I’d like to see all four members of Metallica grab some KY and doubleheaders and make some fuckin gay porn, thats pretty much what they’ve been doing anyway for the past ten or fifteen years.

Well Trivium just proved with the success of “The Crusade” that there still is a market for thrash metal. I think the fans want a return to the pre “Black Album” sound and it appears like the band does too. Personally, I’d favor a return to the musical complexity of their earlier work along with a renewed focus on writing quality lyrics but with a nod towards modern influences. It would be a shame if Metallica ended their career by simply aping their classic sound. My guess is they’ll produce their best album since “and justice for all” but people will still bitch.

What a shame indeed… to stumble upon this meaningless piece of information on Dimebag Darrell’s two-year death anniversary. Well, that’s what we have in our hands, as far as hard rock music is concerned, anyway. Emancipators, creators, turned perpetrators; innovators, proud flag-bearers, gone too soon.
(hey R.S.: Today also happens to be John Lennon’s anniversary. Any comments?)

Big Bob: Ouch!

I would love to see them go back to the Master of Puppets sound. They now have a bassist who can play the way Cliff did, and I think with how James has matured lyrically, this would be a fantastic direction.

Never repeat the past!!! NEVER!!! They are all getting older and it would suck to still see them go through the motions as if they were still in 1986.Yeah master of puppets rocked but it’s been done and it’s time for a different direction.And yes no matter what people will bitch but gues what,it doesnt matter cause their the one’s getting paid the big buck’s! They dont have to give a shit what anyone thinks.

RIP Dimebag

And where the f*** is Chinese Democracy?

Metallica’s last real album was Master of Puppets….. ever since then they went from being a metal band to a cover band, they lost their touch when they cut their hair and stopped drinking and druggin… The only one to have respect for is Newstead for getting out of the band while he still had some dignity… St. Anger was the last straw in the hat and this band cannot redeem theierselves… Guns N Roses has stuck true to their roots and Chinese Democracy is what people are waiting for….. and Megadeth rules Metallica because Mustaine never sold out!

Say what you want about Metallica, How many other metal bands are still around(and kickin ass) after 25 years?

RIP DIME

no matter what they do they’ll suck. if they go back to their original sound, they’ll be taking the easy way out to get their real audiences back. if they sound like st. anger, they’ll just suck overall.

RockGod,

Respect for Newstead? Did you see Rockstar: Superposer.?

im a thirty year old mother of 2 kids who has been a metallica fan since the age of 12.iv’e seen them lose a bass player in a tragic manor,cut their hair,sell out,get married n start families,and take time out for rehab.its time for these for men to get back in a studio,get serious and make some music for their diehard fans and not for the record labels profit.

It would be great to hear a new Metallica record with the same gusto as Master Of Puppets… but they’ve recorded a f’in country song! CAN they still record an album in the vein of M.O.P. and actually mean it? I’ll believe it when I hear it.

Metallica is past their prime but live they still kick major butt. Their best stuff is behind them and just like the Stones and other aging rockers you go to hear them play their old shit. Though you never know they might have one great album left in them and lets hope so.

One can never truly return to previous form. I don’t think it would be in Metallica’s best interest to regress to the M.O.P era. It is not the band they are now, especially with the new group dynamics and all the other things that they have been through (such as having families. they are in a different place and will make different music.

They can do it. In the past year’s touring, they played the MOP album straight through at every show. They got that feeling back in their blood. Iron Maiden did something similar last year. They only played songs from their first four albums, then, this year, they released their best album in 20 years, “A Matter Of Life And Death.” It’s not a return to their early sound, but it doesn’t have to be. It sounds INSPIRED. And that’s the key.
As for Metallica, I don’t want an album that’s a clone of Master Of Puppets. If I want to listen to that album, I’ll put it on. I want an album that sounds like they mean it.
Hopefully Rick Rubin can convince them that just because you can fit 80 minutes worth of music on a CD, doesn’t mean you have to.

in rick rubin i trust, if king midas can get the dixie chicks to dig deep i’m sure Metallica will be fine. 1986, was one of metals greatest year’s M.O.P. Reign in Blood, and Peace sells that some good stuff

in rubin we trust

I hope James doesn’t yoddle on this next album, he’s been doing it for a good while and i’m tired of it. metallica has a great potential to make a bad ass album. It doesn’t have to be another M.O.P. they already did that.
’nuff said.

