Anyone heard Hardwired To Self Destruct yet? It leaked over the weekend but i’m just getting a chance to listen to it now. I know lots of you probably think Metallica are absolute shite, but i enjoy them a lot while also hating a few of their albums and the members themselves.
I’m surprised at how much i’m enjoying it 4 songs in. It’s no Master of Puppets but it’s made me smile. I thought it’s be excruciating crap but it’s actually been good so far.
full cd here if you want to here it.
Yeah, thanks, i’ve got the album. What did you think of it?
Thanks…will post an opinion soon.
i liked two songs, which were hardwired and spit out the bone. the rest seemed like a blur of “fat”, and it’s all so sterile. it’s all down to personal taste of course, but most of songs seemed same-y to me.
if this album was made by some other band - nobody would care much about it and would just say “meh”.
i have a question though, the announcement for the album said that it’s a double album with over 90 minutes of new music. the result i see 37 + 40 minutes over two cds, which is 77 total. i remember in 1996 they had load lasting 78:59 and it was callled a single album, kind same for reload which was 75 mins.
it just seems like a waste of packaging and materials, in this case.
i have a question though, the announcement for the album said that it’s a double album with over 90 minutes of new music. the result i see 37 + 40 minutes over two cds, which is 77 total. i remember in 1996 they had load lasting 78:59 and it was callled a single album, kind same for reload which was 75 mins.
it just seems like a waste of packaging and materials, in this case.
Haha, i hadn’t even noticed, that does seem like a total waste. I ordered a triple CD version, i think it’s got demos and lives stuff or something.
Haha, i hadn’t even noticed, that does seem like a total waste. I ordered a triple CD version, i think it’s got demos and lives stuff or something.
the bonus cd has lords of summer (that was amazing track, right), ronnie james dio medley - i’m guessing it’s a dio/rainbow cover/tribute, and two covers (deep purple and iron maiden), the rest is just live recordings, of mostly very early songs, but the performances are from 2016.
i mean i’m not complaining, just want to understand how this is even a double album. i guess if they wanna call it that, so it will be.
The Ronnie Rising Medley is amazing. I also thought the whole album was pretty amazing, esp “Spit Out The Bone.” Surprised. As for the 2 CD debacle, I think it’s more expensive to print on longer CDs, and so they chose instead the cheaper route (i.e. printing on two shorter CDs costs less than printing on 1 long CD). More Armani suits that way.
Haha, i hadn’t even noticed, that does seem like a total waste. I ordered a triple CD version, i think it’s got demos and lives stuff or something.
the bonus cd has lords of summer (that was amazing track, right), ronnie james dio medley - i’m guessing it’s a dio/rainbow cover/tribute, and two covers (deep purple and iron maiden), the rest is just live recordings, of mostly very early songs, but the performances are from 2016.
i mean i’m not complaining, just want to understand how this is even a double album. i guess if they wanna call it that, so it will be.
As for the 2 CD debacle, I think it’s more expensive to print on longer CDs, and so they chose instead the cheaper route (i.e. printing on two shorter CDs costs less than printing on 1 long CD). More Armani suits that way.
in fact, i think it’s the other way, the more cds in the packaging, the higher the album retail price for a physical copy. shrug
I agree…the 2cd thing is a marketing tool. More money for Metallica. Spit Out The Bone does stand out for me too. Mixed feelings for a first listen. Not bad but not awesome either. More listens need to sink in.
Tunes I’m digging so far:
Hardwired
Dream No More
Confusion
Spit Out The Bone
Spit Out The Bone was definitely one of my favourites too, it had a nice strut to it [:)]
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[url “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXJifYl_byU”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXJifYl_byU
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[url “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXJifYl_byU”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXJifYl_byU
that was highly entertaining [laugh]
Best drumming I’ve ever heard from Lars…
Best drumming I’ve ever heard from Lars…
I like how the roots guys are all wearing metallica t shirts and lars and james are wearing roots and tonight show t shirts. Silly
It’s too damn long.
ok the mystery that was bugging me is finally solved
Lars in Rolling Stone:
Why did you split the music into two CDs, if it’s enough to fit on one?
I just think it’s a good record to hear spread out. There’s almost 80 minutes, and we just thought it would be a good thing to split it up.
checked out the bonus tracks on the 3rd disc. the amount of auto-tune on “Blind Man” is insane
ok the mystery that was bugging me is finally solved
Lars in Rolling Stone:
Why did you split the music into two CDs, if it’s enough to fit on one?
I just think it’s a good record to hear spread out. There’s almost 80 minutes, and we just thought it would be a good thing to split it up.
checked out the bonus tracks on the 3rd disc. the amount of auto-tune on “Blind Man” is insane
Aren’t CDs limited to 78 minutes? That’s maybe why they needed 2 discs.