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Blayne repping Overkill when they just released Ironbound part 4, while simultaneously slagging Metallica for not experimenting enough...

Same album over and over and over again isn't good. You could say that it is... overkill haha... No change, no evolution, no real excitement for me. If you like the bands sound that is from their early days, listen to those albums. Metallica has shown that it can evolve and still kick ass. That's exciting.

@@jeffreydean7556 exactly 😂

1987! right!

The new albums would be 5 mins in length then.

EXACTLY

Bob rock did that in 1990, and failed to do so In 01 02 03...

The greatest reference of all time 😂😂 Real shit metallica is the greatest band of all time

Metallica has earned the right to do whatever they want to do. Just saw them in St Louis.

That is a nice review. I share the same feelings on this album.

for me : too far gone, room of mirrors, chasing and 72 season.

They cover an Animals As Leaders song?

@@danzigjrTitle only. The lyrics and music is a cover of lenny kravitz and gallows.

It's so fascinating that in youtube comments on this album people choose completely different songs as their favorites. Room of Mirrors is my #1

@@Safetysealed Inamorata has the same riff throughout the entire song, and the same drum beat. It's so boring.

Would make it much more listenable too.

Exactly what I have been saying since it came out. It's pretty bad if even someone like myself can recognize it that quickly... If they just learned how to edit, or had someone who could say no to them, this album would have been above average. And yet people are still giving it an 8/10 as is when it's this tedious. And on the flip side, Inamorata is their longest song, and yet it actually attempts to go somewhere, unlike the rest of the album. What a novel concept...

Neither one of these guys are super Metallica fans. Go back and watch their live stream ranking Metallica albums. They have no clue about Metallica.

Enabler.

Megadeth is getting old too and look what they just put out last year. Age doesnt define ability

I agree - Even Hardwired did that for me; it had Black Album/Load/Re-Load vibes. I always imagine it was the lost sequel to the Black Album, and prequel to Load/Re-Load. (Btw, I'm one of the fans who does like those records - St. Anger too. St. Anger just needed better production choices.)

@@pixel_glitched Right on man!! ST Anger is one of my fave Metallica records as well, lyrics are very dark and relatable and the aggression is there, the production just wasn't the best.

​@@madwolfdrawing Agreed! The Unnamed Feeling, for sure, hits me like a truck on relatability... as does St. Anger. For example - I think the biggest common complaint, Lars' snare sound, isn't actually horrible - it just shouldn't have been the complete sound for the whole album. If they had used it sparingly, like an effect, on some parts of songs - it could have been very cool. The Pre-Chorus, post-chorus and bridge sections of St. Anger (the song) really pop with that snare sound (its kind of sounds like a bell, or something). I just think that, for example, could have been better if not over-used. I understand that that doesn't really work well playing live, but in the studio - that absolutely could have been a thing.

Sounds even better with AI James 80s voice, and kinda match kill and Ride. It Sounds Very epic. And old school. Also loves lux Aeterna

Seriously. I can't think of any bands nearly as popular as Metallica who have experimented anywhere near as much as they have.

Those risks are the reason why they are on top, or just their 5 premier albums? Strip their career of it, what would remain?

underrated comment.

Not so similar to Black album.. more Kill' em All x ReLoad x Garage Inc.

@@Adi-megatron its basically mix of every album while overall sounding like garage inc. Shadows follow is so BA. that I SAY NOOO from James towards the end is like from 1991 James.

@@dekapitatorr every album since 1991 has a sound and arragements based on Black album style, it's a ground floor for everything they do since then. Now generally is this album very similar to Black album, not really, of course there are some moments

@@Adi-megatronWhere’s the Kill ‘em All? I don’t hear it. One riff doesn’t count.

yeah age is not a valid excuse. Neither is "not as bad as it could be". What a ringing endorsement for the album.

Apples and oranges. Mayhem is a joke with no original members in a band. Megadeth is also Daves solo project where he is constantly changing band members. you cant compare them to 3 guys who are making music for 40 years .

Megadeth you said the band only plays 1/2 songs live from their new album everytime they released a new album.

True. These 2 are favorite BangerTV hosts by far. Blayne and I rarely like the same shit but he is the king of lols.

The guitar melodies and harmonies sound like Cliff co-wrote them, and James' riffs, vocals and lyrics are awesome. Kirk's solos are very soulful as well.

Many years? ugghhhh

Best Load song.

