The song is OK, quite catchy in its own way and it definitely nods to some of the earlier stuff. 72 Seasons isn't a bad title but you would hope for something a bit darker with a title like that.  An album in the style of Until it Sleeps maybe? Could be a few broody numbers in there, though. The artwork looks like an animated superhero movie about an evil baby. Utterly dreadful.

That's one awful awful front cover. I suppose I'll have to try the song now.

Also why do they always insist on squeezing every last minute out of the cd on every album. A few shorter tunes would do them no harm

QuoteBy the end of the song I didn't want to hear that riff again, got old real fast for me. Kirk basically did a Devil Dance solo 2.0

It's a little concerning because that riff so obviously wears itself out fairly quickly and it just hangs there over the song that it needs to develop or have a little variation. At best it's lazy, at worst it's a lack of creativity. Possibly doesn't bode well for the album.

That said, I am hugely more interested in short, to-the-point bursts of thrash from modern Metallica over any 8-minute ramblings of nothingness.

Like Hardwired and Death Magnetic, it sounds like they're trying really hard to feel something that just isn't there anymore. And I can only assume the artwork is stylised to appeal to the Tik Tok generation or something.


Quote from: Anton Arcane on November 28, 2022, 07:55:21 PMLike Hardwired and Death Magnetic, it sounds like they're trying really hard to feel something that just isn't there anymore. And I can only assume the artwork is stylised to appeal to the Tik Tok generation or something.

That's why they'll always be such an enigma. They were so fucking good, so unbelievably creative and skilled, and it's all gone. There's nothing left of the old band. There's no musical connection to the great albums, anymore, no matter how hard they try to force it. With Slayer and Megadeth over the last 20 years, even when they were pumping out shit album after shit album, you could trace the roots back to their good early stuff. With this lot, there is nothing of what made them so good in there. It's like an entirely different band.


#23 November 28, 2022, 08:08:06 PM Last Edit: November 28, 2022, 08:09:41 PM by Deranged Bear!
Don't think it's awful but it's certainly not vintage 80s Metallica. More radio friendly 90s/00s era stuff as people have said.

I see Pantera version 2 are supporting them in the States next year, which would be cool to see. The European support bands however.....

It is surely time for Hetfield to release a proper country album.

Woeful cover art alright. For some reason it brings QOTSA to mind, they had a couple of particularly garish covers relatively recently.

Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 28, 2022, 05:41:28 PMNot just the vocals; the entire song sounds like a Garage Days cover that didn't make the cut.

Not Garage Days, Garage Inc. After listening to it was just coming in to make the same comparison.

It's not terrible but it's not good either

Quote from: Deranged Bear! on November 28, 2022, 08:08:06 PMDon't think it's awful but it's certainly not vintage 80s Metallica. More radio friendly 90s/00s era stuff as people have said.

I see Pantera version 2 are supporting them in the States next year, which would be cool to see. The European support bands however.....

I'd go to pantera version but not if I had to endure 3 hours of these lads after it

Also I didn't think hardwired.. was all that bad but certainly not all that good either and I doubt I'll ever need to hear it again.

Just watch me come back into the now playing with it within the week..

Quote from: Bürggermeister on November 28, 2022, 08:04:26 PM
Quote from: Anton Arcane on November 28, 2022, 07:55:21 PMLike Hardwired and Death Magnetic, it sounds like they're trying really hard to feel something that just isn't there anymore. And I can only assume the artwork is stylised to appeal to the Tik Tok generation or something.

That's why they'll always be such an enigma. They were so fucking good, so unbelievably creative and skilled, and it's all gone. There's nothing left of the old band. There's no musical connection to the great albums, anymore, no matter how hard they try to force it. With Slayer and Megadeth over the last 20 years, even when they were pumping out shit album after shit album, you could trace the roots back to their good early stuff. With this lot, there is nothing of what made them so good in there. It's like an entirely different band.

I think somewhere around 93 Metallica stopped being Metallica. I remember when Live Shit came out they talked about taking a long break and assured everyone they weren't breaking up. They didn't break up physically but I think they did sever their connection to whatever they were tuned into creatively. From Load onwards it's a different band, not just sonically and aesthetically but the actual heart of the band was gone. They've been trying to figure out who and what they are ever since.