Seeing it again I'm not sure what to think of him in it, except that he clearly did carry all that anger and sadness still. They had their reasons for kicking him out but they went about it terribly, as can be expected of a group of guys in their early 20's, eager for the prize as they all were.
What Gagatallica was supposed to sound like. (HINT: Really, really good!)
Metallica & Iggy playing "TV Eye", live in Mexico:
Got so close for the show in Dallas. They were fucking amazing. Managed to get a guitar pick too.
Went to the pop-up show in LA two days ago and here are a couple of photos....
There was a small room that had the electric chair and a bunch of orb thingies from the 80s, it was all pretty cool
and I walked away with this cool little pin
and my sister and I will be at the show this upcoming Sunday in San Diego. We eneded up getting the crazy expensive tickets that come with a dinner or something like that and should be fun.
Arena tour supposed to be announced tomorrow...
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/met...american-tour/
...hopeful that I can get tickets for it to the new Bucks arena assuming this is true.
With a tiny bit of NIN-spotting
I've been on a Metallica kick lately, gearing up for the deluxe remaster of Justice.
(Legendary) producer Steve Thompson talked about it on a podcast. It hasn't been mentioned here yet, but as of February, there are no plans to remix the album. One of the reasons given is that the original source materials would be too difficult to sift through, because about 40,000 of those are Lars' drum takes.
Surely it can't be too much effort just to boost the bass track.
I would have to find the Steve Thompson video interview where he talks about it more in-depth, but the way the album was mixed, the frequency of the drums cancels out the bass frequencies the majority of the mix.
They probably will just do a "louder/boosted" version, but as already pointed out, it tends to sounds more harsh because the bass and drums are so closely linked.
It's there, it's purposefully turned way down so Lars could get the drum sound he wanted:
As far as remastering, I understand the previous ones to be digitizations/CD masters rather than a full remastering. Remastering on the earlier releases is credited to George Marino.
Let's not forget that Danny Lohner and Jeordie were both auditioning to play bass for Metallica during the filming of Some Kind of Monster as well as Pepper Keenan and Eric Avery. I'm sure I'm forgetting many others that auditioned.
My main problem with AJFA is that the sound quality as a whole is horrible. It needs more than just a bass boost.
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This made me laugh. Hard. Made my day!
I just scored 2 tickets to their recently announced Philly show (October 25th). The Pre-Sale started at noon today. Sitting in Section 117, Row 6. $343 for the both of them. Ouch! These are GNR prices, but I have no will power. Will be good to see them in an arena again.
So....ive been getting into Metallica for the first time a few days ago.
I went through and listened to all their albums from KEA to Hardwired. here's my short opinion on them
KEA: Good riifs, though getting used to Hetfields early 80's is gonna take a while. Not a fan of the production but its still very solid. 7/10 for me
RTL: wow....what a fucking giant step up in quality, holy shit. Production is so much better, better riffs and songs (though James sounds like he's getting kicked in the crotch everytime he starts a lyric on the title track's verse), this album is awesome. 9/10
MoP: Its fucking Master of Puppets.....no but seriously, there isn't anything I can say that hasn't already be said. Sanitarium kicks ass, the songs kick ass, I made a horrible mistake trying to play Battery on rocksmith on my bass. Hell yes 10/10
AJFA:....is actually my favorite album. Lack of bass aside, I really think the longer songs give me more to enjoy, I like the progyness is has going on for it. Still killer riffs and lyrics, fucking wish they played Eye of the Beholder again/ 9/10
The Black Album: Such a step down imo, and its not the more hard rock/heavy metal approach, as you'll see next. It's certainly catchy....but...I dunno, I just don't really gel with this record much. Sad, But True kicks ass, Holier than Thou kicks ass....but im kinda meh on everything. 6/10
Load: I actually like Load a lot. There's a lot of filter sure, but I give credit, a lot of credit for Metallica for trying something different instead of being someone like Slayer where it never changes, not that it cant be done right. Ain't My Bitch, Bleeding Me, The Outlaw Torn, King Nothing and even songs i'm not much of a fan of musically like Mama Said, I can respect lyrically. Underatted. 8/10
Reload: More or less the same, though I like fewer songs on here. Good singles, Where The Wild Things Are and Fixxxer are great, but I like Load more. 7/10
St. Anger: ......................I'm indifferent. It has very good ideas, the snare doesn't really bother me, nor does the lack of solo's (Hardly any solo's on NIN songs) so that's not the issues. The issues are the godawful production, the stupid lyrics, James's raw voice, songs being WAY TO FUCKING LONG THEN THEY NEED TO...ugh...and it sucks because some of these riffs are so heavy and chunky....what a waste. I still like Some Kind of Monster, The Unnamed Feeling and even though it has a stupid ending, I like All Within My Hands. 5/10
Death Magnetic: Pretty solid return to form i'd say. It's not Master, but it's on the right track. The only track that i was pretty meh on was Suicide & Redemption....really did not need to be almost 10 minutes. Cyanide kicks ass, That Was Just Your Life kicks ass. All Nightmare Long and My Apocalypse kicks ass.....but
OH MY FUCKING GOD RICK GET YOU FUCKING COMPRESSED DICK OFF OF THIS PRODUCTION JESUS FU--
This album was fucking murder on my ears....my god...what a fucking disgrace. 7/10
Hardwired: TBH, I was pretty meh on this record. I liked Hardwired, I like the other singles, Spit Out The Bones kicks ass....but like St. Anger....it does not to be so fucking long. Why does it have to be so long? I can't even remember half of these songs...kinda a let down tbh. 6/10
and thats my story
Hardwired is my favourite Metallica album since the 80s, but I usually listen to just one half at a time, not all the way through.
@Dryalex12
If you have apple music, the mastered for itunes version sounds so much better. And if you need a copy of the fan remaster using the guitar hero stems, let me know.
I couldn’t listen to that album due to its disastrous mastering. But those versions help a lot.