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Originally Posted by LOLPOCALYPSE
Don't worry, I would never use the term trve metal as a compliment. I still wouldn't say any flirtations were as strong as when "One" was released.
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Really?
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Everything surrounding its creation seemed to have a more commercial vibe about it. Metallica, after being openly against MTV, broke down and made a music video for "One". Once against the media and MTV, you now have a band that has its own edition of the Guitar Hero video game. Interesting...
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I am not defending Metallica's credibility. Lars can **** off and die. James can **** off and die. Kirk can **** off and die. And the two living bassists aren't even worth mentioning.
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Anyway, I still don't think that the change in sound was as radical as it is made out to be (and it should have been expected, as I said, with the increasing popularity from the previously most accessible album, AJFA). AJFA sounds as arena-ready as any later Metallica releases, even if it was not intentional.
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I'm tempted to just go and listen to the two albums back to back to see just how we're listening to these albums and apparently hearing two entirely different things. To me AJFA is even more brutal than MoP.
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"One" equally provides a gateway for those Limp Bizkit type listeners you mentioned before. I don't think the other previous melodic songs were nearly as accessible, as proven by initial sales and recognition of AJFA.
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Again. I just don't understand this. At the beginning it's about as melodic as "Fade to Black", but then it turns into what I see as Metallica's most brutal song of all time. I mean at the end that song just ****ing destroys. I mean to me that's what AJFA is about. Welding melody (though usually never as melodic as RtL) to their heaviest most complex music ever. If AJFA can be seen as a gateway to the Black Album, then it's because Metallica just couldn't top it and decided to just go for the money cause they couldn't think of anything else to do.