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Old 12-10-2011, 10:39 AM   #26 (permalink)
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The problem with Metallica has nothing to do with Napster or Some Kind of Monster, it has to do with the fact that they've been releasing crappy music pretty much exclusively for the past two decades. That said, there's certainly no doubt that their first few albums played a huge role in the direction of metal.
A band that fronted a succession of great and important albums years ago then struggled to find relevance in a new age while continually switching out styles, jogging behind bandwagon while fans try to excuse the new stuff by citing how important their old material is. No wonder Lou Reed decided to work with them.
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