Metallica Appreciation Thread

[Everlasting]

I stand Lars Ulrich. His druming sucks so much and he is what usually stops me from listening to Metallica for more than 60 minuters straight.

 

[Xelebes]

They still played in arguably the biggest concert ever.

Jean-Michel Jarre says hi.

 

[Hammettf2b]

I stand Lars Ulrich. His druming sucks so much and he is what usually stops me from listening to Metallica for more than 60 minuters straight.

Really? What do you hate about his drumming? Or is it just a cop out about actually disliking the person and his drumming has nothing to do with it? Me personally I wish he would do away with the whole "trash can snare" myself but can't say that I actually dislike the guy for it.

 

[Tarasenko]

Jean-Michel Jarre says hi.

I knew someone would bring Jarre on the table ahah
The environment surrounding the Moscow concert is what is making it grandiose.

 

[Everlasting]

Really? What do you hate about his drumming? Or is it just a cop out about actually disliking the person and his drumming has nothing to do with it? Me personally I wish he would do away with the whole "trash can snare" myself but can't say that I actually dislike the guy for it.

IT is just flat ont horible and repetitive. The druming lacks any kind of variation and he uses the snare Way more often than he should. Which is à shame because Metallica has some great music..

 

[beowulf]

I stand Lars Ulrich. His druming sucks so much and he is what usually stops me from listening to Metallica for more than 60 minuters straight.

Then sit instead of standing.

 

[Everlasting]

Then sit instead of standing.

Lol. Writing on à iPad. Almost never use one so IT is really hard

 

[RockLobster]

What I usually find amusing about people who praise their first 4 albums while denouncing anything after the Black Album (and some who even include the Black Album) is that they tend to have gotten pissed off that Metallica didn't continue being a "cookie-cutter Metal Band".

Instead I look at it as they always said "We're going to make the music that we like to make, that inspires us and makes us feel good" and proceeded to do that. Good for them for not accepting be placed into a confined musical box.

I have now seen them live and in concert 4 times and each time has been an amazing, adrenaline pumping experience that leaves me energized well after the show. They play hard and fast and do so for 2.5-3 hours (the shows I saw) and have never disappointed me. (Lars even personally handed me a drumstick after the first show I went to, not threw it into the crowd, but looked me in the eyes and made sure that drumstick got in my hand)

Metallica grew up, and I think they're better musicians because of that.

 

[Whiplash27]

Lars is actually considered a pretty bad drummer in comparison to many others. However, he also seems to be the one who has the strongest business sense out of all four of them.

Anyway, the first 4 albums are the best. However, TBA was still a great album. Load is a very good album as well. If you separate that album from the Metallica name, I don't know how someone can say it's a bad rock album. Reload has some really good songs, others are meh. St. Anger was just bad. Death Magnetic was quite good as well.

 

[Eisen]

I appreciate their first 4 albums. A lot actually.

 

[Jovavic]

 

[StrangeVision]

Not gonna lie, I got kind of soured on Metallica when someone tried to argue with me in high school that Lars Ulrich was a better drummer than Neil Peart. Petty and ridiculous reason to dislike a band? You bet.

Not to say they haven't made some great music, but meh.

 

[yoplait]

They might not be the best or the most talented. But theres a good chance they were everyone's first metal band and made them fall in love with the genre, and that alone makes them worth being mentioned among the best bands of all time.

 

[Garo]

But theres a good chance they were everyone's first metal band and made them fall in love with the genre,

Nope.

 

[MadDevil]

Still one of my favorite bands, even with all the "sellout" garbage that gets tossed around every time Metallica even gets mentioned. I do prefer their older stuff, but I thought Death Magnetic was a pretty solid album.

 

[John Price]

Metallica started off legendary but lost a lot of favor when they complained about Napster. That was about when they started to fade from relevance.

 

[Buckets and Gloves]

Metallica Rules!!!!!!!!

 

[Takeo]

Everything from Kill 'Em All to Load is fantastic. Everything after Load is boring and irritating. And I can't stand Trujillo.

 

[Eisen]

Not gonna lie, I got kind of soured on Metallica when someone tried to argue with me in high school that Lars Ulrich was a better drummer than Neil Peart. Petty and ridiculous reason to dislike a band? You bet.

Not to say they haven't made some great music, but meh.

You were both wrong, they both stink.

 

[PolishBingo]

I appreciate their first 4 albums. A lot actually.

 

[Bloumeister]

Obligatory

 

[Mrb1p]

Metallica got me into music. First band I listened too intensily, so I might be biased, but I still love them and I even like some of the songs on St. Anger. Mainly because I don't let people make up my own opinion
People who hate Metallica for opening up their musical horizon are ignorant and it actually comes from metalheads who are super close minded and don't like listening to other style of music.

I just love Creeping death, it's probably the best live song you can hear.

Obligatory

I knew I'd see you around here

 

[Bloumeister]

I knew I'd see you around here

One of these days, I'll tell you how I didn't get my Kill'Em All and Ride The Lightning vinyls signed by the band in 1985 and got a ****ing W.A.S.P. album signed instead

 

[Mrb1p]

One of these days, I'll tell you how I didn't get my Kill'Em All and Ride The Lightning vinyls signed by the band in 1985 and got a ****ing W.A.S.P. album signed instead

Lol, isn't W.a.s.p. a crappy glam rock band

 

[Ozz]

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That's why it was on the first page