Author Topic: The Metallica thread (merged) (Read 320284 times)

Zydar · « **Reply #3360 on:** June 10, 2013, 06:21:17 AM »

Bump!

"During the first day of this year's Orion Music Festival last Saturday (June 8), event hosts Metallica took everyone by surprise by taking the stage under fake name Dehaan and charging through their entire debut album "Kill 'Em All.""

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/metallica_charges_through_kill_em_all_in_a_surprise_orion_fest_performance.html

me7 · « **Reply #3361 on:** June 10, 2013, 07:14:03 AM »

They don't have it in them anymore to write albums like that, but I have to give them credit that they know how to honour the classics.

indeed

fadetoblackdude7 · « **Reply #3362 on:** June 10, 2013, 10:33:26 AM »

That is indeed badass, especially when it's a surprise performance!

Wish I saw the Orion festival last year, I'd give anything to hear RtL in its entirety, it's my favorite album of all time.

cyberdrummer · « **Reply #3363 on:** June 10, 2013, 11:11:36 AM »

So awesome that they did that. I wonder when the last time they played the full version of The Four Horsemen was.

WDADU · « **Reply #3364 on:** June 10, 2013, 11:48:44 AM »

Probably never, to be honest. I have Cliff 'Em All, which has a performance of "The Four Horsemen" from either 1983 or 1984, and even then, they didn't play that part in the middle.

cyberdrummer · « **Reply #3365 on:** June 10, 2013, 11:54:51 AM »

Now they've played it (at least) once, maybe they'll continue with it.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #3366 on:** June 10, 2013, 12:01:45 PM »

Just listened to the whole thing. I was impressed! They put the effort into doing it properly.
The vocals on KEA had some higher spots, and I was impressed that Hetfield at least attempted the majority of it as recorded, and the drumming wasn't balls, and the solos were good for Kirk, and the bass was mostly spot on too.
And the quality and mix was pretty good for a bootleg recording too.

black_biff_stadler · « **Reply #3367 on:** June 10, 2013, 12:48:46 PM »

Quote from: cyberdrummer on June 10, 2013, 11:11:36 AM

So awesome that they did that. I wonder when the last time they played the full version of The Four Horsemen was.

Quote from: WDADU on June 10, 2013, 11:48:44 AM

Probably never, to be honest. I have Cliff 'Em All, which has a performance of "The Four Horsemen" from either 1983 or 1984, and even then, they didn't play that part in the middle.

Quote from: cyberdrummer on June 10, 2013, 11:54:51 AM

Now they've played it (at least) once, maybe they'll continue with it.

Seeing as how (I think) The Four Horsemen is a Mustaine song and how he subsequently released it as Mechanix, I wonder if Mechanix is more similar to how TFH was originally written and if Metallica just added the chill part/solo to differentiate it enough to avoid legal action but actually preferred the original (according to my speculation anyway) version so they opted to play it that way throughout their career.

Dimitrius · « **Reply #3368 on:** June 10, 2013, 03:18:27 PM »

Quote from: WDADU on June 10, 2013, 11:48:44 AM

Probably never, to be honest. I have Cliff 'Em All, which has a performance of "The Four Horsemen" from either 1983 or 1984, and even then, they didn't play that part in the middle.

During their 30 anniversary shows they played it completely.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #3369 on:** June 10, 2013, 05:40:38 PM »

Quote from: fadetoblackdude7 on June 10, 2013, 10:33:26 AM

That is indeed badass, especially when it's a surprise performance!

Wish I saw the Orion festival last year, I'd give anything to hear RtL in its entirety, it's my favorite album of all time.

It's probably on you tube still. Orion '12 was streamed live.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #3370 on:** June 10, 2013, 05:41:22 PM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on June 10, 2013, 12:01:45 PM

Just listened to the whole thing. I was impressed! They put the effort into doing it properly.
The vocals on KEA had some higher spots, and I was impressed that Hetfield at least attempted the majority of it as recorded, and the drumming wasn't balls, and the solos were good for Kirk, and the bass was mostly spot on too.
And the quality and mix was pretty good for a bootleg recording too.

It'l be up on Livemetallica.com soon too.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #3371 on:** June 10, 2013, 05:42:31 PM »

Quote from: black_floyd on June 10, 2013, 12:48:46 PM

Seeing as how (I think) The Four Horsemen is a Mustaine song and how he subsequently released it as Mechanix, I wonder if Mechanix is more similar to how TFH was originally written and if Metallica just added the chill part/solo to differentiate it enough to avoid legal action but actually preferred the original (according to my speculation anyway) version so they opted to play it that way throughout their career.

Four Horsemen is SO much better than Mechanix it's not even funny.

