No Metallica album has grown so much on me like this one... Groovy, heavy, catchy Sabathica ;) Love it! Crown of Barbed Wire, You must burn, Sleepwalk my life away, Inamorata, Shadows Fallow, Too Far Gone, solid, solid stuff.
Agreed I thought it was just solid at first listen but it's one of my favorite Metallica albums and this is James best vocal performance of career and I'll die on this hill
I'm actually very satisfied with the album! I thought it would have songs I would skip but i listened to each song fully. They sound solid! Kirk's solos are improvised half the time but he did have some great moments. 72 season is a great opener for sure and I must say this album is better than Hardwired. James vocals are really cool on this as well. Lars finally has a sick drum sound 🔥 Robs bass tone is heard loudly throughout the album and he deserves to be heard like that 😎
I’ll be honest. I listened to the album first on itunes. And was slightly let down. It felt like an album full of b-side/filler songs. I listened to it the second time on vinyl. And it finally started clicking. This is definitely an album that grows on you the more you listen to it
Yeah bad music needs 55 listens before you get used to it. Hell, it only took one listen to BM for me to get in to it. This albums is 4/10 at best. Wish people would look towards modern bands rather than giving 40 year old bands phoning it in their attention
@@RAAZR- yeah that year was crap with those bands even today that they are still around but there is a new band that is actually really good idk if you heard about them but it’s Orbit culture so far the best newer band I have heard the rest are just boring
@@RAAZR- hmm. Most people just think its fun to hear new music from a band they grew up with. I also landed on 4/10, but still enjoyed it for the nostalgia and fun choruses/riffs. Im probably not going to listen to it alot, but im not complaining. I think overall most people do listen to other music aswell, and i agree that its healthy to listen to some new music every now and then, you might add some amazing music to your library.
Imo this album is a fkng Masterpiece can't stop listening to it it's great from beginning to end also thers an interview with James he mentions all 4 members brought in material this time there were 4 chefs in the kitchen and he says we are so proud of the end result and they are looking forward to the future so definitely this is not their last album
That makes a lot of sense, you can tell they worked together well and best of all, you can tell they had FUN on this album!! I'm absolutely in love with this album, I would rate it a 9.5 out of 10! 72 Seasons tops Death Magnetic and Hardwired for me, and that's saying a lot because I freaking love those albums! They knocked it out of the park with this album!! 🤘🤘🤙🤙
The riffs on this album are awesome and James's vocals are the best of his entire career imo, this album have a great mixture of old school Metallica and modern Metallica imo. I'm in love with this album, I personally would rate it a 9.5 out of 10, I know many people are probably rolling their eyes when I say that, but that's my honest opinion and I'm sticking to it! Freaking love this album back to front!! 🤘🤘🤙🤙
I love the Groove of this album… it’s an odd but catchy album, it’s so different yet catchy as hell. Find your self listening to the songs over and over. Great review and reactions as always
This knocked Death Magnetic out of my spot for #1 favorite album! You can tell they worked together well and best of all, you can tell they had FUN on this album!! I'm absolutely in love with this album, I would rate it a 9.5 out of 10! 72 Seasons tops Death Magnetic and Hardwired for me, and that's saying a lot because I freaking love those albums! They knocked it out of the park with this album!! 🤘🤘🤙🤙
for me, after listening to the album non stop for a week, i feel like the entire album is just one big song, taking you through the entire Metallica history as well as someone's journey of life. almost like you have to listen to it fully in one shot to understand phases in life, good and bad, searching for that light & culminating with inamorata as the final acceptance of one's past and delivery from it's chains. it is a masterpiece of a journey that says everything that is metallica and life. pure awesomeness
I can listen to this whole album, and not get bored. I couldn’t say that about Hardwired. Even the weaker songs on the album still have some killer parts. Very consistent and well balanced. Amazing album!🤘🏼
I keep thinking that this one feels like it belongs right after the black album. That seems like it would have been the logical next step... rather than Load.
This album would be a 10/10 if someone pushed Kirk a little bit more, like Bob Rock did back in the days of the Black Album. Black Album, Load and Reload have some memorable melodic solos, and I wish 72 seasons was like that too. Unfortunately Kirk just became lazy. As a musician I can tell James and Lars were not delivering their best, like, 15 years ago, but they are definetly taking music seriously, and both of them have improved significantly over the past decade. Rob has always been consistent. But Kirk.... oh man... it hurts me to say, because he was the guy who inspired me to play, but Kirk is a retired musician in activity. He dragged this album down.
It was awesome to see your reactions again, 6+ years after Hardwired. This album is far from perfect, but I think the band played it safely and stuck to the formula showcased on the previous two records, but this time it's a bit more consistent in sound. This album is a chore to listen to, especially for how unnecessarily long most songs are, that's why it feels redundant and repetitive on the first few listens, but the more you listen to it, the better it gets. It just draws you in for how catchy and riffy it is.
The more time you spend listening to these songs, the more “Easter eggs” you hear in the form of nods or references to songs across their entire history. Could he guitar or drum riffs, solos or even lyrics. This doesn’t always amount to a great song, but it’s still fun to recognize something new every time you listen. I also love that the Inamorata verse riff is basically “Are You Gonna Go My Way” by Lenny Kravitz. I agree with what you’re saying about their song speed. I’d love a “Load 3” album, and there’s times when this album DEFINITELY captures some of that sound… but I’d be happier with something slowed down and groovy. Oh and I also loved that chunky riff change in Too Far Gone, the one you mentioned you wanted more of. That was cool and far too short.