I’d like to see some eyeliner

Purely pragmatic- the hardcore Metallica base (not including the doofuses who grew into their 20s not knowing anything about the band, then hearing ‘Sanitarium’ on their local station, investigating the catalog and going Hey! These guys were GOOD! and wearing Metallica t-shirst to look tough) abandoned this band long ago. After years of complaining of how Metallica was changing their style for more radio-friendly formats, the base left them to their devices. Now, seeing their image take a hit amongst the critics and their old fans, they’ve made a contrived move to appeal back to their original base. They’re thinking about their legacy in the rock world now. They feel like people don’t see them as dangerous anymore. They’re right. We dont. We wont. Time to retire, Metallica. Your shrewd business deals have clouded your artistic integrity with a perspective of smog that cannot be cut through with a faster beat and meaner lyrics. You now appear bubblegum-contrived.

You can’t make an album at age 40-something intending it to sound like an album you made 20+ years earlier. It’s just not going to work.

I loved Metallica. I still remember when in 1984, during my Flock of Seagulls days, my heavy-metal bro sent me to buy (on lp,’natch)either Black Sabbaths “Born Again” or an album by some band named Metallica called “KIll Them All ” (hehe). I thought the band was fucking great that i HOPED theyd achieve some kind of popularity. And they have. And THAT kiled them all. From file-sharing debates to eyeliner-sharing, rock “therapy”, to Metalli-wear (luchboxes,shirts,..are they the new Kiss?), Lars Ultra-rich is the
Yoko to the band. Blame him.The real band died with Cliff.Rubins got his work cut out for him. In the meantime, im sticking with Slayer.

Why do people give Metallica so much gruff? Any band that has been so big so long is going to CHANGE. Thankfully so in my opinion. It is pure ignorance and stupidity to expect a band of Metallica’s calibur to be the same throughout a record setting successful 20+ years of rocking. They are an amazing band with amazing talent and always have been despite what the so called “original fans from back in the day” or anyone else says. Learn to broaden your musical horizons people. That’s the problem with Metallica’s early fanbase, complete meat heads. What would they know??
I for one applaud Metallica and cannot wait for the new album, no matter what it brings. I return to the thrashy goodness would be more than welcome, but I’m also still a huge fan of the bluesy meat n’ potatoes of Load. Kill em all boys!

I can’t wait to hear the new stuff. The new songs that leaked are sweet. As long as they have guitar solos in this one and Lars’ drums don’t sound horribly hollow like St. Anger, it will rock. I really get sick of hearing the alleged “fans” blast them for changing. You’ve got to be kidding me. They changed because speed/thrash metal died. Period. They would’ve gone by the wayside and they wouldn’t have an album coming out next year. Thrash is now starting to make a comeback so they can give it a shot. A band has to grow and change wherever their artistic vision takes them. They have to be true to themselves instead of just churning out the same stuff for the fans. Real fans stick with their bands anyway. Only two bands can get away with making basically the same stuff on every album: AC/DC and Motorhead. If they feel this is the direction they want to go and love the music they’re making, they should go with it no matter who hates it. That’s metal.

YESSSSSSSS METALLICA!!!!!! New Metallica and GUns N Roses!!!! in the same year!!!! its armageddon!!!!!

God, not this again folks. Everyone’s getting all excited for the supposed return of another rock dinosaur who’s best work is at least 15 years behind them. I think john sorta exemplfies the deluded sense that we should be excited about anything Metallica does in 2006.

I hate to break out the same arguement for sainity that I’ve been using re: the whole Chinese Democracy thing, but it’s as apt here as there. What reason do we have to believe that this album won’t suck? Since Metallica’s last acknowlaged great album (in 1991) they’ve released three studio albums of various levels of suckiness. Three albums in 15 years is no way to stay relevant, even if they are good. They’ve also, in this decade and a half, turned out two double albums of retreads (the all covers Garage Inc. and the symphonic S&M). if that doesn’t scream ‘no direction’ I don’t know what does.

