New Metallica Single - The Day that never comes

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:35 pm

[url=mms://wm.elektra.com/metallica/metallica_com/2008/de/Track04.asf]New Metallica[/url]

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:41 pm

Just finished listening to it. It's below average to say the least. The song is all over the place and JH's vocals sound awful. I do like the intro, but once JH starts singing it dies quickly. They don't seem to know what to do with the song. It starts out with a Fade to Black vibe and then attempts a One kind of feel and fails badly.

horsemen_ · Post by **horsemen_** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:02 pm

on xm 51 they are play 30 days of metallica 24/7 i heard a few of the new songs they all sux most are slow songs

tHE_0ne · Post by **tHE_0ne** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:31 pm

song sucked

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:34 pm

They need to remix and release "Muskrat Love".

It would put them back on the map.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:40 pm

downhill wrote:They need to remix and release "Muskrat Love".

It would put them back on the map.

Taking you seriously for a second, a cover album wouldn't be bad I don't think, they have always done well at covers.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:52 pm

Well the vocals sound like they were made in made in lots of separate pieces, I think the lyrics are a little weak.

The music wasn't horrible, just slower than I would want from them. I hate to do what roody did and compare it to their older material but it does seem like Kirk Hammett's guitar work was a bit out of Trapped Under Ice, only less of an edge of the seat feel, and not so frequent.

Overall I'm happy with the sound of Hetfield's voice, now to wait for somethign heavier to come out.

DV · Post by DV » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:00 pm

They played it this morning on the "indie" station I listen to. They will occasionally sway from their typical format and play a Sabbath song, old old Metallica, or Motorhead, that's cool. But this time they have gone too far!

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:51 pm

I thought it was good overall...I try not to be too overly critical at first listenings to any music, as I generally do not like anything the first time through. Luckily our local station played it like 3 times in a row and it was sounding much better the third time through. I wouldn't say JH's voice was bad but it has definitely degraded over the years. I thought the speed in the end was good and loved the solos from Hammett.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:57 pm

I'm not much for growlers, but I am wondering if Metallica would sound better at this point in their career if JH added more of the growl again.

Noevo · Post by **Noevo** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:01 pm

After watching a lot of the fly on the wall videos on their site, my take is they spend too much worrying about little stuff and it ends up being a piece meal song instead of one coherent piece. I like the feel of it but I agree with roody it does sound a little too disjointed. Still have hopes for the rest of though. we'll see.

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:17 pm

I flipped on the radio about midway thru the song. Said to my passenger "hey this sounds like Metallica, but it sucks." Then the announcer said it was the new one and I now have no urge to purchase the album.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:19 pm

Noevo wrote:After watching a lot of the fly on the wall videos on their site, my take is they spend too much worrying about little stuff and it ends up being a piece meal song instead of one coherent piece.

The fly on the wall footage also felt heavier. A lot of professionals will worry about small stuff and piecing thigns together to get the song right is ok in the beginning, but they should play it all through for the final recording or in a couple takes. I'm not sure how many they do per song but the footage did give the impression that there are a bunch of pieces in each song.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:04 pm

brembo wrote:I flipped on the radio about midway thru the song. Said to my passenger "hey this sounds like Metallica, but it sucks." Then the announcer said it was the new one and I now have no urge to purchase the album.

I'm not ready to go that far. Alot of CD's have a few bad songs.

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:34 pm

Roody wrote:I'm not ready to go that far. Alot of CD's have a few bad songs.

I got into Metallica when "Kill Em All" hit. I was a HUGE fan. "Master" was just a better reason to like em later. Then "And Justice" came along, I was waiting in line for that, and boy was I pissed off. I still listen to pre-"Justice" a good bit, but if a newer song pops on the radio, I'll change the station.

See I have a theory....and I'm gonna tell it to ya.

Metal bands CANNOT be successful AND still be what they wanna be. Metallica had some real pent up aggression pior to making it big. It comes across in the music. Dark, heavy and it feels right. When the "big" album happens for a metal bunch they have ONE album left in em. That's because they still have some anger left over, be it worldly issues or dealing with new-found fame. After that, nada...living in the lap of luxury, no real worries to contend with. It sucks the life out of the anger that drove them to make songs with real feeling.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:23 pm

man its hard to find a good quality downloadable MP3 of this LOL lars should host it from his computer under the username "Napster".

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:06 pm

brembo wrote:I got into Metallica when "Kill Em All" hit. I was a HUGE fan. "Master" was just a better reason to like em later. Then "And Justice" came along, I was waiting in line for that, and boy was I pissed off. I still listen to pre-"Justice" a good bit, but if a newer song pops on the radio, I'll change the station.

See I have a theory....and I'm gonna tell it to ya.

Metal bands CANNOT be successful AND still be what they wanna be. Metallica had some real pent up aggression pior to making it big. It comes across in the music. Dark, heavy and it feels right. When the "big" album happens for a metal bunch they have ONE album left in em. That's because they still have some anger left over, be it worldly issues or dealing with new-found fame. After that, nada...living in the lap of luxury, no real worries to contend with. It sucks the life out of the anger that drove them to make songs with real feeling.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Personally I loved And Justice For All. It's my favorite Metallica album.

ghettoside · Post by **ghettoside** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:37 pm

roody wrote:i'm not ready to go that far. Alot of cd's have a few bad songs.

qft

why the hell is the board changing my "QFT" to small letters? that's never happened to me before

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:53 pm

Roody wrote:Personally I loved And Justice For All. It's my favorite Metallica album.

Its got some great music on it, would be even better with bass.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:54 pm

ghettoside wrote:qft

why the hell is the board changing my "QFT" to small letters? that's never happened to me before

Its an all caps post protection thing.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:07 pm

Roody wrote:I'm not much for growlers, but I am wondering if Metallica would sound better at this point in their career if JH added more of the growl again.

I'd like to see his voice be more like it is on the Mercyful Fate cover.

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:28 pm

Roody wrote:Personally I loved And Justice For All. It's my favorite Metallica album.

You are a strange and perplexing person.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:38 am

I think that part of who and why we are always drawn to a certian style has to do with our age at the time.

Here me out now.

I grew up with a Floyd that was before The Wall, very melodic, for the most part. The lyrics started getting dark with DSOTM, but I could overlook them because they weren't personal. They didn't get personal till Animals. After that? Well let's say that until AMLOR that I was no longer a huge fan.

Those who grew up with the Waters stuff? They hate the later stuff.

An observation.

jeremyboycool · Post by **jeremyboycool** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:47 am

I never really viewed Metallica as dark music. More like vengeful which is what I liked about it. "Holier than thou you are not!" The song One struck me as dark though. Such a depressing song. Poets are such sad people. They howl in pain and we applaud.

Noevo · Post by **Noevo** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:32 pm

Honestly, I think it's starting to grow on me a little. Can't say that about anything from St. Anger lol

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:19 pm

brembo wrote:You are a strange and perplexing person.

Thanks?

Noevo · Post by **Noevo** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:20 pm

New song posted yesterday, My Apocalypse. Musically, I think this one is great. James vocals are different then what they once were, i think it's the difference more so than they suck that is hard to get used to. Still, best i've heard yet with this one all around.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:16 pm

Noevo wrote:New song posted yesterday, My Apocalypse. Musically, I think this one is great. James vocals are different then what they once were, i think it's the difference more so than they suck that is hard to get used to. Still, best i've heard yet with this one all around.

Its better but it still doesn't have a nice flow to it.