Chainsaw… when I found out there wasn’t a ballad I was crushed. It affected my anticipation, I didn’t know what to think… Until I HEARD the entire album! Complete 180! These songs are all GOOD. Exactly LIKE HARDWIRED, and even a little more aggressive! This album cannot me considered a disappointment after how Well HW did… some of these songs are just SICK!
Disagree with you at 3:00 about more slower ballad stuff. I don't need that from Metallica, plenty of other options for that. I'm finding this album better with each pass through. I actually look forward to each song on this which is a first for me for a Metallica album. I'm actually going back to Load and Reload and appreciating most of the tracks I skipped over in the 90's and finding them good. Never thought I would have said that but here we are.
Inemorata really does see and have them so relaxed and confident. doesnt it? The time and mood just flies as you listen on, with the song taking time to reel you in further at its colossal yet comfortable pace. When that woozy, and utterly welcome chilled stilled interlude is lulled in, Jesus, it really does hit you. It is so reflective, honest and deeeep. It also , like the harmonized racing guitars in Room of Mirrors, makes you wish that some of the songs overall had more of those fantastic features. You can only imagine how much exciting variance the album would have had, if some tracks had different things going on, tempo changes, clean guitars.
@@ChainsawReacts Thanks for the reply. 👍I wanted to ask you about Kirk's "Portals" EP. Did you like it? I loved it, it showcases a whole other Sound and Vision to his styles and writings that, I cant tell you how much I'd have loved him to have Fixxxed its way into this album! Taking cues from movie soundtracks and tipping his hat to his OG metors like Uli Jon Roth and Iommi, his compositions and soloing on Portals is brilliant. Storytelling, narration and atmosphere through a more exotic, inventive playing ...with less wah wah!!! One of the reasons Im dissapointed with his playing on the new album is that Portals really makes you hear what he can do outside the Metallica blues box hes stuck in. Hes got so much other creative playing that, I want to hear in Metallica's music.
I really enjoy this album, 8,5/10 for me, its a fking banger But I wish they would do more clean/acoustic/ballad sections. 12 songs and only one short clean section in Inamorata and its awesome.
Hey man, you’ve made some really good points and I’d like to just add some of my own coming from a musicians perspective. As far as Lars’ drumming it’s not that he can’t play certain things live as such but more so that he can be a little lazy and also wants to conserve energy when playing a two hour show. He has proven he can play double bass comfortably live considering he still does it in songs like battery, fight fire with fire, ride the lightning, trapped under ice etc. And being a drummer myself I would actually say that overall his drumming is more interesting than hardwired to self destruct. As for this album, I do agree there could be some more moments of “light” to contrast the heavy, but I feel these songs just represent where James is at mentally following another stint in rehab and his divorce. The songs and lyrics really echo his recent struggles. And I’m really surprised you haven’t connected with room of mirrors. Definitely in my top two on the album. From the catchy and melodic vocals to the twin guitar harmonies and the double bass, it really feels like the second half of this song could slide onto ride the lightning or justice
Love the whole album and it gets better with every listen. I will say that I can still listen to the whole thing without skipping a track and the last album I was able to do that with was the BLACK album. Load, ReLoad, St. ANGER, Death Magnetic, and Hardwired I can't do that with as there are songs I just don't like but so far, that is not the case with 72 Seasons. Overall, ROOM OF MIRRORS is probably the best overall track without question!! Not just because of the music but the lyrical content. Being about opening up your true self to someone and worrying if they will accept you regardless or just BURY YOU is really strong stuff. Can't go wrong with any song really and understand the fact that every song will have people that say it is their favorite and that is cool with me!!
Thanks for your overall content of this album. Now looking forward to your uploads to the live versions ☺️ See you hopefully in less than 7yrs. Take care, mate 🤘
I don't know if this is a factor but since James had his second rehab stint and divorce I can feel more emotions in this album than Hardwired to Self-Destruct. Even without context I felt James' pain in some of the songs.
I noticed that too, your can tell by his vocal performances and the lyrics. The vibe of this album is like "the old man reflecting on life", it just hits different and I love everything about it.
Cool reaction. I'm happy as can be almost 60 they're still putting out GD music. Me at 55 happy to hear it from them.Been fan since 84. Hopefully get new album every 3years until the end of decade. Cus I think this could be last decade. I'm TOO FAR GONE
To me this album is like a healthy mix of st anger and hardwired, james out of rehab for weeks before working on a new album and then having everyone in the band bring in alot of music. Then the album just sounds like hardwired with te overall tones on the instruments.
Dont remember the last time i got so cought by an album, of having riffs, chorus echoing in my head. Loved to listen the album first to the last, it works really well. And even the few songs that didnt catch me, some have grown a lot. With the exception of sleep walk, even the ones that didnt had much impact, are growing when i discover those few things that you miss.
You must burn and too far gone are my current favorites. The harmonies and heaviness on the album were really good but I do think the harmonies on atlas rise, dream no more, and spit out the bone made the hairs stand higher. Like you I was also disappointed that there wasn’t a ballad. I loved the bass but was hoping for some clean guitar as well
The one thing that drives me crazy about almost every reaction I watch is this obsession with comparing each song to a song of the past. “Ooohhh…this one has a Fixxxer vibe” or “This one has a Battery feel to it”. Like what the fuck. THAT is the reason so many people hate this album…because it isn’t Master of Puppets 2. Why the constant comparisons to the past??? They aren’t 20 anymore!
Completely agree about having more slow and clean stuff. More of that please!!! Cut down the fat on some songs too... it sometimes feels like they come back to riffs late in a song because they can't quite let it go or something... Sometimes a third verse is too much.
