Originally Posted by jackhammer

2. Back to Basics?

Every band that has lost a core section of their original fans always promise a return of back to basics with the new album. No shit. Ths songs and even the production sound like they were an after thought from Ride the Lightning. Metallica are trying too damn hard to conform to fans ideology. Why don't they play the music that THEY really want to play. I bet it would'nt be this.