scout_75

I remember all of the press, and the build up to the release of the Black Album. Metallica made a drastic change with their music on that album. Some say it is the best album they produced "musically".

This thread is for people's opinions. Both of these bands have been huge influences for many bands that we see now. I imagine that alot of people are like me, in the fact that they like music from both bands, but have a preference of one over the other.

TheBig3

Actually that was Bob Rock, Flemming was on the money all the way, he's responsible for most of what people don't like, and im glad their losing him next album.

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Megadeth, By Farrrr

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boo boo

Well, i'm hoping they will be going for a different sound, their new ensemble is good, Robert Trujillo is a much better bassist than Jason Newsted was.

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Seltzer

Rob Trujillo is in my top 10 bassists ever, and I think he's better than Cliff Burton. He can go from the funkiest Flea-esque basslines to writing metal basslines for Ozzy Osbourne. And we're yet to see what he can do with Metallica.

But from what I've heard of Flotsam and Jetsam, Newsted seems like a pretty decent bassist.

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boo boo

Nah, Burton would be pushing it.

Newsted was decent, but compared to Burton, Trujillo and everyone else in the band, he was just the other guy, he had a good singing voice though, and he could exite a crowd at live shows... His bass playing is nothing special though, one problem i have with him is that he uses a pick, shame on him.

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TheBig3

/\ Agreed, RT is amazing, but Burton is Burton, they moved to get him into the band.

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judas_priest

I also agree. Robert is better than Jason Newsted, but Cliff was really brilliant.

Wild7Dustr

Yes, he's amazing, but he hasn't quite developed the classic Metallica style and I don't think he ever will.I gotta mention the St. Anger album as a terrible album, although it's not totally his fault.Rob did a good job coming in to the band and was probally one of Metallica's best choices of a replacement at the time, yet he hasn't fit in quite as well as Cliff and Jason instantly did right from the start, ya know?

Maybe some of you guys can call Rob the better bassist when compared to Jason and Cliff, but he just hasn't yet made an album with Metallica that could ever be anywhere as close as good as ...And Justice For All or Master Of Puppets.Facts are facts, ya know?I still would love to hear the difference in Metallica's next album...if they make one...and I can almost guarantee that it would atleast surpass St. Anger in terms of greatness.I would be thrilled if Metallica's next album was anywhere near as good as Rob's work on Jerry Cantrell's album Degradation Trip with Mike Bordin.Lets see what happens though.

TheBig3

Are you just making this up in your head? How did Jason fit instantly? Was it the constant hazing he endured or was it the turning down of all his contributions to ...And Justice for All?

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