I’d say it’s about a 7/10 for me. We seem to share very similar views on favourite and least favourite songs I’ve noticed (at least what I’ve been going back to as well)
Room of Mirrors is my favorite, the riffs are good, lyrics are great and the last 2 minutes, especially the harmony with Lars hitting the double bass is just… I get goosebumps every time.
I loved it for sure. Having a ballad would have been cool, but I think I enjoyed every song a fair bit. I think id rank this release ahead of st anger, hwtsd, kill em all, and even death magnetic. Nothing really beats the 4 albums jason played on for me, but this comes dang near to those and MoP/RTL
@@ChainsawReactsef do that! For me my rank list is MOP AJFA RTL Black Load/72 seasons Kill ‘em all Reload Death Magnetic Hardwired St Anger And let me say……I do love every album. I’m a Metallica fanatic. It this is my list currently.
Aside from how much I love this album. I think the best way to put it is they have released a enough variety where there is a little something for everyone. Believe it or not this album BPM on average is actually faster overall than HTSD.
5:25 yea they don’t need to be fast, you’re right, our issues are they just are barely passable as “good”. He needs to and can write interesting solos that match the context of the songs. There’s ample examples of slower paced solos sounding amazing.
Much better than Hardwired. The only song I still listen to is Atlas, Rise. There were three songs on there that were actual garbage. Now That We're Dead, Dream No More, and Am I Savage. All right up there with I Disappear and Cyanide.
@@shawmmathews889 dream no more was great, it was dark and heavy. Am I savage had one heck of a groovy riff as well. I liked most of the songs, but 72 Seasons is better in my opinion.
@@shawmmathews889 Opinions and all that, but I think Now That We're Dead is one of the best songs on HTSD. Not only that, but it's in my all-time Top 20 for Metallica.
The album has really great moments equal to meh moments, it has my 2 favorites Room of Mirrors and Inamorata being the highlight songs of the album (outside some singles) for me. While other songs such as the title track, Shadows and You Must Burn, and Crown and TFG? being a lotta fun to listen to. Then you got songs with some good and equal meh such as Sleepwalk and Chasing Light, like they aren’t bad at all, but they aren’t too interesting (especially Chasing personally w it’s main riff i just don’t like it too much). Now singles I enjoyed them all, but after a while Screaming Suicide i really don’t care for the intro but the rest of the song the production shines very well. Darkness and Lux i personally love, the choruses for both are one of my fav moments off the album. Lyric writing both lack a bit for a lot of the singles, but going into the rest they’re good, but James vocals kick so much i don’t mind it too much. However the best song I’d have to argue is the closer, it’s just amazing how 11 mins goes by so fast yet it’s such a trip of emotion and grooviness (w Room of Mirrors being a very close 2nd). Overall it’s an album that I enjoy a majority of, w a couple of dud moments, i thinks it the embodiment of a 7/10 album. (thx for reading all of this if u took ur time lol)
For me personally.. i really like EVERY song on 72 Seasons. In example on Hardwired there was 2 songs i just didnt liked and i think since 2016 i maybe heard them not more than 5 times. (ManUNkind and Here comes revenge). Solos: yeah im completely with you. Kirk just didnt need to shred over every time. People complain that his solos have no structure or aren't well planned but i think he just let his emotions/feelings whatever flow and played what feels right. This Record is very attached to the feelings of every band member. Even Rob said that every bassline has a meaning and i think you can feel that. Its rare that i like a whole record so for me its a 10/10 :)
Its not at all about Kirk plying fast or slow. Its that he plays what is essentially the same solo every song. Double stop bends to kick it of, a repeating pentatonic lick. Then a repetitive modal lick. Then a descending type thing to get back down the neck to transition to the rythym. Every song.
Certain songs are growing on me a lot… particularly, Shadows Follow & Chasing Light. Too early to tell but first expressions where didn’t like it as much as Hardwired but I like it more than St. Anger & KEM.
Great review and you mentioned a key thing about most of these songs and that is they're catchy overall the album is indeed great 👍 you Rock Chainsaw look forward to more exciting videos also the same day we got a new Overkill album called Scorched it's kick ass just a reminder if anyone likes Overkill
For me, Shadows Follow, Lux Aeterna, and the last three were the ones I really liked. I didn't care much for Sleepwalk my Life Away, You must Burn!, and Crown of Barbed Wire. I have mixed feelings about Chasing Light which is mostly good, and the rest were good but not great. There's nothing that wasn't up to standards in terms of heaviness, or anything that was really bad in general. I didn't mind Kirk's Solos, he's playing the same type of wah-drenched, bluesy, pentatonic scale licks that he's been doing for the last 25 years or so. Loved the guitar harmonies on the last three songs, and that slower, melodic part of the title track's solo as well.
My rating based on how good the songs are: 72 Seasons (9/10) Shadows Follow (9/10) Screaming Suicide (9/10) Sleepwalk My Life Away (8/10) You Must Burn (7/10) Lux Aeterna (7.5/10) Crown of Barbed Wire (8.5/10) Chasing Light (9.5/10) If Darkness Had A Son (9/10) Too Far Gone? (9/10) Room Of Mirrors (8/10) Inamorata (9.5/10) Overrall: (8.6/10) So I think it's a very solid record not mention the greatest production they have ever had. Not ready to give a 10/10 to any songs yet but there are a couple of songs that I love already.
I don't think it'll be their final album by choice, but they're 60'ish and things happen. Hopefully if they want to do another one, they don't wait 5 years to start working on it.
