tony bennett's Journal

metallica
i wrote this five years ago: http://dametonybennett.livejournal.com/31275.html

it's me getting into the "st. anger" hype. i actually thought that that album was going to be the one to bring back the metallica of my youth. i was wrong. WAY wrong. i got tricked by the early talk of thrash beats and aggression. there WERE thrashy beats. it WAS aggressive. but it was HORRIBLE. their worst album by far. everyone laughed at me for having faith. they were right.

but here i am again, and i really think that this time it's going to happen. rick rubin. rick rubin was what they needed. i honestly think rubin's gone and made them realize just what it was that made them who they originally were. that "cyanide" song was very promising. and now, here's a couple of album clips that metallica's released on their website. it's METAL, and it sounds like...jesus, it sounds like '80's metallica.

mms://wm.elektra.com/metallica/metallica_com/2008/riffs/ALittleTasteOfDeath01.asf
mms://wm.elektra.com/metallica/metallica_com/2008/riffs/ALittleTasteOfDeath02.asf

i'm thinking that this has the potential to at least be as good as the black album. if they accomplished that feat, i would be totally thrilled. because as much as the black album was the beginning of the end, it still ruled in places. and it still sounded like metallica.

if james hetfield can muster up some of the old vocal power and stay away from the fat-albert-like "hey hey hey" shit, this could very well be the musical comeback of the decade.

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