Except that Mechanix is utterly hilarious.

pain of occupation · « **Reply #3372 on:** June 10, 2013, 10:56:34 PM »

idk, man, mechanix is pretty fun.
hard for me to compare though; its been 8+ years since ive heard TFH, and ive inhaled copious amounts of memory-destroying air in the interim.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #3373 on:** June 11, 2013, 07:50:12 PM »

https://instagram.com/p/acM9jfhkU6/

Bang up to date joke there !

black_biff_stadler · « **Reply #3374 on:** June 11, 2013, 08:38:38 PM »

Exactly. The blame lies 100% on Lars and Kirk anyway with about 80% being on Lars alone. James Hetfield didn't ask for his vocal cords to get destroyed when recording So What during the black album sessions. Also, post-St. Anger, Het's seemingly done everything in his power to rekindle the awesomeness of pre-black album Metallica.

Onno · « **Reply #3375 on:** June 24, 2013, 03:51:19 AM »

I'm now listening to the full Kill 'Em All show, and I must say, I love it. Lars throwing in extra double bass parts during Hit The Lights? That's really cool.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #3376 on:** June 24, 2013, 07:28:40 PM »

Was there ever any talk of a DVD release from the anniversary shows last year?

Kotowboy · « **Reply #3377 on:** June 24, 2013, 07:32:34 PM »

Quote from: axeman90210 on June 24, 2013, 07:28:40 PM

Was there ever any talk of a DVD release from the anniversary shows last year?

No. None.

Maybe in ten years. That's how 'Tallica operate.

Their latest Concert DVD is from 2009.

LCArenas · « **Reply #3378 on:** July 16, 2013, 07:01:55 PM »

Am I the only one who thinks the Fixxxer lyrics are actually too good for the song they're in? The song itself isn't ReLoad-filler bad, but it's no wonder either; the lyrics are pretty great though.

Ruba · « **Reply #3379 on:** July 17, 2013, 02:11:43 AM »

Quote from: LCArenas on July 16, 2013, 07:01:55 PM

Am I the only one who thinks the Fixxxer lyrics are actually too good for the song they're in? The song itself isn't ReLoad-filler bad, but it's no wonder either; the lyrics are pretty great though.

Hmm, kinda yes. Musically I find it as a weak try to recreate The Outlaw Torn, but the lyrics are pretty good.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #3380 on:** July 17, 2013, 02:45:18 AM »

I honestly think Load and Re-Load are more enjoyable then anything after....

Ruba · « **Reply #3381 on:** July 17, 2013, 02:52:32 AM »

Load is my second favourite Metallica album, and ReLoad is very possibly better than Death Magnetic.

I haven't heard St.Anger, but I've listened the songs as GuitarPro-files (better snare drum sound

) and I didn't really like them.

Onno · « **Reply #3382 on:** July 17, 2013, 03:13:21 AM »

ReLoad is my least favourite Metallica album, with St. Anger following. Load is really good, and Death Magnetic too.

fadetoblackdude7 · « **Reply #3383 on:** July 17, 2013, 08:40:37 AM »

Fixxxer is an underrated gem. Waiting for them to give that song its live debut!

Kotowboy · « **Reply #3384 on:** July 17, 2013, 08:43:38 AM »

Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on July 17, 2013, 02:45:18 AM

I honestly think Load and Re-Load are more enjoyable then anything after....

TRUTH. I listen to those two albums way more than St. Anger or Death Magnetic.

I know it's a bit of a straw man argument but it holds some water - When St. Anger came out - some metallica fans were going
" Ok it's shit but at least it's metal - unlike Load & Reload "

Which kinda disproves the argument that people didn't dislike L&R because they weren't *metal* but because they were bad albums.

They do have some filler but L&R have some classic Metallica songs on them and Reload especially is their last album with decent audio.

Quote from: fadetoblackdude7 on July 17, 2013, 08:40:37 AM

Fixxxer is an underrated gem. Waiting for them to give that song its live debut!

All the "epics" from L&R are amongst the best in Metallica's career.

• Bleeding Me
• The Outlaw Torn
• Fixxxer

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #3385 on:** July 17, 2013, 08:51:06 AM »

Load was actually my first Metallica album. I remember my uncle bitching about it and saying "here, you can have it", and I ended up liking it a lot.

I don't mind bands trying a different style as long as the songs are quality, and load is far from perfect, but I still dig it.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #3386 on:** July 17, 2013, 09:21:10 AM »

I even enjoy Lulu to some extent.

But the way Metallica fans treated it was as if it was the bona fide official 10th Metallica studio album and that Lou Reed was the new lead singer for the band.

It was a Lou Reed album - it should have been blatantly obvious what it was going to sound like going in.

Thirdly - It was a Lou Reed album which happened to have Metallica as the backing band. It was a side project and an experiment.

It's far from the worst CD ever made. Hell, it's not even the worst Lou Reed album ever made.

If the next Metallica album is produced at least as fat and heavy as Lulu - then we're in for a treat because the guitars and drums were huge.

My Metallica Top 3 :

1.Master Of Puppets.
2.Metallica
3.Ride The Lightning.

News: Track-by-track video for Fall Into the Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ezfzdMpRc0

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