Disagree about the solos, its not that they aren't fast, its that they are just...weebly wooobly googly random pentatonic notes, bends on the 12/15 fret on the high E and B strings, random runs down the neck, almost zero melodies, the phrasing is very predictable and he uses the same licks he used since Kill Em All. I actually think he is a better guitarist when he does something slow, these thrashy solos just sound like a 14 year old jamming
On an average, The second half is significantly better than the first. There's enough thrash elements to be satisfactory. But the lack of a ballad and instrumental is a bummer.
So many people are being so hard on this album. Im not saying you are, I think you were very fair in this video, but so many people are just looking for reasons to dislike it. I think this album is totally fine. its not a genera defining, historical, album by any means but its totally fine. I would say 10 of the 12 songs are really good which is a change compared to Hardwired. I really disliked most of the second disc of Hardwired outside of Spit out the bone. It felt like the second disc was mostly filler. I dont feel like there is filler on this album at all. I personally dont much like the title track or Crown of Barbed Wire. I'm still 50/50 on Sleepwalk my life away. Outside that in my opinion its mostly good stuff. Not great, but good and that is totally fine. In my view You Must Burn, Too Far Gone, Room of Mirrors, and Inamorata are standouts for me. I think if you just allow yourself to enjoy the album its a great listen. Totally worth your time. There are a lot of things you could nit pick but just close your eyes, lean back, and turn off your brain and you will have a lot of fun with it. i think its a solid 8/10 for me.
here a fan fince 98 also into stoner and doom heavy metal (there is no a lot of great bands but anyway) i really like the first 6 black sabbath albums, this album remind me of those records. i really really like this kind of sound and i love the new album wide better than i expected i think that is a concept album like st anger, the concept was anger death magnetic, the concept was death here the concept is the firs 18 years of a life i think the absent of a concept is what make hardwired not so good enough to my taste
One thing I’d like to see is less formula. Each song is a bit predictable. Each verse chorus etc fall into the same pattern. Every song doesn’t need a 1 minute intro
Yes, I agree with that. A couple of songs needed clean guitar verses to add dynamics, character and identity to the song itself. Make it different to the previous and nxt track, giving the album a better flow. One of the things I loved about Hartwired was the structure to the album's first half. The first 6 songs ebb and flow brilliantly after eachother because they all are unique from eachother. Moth into Flame's anthemic rush for instance, perfectly leads into Dream no More's colossal doom, which then perfectly leads into Halo on Fire. And Halo itself is a brilliant example on how to write a modern Metallica song thats long, giving it separate sections, leading different places, variety. I dont hear that dynamic, variation on the new album. Whilst the songs are good, its too samey, too many similar, simpler E chugging all the way.
I absolutely love Metallica and I love Kirk’s playing. He’s so expressive and I love all the wah…his playing has huge personality. His solos serve the song and are bigger than just technical flash. I know he talks about spontaneity and playing in the moment, but I do think some of his solos could benefit from a bit more composition before he records. He sounds like he’s improvising everything which kind of goes against what the rest of the songs sound like.
72 Seasons as an album is solid. Not great, but solid. I would say that as an album, it definitely has a consistent theme throughout. Inamorata though, is the shining star. James poured his soul into that song, lyrically, the harmonies, the last solo James does, it really has that dark authentic vibe to it like My Friend of Misery, Outlaw Torn, Bleeding Me, etc. But Inamorata felt MORE personal, like you could really feel some true pain through Hetfield's voice and his solo. That said, if that is the last song of the last album they ever make, they finished on a high note, and earned it.
Besides Kill Em All, modt Metallica albums did not have fast stuff. RTL only has Fight fire, Trapped and Middle part of RTL, the rest is upbeat or slow. On MoP only Battery, Damage InC and Some parts of Disposable Heroes are fast, the rest is upbeat or slow. On AJFA only parts of Blackened, Shortest Straw, the end of One and Dyers Eve are fast, the rest is upbeat or slow. On DM, hardwired we get the same ampunt of fast songs that are one those ear albums. On 72 Seasons we do too, I guess. I believe that, besides production and all that which I still believe they did it best back in the day, the music is still the same quality. Play these last 3 albums with the old tones and it is on the same level. I love the latest metallica albums.
I think when it comes to Kirk's solos, they aren't that bad for the most part but I wished he did stuff similar to Inamorata. Where it feels like he really sat down to write that closing solo/lead part. I bet you the solos would be better appreciated by fans if he made more melodic solos for the songs that don't need a very fast tempo lead. It becomes almost to distracting and out of place. Plus the actually scales he uses gets monotonous at times because they do sort of start to sound the same ish for some of the songs. I honestly have no hate for Kirk and his overuse of the Wah, since it became his style around the black album onward. My only gripe is that his leads start to not fit what the song needs at some times. Overall though I do enjoy his playing and always will. This album will need to be heard multiple times before I am can really go in on these songs and criticize them for the good and the bad. I would rate this album right now at a 6.5 , I hope my rating goes up the longer I listen to the album.
I agree. If you hear his "Portals" EP from last year, its full of fantastic melodies , cool interesting compositions. All composed with exotic scales, tasty melodic soloing and storytelling passages of movie soundtrack influenced music. Listen to "The maiden and the Monster" Wow, its bloody brilliant. Cinematic, stirring and capturing you in a moment, scene from a movie. Building from atmospheric clean tone segments to a rock out finale , roared along by one of this best solos in years. I was so excited at the idea of more of that style, sound and technique fixxxing its way into the Metallica songs here, but I was disappointed that it was an instead referral back to WahWah land and Pentatonic plunderings. It overall enforces the "samey" feel to the album as a whole.
