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St. Anger

by: Metallica

Release Date June 05, 2003
OK, I ll have to admit: Even though I consider myself to be one of the biggest Metallica fans in the world, I believe this is not their best album.

But still, does this disc deserve all the criticism that it received? Hell no. First, let's look at the actual content of these critics:

1. Crappy sound. True, the disc has a "garage", brunt and ugly sound to it, and the drum snares are... well, you will hear. But coming from the same people that complained about Metallica selling out to the masses on Load and Reload, with its softer songs and cleaner sound....this is unacceptable. Lars Ulrich in 99 had said that their next album would have an 'ugly' sound. This is not an overproduced mix of a rock star line up, this is ... Read More: