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By RMTimeKill on 7/31/2006 11:16:29 AM , Rating: 2
No kidding, I think Master of Puppets and self titled (the "Black" album never actually "had" a title, everyone just dubbed it as such) where the largest cause of their MASSIVE explosion of popularity. I give Metallica full credit for their dues, because;
- unlike rap, where its all about thugs (definition of a thug: someone who is to weak to stand alone and succeed in the world and must rely on supportive organisations, aka gangs, to raise his self esteem about being a loser )
- unlike mtv genre where its all about sex,
- unlike country, where when you sing every song backwards, he sobers up, gets his dog, woman and truck back and is in a good mood...
Metallica has a LOT of real life reference, struggle, personal suffrage and original truth behind it. Anyone who says that their songs all sound the same obviously has not sat down and listened to them. Metallica is an American Icon, to disrespect that fact, like them or not, is open disrespect for American Music History. Actually that’s an understatement, they are a World Icon. While all the other "rock" bands of the day where wearing spandex, singing in girly voices, and trying to look g@y as possible, Metallica was laying the way for modern metal, punk, and alternative, etc. Simply because the sound of St. Anger was more so mediocre does not make it any less impressive if, like in all their previous albums, you listen to the message its just as (if not more) powerful as before…

Personally I am kind of glad they put the lawsuit against Napster, and contributed to its closing down (even if only temporary) because it was becoming flooded with way too much low quality garbage. Half the stuff downloaded was semi in-audible.