Even if (and that’s a big if) Metallica does manage to regain some of the old Master of Puppets feel, it won’t be the same anyway. Why? Because it’s not 1985 anymore folks. It’ll sound like what it will be: a bunch of aging rockers abandoning any attempt to stay current in favor of trying to somehow revive that old feeling and win back their aging fanbase. They tried that with Garage Inc. and it only (sort of) worked because they were playing songs that were actually written in that period.

Not saying i don’t like their earlier work more than that of the last fifteen years, but had they kept making albums similar to masterpieces like Master of Puppets and And Justce for All…, they’d have lost far more artistic integrity than they did releasing Garage Inc. and S&M… They’d have ended up being Motorhead or Iron Maiden whose latest albums combined has gotten less attention than whoever finished seventh place in American Idols… The saddest part of all this is that I don’t think they, or anyone else for that matter, can make an album that will be received positively with the expectation there seem to be that this album is just another step of Metallica going from being a band to corporation…

mustaine directed this band from a distance and he is the one with the balls. megadeth rules metalligay are fools

Megadeth rules??

I suppose that’s why Dave Mustaine is more famous for once being in Metallica, than for anything he ever did in Megadeth.

I like both bands to a certain degree, but I’m not going to sit here and tell anyone that Megadeth is better, more successful or made a bigger impact on heavy metal in general – than Metallica.

It’s been over 20 years already, Mustaine needs to just get over it and move on with his own band and stop moaning over Metallica.

Alright cmon fanboys, Metallica are bunch of doddering old sellouts and this is nothing more than a pathetic attempt to boost their market share or some lame a** s**t. Thier glory days were over after Justice… and any one who says different obviously isn’t listening to anything they have recorded since 90 and yes that includes most especially the Black Album. When I heard that piece of crap I knew the band was done and it was just a matter of time.

The superposer comment on Newstead doesn’t really hold too much water. I didn’t watch the show but did buy the album after hearing a couple of tracks…

True it isn’t what I would call a MOP performance it has it’s own merit in places. The thing we really need to keep in mind is that guys like Metallica, Tommy Lee of Motley Crue etc don’t need to do any of this anymore. The do it because they want to.

If the guys in Metallica want to go back and make an album closer to their early work so be it. The we as consumers can hear it and pass judgement then.

I’m 35 and I’ve been around since the beginning. The only way they could do it is if they broke out with something completely new, with no strings to anything, except the hard sound. Time jsut does not stop or reverse to change mistakes. Nostalgia doesn’t sell unless you’re already dead.

I doubt it’ll be good… I’m now listening the The Sword to satisfy my metal needs.

I think the big question here is who in the f do we think we are? Why would Metallica keep making records if they were only in it for the money? Wouldn’t they become Kiss and make action figures and crap? Honestly, everyone got pissed after the Napster thing and said boo hoo we hate Metallica because now we have to buy music the way the artist intended it to be heard. And now it’s either you love Metallica or you hate em. Well I got a different opinion: I respect them, and I do enjoy their music sometimes. There wouldn’t BE metal the way we know it were it not for Metallica. They laid the groundworks, and then they said hey, let’s do something different. Music would suck if all the artists did the same damn thing their whole career. It’s called artistic innovation, it’s the artist making music that they want to make, so get used to it and stop crying. If you hate Metallica than DON’T BUY THE RECORD. Nobody is gonna give a rat’s ass.

metallica’s black album had the best drum tones metallica ever recorded…

we´ll the master of puppet sounds

If you want that “old Metallica” feel for 2006…..check out “The Crusade” by Trivium.

I’d much rather hear that the boys have Master of Puppets in the back of their minds instead of garbage like Avenged Sevenfold, Dragonforce, and….yes….especially, Trivium.

GIVE ME PURE METAL UP THE ASS

MASTER, MASTER OF PUPPETS, fuck the haters, METALLICA RULES.