Is it the best Album that Metallica has ever released? Probably not. Is it on par with some of their best albums? 100% For sure. I loved this album. Instant classics on this in my opinion. Highlights for me is Lux Æterna, Shadows Follow, Too Far Gone?, and Inamorata. The weakest song for me is 'If Darkness had a Son'. That song I just couldn't connect with. All of the rest of the songs are excellent but didn't make my top picks. I just find that where Metallica is the biggest heavy metal band on earth, they are gonna be dissected bit by bit each time they release a new album and some of those people who negatively reviewed this album, their expectations of what this album was gonna be like is unrealistic. Like you've said in this video, they are getting up in age. They're in their 60's for God's sake. Every song isn't gonna be a crazy 6-7 minute non stop 100% original riffs from James with an 'Unforgiven'-like epic guitar solo from Kirk with the most technical, creative drum patterns from Lars along with Rob creating Orion-like epic bass writing. Those songs will never be written again. Also I find it funny that those 'fans', all they want is Metallica to write songs like they did before The Black Album and when you do hear something that is something similar to that, they instantly hate it and say its unoriginal. Can't make everyone happy I suppose...
On the first listen it didn't click with me. I wasn't disappointed but I wasn't impressed. After couple of listening I can say it's pretty good! There are some similarities with the previous recordings and that's totally fine. It's unique and that's what Metallica is always about.
There are all kinds of people that enjoy Metallica music. There are those super aggressive, I can single handedly destroy the world with Metallica music in my ears, proud to be a a fkn patriarch, we won the fkn war and will eat your childrens souls kind of listener. And since TBA there are the feminine, give me softer gentler sweet somethings in my ear ballads type of fans. This demarcation is also present in Prison. This is the best Metallica Album since AJFA. No ballads. No remorse. No regrets. Just fkn metal from beginning to end. To compensate, I'll make sure I lube up. Thanks for the review....
My problem with Kirk’s solos is that he doesn’t tend to play tastefully these days. Not impossible to hear a tasteful solo, but farther apart than I would like personally.
I guess I'm in the minority here but Crown of barbed WIARE isnt doing it for me yall. Yes its a good song with killer riffs..its heavy but the lyrics and simple verses are meh. Room of mirrors brings back RTL vibes and You must burn was amazing. As always Chainsaw your reviews are what we look forward to. Much love brother!!
I really have only 2 complaints with this album. The first is theres No spit out the bone or all Nightmare long type of song. And the second is no ballad.
Guys.... You have to stop acting like they make the music for you, it's like they never seem to catch a break even though they are THE biggest metal band on the planet. They make music THEY want to hear, you either like it or you don't.
I wish they would've focused on writing 7 great songs instead of 12 meh ones, you don't need that many songs for an album. Yes of course there's a couple of gems and instant classics, after all it's Metallica (72 Seasons and Shadows Follow are standouts). But in general most of these songs feel like they belong as B sides from Reload, and Reload is already an album made up of B sides.
The song I've listened to the least is Screaming Suicide. I heard it a couple times after its release and have not listened to it since. Just didnt resonate with me. I said it elsewhere, the thing holding 72 Seasons back was Kirk. To make it clear: I'm not asking for a return of 80's shredder Kirk. TBA Kirk is just as fine. He composed excellent, memorable solos. For 72 Seasons the only solo i can remember off the top of my head is Lux Aeterna's, and not because it was great, it's because of its short, simple , repetitive nature. The songs needed better, composed solos. That's it. Kirk can say he improvised and just went off the cuff. Sorry, but the music deserved better. He always says the solos are about serving the song, so much so he made a point out of it when the "No solos" rule for St Anger pissed him off. We know he's passionate about music but here I dont think this particular approach was the best. The band may be more laid back and less confrontational than before (which is good) but letting things go to avoid confrontation is a detriment to the song. If James or Lars dont want to be the bad guys then Greg Fidelman should play the bad guy, just like Bob Rock did. Some of the songs could use some editing and dont really need to be that long. The guitar stutter in combo with the caveman drums are heard way too much in this album. Metallica had some amazing transitions from one part of the song to the next, here we lost that. A better direction or different perspective could have rectified this. Guess we'll have to wait for the "Making Of" to see how the songs came to be. I score it a 7.5 out of 10. A notch below Hardwired which i thought was their best album since TBA.
Hardwired and 72 Seasons are pretty on par with each other, but I think Hardwired is only slightly better. It’s more consistently good, but 72 Seasons has better high points. Screaming Suicide and If Darkness Had a Son were the worst and least representative choices for singles, but they’re not that bad, and I have a better opinion of them than when they were released. The Screaming Suicide riff isn’t interesting enough to be so repetitive, and I really don’t like that talk-singing bridge. And If Darkness Had a Son is mostly good, but the verse is awful. My other complaint is there’s too much of the James tendency of writing lyrics where it sounds like he had a rhyming dictionary cracked open (see, for example, Shadows Follow). So, I like it a lot. Hardwired is really front-loaded, with the back half not hitting as well, and the weaker points of 72 Seasons are more spread out, which makes it a lot more enjoyable to listen all the way through, and, again, the high points are so much more prominent on this new album.
Metallica has a talent: whatever they do (almost at least) is good. They have the talent of doing catchy songs. And something else: the haters, aren’t really haters, they need another MoP, which is never gonna happen and they resent that, but secretly they love Metallica because real haters just ignore. Also they have the most intelligent man in metal music industry: Lars Ulrich 😁
I think Metallica is gonna make a last album later, like a goodbye album. That's what I sense of it. 72 Seasons had some bangers, great riffs, and great choruses. I give it a 7.5
If only did Lars play something more original than just ACDC groove and Kirk's solos werent just "wah wah weeweewewe wewah wah" it would be the best metal album of the year for sure, and i wouldn't change my mind at all. I think it is still better than HW but not that much.
