St Anger - Metallica - DVD

[macleod]

I am a Metallica fan from the no life till leather days and against what the critics said, I purchased the St. Anger CD and DVD.

This post isn't (at present) about how good or bad the CD was (it actually was pretty good, aside from a few songs), but what everyone thought about the DVD.

After watching the DVD, I thought that I could have done a lot better with my own set up. I am talking purely about the way the DVD looked and not the content. It was horribly done in my opinion. Its like they did it with Nero's encoder or something

I wanted to see what others thought when they viewed the DVD (of course, if they are Metallica fans and bought the DVD and CD).

[monoxide77]

i too am a Metallica fan. I thought the DVD looked great. maybe because i watched it on my generic 19" bedroom TV or i might have been intoxicated. also, it's only a single-layer DVD. I can't complain for free.

[Faustus]

I'm an old metallica fan, heard this cd was more like their old stuff. Heard some samples, it still sounds sucky so I stayed away. Not gonna trash anyone who still likes them, to each their own and all, but they are not for me anymore. The glory days are gone.

[mysticgohan17]

i like the new cd.

[tgpo]

The new song on the radio SUCKS!!! I heard it and couldn't find a part of it I liked at all. I liked King Nothing and Until It Sleeps, songs more in that range are what I like by them. But over all I just don't like the band all that much.

[macleod]

The new CD takes a little while to grow on you. I have been listening to it for over a week now. I really like Invisible Kid and shoot me again. I also like Frantic and have grown to like Saint Anger, the song TGPO was referring to. I admit the first time I heard it, I was tempted to turn it off.

I am really wondering was it the right thing to do to get Bob Rock in the studio with them. The black album was pretty good, but it has been downhill (IMO) from there (except for the S&M CD-I personally like that version of "for whom the bell tolls").

Out of all the people that voted (all 7), I was pretty shocked that half said that the encoding was good. I have a brand new 32" toshiba and it looked like CRAP!

"they" are saying that this one sounds like the old metallica. I would have to disagree with that. Seek and Destroy, Whiplash, For Whom the Bell Tolls, breadfan are just a few songs that "ARE METALLICA"!!!!

[ahackhack]

It's okay.


The album on the other hand... Hmm, I'd like to take that new drum of Lars' and shove it up his A$$.... what a god awful thing, and it's seemingly in every tune!!! Percussion isn't supposed to go on for a complete measure, it's supposed to be, somewhat crisp at the very least.
Hettfield sounds like a whiny little chump, on numerous occasions, and even does a really crappy Jonathon Davis (KORN) impression on one track (fortunately, it was forgettable, and I don't recall what track that struck me that way)
The lyrics are weak, and well... that's enough I suppose.
The song writing itself is actually pretty good, but whomever mixed that album should be kicked in the sac.....roilliac. If you play with the levels you can produce a pretty ripping album, but as sold it is rot.Terrible, it sounds like a crappy live recording. Bob "crack" Rock doesn't do them any favours either.


I heard a rumour that "And Justice for All" (the album, not just the single track" was ghost written.... hmmmm, that seems more and more credible with each passing album Metallica puts out.

Whatever happened to Flemming Rassmussen anyway.


My two cents (I know, a little off topic)