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[The perfect Dark]

At first I need to buy enough beer before I listen to this, oooooh shit.

 

[FrsDvl]

Nice. That'll tie me over till friday. Time to play this as loud as possible

 

[Killer Queen]

It hasn't leaked yet but you guys need to hear Lords of Summer 2016

 

[Horseress]

It hasn't leaked yet but you guys need to hear Lords of Summer 2016

Yeah very curious to hear this new version. I really disliked it when it first came out, gave me a terrible vibe of what the new album would sound like. Glad that was wrong

 

[Seiniyta]

If you know where to look, the entire Album is leaked now.

 

[strafer]

It hasn't leaked yet but you guys need to hear Lords of Summer 2016

What's different?

 

[Killer Queen]

What's different?

Yeah very curious to hear this new version. I really disliked it when it first came out, gave me a terrible vibe of what the new album would sound like. Glad that was wrong

Same song
Faster
Changed some lyrics
Feels a lot tighter
A lot heavier
Added a couple more riffs here and there
Double Bass

 

[-MB-]

You haven't even listened to the album.

Is it safe to say to call Hardwired...to self destruct the Xenoblade Chronicles X of Metallica albums now?

 

[Creamium]

Now That We're dead

First disappointing track of the album imo

 

[FrsDvl]

Now That We're dead

First disappointing track of the album imo

Yeah.. seemed to go on forever.

 

[Zalman]

Is it safe to say to call Hardwired...to self destruct the Xenoblade Chronicles X of Metallica albums now?

So it's better than the previous one? Cool!

 

[Seiniyta]

Now That We're dead


First disappointing track of the album imo

I personally love Now That We're Dead.

 

[Killer Queen]

Is it safe to say to call Hardwired...to self destruct the Xenoblade Chronicles X of Metallica albums now?

I've never played it so I wouldn't even know what that means. But I stand by my position on Dream No More being fucking great.

 

[Creamium]

I personally love Now That We're Dead.

Maybe it'll grow on me on repeated listens.

Dream no More has a nice groove

 

[-MB-]

I've never played it so I wouldn't even know what that means. But I stand by my position on Dream No More being fucking great.

More of an insider joke of Xenoblade fans, because Skypunch loves to go into threads on it and complain about the game there.

 

[Killer Queen]

More of an insider joke of Xenoblade fans, because Skypunch loves to go into threads on it and complain about the game there.

So he's just a serial whiner? Lmao good to know. Now I don't feel like a dick for dismissing his opinions entirely.

 

[strafer]

lord have mercy, it's like the final album in the Load / ReLoad saga. I love it so much.

 

[Zalman]

It feels very '90s Metallica, but way heavier. Some '80s elements here and there too, of course.

 

[Killer Queen]

Here Comes Revenge has me jamming. Love it so much.

 

[Formless]

Liking it. Now That We're Dead is kinda slow but I guess it's the straightforward song of the album.

Wow at the beginning of ManUNkind

 

[Megasoum]

Sigh... Still searching here. None of my usual sites have it yet


Edit: Found it!

 

[Formless]

Hope the production on the disc 3 tracks are as good as the disc 1/2 leaks. Just has me more hyped for my deluxe edition

 

[strafer]

wow, dream no more :O

 

[Killer Queen]

wow, dream no more :O

One of the biggest surprises on the album.

 

[Summer Haze]

Sigh... Still searching here. None of my usual sites have it yet


Edit: Found it!

Where?

 

[Corpsepyre]

Listening. This is sounding like a successor to Load, the PROPER successor, that is!

Not a bad thing at all.

 

[Zalman]

The last two minutes of Halo On Fire... one of the best things they've ever written.

 

[strafer]

Listening. This is sounding like a successor to Load, the PROPER successor, that is!

Not a bad thing at all.

Don't be dissing ReLoad. I love that album.

 

[Ristifer]

Load is my second favourite Metallica album (behind Puppets), so all of these comparisons are making me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

 

[strafer]

Load is my second favourite Metallica album (behind Puppets), so all of these comparisons are making me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

My man!

 

[Corpsepyre]

Don't be dissing ReLoad. I love that album.

I like a couple of songs, but I think its their weakest album. Don't consider St.Anger an album.

 

[Zalman]

The album feels very natural. It doesn't sound forced, or like they were trying to recapture their old sound (which was definitely the case with Death Magnetic). It's like a new Metallica.

 

[strafer]

I like a couple of songs, but I think its their weakest album. Don't consider St.Anger an album.

Yeah, St.Anger was a complete misstep.

Only song on that album I kinda like is Sweet Amber.

The album feels very natural. It doesn't sound forced, or like they were trying to recapture their old sound (which was definitely the case with Death Magnetic). It's like a new Metallica.

Absolutely. The whole thing about them needing to do another Methul album so prove to fans that they still got it is so dumb. They got nothing to prove.

They made four exceptional metal albums in the 80's. That's enough.

EDIT: Holy fucking shit. ManUNkind...riffage

 

[Formless]

It's dark and heavy, reminds me of Alice in Chains

 

[Zalman]

I feel like the album could have used an extra ballad. We get a small taste of that Metallica ballad feel, but not nearly enough for me.

 

[Corpsepyre]

Yeah, why no ballad? :S

 

[Killer Queen]

Yeah, why no ballad? :S

Halo On Fire?

 

[strafer]

I really dig the production, I can finally crank it to 11 without destroying both my speakers and ears.

While I love Death Magnetic the production was really bad.

 

[psychotron]

So jealous you're all hearing it.

 

[LegendX48]

So jealous you're all hearing it.

same here. I wanna look for one of the links but also wanna hold out till Friday for a proper surprise

 

[strafer]

Well, I'm at Spit out the bone now which people say is nuts...so here I go...

 

[fixedpoint]

Created this thread just so we can talk about everything HTSD related instead of using the "new song released" thread

I torrented their entire catalog including live recordings in FLAC a couple of years ago out of spite, though in retrospect it seems fitting.

Master of Puppets is one of the best metal albums of all time.

 

[strafer]

All done. Need some time to process all this, but man I am in shock, didn't think they could deliver so hard.

If this is their last album they went out swinging like a boss.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Listening. This is sounding like a successor to Load, the PROPER successor, that is!

Not a bad thing at all.

Finding these comparisons to Load strange given the three singles don't remind me of Load at all.

Won't listen until my deluxe vinyl set gets here next week. But, I'm super curious now.

 

[Killer Queen]

Finding these comparisons to Load strange given the three singles don't remind me of Load at all.

Won't listen until my deluxe vinyl set gets here next week. But, I'm super curious now.

the singles are pretty different from the rest of the album.

 

[strafer]

Finding these comparisons to Load strange given the three singles don't remind me of Load at all.

Won't listen until my deluxe vinyl set gets here next week. But, I'm super curious now.

I would say it's more like ReLoad.

Bad Seed is the most underrated Metallica song ever

 

[Greg]

every song could be 2 minutes shorter, as expected

 

[Zalman]

Finding these comparisons to Load strange given the three singles don't remind me of Load at all.

Won't listen until my deluxe vinyl set gets here next week. But, I'm super curious now.

The singles are not representative of the rest of the album. Pretty much everything is mid-tempo.

 

[psychotron]

Somebody get me a stream link lol. I gave up downloading a long time ago, but I need to hear this.

 

[Ristifer]

All done. Need some time to process all this, but man I am in shock, didn't think they could deliver so hard.

If this is their last album they went out swinging like a boss.

I've heard everyone gushing about Spit Out The Bone. How was it?