When I heard for the first time that Metallica starts working on the classic album I thought "Wow, cool! It might be the best 'metal-simphonic' album ever made!". And now I've listened to it...
It's sad (but true, he-he). The album is WEAK. I mean, it's weak for Metallica. The only song that really sounds great, I think, is "Until It Sleeps", the others sound much worse then before :( As for me - they've lost the rage and power of 'metal' versions (James' "f**ks" only make you feel it sharper)... The orchestra plays somewhere in background and is not a real 'fifth instrument' of compositions. I heard some albums recorded by metal bands with orchestras which sounded much more interesting.
Generally - I think I will not ever have a will to listen to this album for the second time. It's sad.
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As if to accentuate their fundamental hugeness, Metallica (arguably the most consistently ... more
innovative metal band of the 80s and 90s) stretched yet further into the arena of the titanic with this immense cohesion of the orchestral and the truly seismic. ...
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innovative metal band of the 80s and 90s) stretched yet further into the arena of the titanic with this immense cohesion of the orchestral and the truly seismic. ...
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As if to accentuate their fundamental hugeness, Metallica (arguably the most consistently ... more
innovative metal band of the 80s and 90s) stretched yet further into the arena of the titanic with this immense cohesion of the orchestral and the truly seismic. ...
Postage & Packaging: Free! Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours...
Advantages: This album offers something to everyone, with great musical talent and support from the orchestra. Disadvantages: I can not think of anything negative about this
darkeye 03.09.2009 ·
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Advantages: the album is a definate must for metallica fans, its kind of like a greatest hits album but the album is completly live and has a live orchestra in the background, recorded from a live concert (also available on DVD) also songs never released before Disadvantages: the only down on this is that some of the songs sound different with the orchestra in the background, but some people may prefere the version on this album than other albums (i myself do on certain songs)
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