it pulls itself together in rushes forward in classic thrash style, all crunching 'Fight Fire With Fire' riffs and drilling beats. It takes at least two minutes for James Hetfield's vocals to come in, and while they sound furious, this isn't the grittiest he's ever sounded, more open in tone, but while there's still a memorable vocal line for the 'chorus,' and there is so much going on in the song, and so many ideas thrown in and discarded for the next one that it's hard on first listen to pick out one riff that you're going to remember it by. But with galloping riffs and the return of guitar breaks rising up from out of the grooves you can hear the true METALLICA spirit, even though its as if reflected in mirrored mosaic.

"Track two is at heart an anthemic ballad that recalls 'Fight Fire With Fire' and 'Nothing Else Matters', with a chiming guitar intro, airy vocals and some slightly convoluted, progressive-style bridges that mutate into urgent riffing, more galloping riffs and guitar solos. Again, the song has a number of different sections, but it still sounds massive.

"Track three kicks off on a stop-start riff flecked with Eastern touches, as other bustling guitar lines play off each other and Hetfield's vocals retain the power of old, like some monolithic prophet overlooking events as mid-paced, chugging riffs come in, sounding like an army on the march, methodically shooting anyone in their path.

"Track four is reminiscent of 'Master Of Puppets' with more than a touch of heads-down SLAYER pacing thrown in. After an artillery-lobbing drum-led intro, it quickly sets off on marching, thrash mode, Hetfield's spat vocals taking melodic digressions, as he roars 'Bow down, surrender unto me.' The song's groove carries you along as it opens up into guitar atomospherics that bring LED ZEP to mind. It isn't quite the kind of irresistible monster they've created before, but METALLICA still prove they can still sound lean and epic at the same time, and when the track drops out into the grove mid-way though, you can imagine the chants coming from the crowds live.

"Track five has another strong opening, with an uncharacteristic bouncing groove not a million miles away from RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE making appearances throughout setting off sharp riffs that come up against an irregular barrage of percussion that sets it off briefly on a more melodic path and builds up once again into a thrilling riff-fest mayhem.

"Track six is the 'song', considerably shorter than the others, but full of clinically sharp riffing, more SLAYER-esque parts and galloping grooves, all hustle and bustle with a tinge of Eastern melody thrown in once more.

"Initial impressions is that this is an album that's going to get our blood chugging, but whether it's all we hoped for is going to take more plays to answer. Ultimately we're hugely relieved and pretty damn thrilled, and we can't fucking wait to hear the rest."