Despite the occasionally cringe lyrics and snare drum sound on St. Anger, the songs overall are much better and more memorable on St. Anger than on Death Magnet

Despite the occasionally cringe lyrics and snare drum sound on St. Anger, the songs overall are much better and more memorable on St. Anger than on Death Magnetic, which was mostly unmemorable and sounded derivative. I'm sure hanging out with Rubin is way cooler than hanging out with Bob Rock, but just in terms of song composition the popularly maligned St. Anger is a good album.