two links on idope there, probably loads of other places at this stage
Not working for me?
i got it on getmetal this morning, havent tried the links on idope, but id imagine theyre working
spotify now
Not showing up on my Spotify?? Grrrrr
everywhere now, pirate bay etc
Agree with @Wanderer78 above - you won't hear anything ground breaking from Metallica. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the new album as there has been nothing wrong with Hardwired. Death Magnetic also perfectly fine apart from the clipping issue. The band powers along reliably on each of these with records with chugs, gallops and power chords which sit on the pentatonic nodes as well as the odd b5 for good measure. Kirk wahs it up and does that trill-while-depressing-the-whammy lick he seems so fond of these days. Everything crisply recorded.
It's fine. It's fine. It's just that there's nothing that they're doing nowadays that they haven't done before Saint Anger and, frankly, done better and done at a time when it sounded fresher, more impactful and less formulaic. You can put these new songs on in the car and have a good time, but you'll forget about it 5 minutes after stepping out.
...oh i like if darkness had a son, it be good....
Yep. Thats it.
Seems you have to pay for the download on those sites?? Think I'll wait till it's on Spotify?
It's on Pirate Bay, FLAC format. Listening to it now.
Quite like Shadows Follow.
I'm on You Must Burn now.
Linkage? Went on to Pirate Bay - I think it was the correct site - but couldn't see it listed?
+MP3
It's out on YouTube music
Don't see it on my one. Must be for those where it's after midnight
9pm here... Weird
Fantastic album, finished Inamorata just there. Great tune, it'll take them a while to pull that one off live.
Not that it's fast but it's one long tune. Great album, love it!
It's weird cos Lux Aeterna is greyed out on the album like it can't be played at all, but the single can be
Ha, no idea why but whole album played for me. Same for another mate.
Metallica by numbers for the most part, lyrics are decent, some catchy riffs. I'm delighted they are still dropping new tunes all the same, long may it last.
I'm playing it over now, man I love Shadows Follow and part of Room of Mirrors sounds Iron Maiden-ish.
Bit of an Alice In Chains feel from You Must Burn
Shadows and you must burn probably stood out for me as well.
Mirrors lyrics are good, het being fiercely honest. I'm on the last track now, I'm enjoying it.
'Shadow Fall' is pretty good as is 'You Must Burn' and 'Too Far Gone'
Some questanble song titles but very impressive album and a true relfection of the band ageing very well. Lets hope they make it back to Ireland sooner rather than later
I could only find the songs that have already been released when I searched for the album on YouTube Music? Every other song is greyed out. FFS
I pm'd you a link
All on Spotify as of midnight. Happy 72 Seasons day all! :)
Room Of Mirrors is a ****in BANGER
what was the cinema like?
It'll be easy to forget among the hype for this album that it is coming up on the 20th anniversary of St. Anger. It's definitely an album that polarises people and I myself took a long time to really start appreciating much about it, but year on year those songs sound better and better to me. It's easier to like the album as well the further you get from the events surrounding it and the general music scene of the time, which the album was unfavourably compared to, i.e. 'Metallica does Nu-Metal'. Now, I think it stands on its own merits.
What should the band do to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Well, it's coming at an awkward time, given they have this new album to promote. Maybe they'll do a few more songs off it, or something. But I do have this one idea in the spirit of Metallica doing unexpected stuff which kind of perplexes its fanbase. It's probably too late to do anything special for Saint Anger (unless they're working on it in secret), but it's not too late to turn Some Kind of Monster into a stage musical/rock opera. Some Kind of Musical, you might say. The documentary has the dramatic beats and moments that could be transformed into big musical numbers - Jason leaving, group therapy, 'delete dat', James checking into rehab, James coming out of rehab and Bob Rock being overjoyed to see him. Lars and James almost breaking up the band on camera, auditioning new bassists, and finally getting back on the road. I don't think it would be the kind of production you could tour widely, but I think you could do a limited run of dates and film it for streaming services.
These 3 live versions (minus kirks goofy vocals on frantic!!) to me show St.Anger has a lot of potential for a re-do/ rerecording as to me all 3 songs absolutely slap live and so different to their album releases.
First listen.
Its ok but bar Lux Eterna I'm not hearing anything particularly memorable, Room of Mirrors is decent, got a nice solo. Would they ever get a producer who isn't afraid to tear apart there tracks, way too long.
I'll keep listening throughout the day see if it grows on me but I don't think its as strong as DM