I have a theory “Metal is not for the masses” Metal bands cannot survive superstardom. I’m not talking about Pop Metal but real Metal. It is obscurity that makes it so alluring. It is the unknown elements that make it so appealing. I remember seeing Ozzy for the first time and being blown away that I was looking at “The Prince of Darkness” in the flesh. I can’t say that after seeing him take out trash and clean up dog shit. Metal is spawn from anger and a feeling of being
somewhat persecuted. We will never see another album like MOP because the ingredients to write it no longer exist. They are not persecuted and angry. They are rich and succesful. Good for them! We are greedy to expect our heroes to re-hash the same old shit. Would we expect Michaelangelo to paint the same freaking painting over and over. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutley hate St Anger. It contains nothing of what I love about Metallica. The amazing lyrics, intrictae solos, time changes and of course the “Real Anger” of their(and my)youth. It’s gone and we can’t blame the boys for that. What I can blame them for is releasing a movie about their nausea inducing therapy seconds on a still rabid fan base. I lasted about fifteen minutes into the movie and (with a tear in my eye) turned the movie off.

Megadeth still creates, in my opinion, pissed off metal. Dave is still angry. Of course he should be over all his shit by now but we continue to reap the rewards.

There will never be another Metallica album of old and I’m fine with that. I can still drink a few beers to Load and punch holes in wall to Kill’em All. No one can take those first handfull of albums from us.

Thanks to Metallica for all the killer songs of my youth.

…Metallica said they were “returning to their roots” on ‘St. Anger’. I’m not holding my breath.

Hell, I always liked “Until It Sleeps” it’s metal, through a haze of cigarette smoke.

F*** Metallica!!! Pantera forver!

I think Metallica’s post-Black output is kinda underrated. St. Anger even had a few good moments. I’m still interested in their next move.

Perhaps my continuing interest in them is that no one has done it better yet. There are some great metal bands out there…..who are brought down by cookie monster singers. I think if Disturbed keeps going they way they are, they could become true metal force to be reckoned with.

Anyway, Load and Reload rock me. “Fixxxer” forever!

st anger could have been decent, but to for me it wasnt the songs that werent alright, it was the production. Worst sounding reocrd i have ever heard.

ya Jason Before you FUCK metallica, learn how to spell forever…

who cares what year it is jimmy? why would metallica or gnr try to sound “current.” I dont know if you have noticed this or not, but everything since 1991 has sucked… nirvana was decent but still were never near the level of GNR and Metallica in album sales and worldwide recognition…. Who cares if Metallica tries to sound like they did in the 80’s I hope they do…You guys are like “oh its 2006″ who cares?? 2006 doesnt mean anything, its not like there is this onslaught of legendeary music coming out that GNR and Metallica have to live up to..the last great rock record was Nevermind, and that came out in 1991…wake up everyone, we need GNR and Metallica in the worst way…or we can continue to listen to Hinder, Nickelback and Justin Timberlake…….hahaha

The roots of Guns N Roses are fully sprouted from Appetite for Destruction. Most of Chinese Democracy will sound more like Axl’s pet project instead of the Guns N’ Roses we grew up to love. If Metallica does go back to their “thrash” roots that would be great. Unless Axl gets his mind out of the industrial gutter expect no rock n roll drom him.

the whole “music thing’ is a giant marketplace. metallica is at a place, however, where they don’t have to sell any albums to make money. their shows sell out worldwide. perhaps this record will harken back to the “old days”, but i really hope not. the production on st. anger killed it, but the live versions of those songs sound great. they are full of pissed off rage. with different ears at the mixing board (and some guitar solos) i am hoping they can maintain the feeling they started to rembrace on st. anger and bring it to it’s full potential.

Velvet Revolver should have waited on Rick Rubin to finish up in London with U2 and Linkin Park. Instead, they gave up and enlisted old grunge standby Brendan O’Brien. Metallica’s doing it right: Staying patient and continuing to bash out new tunes like Rubin instructed. That’s Rubin’s method — write tons of shit and he’ll find the 10-12 best songs.