My opinion: unfortunately i hear same riffs/sound/drumming since Death Magnetic. They are the greatest as continue evolving but it is like the lost something. People compare this to the new Overkill album, but it doesn't make sense as Overkill playing same stuff since the beginning, Metallica not. I do like the album, but personally i expected a different thing. Cheers.
My main criticism of Kirk is that his solos are very forgettable. I don't care if it's fast or slow but something akin to unforgiven and unforgiven 3 would be better than what he has been putting out. I think James had better solos on this album than Kirk obviously. I mean he has some moments where he catches lightning in a bottle but for the most part his improvising isn't as good as his more thought out solos
Agree. I listen 3 times the album. Impossible to recognize one solo! Drums igual. Snare rolls ....snare rolls....snare rolls... Lars you have toms! and put your kick lower and snare higher and less dry.
Enjoy my review for Metallica’s newest album 72 Seasons!
I enjoy your reviews. Not bad
Not a fan of Crown of Barbed Wire. Think that is the weakest song on the album. A bit too unstructured and too much stuff in there.
Great review. Keep up the good work.
Your right Bro 'tallica dont need fast Songs anymore
No Metallica album has grown so much on me like this one... Groovy, heavy, catchy Sabathica ;) Love it! Crown of Barbed Wire, You must burn, Sleepwalk my life away, Inamorata, Shadows Fallow, Too Far Gone, solid, solid stuff.
Inamorata best solo, screaming scuicide 2nd best solo, sleep walk 3rd best solo. Don’t @ me
Love it
Room of mirrors aswell, absolute banger of a song 👌
Agreed I thought it was just solid at first listen but it's one of my favorite Metallica albums and this is James best vocal performance of career and I'll die on this hill
@@Taxable_Trophy Chasing Light has a great solo as well
I love this album. Music is subjective, I get it. But this one is right up my alley. One of my favorite things they've ever done for sure.
I'm actually very satisfied with the album! I thought it would have songs I would skip but i listened to each song fully. They sound solid! Kirk's solos are improvised half the time but he did have some great moments. 72 season is a great opener for sure and I must say this album is better than Hardwired. James vocals are really cool on this as well. Lars finally has a sick drum sound 🔥 Robs bass tone is heard loudly throughout the album and he deserves to be heard like that 😎
I’ll be honest. I listened to the album first on itunes. And was slightly let down. It felt like an album full of b-side/filler songs. I listened to it the second time on vinyl. And it finally started clicking. This is definitely an album that grows on you the more you listen to it
Yeah bad music needs 55 listens before you get used to it. Hell, it only took one listen to BM for me to get in to it. This albums is 4/10 at best. Wish people would look towards modern bands rather than giving 40 year old bands phoning it in their attention
@@RAAZR- I mean even newer bands are not all that great specially those emo looking bands
@@jvramirez1577 emo music hasn't been popular 2013 but I'm sure you mean all the core genres and they don't speak to me either.
@@RAAZR- yeah that year was crap with those bands even today that they are still around but there is a new band that is actually really good idk if you heard about them but it’s Orbit culture so far the best newer band I have heard the rest are just boring
@@RAAZR- hmm. Most people just think its fun to hear new music from a band they grew up with. I also landed on 4/10, but still enjoyed it for the nostalgia and fun choruses/riffs. Im probably not going to listen to it alot, but im not complaining. I think overall most people do listen to other music aswell, and i agree that its healthy to listen to some new music every now and then, you might add some amazing music to your library.
Imo this album is a fkng Masterpiece can't stop listening to it it's great from beginning to end also thers an interview with James he mentions all 4 members brought in material this time there were 4 chefs in the kitchen and he says we are so proud of the end result and they are looking forward to the future so definitely this is not their last album
That makes a lot of sense, you can tell they worked together well and best of all, you can tell they had FUN on this album!! I'm absolutely in love with this album, I would rate it a 9.5 out of 10! 72 Seasons tops Death Magnetic and Hardwired for me, and that's saying a lot because I freaking love those albums! They knocked it out of the park with this album!! 🤘🤘🤙🤙
The riffs on this album are awesome and James's vocals are the best of his entire career imo, this album have a great mixture of old school Metallica and modern Metallica imo. I'm in love with this album, I personally would rate it a 9.5 out of 10, I know many people are probably rolling their eyes when I say that, but that's my honest opinion and I'm sticking to it! Freaking love this album back to front!! 🤘🤘🤙🤙
Room of mirrors is in my opinion the best track and music video. The other songs have similar riffs to older albums
💯 agreed.
Room Of Mirror's riffs remind me of Lords Of Summer.
I love the Groove of this album… it’s an odd but catchy album, it’s so different yet catchy as hell. Find your self listening to the songs over and over. Great review and reactions as always
This is definately one of my favrotie Metallica albums. This album is outstanding and to me it is in the top 5. Been a fan since 88.
