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Old 11-14-2017, 01:21 PM   #255 (permalink)
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I think the revisionist crap is more due to nostalgia from when people were in high school and they liked the singles. Those albums do have some pretty fun pop rock singles, but other than that they're pretty tedious to listen to as a whole. Hardwired to Self-Destruct was basically the first time in forever where Metallica actually managed to kick a notable amount of ass, but I can literally not remember a single thing from it so I'm chalking it up to all style but no substance.
Pretty much. When you go back to your roots without having watered them first, you won't get flowers or some **** that implies that they've lost their ability to make anything meaningful
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