The only problem I really had with St. Anger was the drums. That damn snare drum irritated the living crap out of me. It worked on “Frantic,” but that’s where it stopped.

The songs didn’t really lend themselves to solos. I think they would’ve sounded out of place. That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t make a welcomed return, but still.

I still think Load and Reload were great albums in their own right.

I have listened to Metallica forever. Like most people responding here, I’m sure, I actually remember when ‘Lightning’ and ‘Puppets’ were released and when those record didn’t even have the massive history they do now. So I don’t revel in the fact that the band has struggled fairly mightily the past decade or so. ‘St. Anger’ is just a bad album. Songs are bad, lyrics are bad, vocals are some of the worst I’ve ever heard in the genre, drums … well, what can I say about them that hasn’t been said? I really was excited about that album because of the “return to form” claims. How totally incorrect. Heavy and fast? Sure. But that isn’t what makes these songs a “return to form.” Good, memorable songs that will stand the test of time? Every one of those tracks faila hundred times over.

So you’ll forgive me if I’m not salivating over this news. Oh, so they’re inspired by playing ‘Puppets.’ Well, that’s great to hear, but how do we know it’ll translate? Will someone actually work with Hetfield on his vocal range and his pitch? He sounded painfully bad at times on ‘Anger.’ His vocals need direction. Will he get that? Will Hammett return to being one of the best soloists ever? I guess from Lars’ comments even he has had a dose of the nonpompousity elixir and realizes how bad they sounded. I doubt Rick Rubin, with his 50,000 other projects, will have the proper amount of time to devote to this record. I hope I’m wrong.

I will give their next record a chance. I’m a lifelong fan, after all. But I’m not anticipating a great Metallica statement. I fear, because they’ll try too hard, that it’ll be similar to what we got with ‘Anger,’ just with a better production. Look, even if the production on ‘Anger’ was acceptable, the songs were not.

Luckily a lot of people blindly accept anything Metallica does. Thus, the fruits of superstardom and a large, loyal fanbase. I need more, and so will not get in line behind the rest of the sheep to worship at the altar.

Middle aged angst? Metallica Menapause? St. Anger would be best left to interpritation and covers by Richard Cheese. I know for a fact that niether Hatfeild or I can turn back the clock. Especially if we aint living the lifestyle were selling.

Y’all gt b kiddin’..o Y’all r confused..at least it sounds so..the band’s dun alot n they’d given those kick-ass numbers fo 20 years..jus one crappy album u guys sayin METALLICRAP..!!ain’t fair enaf guys..waitin fo da new album..bt fo sure if that too wud b crap..i’d agree bout their retirement..othawise keep on rollin’ baby..

Big Bob..
You must be a stupid redneck…from somewhere in those backwards-retarded southern states…maybe tennessee or alabama or even virginia.
you made everyone on this list just a little bit dumber with your childish comment. are you over the age of 12??
R

I, for one, will not be buying this album, downloading this album, nor paying to see Metallica ever again. Who cares if the music sucks or rocks anymore? Metallica tried so very hard to alienate their fans that they DON’T DESERVE our attention or appreciation anymore.

Buying Metallica now is the equivalent of wasting your day watching then talking about ‘reality’ shows.

Approximately fifteen shows and twenty-some years later and I stil get amped for a new Metallica album! I for one didn’t like all of the Napster and group therapy bullshit but I personally don’t give a crap about their celebrity persona. Whatever’s blarring out of ny stereo is all I care about. Their last three studio albums have been pretty weak with a few highlights but their weak shit is still better than some of the crap out there today. It’s either Hinder or some thrash or goth metal crap where you can’t even understand the lyrics although Disturbed’s most recent alubum is solid! I hate to say it but the sound Metallica created on Lightning, Master, and part of Justice died along with Cliff. That guy was way more influential for Metallica’s sound than he is given credit for. I’m sure a lot of new Metallica fans don’t even know who Cliff is unless they watched “Behind the Music.” Let’s face it, they haven’t sounded the same since. I really liked the Black album but it was nothing like their previous recordings and they never will be without Burton. I still think they’re capable of making some great music, hopefully better than St. Anger, but don’t get your hopes up for another Master of Puppets.

