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Yeah, they're popular like Ariana Grande is after the Manchester bombing. But just about everything they released after the Black album is kind of lame. The Bud

by petre 8mo ago

Yeah, they're popular like Ariana Grande is after the Manchester bombing. But just about everything they released after the Black album is kind of lame. The Budapest tickets sold out pretty fast, but they're still lame regardless if people go to their concerts. Compared to Depeche Mode and other bands that only get better with age, Metallica just play the same old songs or worse. And they're not a cult band like Death or The Sisters of Mercy either.

DiskoHexyl 8mo ago
But they kind of are (a cult band). Most people in the world know Metalica while hardly anyone ever heard any of the Sisters Of Mercy's tracks. Normal people don't care- they just enjoy a ballad or two. I've long since learnt to separate an artist from their art- a fair share of the musicians, actors, directors etc aren't really a decent bunch
- petre 8mo ago
  Not really, they missed that chance when they released Load and Reload and who knows what they did after that. I got fed up with their foray into commercial music and moved on to prog metal and other more interesting stuff. If they had stopped after the black album or continued to release quality works, then things would be different, but they chose money, whining, lawyers and drunk teenagers as an audience. They became lame and popular, which excludes being a cult band. Cult bands are not very popular in fact, as you have yourself pointed out.
justsomehnguy 8mo ago
>> Compared to Depeche Mode and other bands that only get better with age, Metallica just play the same old songs or worse Hah! COuple of years ago I was sipping beer in some local bar and there were some music video running on a TV. Aged angsty men with an "AMERICA YEAH bald eagle screech" vocals and visuals. "What a lame Metallica copycats" I thought. And then the title card shown up...
10729287 8mo ago
Who needs Metallica when we have Slayer ?
- donkeybeer 8mo ago
  Different styles. Slayer is more "history of death metal" thrash, Metallica is more "classic bay area" thrash. Personally I am more into the "history of death metal" type thrash and ambivalent about metallica but I appreciate them as artists.
  - mistrial9 8mo ago
    thrash? whatever you feel about Metallica, the songs are carefully written and performed real thrash is a real thing, you know it when you are in it
    - donkeybeer 8mo ago
      I am saying I respect both ends of thrash metal even though I have a particular lean to one side of the spectrum.

by petre 8mo ago

DiskoHexyl 8mo ago

But they kind of are (a cult band). Most people in the world know Metalica while hardly anyone ever heard any of the Sisters Of Mercy's tracks. Normal people don't care- they just enjoy a ballad or two. I've long since learnt to separate an artist from their art- a fair share of the musicians, actors, directors etc aren't really a decent bunch

petre 8mo ago
Not really, they missed that chance when they released Load and Reload and who knows what they did after that. I got fed up with their foray into commercial music and moved on to prog metal and other more interesting stuff. If they had stopped after the black album or continued to release quality works, then things would be different, but they chose money, whining, lawyers and drunk teenagers as an audience. They became lame and popular, which excludes being a cult band. Cult bands are not very popular in fact, as you have yourself pointed out.

justsomehnguy 8mo ago

>> Compared to Depeche Mode and other bands that only get better with age, Metallica just play the same old songs or worse Hah! COuple of years ago I was sipping beer in some local bar and there were some music video running on a TV. Aged angsty men with an "AMERICA YEAH bald eagle screech" vocals and visuals. "What a lame Metallica copycats" I thought. And then the title card shown up...

10729287 8mo ago

Who needs Metallica when we have Slayer ?

donkeybeer 8mo ago
Different styles. Slayer is more "history of death metal" thrash, Metallica is more "classic bay area" thrash. Personally I am more into the "history of death metal" type thrash and ambivalent about metallica but I appreciate them as artists.
- mistrial9 8mo ago
  thrash? whatever you feel about Metallica, the songs are carefully written and performed real thrash is a real thing, you know it when you are in it
  - donkeybeer 8mo ago
    I am saying I respect both ends of thrash metal even though I have a particular lean to one side of the spectrum.