Nope. That's Death Magnetic

​​@@pleasuretokillah. I also enjoy this effort the most of the post-Jason era tbh. DM was allover the place, few good songs but also some terrible ones, still with one foot in the St. Anger Nü-tallica approach. The production is god-awful as well. 72S is so much more focussed and well written. I enjoy the fresher Kill/Black/Load-album style vibe instead of chasing after a lesser iteration of AJFA or MoP. But to each his own ofcourse

@@shapeshifter-theamorphousg3264 damn bro. Pass me whatever youre smokin. Cyanide was the only bad song on DM the rest were bangers. No song on 72 is as good as All Nightmare Long, Judas Kiss, My Apocalypse or That Wa Just Your Life. DM is the closest thing to 80s Metallica we will ever get again. 72 Seasons has more boring mid tempo Black Album-ish stuff on it. Comparing DM and St Anger is a hilariously bad take. Its better to compare it to AJFA which it sounds way more like. 72 Seasons is decent for mid tempo playing it safe Metallica. Death Magnetic was the last look we will ever get into faster, 80s style thrash Metallica.

@@pleasuretokill All i know is that i enjoy 72S the most of the last four albums. Shoot me. If i want real thrash i put on an old Slayer/Sepultura/Exodus/Coroner/Kreator/Destruction/Dark Angel/Sodom, hell, even a Testament album. Metallica has always been half-assed thrash to begin with, it's heavy/speed metal just as much-even back in their prime. Too melodic and not fast and agressive enough to ever be full-on thrashmetal. Period. Just like Megadeth.

That intro to 72 Seasons was kind of like metal meets surf - but in a good way!

I'm a fan of Blayne, but I have to agree. He came off incredibly gatekeepy and elitist here... Not that he was wrong on points - he was right on several. But the whole age and money thing? That bugged me, too. Metallica can, will, and should write _what they want_ to write, and those who aren't into it don't have to be. We will enjoy what we will enjoy. Megadeth is old and is still thrash, but Dave also fires anyone who doesn't keep up, who doesn't agree, and can't keep a lineup to save his life. There are other examples in other groups too... (I like Megadeth too, but the truth is the truth) Lastly - Metallica uses that big money and sinks it into touring and the crazy shit they set up for live events. They are and have always been a live/touring band, and that's where they put their money. Their connection to fans has always been at the shows. So they use that enormous budget for _us_ when we go see them. I wish I could afford it - but anyone I've ever known to see them live has all agreed it was worth it. I'll also add that Metallica has a great track record of taking and playing songs that were below average in what we call "quality" so much better live.

@@pixel_glitched I don't understand how the same people who were saying how amazing Luzifer and their terrible take on trad metal were last year can have anything bad to say about Metallica. LOL Thanks for your comments

@@pickle2891 Lol, agreed again! And you’re welcome.

Sam is probably busy reviewing scorched….and rightly so.

Sounds like every other Overkill album.

Thank you for saying it out loud! Love AC/DC - but holy shit, were they churning out derivativeness almost their entire career... MAN, there's plenty of same-y music in that whole generation. I'm a fan - but a lot of them failed to evolve, or just didn't want to. To each their own. But hey - at least Metallica has the balls to try. They and Rush have my respect for that.

Well no band has their fame, and no band has their dynamic, and no band released 5 albums b2b2b2b2b that puts them as the greatest prime ever arguably

@@mistersunshine1330 ye and many bands have lived off past glories just by turning up, not on the quality of their recent work.

@@wilsonathleticscoaching And every single band who does that is probably an all time great

Maybe in their own mind. They have made very ordinary music for 30 years. Nothing will change my opinion in that.

I think Death Magnetic was great and very consistent.

@@nealwexler666 And almost impossible to listen to because of the LOUDNESS problem. Even the much improved Guitar Hero version is loud as shit.

@@nealwexler666 Too bad drumming and arrengement of the songstructures, a common problem with newer Metallica. Bob Rock and themselves ruined all. I still consider 72 seasons the greatest since AJFA.

I agree, i find most of Kirks solos quite enjoyable.

@@ThreszheR Sure they're enjoyable, but lazy for the most part. We all know he can do better if he just puts in the effort. Some of the solos on here are pretty damn good, and you immediately notice that he actually took some time to compose it properly.

Totally!

100% agree. There’s more musicianship in the first Overkill song than in the last 35 years of the crap they’ve been churning out

You sure damn right. I can’t stop listening to Scorched. 72 Seasons is boring and uninspired.

