Metallica - St. Anger review
| Band: | Metallica |
| Album: | St. Anger |
| Style: | Alternative metal |
| Release date: | June 05, 2003 |
| Guest review by: | Powerslave16 |
Disc I
01. Frantic
02. St. Anger
03. Some Kind Of Monster
04. Dirty Window
05. Invisible Kid
06. My World
07. Shoot Me Again
08. Sweet Amber
09. The Unnamed Feeling
10. Purify
11. All Within My Hands
Disc II [Live in the studio at Metallica HQ DVD - digipack bonus]
01. Frantic
02. St. Anger
03. Some Kind Of Monster
04. Dirty Window
05. Invisible Kid
06. My World
07. Shoot Me Again
08. Sweet Amber
09. The Unnamed Feeling
10. Purify
11. All Within My Hands
Metallica's 2003 release, St. Anger, will most likely always be considered the low point of the bands discography. I'm not sure if I can completely agree with this. I personally believe Load and Reload are worse albums. Mind you, St. Anger is absolutely not a fantastic release. It rambles, has some bad tracks, and sometimes you wonder "what are they doing?" (listen to Hetfield's moans in Invisible Kid). But the album does have energy, something the band has had on about 3 tracks on the last 2 studio discs.
Highlights are "Frantic" and the title track, among others, and the darkness of "Some Kind of Monster" is another highpoint. Other good tracks are "Shoot Me Again", "Sweet Amber", and "All Within My Hands". The others simply have good moments but miss the mark of a great song. This album will always will be looked down upon due to the drums, the sound, and the omission of guitar solos. However, I am willing to guess that this album just may be one of the more important ones the band has ever released.
This album could very well be the first large step the band has taken in a while to making quality music again. The album has great riffs, the best they've done in 10 years. Imagine if this album had better production and guitar solos. I am willing to bet it would be held in higher regard than Load and Reload. Perhaps over time, the respect for this album will grow. Depending on the greatness of the next album, fans may end up realizing St. Anger for what I believe it is: a hopeful step in the right direction.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 7 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 4 |
Written by Powerslave16 | 10.09.2007
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
Guest review by
The Silent Man
The Silent Man
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Rating: 5.0 |
Six long years after the release of ReLoad, Metallica come back on the scene to show their 8th studio album, St. Anger. Many of you have almost lost all the respect for this band since the release of the black album, many others hate them because of Load and ReLoad and some others have now lost every interest in their music. Actually, what can you all expect from the band who left its early amazing style to get fame and glory on MTV? Read more ›› |
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| MadTinus Posts: 13 |
Load and Reload worse than St. Anger, wow that's just stunning...  The crappiest song on (Re)Load is still lightyears better than St. Anger i.m.V.H.o.
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504  |
Wow, another review for this thing. Good job, it's nice to hear someone not bashing every last particle of Anger down to the ground, though I would have made more of a mention on the unnecessary length/repetition of the songs - however that has nearly always been a problem for Met, it seems much worse here considering the extent of repetition and the quality of what's repeated. Now is it time someone did a proper review of Justice? 
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to [url=../bands/album.php?album_id=28982]wind up[/url] on Sundays
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| W-Lash Metal Master Posts: 2531  |
Sorry dude, but you should get a warning or something like that for such good vote for obviously bad album.
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| W-Lash Metal Master Posts: 2531 |
Written by [user id=23719] on 21.09.2007 at 06:20 Not really...And what's with that?
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by [user id=23719] on 21.09.2007 at 06:20 Since when is 7.2 hardly a pass? 7.2 = 72% which means it is a tad about average.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by [user id=23719] on 21.09.2007 at 23:04 A fail score is anything UNDER 5.5 in my books. Just like it is in schools.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504 |
That is a good point. Very funny if you consider that my automotive class would fail any test less than 100%  You can't really argue how your personality divides passing and failing numbers, it's just the same as varying musical tastes. Myself, I give Anger a 5 and consider it acceptable - just barely. Worst Metallica album indeed IMO (so far...) but definitely not worst music album ever.
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to [url=../bands/album.php?album_id=28982]wind up[/url] on Sundays
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| Hembrom Diabolic Priest Posts: 1388  |
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| +{Jonas}+ I R Serious Cat Posts: 4955  |
I partially agree with this review. I really think St. Anger was more like a turnpoint to something else and better. I cant' wait for the next year's release.
---- "Nobody wants to be the weird kid, you just end up being the weird kid. You don't know how you ended up getting there" - Rob Zombie http://jonas-bs.deviantart.com My dA, mainly photography, go check it out!
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Account deleted Written by Hembrom on 24.09.2007 at 15:40 I agree. It contains a high score for such an atrocious album.
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| Stalker Lone wanderer Posts: 2705  |
I dont know really, Ive heard max 3 songs from this album, and it is 3 songs too much. I will never manage to understand why the hell do they needed this , but.... I wouldnt score it more than 5, no way... And becaue it is by an acomplished band, it deserves no more than 2......
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504 |
Written by Stalker on 06.12.2007 at 21:34 How do you figure that? Are new[ish] bands incapable of creating "pure shit"? (For the record my opinion has changed from 5 to 4)
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to [url=../bands/album.php?album_id=28982]wind up[/url] on Sundays
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| Dane Train Beers & Kilts Elite Posts: 8902  |
My problem with St. Anger was not that it was a Nu-Metal album. It was that it was a bad Nu-Metal album. Nothing on it was really interesting, or original. It is not even that it wasn't Thrash Metal, because Load is my favorite Metallica album.
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| Stalker Lone wanderer Posts: 2705 |
Written by Syk on 08.12.2007 at 06:37 I dont really understand what are you saying, sorry... but, of course, 'new(ish) bands do produce "pure shit", many of them, that wasnt my point, the point was something different - if you look at what this band is (was) capable of, (just look at the Ride The Lightning for instance), and that look at their last album, isnt that waste of time, talent, and all??? I hope you understood me, kinda....
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504 |
Written by Stalker on 08.12.2007 at 14:23 Exactly, it's not the same band, it's 20 years and two bassists later. It just seemed a bad sentence where you said "wouldnt score it more than 5 ... And becaue it is by an acomplished band, it deserves no more than 2" like a double standard where one should not exist
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to [url=../bands/album.php?album_id=28982]wind up[/url] on Sundays
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| Stalker Lone wanderer Posts: 2705 |
Written by Syk on 08.12.2007 at 14:33 Yeah youre right, but its like, you see many such (young) untalented bands pop up every day, and when they make something like this, naturally, you wouldnt be disapointed, I mean, who gives a fuck, but when a band that used to be SOMETHING some years ago, makes something like this....
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| RhysTerk Posts: 161 |
I think it's a good review and a good rate. I mean, what's actually the bad thing about songs like St. Anger, Frantic, Purify and Some kind of monster? 
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| SlaytallicA Lycanthropy Posts: 1261  |
7,2? That's way high,I gave it a 5... Although this album is better then the load ones...
---- One Pound Of Flesh, No More No Less, No Cartilage, No Bones, But Only Flesh...
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| Damnated Churchburner Posts: 4943  |
lol the worst review i saw on MS. you don't actually say anything, you just talk gibberish. i guess you wrote this review so you could give it a higher score. lame.
---- Blessed is he that murders Christ in himself and in his fellow men.  Written by TheBigRossowski on 10.02.2009 at 16:01
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10094  |
an atrocious album imo, but everyone is entitled to their opinion.
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