Metallica... New album '72 Seasons'

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

They certainly won't ever have to worry about the "The only thing worse than being talked about..." aspect!

[astfgyl]

I still think Load is decent enough but it is like a different band to their heyday

[astfgyl]

Yeah I don't think they need worry about being talked about in the present tense anymore, as evidenced by the thread here

[Cailleach]

The song is ok, but it's not something i'm in a rush to listen to again. I accepted a long time ago that Metallica are done as a creative force. I was going to say maybe that's what happens when you become very wealthy, but then Iron Maiden are still capable of making decent albums.

[Mooncat]

I would love to sit down with them and ask what they are all listening to these days. Like what are the top 5 bands each of you have enjoyed over the last few years. I wouldn't be surprised if none of it was metal. Then again, they probably are pretty hamstrung with how different they can go under the Metallica moniker. Stuck between shitting out uninspired metal to keep the machine rolling, or do something completely new with music they're genuinely inspired to write, either as a new project or as Metallica, and potentially have a fraction of the audience and everything that entails...

[Bürggermeister]

You need to pay, and pay fucken big, to sit with them 

https://www.wearesuper.co/metallica#ee-section

[Mooncat]

You need to pay, and pay fucken big, to sit with them 

https://www.wearesuper.co/metallica#ee-section

One of the perks is 'express lane to designated merchandise stand'. Spend $4000 dollars on the experience so that you can spend even more money on merch FASTER.

[The Heretic]

All big bands end up treading water..Metallica are no different..there's only so many times you can go to the well before it goes dry...awful song...

[Don Gately]

To my ears it's fine. Young lad likes it and all that and he's excited that a new Metallica album is on the way. I enjoy that aspect of older bands still recording, same with Senjutsu. Good for the younger generation, not alot of newer bands capturing the imagination though. Only for that I wouldn't bother with Metallica nowadays.

[Circlepit]

I gave it another spin this morning.
I found myself humming along. It's catchy.
Into the necrosphere called it load for the 21st century. Spot on.

[Necro Red]

I've long accepted they will never write the way they used to. 77 minutes wouldn't be excessive if the material was as thoughtful and skilled as say Puppets or Justice. I think we can all agree on that?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I think we can all agree that if Metallica were still making good music then that would be better, yes.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Also, regarding what music they may have been listening to recently, going by that artwork, I'm going to say it's been a lot of...

[Don Gately]

One of those glam bands like Cinderella, who when I was young knew they were guys but still..

[blessed1]

I wish they kept writing songs in the vein of No Leaf Clover and -Human.
I remember being really excited to hear what the album after SnM would sound like after those two songs.