I'm serious, if Death Magnetic is as best as they can do, especially after Reload and Saint Anger, they don't need to make any new music, not saying Anthrax does, but right now, Megadeth is the only one I'd pay individually to go see.
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Except Megadeth is boring as fuck live. I love the band on album, but I've just never been all that impressed with them live.
And Ill disagree with you on Death Magnetic. The worst part about that album was the sound squishing. I'll agree it is no where near as good as RTL/MOP/JFL, but it is probably as good or better then the black album. The guitar solos are there, the song composition is pretty well structured. The song naming needs a lot of work, and it would be nice if james would pick up drinking again and stop the singing bullshit... but other then that, the album was a Giant step in the right direction. After Load/reload/StAnger, I had completely lost interest in Metallica. Now after DM, I am interested to see if they can improve on their going back to their roots.
Oh but metallica sounds like shit in concert. Good thing they have a good laser / fire show to go along with it. Those guys know how to perform and put on a great fucking show.
And Ill disagree with you on Death Magnetic. The worst part about that album was the sound squashing.
This. Definitely this.
And I'm seeing Metallica live if it's the last thing I do. It would be insane if they booked Mastodon as support and I could kill 2 birds with 1 stone. The only annoying thing is I'll probably have to go to NYC if they don't have a Boston date.
Oh great, another guy bitching about James' vocals..... 8-| Also, Megadeth being boring as fuck live is not true....they kicked the shit out of Slayer on American Carnage.
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They have awesome support and by the time they release support I can get a decent seat
They are on a giant festival
They do another evening with metallica and play a 4 hour set
And Ill disagree with you on Death Magnetic. The worst part about that album was the sound squishing. I'll agree it is no where near as good as RTL/MOP/JFL, but it is probably as good or better then the black album. The guitar solos are there, the song composition is pretty well structured. The song naming needs a lot of work, and it would be nice if james would pick up drinking again and stop the singing bullshit... but other then that, the album was a Giant step in the right direction. After Load/reload/StAnger, I had completely lost interest in Metallica. Now after DM, I am interested to see if they can improve on their going back to their roots.
Oh but metallica sounds like shit in concert. Good thing they have a good laser / fire show to go along with it. Those guys know how to perform and put on a great fucking show.
And I'm seeing Metallica live if it's the last thing I do. It would be insane if they booked Mastodon as support and I could kill 2 birds with 1 stone. The only annoying thing is I'll probably have to go to NYC if they don't have a Boston date.