When he decided to just wing it, rather than take the time to compose his solos, is when they stopped being memorable.

I will never NOT be impressed how Metallica fans can come to such conclusions! Get your ears checked, you very well may be deaf!

Agreed Pyle. I value my ears greatly…sin cerely a non conscientious objector 🤘🏽🍻👂🏽

Boring album by the numbers

@@kristiankrastanov5995 what does by the numbers mean? Always heard that but never knew what it meant? 🤔 🤷🏽‍♂️

Agreed - and I also very much enjoy it. I'll also add that James just said in an interview with Kerrang!: "...As selfish as it sounds... We write this stuff for ourselves. And we're the harshest critics of all. So, it makes sense that it sounds like _us"_ Also, he said: “Just put your heart out there, it can’t be wrong.” Lastly, Kirk had a good comment too: "We *know* our fans care. We know our fans care _intensely._ And we also know our fans get... stuck in the minutia... (laughs) and in the details... and they can go down the rabbit hole... and that's their stuff. That's not our stuff. Our job is to go out there and make the best music we can, that _accurately_ reflects what our creative musical mindset is... at _that particular_ time." At the end of the day - they always will have my respect for being authentic - both to themselves, and to us.

I do also think that this _is_ what they want to play. I'm with the guys on some sections often are too long and could be more concise (and the overuse of false intro/outros), but we have to remember: This is a jam band - and they always have been. For years now, they get together at HQ, and most of their writing comes from jam sessions. Even this album had some of that after lockdown opened up. They groove together for hours, enjoy it, and don't want to stop - and it shows in the music - for better or for worse.

I can't fathom telling Metallica they need to take more chances. This is the band that put out Load, Reload, two symphonic live albums, St. Anger, and Lulu for god's sake.

@@jeffreydean7556 _BINGO._

Totally agree. Lux Aeterna shouldve been the Motorhead tribute song. Not the crappy murder one

Diamond Head more so

Probably because you can't (St. Anger aside)

@@fredfredericks3496 Aye I can compare but choose not to laddie. And I like Escape too 👀🤘🔥

YT doesnt give it justice, it sounds way thinner than on CD or digital download. I almost didnt listen to album because I didnt like the sound on singles. huge difference.

Metallica have their own record label because it's a smart business move. Simple as that.

@@A_Final_Hit yes, i agree. But there's more than one reason.

Metallica do music for themselves, yes. But it could be sweet if they also make music for others to listen to.

@@danielsarup7391 Yeah that's not gonna happened you can't please everybody. Musical standard you guys put on Metallica is too high.

_THANK YOU._ For the record, I like those albums. Hero of the Day, King Nothing, Until it Sleeps, Bleeding Me, Mama Said, The Memory Remains, Fuel, Unforgiven 2, Devil's Dance.... love those songs. Get a few drinks in me, Hero of the Day will make me cry.

Yeah and James can actually sing unlike Ozzy haha

Great quote on the marketing campaign though.

Another symptom of the Metallica defense - it could be worse, AKA it's not St. Anger/Load/Reload/Lulu, so I can convince myself I like it more than I do.

Agreed. Bloated album and gets tiring.

@@Mari000 Metallica should go back to 8 to 10 well written songs per album. I wish Kirk Hammett had taken his time crafting his guitar solos. Rob & Lars have energy, but I wanted faster riffs from James. It's alright, but on the lower end of Metallica's discography.

@@SleepFan771 agreed. They need a more streamlined approach. I dont mind the slower pace of some songs, but a song like Inamorata needed a fast riff at some point. I think a lot songs from this lack of faster riffs.

Have you ever considered that maybe they don't give a fuck about "being metal"? Wouldn't you get sick of doing the same thing for 40 years?

I honestly think they don't have it in them anymore.

Why should they feel that they have to live up to some hypothetical standard of "metal-ness" to please a bunch of bitchy weirdos who refuse to listen to anything that isn't straight-up metal?

They are musicians, their whole life has been about music. I am fking tired of people complaining about Metallica, AC DC and all this other fcking huge names, guys in their 60s and 70s who have been around for 40-50 years doing music. They are artist, musicians. If they enjoy making music and love touring what's the problem? Blayne's comment on the money element, that if the music is not good enough why the albums? Perhaps these MUSICIANS enjoy making music like anyone else? Seriously, what's wrong with people?

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