This knocked Death Magnetic out of my spot for #1 favorite album! You can tell they worked together well and best of all, you can tell they had FUN on this album!! I'm absolutely in love with this album, I would rate it a 9.5 out of 10! 72 Seasons tops Death Magnetic and Hardwired for me, and that's saying a lot because I freaking love those albums! They knocked it out of the park with this album!! 🤘🤘🤙🤙
@@BigHomieSteveTheMetalHead your favorite Metallica album is 72 seasons?? Wth is wrong with you
for me, after listening to the album non stop for a week, i feel like the entire album is just one big song, taking you through the entire Metallica history as well as someone's journey of life. almost like you have to listen to it fully in one shot to understand phases in life, good and bad, searching for that light & culminating with inamorata as the final acceptance of one's past and delivery from it's chains. it is a masterpiece of a journey that says everything that is metallica and life. pure awesomeness
I can listen to this whole album, and not get bored. I couldn’t say that about Hardwired. Even the weaker songs on the album still have some killer parts. Very consistent and well balanced. Amazing album!🤘🏼
I love this record. Highlights-72 Seasons, Shadows Follow, Crown of Barbed Wire, Too Far Gone?, Room of Mirrors, and Inamorata
72 Seasons Is The Best Album Since The Black Album
I keep thinking that this one feels like it belongs right after the black album. That seems like it would have been the logical next step... rather than Load.
what a joke ...
I agree
@@TheJigokuSasuke You think that is a joke to me it is better than the black album. Yellow>>>>>Black.
This album would be a 10/10 if someone pushed Kirk a little bit more, like Bob Rock did back in the days of the Black Album. Black Album, Load and Reload have some memorable melodic solos, and I wish 72 seasons was like that too. Unfortunately Kirk just became lazy. As a musician I can tell James and Lars were not delivering their best, like, 15 years ago, but they are definetly taking music seriously, and both of them have improved significantly over the past decade. Rob has always been consistent. But Kirk.... oh man... it hurts me to say, because he was the guy who inspired me to play, but Kirk is a retired musician in activity. He dragged this album down.
Agree, but not lazy. Listen to Portals.
People need to stop with this Kirk shit. He played just fine. To me this album is 10 out of 10.
It was awesome to see your reactions again, 6+ years after Hardwired. This album is far from perfect, but I think the band played it safely and stuck to the formula showcased on the previous two records, but this time it's a bit more consistent in sound. This album is a chore to listen to, especially for how unnecessarily long most songs are, that's why it feels redundant and repetitive on the first few listens, but the more you listen to it, the better it gets. It just draws you in for how catchy and riffy it is.
The more time you spend listening to these songs, the more “Easter eggs” you hear in the form of nods or references to songs across their entire history. Could he guitar or drum riffs, solos or even lyrics.
This doesn’t always amount to a great song, but it’s still fun to recognize something new every time you listen.
I also love that the Inamorata verse riff is basically “Are You Gonna Go My Way” by Lenny Kravitz.
I agree with what you’re saying about their song speed. I’d love a “Load 3” album, and there’s times when this album DEFINITELY captures some of that sound… but I’d be happier with something slowed down and groovy.
Oh and I also loved that chunky riff change in Too Far Gone, the one you mentioned you wanted more of. That was cool and far too short.
Chainsaw… when I found out there wasn’t a ballad I was crushed. It affected my anticipation, I didn’t know what to think… Until I HEARD the entire album! Complete 180! These songs are all GOOD. Exactly LIKE HARDWIRED, and even a little more aggressive! This album cannot me considered a disappointment after how Well HW did… some of these songs are just SICK!
Disagree with you at 3:00 about more slower ballad stuff. I don't need that from Metallica, plenty of other options for that. I'm finding this album better with each pass through. I actually look forward to each song on this which is a first for me for a Metallica album. I'm actually going back to Load and Reload and appreciating most of the tracks I skipped over in the 90's and finding them good. Never thought I would have said that but here we are.
I'd rather have a heavier more diverse Metallica then Fast paced sound the same song Metallica if that makes any sense
Inemorata really does see and have them so relaxed and confident. doesnt it? The time and mood just flies as you listen on, with the song taking time to reel you in further at its colossal yet comfortable pace. When that woozy, and utterly welcome chilled stilled interlude is lulled in, Jesus, it really does hit you. It is so reflective, honest and deeeep. It also , like the harmonized racing guitars in Room of Mirrors, makes you wish that some of the songs overall had more of those fantastic features. You can only imagine how much exciting variance the album would have had, if some tracks had different things going on, tempo changes, clean guitars.
I’m so happy it closes the album. It would have felt off if it didn’t.
@@ChainsawReacts Thanks for the reply. 👍I wanted to ask you about Kirk's "Portals" EP. Did you like it? I loved it, it showcases a whole other Sound and Vision to his styles and writings that, I cant tell you how much I'd have loved him to have Fixxxed its way into this album! Taking cues from movie soundtracks and tipping his hat to his OG metors like Uli Jon Roth and Iommi, his compositions and soloing on Portals is brilliant. Storytelling, narration and atmosphere through a more exotic, inventive playing ...with less wah wah!!! One of the reasons Im dissapointed with his playing on the new album is that Portals really makes you hear what he can do outside the Metallica blues box hes stuck in. Hes got so much other creative playing that, I want to hear in Metallica's music.
I really enjoy this album, 8,5/10 for me, its a fking banger
But I wish they would do more clean/acoustic/ballad sections.
12 songs and only one short clean section in Inamorata and its awesome.
Hey man, you’ve made some really good points and I’d like to just add some of my own coming from a musicians perspective. As far as Lars’ drumming it’s not that he can’t play certain things live as such but more so that he can be a little lazy and also wants to conserve energy when playing a two hour show. He has proven he can play double bass comfortably live considering he still does it in songs like battery, fight fire with fire, ride the lightning, trapped under ice etc. And being a drummer myself I would actually say that overall his drumming is more interesting than hardwired to self destruct.
