What SUCKED about it?
Metallica, from Black on

We'll start with Kill em All. Production and songwriting are a bit under developed, but the record kicks major balls and the songs are still great. Bad ass underground vibe, bought it when it came out. Loved it.

Enter, record producer, Fleming Rasmussen, and we jump to Ride the Lightning. Holy Land Beam Anus, what happened. The songs were 5 levels beyond, Kill em All. Songwriting has matured, production is better, and how did they get James' vocals to sound like that. It was the beginning of true great things to come.

Then comes Master of Puppets, once again produced by Rasmussen. The record is an achievement only few have ever had the pleasure of doing, a few Pink Floyd records come to mind, OK Computer by Radiohead...and you can figure out the rest. A perfect album. It is their holy grail, their novel, their epoch, their epic. We listened to Master of Puppets more than any other cd, back in the day. I still can get lost in it.

Fly through Garage Days, which was incredible, but we will keep moving right along to, And Justice for All, yes, once again, produced by Rasmussen. Now the sound was a little different, but at the time, every freakin drummer I knew started taping a quarter to the kick drum. The record influenced a lot of people, even though you will hear some people whine about the overall sound. But the people who loved Metallica, for what they did best, knew that this was another great record.

Go to whatever year they release the Black album. I still remember the day. Me and several friends all came together to party and someone was bringing the new Metallica cd. I was actually pretty excited. We gather, drink beers, shoot the hammer and then someone pops it in. After the first track, I thought woozie, what was that? Surely not, then the next track, then the next track, then the next track, holy son of a bitch, They Suck. How did that happen? I never, to this day, have listened to the cd again. I never bought it, I never downloaded any of the songs, not one. I heard the songs on the radio and I tried to change it if I could. How can you change that much from one record to the next? I have heard them talk about that they needed to change and who am I to say they shouldn't. Most of the bands that don't...after awhile, it's like ok, we get it. My true thoughts on the Black album; part of it is bad songwriting, but the rest is simply Bob Rock. I know what you are saying, but Metallica sold millions of copies of that album. But so has Vanilla Ice, or Britny Spears, or Hootie & the Blowwads, or what about Anus Morrisette, or Backstreet Boys, or come on, do I need to continue? Terrible records have sold millions forever.

Whatever pieces of crap they released after that, wearing make up and whatever else. Why wasn't someone there to tell them that their shit does indeed stink. You're Metallica dammit, you don't need to do that, especially everything they stood for in the eighties, they didn't need to have a past they might look back on as embarassing.

Then they release this latest heavy one, only to learn that they have forgotten how to do it. Maybe start with Rasmussen. Let him do one more record. I am not saying that would work, but, at the very least, I know Rasmussen would start by double tracking Hetfield's vocals. Bring back the classic sound for one more, no silly lyrics, and yes, "I am madly in anger with you", was not a lyrical achievement, no matter what Bob Rock says....or what about "My lifestyle determines my death style"... Holy Salamander Bat Rat, I stepped in crap!! Sometimes the first thing that pops out of thin air, is meant to be molded, not written in stone. If anyone has watched the new Metallica movie, you know that the band does not even realize that their ass smells, but you try figuring out you stink, when you sold millions, made millions for twenty plus years. How can you really blame them; they have had someone sucking them off for most of that time. But Bob Rock has no excuse...did you see when he tells the band that he felt the soul of Metallica was the three members and they shouldn't hire Jason back, but then Bob goes on to play bass on the latest record and was thinking he was going to tour with them. I've had grown men tell me that "METALLICA was great from the Black album on". Now I can understand a kid saying that, they will learn in time, if they keep at it. But a grown man? PLEASE, someone flood my mouth with acid and lock me in a crowded, quiet library.
-Drew J.


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