ST. ANGER 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

[BUTT]

Happy birthday to the fuckin' realest album of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwZuFexTy0k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo4rPAjTS94

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwdLjPrqgME

"...there's an authenticity to St. Anger's fury that none of the band's rap-metal followers can touch." - Rolling Stone

"...some of the sickest grooves of Metallica's 20-plus-year lifespan." - All Music Guide

"...arguably the season's finest metal offering..." - Entertainment Weekly

"Nu-metal minnows, you may return to your cubbyholes. The true masters have finally awakened from their slumber." - NME

 

[AA484]

Yeah, how many of those critics backtracked after they found out how much the public hated it.

 

[Brocklock]

Invisible kid
Never see what he did
Got stuck where he hid
Fallen through the grid

Invisible kid
Got a place of his own
Where he'll never be known
Inward he's grown

Invisible kid
Locked away in his brain
From the shame and the pain
World down the drain

Invisible kid
Suspicious of your touch
Don't want no crutch
But it's all too much

I hide inside
I hurt inside
I hide inside, bull I'll show you...

I'm OK, just go away
Into distance let me fade
I'm OK, just go away
I'm OK, but please don't stray too far

Open your heart
I'm beating right here
Open your mind
I'm beating right here
Open your heart
I'm beating right here
Open your mind
I'm beating right here

Ooh, what a good boy you are
Out of the way and you're kept to yourself
Ooh, can't you see that he's not here
He doesn't want the attention you give
Ooh, unplugging from it all
Invisible kid floats alone in his room
Ooh, what a quiet boy you are
He looks so calm floating 'round and around himself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLjFaaPFHko

 

[Gary]

KILL KILL KILL KILL

 

[DMann1979]

FRAN-TICK-TICK-TICK-TICK-TICK-TICK-TOCK

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Nine years ago today, would you have believed that in 2013 this would only be the second most reviled Metallica album of all time?

 

[Edwin]

The disc ended as the sun was rising over Syria. Had it lasted that long? My comrades and I looked at each other, stupefied. Our only memory was of forced effects, laughable lyrics, and audio surgical scars. I sat up and began packing my duffel. I'd rather pick bananas. One comrade suggested smuggling the disc out of the kibbutz to leak to the Internet. If Metallica were such proud artists behind their music, unable to both allow downloading and refund money after purchase, then we should warn others. Metallica had become less a band leading a genre than a team soaking up payroll in a second-tier sport. This was NASCAR, WWE. Logos, sneers, mustaches, and beards. Hair grows back, but the Jheri Curl of insincerity, of contradiction, and of compromising a cause never straightens.

0.8/10!

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

It's still the most reviled one. Death Magnetic's big downside is the production (which, even then, is like a combination of St. Anger and Kill 'Em All, so it actually kinda works on a "career spanning" level), but it has a few good songs ("My Apocalypse," "That Was Just Your Life," and "All Nightmare Long" immediately stand out, but even "The Unforgiven III" and "Suicide & Redemption" are pretty solid). The only other ones would be Load and ReLoad, which also have legitimately good songs on them ("Until It Sleeps," "King Nothing," "Bleeding Me," "The Outlaw Torn," "Fuel," "The Memory Remains," "The Unforgiven II," "Low Man's Lyric," and "Fixxxer" are probably the best, and even "Ain't My Bitch," "The Cure," and "Bad Seed" are passable).

Fuck this album. Seriously. One of the hands-down worst albums released for mainstream rock/metal/whatever of all time.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Do Metallica fans not count Lulu? That's the one I was half-jokingly referring to as the most reviled. But let's face it...did anybody think that album would be anything good?

 

[The Metal Maniac]

No, Metallica fans don't count Lulu, and no, nobody really expected it to be any good.

I bought St. Anger the day it came out, don't think I've put it on since. Well, once or twice to prove that it really is that bad to some people. Didn't even have to finish one track to prove my point.

That godawful snare....*shudder*

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

No, Metallica fans don't count Lulu, and no, nobody outside of the staff at Rolling Stone really expected it to be any good.

