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the ignorance post was me telling him he was ignorant for thinking dm was better than 90% of music out there today, implying that he thinks modern music sucks, which is ignorant.

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.Tom.

I've been listening to this for a while now, and I'm impressed.

The two last tracks feel like a rather weak finish considering everything that comes before it, but it's a decent album at least. Really disappointed in the production though. I'm not usually someone who pays too much attention to the production ("if it sounds decent enough, it's fine") but this is really blatantly too loud. Drums especially. I don't think I've ever heard drums distort like this before.

The Unfan

If I had to take a guess some of the peaks are above 0.0 which causes it to get a bit fuzzy. If you burn off a high quality rip and play it in a cd player with your settings (volume included) the same as you would any other album does it sound noticably louder?

Tomorrow

I bought this album today (while it's still $10), and I'm giving it a good, unbiased first listen. I'm currently at "Suicide and Redemption", almost through with the cd. I'm thrilled that it's a big improvement from St. Anger - but it also has a lot of the same issues said album has. Some of the lyrics are downright embarrassing, production is sh*t, and there's a great deal of aimlessness and lack of flow between the songs. I also don't know why Unforgiven III was necessary. Overall, it's a nice effort and Hetfield's voice improved-ahh!

Highlight tracks: "The Judas Kiss", "All Nightmare Long", and "That Was Just Your Life".

under

Cyanide isn't too bad either.

Demonoid

Yup, the lyrics are bullshit.
Well, i got more or less what i expected - An Improvement from St. Anger but nothing great either. Definitely listenable for a month or two, but It'll fade off after that.

Janszoon

Will it fade to black?

Mojo

Opinions on a new Metallica album were always gonna be split. St. Anger had a few supporters and one hell of a backlash. DM was either going to continue in the same trend or it was going to turn St. Anger on its head, maybe go back to their thrash roots a little and start to win some of their fans back. They would have even satisfied some of their fans if they had made another Reload. As it turns out I think a large proportion of the initial opinions are positive but of course there are going to be some negative opinions too. You cant help that. It's the same with any band, any record etc.

While some of the negative opinions I've read/heard since the album was released have been perfectly understandable and theres been some good points raised I believe this thread, in places, just highlights what we already know and that is that a large number of people wrote it off before it came out and were always going to. DM is no masterpiece and it was never going to be an album you could hold up to the likes of MoP and Kill Em All but I would expect the Metallica haters to all be able to agree on ONE thing provided they had kept an open mind and gave this album a listen and that is, even if you think its ****, its NOTHING like St. Anger....

jamestl2

I was referring to all the mainstream rap, pop, hip-hop, etc. I've heard (that so many in the MTV crowd seem to adore) with those quotes around music. The 90% was just a round generalization relating to those types. That's how good I think DM was.

Besides, what do my musical preferences and tastes have to do with ignorance? You, not having a CLUE what other music I am in to and have heard recently, nor knowing what exactly I was referring to with the quotes, is what's ignorant.

But anyway, back on topic, my favorite band has been Metallica for the past six years so perhaps I'm biased to a degree, but I honestly enjoy listening to DM, and am really getting into it. Wayfayer hit the nail right on the head, DM was the one album that impacted me the most, recently. It grew on me the more and more I listened to it.

Ace

I ended up paying way too much for the thing, but I was impatient. I expected better quality on the actual cd itself, than on the rips I got. I still give the CD about an 8/10. Definately the best thing they've done since 91, and metalwise, since the late 80's. I can honestly thank Rick Rubin for pushing them in the right direction on this one. But I can also honestly say, I don't think Rubin had a thing to do with the production on this album. The mixing is mediocre at best. Alot of elements are probably near peak levels, the drums are slightly high in many of the songs, and the vocals are nearly buried in alot of tracks. The high audio level in some elements, may have added to the almost "muddy" sound on the album......probably wouldn't have hurt to bring the gain down on those instruments.

The bass is certainly alot better than in recent albums, but it's still a tad low in the mix. Overall, it seems like it could use some of Rock's infamous "polished" sound. It certainly wouldn't hurt to have some more highs in the overall mix. I love the album, but the production takes alot away from it.... I'm not that picky either, so if I notice production faults without even looking for them, it's saying something on my part.
The album is definately worth listening to a few hundred times, so go pick it up.
But it definately lacks in the production area.

Meh.

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Originally Posted by RezZ I think I know much better than you ever will how Mettalica is. I used to play for 2 years in a Mettalica cover band.