Metallica
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KidInTheDark666
What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
Swap Harvester with Shortest Straw. Good ratings overall.
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
Live Shit: Binge & Purge
Seattle '89
What a fucking ride. So much energy, so much fury, so much aggression, so much bite, so much Metallica. This thing is awesome, a live tour-de-force that is right up there with Rock In Rio and Swedish Empire Live for me. Kicking off with "Blackened", which is marvelous when played at full speed live in concert, moving through a wide variety of classics from the first four albums, and pretty much every song here sounds great. I was hard on "Seek & Destroy" as a part of the debut, but live it's definitely better, at least a 7, and "Fade To Black" works a lot better without the fade-out and a gradual stop instead. "One" packs a gigantic punch live, the bass solo that segues into a piece from "To Live Is To Die" is awesome, and the way "Master of Puppets" rip forth straight from that is fucking stellar. "Harvester of Sorrow" is a steel monster here, "Sanitarium" is still moody and sinister, more so when played live, and "Creeping Death" is just a killer thrash song that takes no prisoners and slaughters the opposition.
Yet the centerpiece of the whole show and the best song from a concert with a shit-ton of fucking great songs has to be "...And Justice For All" itself. I gave the studio version a 9 and I remain adamant that it isn't quite perfect there, but holy fuck does it really come to life here. It's epic, it sounds huge, from the intro to the heavy part to the verse - James sounds great live, by the way, as does Justin when he does the backing vocals - the instrumental is fantastic, and that chorus is just a monument of rock solid metal. And then when the lights come down and Lady Justice falls apart it goes to the next level. Such a fantastic song and IMO it should be played at every concert. Fuck the people asleep in the front row, they don't know what they missed. This live version is probably my favorite Metallica track now (though "For Whom The Bell Tolls" is still the best in studio).
The version I watched had everything after "Battery" cut, so I'll check that out another time, but suffice to say that this was awesome. Thanks.
Seattle '89
What a fucking ride. So much energy, so much fury, so much aggression, so much bite, so much Metallica. This thing is awesome, a live tour-de-force that is right up there with Rock In Rio and Swedish Empire Live for me. Kicking off with "Blackened", which is marvelous when played at full speed live in concert, moving through a wide variety of classics from the first four albums, and pretty much every song here sounds great. I was hard on "Seek & Destroy" as a part of the debut, but live it's definitely better, at least a 7, and "Fade To Black" works a lot better without the fade-out and a gradual stop instead. "One" packs a gigantic punch live, the bass solo that segues into a piece from "To Live Is To Die" is awesome, and the way "Master of Puppets" rip forth straight from that is fucking stellar. "Harvester of Sorrow" is a steel monster here, "Sanitarium" is still moody and sinister, more so when played live, and "Creeping Death" is just a killer thrash song that takes no prisoners and slaughters the opposition.
Yet the centerpiece of the whole show and the best song from a concert with a shit-ton of fucking great songs has to be "...And Justice For All" itself. I gave the studio version a 9 and I remain adamant that it isn't quite perfect there, but holy fuck does it really come to life here. It's epic, it sounds huge, from the intro to the heavy part to the verse - James sounds great live, by the way, as does Justin when he does the backing vocals - the instrumental is fantastic, and that chorus is just a monument of rock solid metal. And then when the lights come down and Lady Justice falls apart it goes to the next level. Such a fantastic song and IMO it should be played at every concert. Fuck the people asleep in the front row, they don't know what they missed. This live version is probably my favorite Metallica track now (though "For Whom The Bell Tolls" is still the best in studio).
The version I watched had everything after "Battery" cut, so I'll check that out another time, but suffice to say that this was awesome. Thanks.
frus
Barbed Wire Hen
Well just keep listening then, you can see the trend already
srfc
Ancient Mariner
I might open an official petition to keep Dave Murray out of the songwriting of next Maiden's album. Steve: there is no need to give Davey a songwriting credit to keep some kind of quota when the song in question is just going to be an amalgamation of different ideas that have been arranged in a haphazard way.
That's unfair.
The classic Dickinson/Murray songwriting team needs to return to give us a 3 minute pop hit like PENO, JBMG or Rainmaker.
Edington
Last Son of The Miracle
Definitely looks like it. Still looking pretty good.
More importantly, "Dream No More" sounds fucking awesome in a lower tuning. D is such a weird tuning, everything tends to sound better another half step or step lower.
Ruflux
Ancient Mariner
If you can find it wherever you listen to these, you should check out the remixed version of it that was included (audio only) in the AJFA remastered box set. Should be available on YouTube and digitally. The mix is not worlds better, but there's way less fake crowd noise and the drums are super punchy, and don't have any of the little edits they had originally (which themselves are so minor it's a mystery why they even bothered).
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
Well do, thanks for the heads-up.
Ruflux
Ancient Mariner
Yeah I probably should've been clearer on that. Indeed, that's the solo I meant, the one that's right at the tail end of the harmony section. It comes in after a short guitar solo and is followed by another guitar solo and it's very confusing to try and remember the exact order of those things. The booklet also mentions the second guitar solo being Hetfield's, but I'm really unsure what that actually refers to since I don't think he plays any of them live.
srfc
Ancient Mariner
I think they mean the entire harmony section
Ruflux
Ancient Mariner
It's possible, but it'd be pretty unusual. Metallica's always made the distinction between harmony sections and solos because typically James plays the former and Kirk the latter. From a songwriting perspective harmonies count for credits while solos do not, so it would follow that the harmony can't be what the booklet is referring to given that the harmony was written by Cliff, not James. He may perform it, but saying it's "his" would be inaccurate.
Number 6
Ancient Mariner
Ouch. That's legit my favorite track on the album.
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
The Black Album is legitimately the most confusing album here so far. Honestly, there isn't a bad song here, it's just that the songs are pumped full of stuff that, if taken out, would have made for a smoother, more simplistic record like they were intending. Instead, this one is about as unapologetic as Metallica has ever gotten. The repetition that marred Kill 'Em All, the extra stuff that made ...And Justice For All "progressive", and the length for the sake of length that has pervaded Metallica's discography since the beginning and only seemed to work on Ride The Lightning and Master Of Puppets is back in full swing right here. This is going to take some time to digest. Whew. Crazy album. How was this the one that broke them into the mainstream again?