Well it looks like we have alot of ppl on here that bail out on Metallica huh….THEY ARE FUCKIN AWESOME..now adays we have that stupid pussy punk rock and rap…you wanna know whos there to come out with some good metal shit….METALLICA…just like they did in the 80’s when they fought the hair metal bands….the reason metallica is awesome is because they dont give a fuck what yins think…they make their music their way…thats why they fuckin rock…im pumped for a new album..ou guys who bail are just a bunch of pussies..and no they didnt bail on you during napster dumbasses..you guys are just to illiterate to get a job go out and buy the damn cd

1st off not ALL of Metallica’s ‘old fan-base’ have deserted them. I am a diehard fan, been going to their shows since ’83, have all their albums and have met AND partied with them (Monsters of Rock ’86) IMO all you that don’t support your band can F off. How many of you back your sports teams regardless of how they’re doing? Or do you bail on them for a few bad seasons. AND I am not saying Metallica has had a few bad seasons. When you’ve made as many records as a band like Metallica there are bound to be some better than others. There are a few I don’t care for as much as others too but ‘I’ am a TRUE fan and wont ‘abandon’ the boys who have rocked so hard for us over the years. Get some dedication people! I for one look forward to what ever projects they have in store. I just hope I’m not disappointed with the new album but even if I am, I’ll still support the greatest heavy metal band ever! That’s what a TRUE fan is! Thick or thin baby!

face it metallica died when cliff burton died. they gradually got worse as he passed away.
i bet he rolled around in his grave twice after he heard the black album.
sorry to say but this album aint gonna get any better.

Skydiver, You may be a true fan but so are alot of us. I’ve been to seven shows and own all the albums including bootlegs. Just because I am a fan doesn’t mean I can’t call their last two offerings “shit”. That’s my right. Metallica should thank their stars that they still have fans waiting with baited breath for anything they shovel. It doesn’t make you more of a fan because you partied with them in 86. It doesn’t make you more of a fan because you can’t see a shitty album for what it is. Like I said in my last post, They should make whatever kind of music that they want. Good for them bad for me if I don’t like it. Have some good sense and quit eating up every offering like it was MOP. It ain’t. Metallica doesn’t need your money that bad.

Nothing to see here. Metallica is just having another dream where they aren’t dead.

T00L buried those corpses long ago.

Well said Rollie, also I give Big Bob (the first post on this topic) the trophy for biggest douche of the year, you are a waste of sperm.

Personally, I like every song they have ever played, on every CD they have ever made, and cannot wait to hear the innovation on the next album. Each album tells it’s own tale, and with today’s current events, I’m sure they have lots of material to influence them. Metallica has helped me through some tough times, even the ridiculed St. Anger, and they will keep me afloat for years to come, I am confident of that. If I was going to make an uneducated guess, I would assume they are planning to resort back to the M.O.P. days because that’s what their current influences are leading them to. St. Anger was a rebirth of Kill ‘em All. It was Metallica starting over. Now we get to hear them go from start to finish all over again, but this time sober. That is inspiring to me.

Until you all realize that Metallica corporation will never have any balls again until they are hungry. I have been a guitar player for 25 years and Metallica has done nothing but go through the motions since the black album when they hit it big. If you dont buy what I’m selling go to there website, I’m surprised you dont have to pay to click on the fucker. Like previously stated, the band died when Cliff died. If it wasnt for Cliff they would have never made it in the first place. You can only scrape the same bowl so many times.

Metallica has been the god of thrash from the very beginning…unlike some ignorant asshole’s who feel that metallica sold out…BALLS!!!…if ne band cud come a closer to metallica,it cud only be SLAAAAAAYERRRRR…these two bands changed music forever…

Master!!!!

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I’m a guitarist and i find trying to write music to sound like a previous album or another band is the worst thing you can do. You have to let out what ever moves you. I fuckin love metallica. I know this album is going to kick ass, but they cant recreate a masterpiece like master of puppets. I think they can and will surprise us with something amazing.

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