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jack presley

seachto7 wrote: »

What is it with some rock fans that an ageing musician seems to annoy them?

I don't think the posts about Metallica being jaded were referring to how they look or how they've aged. The post about Maiden seems to be saying that but isn't really in context with what was said about Metallica.

grames_bond

New song "Moth into Flame" was played for the first time on the Haward Stern show. Video up on the Metallica.com homepage.

jack presley

grames_bond wrote: »

New song "Moth into Flame" was played for the first time on the Haward Stern show. Video up on the Metallica.com homepage.

I enjoyed that. Much better than Hardwirwd.

Devilman40k

grames_bond wrote: »

New song "Moth into Flame" was played for the first time on the Haward Stern show. Video up on the Metallica.com homepage.

Available on spotify too

Koptain Liverpool

PTH2009 wrote: »

Playing the royal arena in Copenhagen denmark on the 3rd and 5th Feb 2017

It seems to be 160euro for a standing ticket

rob316

New stuff sounds ok, guitar tracks are good but I'm not gone on any of the lyrics, the tin can sound isn't there anymore atleast.

devildriver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkLzCR-aVtk

So much better then Hardwired!

...And Justice

****ing hell!! Someone's got their mojo back, that's 2 in a row, and I'm loving the new sound.

Mushy

Holy **** was not expecting this. That's much better than I expected.

Love the bit that sounds like Volbeat too.

scudzilla

Koptain Liverpool wrote: »

It seems to be 160euro for a standing ticket

It's 12euro a pint over there so i guess 150 aint too farfetched

Dyr

I lost interest halfway through.

Whatever Metallica had to say musically has been said a long time ago.

Ash.J.Williams

I'm 40. been with them since 88. (one on top of the pops). I wish them well but I'm starting to think I'm just not into the new stuff. I'll give it a good go. hopefully there'll be some progressive honest tunes on it. I enjoyed dtnc and the instrumental and all nightmare long off the last one. I'm not a fan of the Rick rubin old song rehash technique.

PTH2009

was going to ask Why would Metallica pick Denmark over other European places to a do exclusive euro shows in early 2017 but i figured out why lol

sort of a mini homecoming for them (although the danish is well gone out of Lars now lol)

Ash.J.Williams

birthplace of lars and rtl and mop!

asteroids over berlin

Strong song from them, however, isnt it amazing just how good their first 4 albums were, i think it ws just the times - the 80's, when imagination prevailed and the world didn't take itself so serious! Absolute classics though, rightly made them the titans of metal. Amazing band, this song is nowhere near the classics but respect to them for keeping things going.

zcorpian88

Bit disappointed over the news there won't be a run of outdoor summer European shows, I guess 2 dates back to back in the 3 Arena could end up happening in Autumn next year after all.

New track isn't bad either, I do like Kirk's guitar work on that one.

Lithium93_

James Hetfield confirmed that Murder One on the new album is a tribute to Lemmy.

The song features lyrics made up of Motorhead song titles.

http://teamrock.com/news/2016-09-27/new-metallica-track-murder-one-is-a-tribute-to-lemmy

zcorpian88

Lithium93_ wrote: »

James Hetfield confirmed that Murder One on the new album is a tribute to Lemmy.



http://teamrock.com/news/2016-09-27/new-metallica-track-murder-one-is-a-tribute-to-lemmy

Had a feeling it had something to do with Lemmy when I first saw the tracklist, think I said it on here weeks ago, only because it reads "Murder One" on Lemmy's amp.

rob316

Watched the Moth to a Flame there on youtube again, next song came on was St. Anger and then Frantic, I hadn't heard it in ages. St Anger is easily the worst stuff they put out, while I respect them for their ever changing style, that album was just awful.

Tin can drums, cringey nu-metal lyrics, bob rock playing bass, horrible guitars. Just ****e it was.

Lithium93_

Puppets & Sad But True from their appearance on The Howard Stern Show yesterday.

Tony EH

asteroids over berlin wrote: »

Strong song from them, however, isnt it amazing just how good their first 4 albums were, i think it ws just the times - the 80's, when imagination prevailed and the world didn't take itself so serious! Absolute classics though, rightly made them the titans of metal. Amazing band, this song is nowhere near the classics but respect to them for keeping things going.

I was around for the thrash explosion. It was a great time to be discovering music properly. So many great metal bands knocking around, plus hardcore stuff too that inevitably rubbed off on me.

Metallica were one of "my" bands, along with Slayer, Kreator and what have you and yes, their first four albums were amazing, even the kind of maligned '...And Justice for All'. Not that we cared in 1988.

However, myself and a lot of others always felt that something died in Metallica after 1988. The bigger, "friendlier" sound of 'The Black Album' signified a turn into something that seemed to want to shed its past. There are a couple of good songs on the record, but by and large it wasn't the Metallica people were used to in the 80's. The likes of 'Enter Sandman' had me and my mates' heads shaking something violently. It only got worse from there on, sadly.

However, 'Moth to a Flame' (and 'Hardwired') was a pleasant surprise! Sure, it's not near their classic 80's output, but it's nice to have a Metallica tune actually grab you. Great riff, some aggression, a bit of speed, nice hooks. Lyrics are a bit meh though.

First time I've looked forward to a Metallica album in years.

seachto7

Why won't they play any new stuff live in the last week instead of flogging the same old songs to death yet again!

Lithium93_

seachto7 wrote: »

Why won't they play any new stuff live in the last week instead of flogging the same old songs to death yet again!

They might do at the Fan Club show in New York tonight.

Lithium93_

seachto7

It's a double album. Surely they can fire in a few more...

Mushy

Lithium93_ wrote: »

seachto7 wrote: »

Why won't they play any new stuff live in the last week instead of flogging the same old songs to death yet again!

They might do at the Fan Club show in New York tonight.

Nope, only the two released songs.

Lithium93_

Set list from the Fan Club show

Breadfan (Budgie cover)
Holier Than Thou
Battery
Harvester of Sorrow
Fade to Black
Moth Into Flame (Live Debut)
Sad But True
Orion
One
Master of Puppets
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Enter Sandman
Whiskey in the Jar
Hardwired
Seek & Destroy (Followed by very brief "The Frayed Ends of Sanity" jam session)

jack presley

Breadfan........love that song!

seachto7

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Set list from the Fan Club show

Breadfan (Budgie cover)
Holier Than Thou
Battery
Harvester of Sorrow
Fade to Black
Moth Into Flame (Live Debut)
Sad But True
Orion
One
Master of Puppets
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Enter Sandman
Whiskey in the Jar
Hardwired
Seek & Destroy (Followed by very brief "The Frayed Ends of Sanity" jam session)

2 new songs? What a let down. Same set list over and over and over and over. Why not lash in a rake of new ones....

fluke

Aside from the new material, Metallica are sort of cornered in terms of setlists (their setlist fan submission thing a couple of years ago was pretty uninspired - all good songs but all the songs Metallica frequently play). Nobody really wants to hear St Anger stuff, and Load/Reload material seems to be off the table also.