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  1. Chris Farmer

    For Metallica fans ... re: new record!

    It's interesting reading the responses here, they don't surprise me at all and reflect what I've heard talking to others. For whatever reason, St. Anger clicked for me. Not saying you all don't get it or anything like that, but I put it on and instantly it just made perfect sense. What they were...
  2. Chris Farmer

    For Metallica fans ... re: new record!

    Micke, exactly, that's what worries me. the best example of old-school Metalica and what made it so great was Master of Puppets. That song is almsot a 3 movement concerto in its form, with the killer opening and verses as movement 1, the slow melodic interlude for mvt 2, the guitar solo and the...
  3. Chris Farmer

    For Metallica fans ... re: new record!

    Oh yeah, Bruce can make any song sound better. Just check out his awe-inspiring rendition of Sign of the Cross on Rock in Rio. Oh, and just to stay on topic, the more I hear about this new Metallica CD, the more interested I get. We're definitely not looking at another Load/ReLoad here, but...
  4. Chris Farmer

    For Metallica fans ... re: new record!

    Watch it with the attack on 90s Iron Maiden bub :) , While No Prayer for the Dying and Virtual XI were awful, and Fear of the Dark had its issues, you can't say that X-factor is at all trendy or stale. It's much darker and more inaccessible then anything they did with Bruce, and far more complex...
  5. Chris Farmer

    For Metallica fans ... re: new record!

    I for one enjoyed Load quite a bit. It obviously wasn't the equal of their height, but it was a fine album and a fun spin. Reload on the other hand was disappointing to me. It was the stuff that got left off Load, and for the most part, it was left off for good reason. Fuel, Devil's Dance, and...
  6. Chris Farmer

    For Metallica fans ... re: new record!

    Sounds interesting. I'll definitely be picking it up, and have high hopes, but am keeping my expectations realistic.
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