EFA

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

That godawful snare....*shudder*

Do Metallica fans not count Lulu? That's the one I was half-jokingly referring to as the most reviled. But let's face it...did anybody think that album would be anything good?

We barely count anything after the Black Album.

 

[Gary]

What's funny is that I've heard albums with a similar sounding metallic snare sound, and they are much better than "St. Anger." The difference is that those bands were either underground or just starting out and couldn't afford good sounding production. Metallica could, and why they'd think doing that kind of thing intentionally is confusing.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

'bout time we got a real music thread

 

[Zetterberg is God]

Will always have a certain nostalgia for me as it came out the week I graduated high school.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

FUCK IT ALL AND NO REGRETS!

I'll never forget WWE hyping a ppv (maybe Badd Blood) with the uncensored title track playing in the background.

 

[Precious Roy]

WHEREEVER I MAY ROAM

WHERE I LY MY HEAD IS HOME

MY BODY L YES BUT STILLL I ROAAAM

 

[Precious Roy]

AND THE ROAD BECOMES MY BRIDE

 

[Fall of Epic]

I'll listen to St. Anger before Risk any day of the fucking week.

 

[Baby Shoes]

FUCK IT ALL AND NO REGRETS!

I'll never forget WWE hyping a ppv (maybe Badd Blood) with the uncensored title track playing in the background.

Summerslam 2003. I'm pretty sure the DVD release has the music video as a bonus as well.

 

[Captain of Outer Space]

IMPACTED BY SAN QUENTIN

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Because LAWLZ prison rape.

 

[KOAB]

Do Metallica fans not count Lulu? That's the one I was half-jokingly referring to as the most reviled. But let's face it...did anybody think that album would be anything good?

Lulu is good though.

 

[Incandenza]

I didn't like Lulu, but it made perfect sense as a 21st-century Lou Reed album. This went over the heads of most reviews I read of it, the majority of which consisted little more than "lol wtf Metallica?!?"

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

I just want to throw this out there. We STILL don't have a definitive "Best Of" Metallica set, but Nickelback released "The Best of Nickelback: Volume 1" this week. 19 tracks on this sumbitch! Metallica needs to step it up.

 

[BurningPirateShipSex]

I just want to throw this out there. We STILL don't have a definitive "Best Of" Metallica set, but Nickelback released "The Best of Nickelback: Volume 1" this week. 19 tracks on this sumbitch! Metallica needs to step it up.

19 tracks too long, amirite?

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

What's funny is that I've heard albums with a similar sounding metallic snare sound, and they are much better than "St. Anger." The difference is that those bands were either underground or just starting out and couldn't afford good sounding production. Metallica could, and why they'd think doing that kind of thing intentionally is confusing.

The other big difference is that the snare sounds the way it does due to tuning on underground releases. The tighter the tuning the more bounce from the stick, thus the easier blasting becomes. Grindcore, brutal death, and KVLT black metal need it. Lars "barely above AC/DC anymore" does not.

I'll listen to St. Anger before Risk any day of the fucking week.

"Crush 'Em" is better than any song on St. Anger, and I feel like "Breadline" gets a bed rap.

I just want to throw this out there. We STILL don't have a definitive "Best Of" Metallica set, but Nickelback released "The Best of Nickelback: Volume 1" this week. 19 tracks on this sumbitch! Metallica needs to step it up.

Eh, they kinda/sorta did back in '92 with Live Shit:Binge & Purge. Outside of a couple of notable songs getting teased or just outright ignored ("No Remorse," "Ride the Lightning," and "Orion"), that's basically one big comprehensive gathering of their best stuff. Any "best if" collection would be primarily off the bland Black Album and a handful if their 80's output.

 

[Fall of Epic]

I'll listen to St. Anger before Risk any day of the fucking week.

"Crush 'Em" is better than any song on St. Anger, and I feel like "Breadline" gets a bed rap.

Invisible Kid, The Unnamed Feeling, and Purify aren't terrible songs. I agree about Breadline though.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Invisible Kid, The Unnamed Feeling, and Purify aren't terrible songs.

 

[Gary]

"Invisible Kid" is one of the funniest songs ever recorded