As for this album, I do agree there could be some more moments of “light” to contrast the heavy, but I feel these songs just represent where James is at mentally following another stint in rehab and his divorce. The songs and lyrics really echo his recent struggles. And I’m really surprised you haven’t connected with room of mirrors. Definitely in my top two on the album. From the catchy and melodic vocals to the twin guitar harmonies and the double bass, it really feels like the second half of this song could slide onto ride the lightning or justice
Love the whole album and it gets better with every listen. I will say that I can still listen to the whole thing without skipping a track and the last album I was able to do that with was the BLACK album. Load, ReLoad, St. ANGER, Death Magnetic, and Hardwired I can't do that with as there are songs I just don't like but so far, that is not the case with 72 Seasons.
Overall, ROOM OF MIRRORS is probably the best overall track without question!! Not just because of the music but the lyrical content. Being about opening up your true self to someone and worrying if they will accept you regardless or just BURY YOU is really strong stuff.
Can't go wrong with any song really and understand the fact that every song will have people that say it is their favorite and that is cool with me!!
Thanks for your overall content of this album. Now looking forward to your uploads to the live versions ☺️ See you hopefully in less than 7yrs. Take care, mate 🤘
Love this album. It keeps growing on me more and more.
I don't know if this is a factor but since James had his second rehab stint and divorce I can feel more emotions in this album than Hardwired to Self-Destruct.
Even without context I felt James' pain in some of the songs.
I noticed that too, your can tell by his vocal performances and the lyrics. The vibe of this album is like "the old man reflecting on life", it just hits different and I love everything about it.
Cool reaction. I'm happy as can be almost 60 they're still putting out GD music. Me at 55 happy to hear it from them.Been fan since 84. Hopefully get new album every 3years until the end of decade. Cus I think this could be last decade. I'm TOO FAR GONE
To me this album is like a healthy mix of st anger and hardwired, james out of rehab for weeks before working on a new album and then having everyone in the band bring in alot of music. Then the album just sounds like hardwired with te overall tones on the instruments.
Dont remember the last time i got so cought by an album, of having riffs, chorus echoing in my head. Loved to listen the album first to the last, it works really well. And even the few songs that didnt catch me, some have grown a lot. With the exception of sleep walk, even the ones that didnt had much impact, are growing when i discover those few things that you miss.
You must burn and too far gone are my current favorites. The harmonies and heaviness on the album were really good but I do think the harmonies on atlas rise, dream no more, and spit out the bone made the hairs stand higher. Like you I was also disappointed that there wasn’t a ballad. I loved the bass but was hoping for some clean guitar as well
Sleepwalk my life away is very good song, maybe first part of chorus looks soft alice in chains style but instrumentally is awesome song.
The one thing that drives me crazy about almost every reaction I watch is this obsession with comparing each song to a song of the past. “Ooohhh…this one has a Fixxxer vibe” or “This one has a Battery feel to it”. Like what the fuck. THAT is the reason so many people hate this album…because it isn’t Master of Puppets 2. Why the constant comparisons to the past??? They aren’t 20 anymore!
Yeah exactly. Should take each album individually instead of comparing, it pisses me off
Honestly, it's a brilliant album (in my eyes)
this is a masterpiece these guys are at another level of creativity
Another thing Inamorta is a ballad. They may not classify it as one but it is.
I like every song but I like 8 of them more than the other 4
Completely agree about having more slow and clean stuff. More of that please!!! Cut down the fat on some songs too... it sometimes feels like they come back to riffs late in a song because they can't quite let it go or something... Sometimes a third verse is too much.
I’d say it’s about a 7/10 for me. We seem to share very similar views on favourite and least favourite songs I’ve noticed (at least what I’ve been going back to as well)
Room of Mirrors is my favorite, the riffs are good, lyrics are great and the last 2 minutes, especially the harmony with Lars hitting the double bass is just… I get goosebumps every time.
Crown of barbed wire and inamorata are my favs but all songs are awsome exept 2nd and 3rd single
I loved it for sure. Having a ballad would have been cool, but I think I enjoyed every song a fair bit. I think id rank this release ahead of st anger, hwtsd, kill em all, and even death magnetic. Nothing really beats the 4 albums jason played on for me, but this comes dang near to those and MoP/RTL
You should also do a Metallica album tier list with the new one :) Curious to see where it all lands for you.
I might do that!
@@ChainsawReactsef do that! For me my rank list is
MOP
AJFA
RTL
Black
Load/72 seasons
Kill ‘em all
Reload
Death Magnetic
Hardwired
St Anger
And let me say……I do love every album. I’m a Metallica fanatic. It this is my list currently.
Been a fan since 1989. Favorite album since ...And Justice For All
Every Metallica album need a Ballad. Period.
Aside from how much I love this album. I think the best way to put it is they have released a enough variety where there is a little something for everyone.
Believe it or not this album BPM on average is actually faster overall than HTSD.
This album was the best since Justice.
Agreed. It is better than the black album and I would die on that hill.
Listen to the very end of Inamorata, "thank-you, goodnight"
It's funny how you nail my thoughts on this album.
5:25 yea they don’t need to be fast, you’re right, our issues are they just are barely passable as “good”. He needs to and can write interesting solos that match the context of the songs. There’s ample examples of slower paced solos sounding amazing.
Good review. Fair and balanced!
I just love inamorata. I cant get 'misery, she needs me, oh love her more'. Out of my head its so catchy
Call me crazy if you want, but I put this album right up there with the black album. Better than hardwired in my opinion.
You aren’t crazy, music hits us all differently.
Much better than Hardwired. The only song I still listen to is Atlas, Rise. There were three songs on there that were actual garbage. Now That We're Dead, Dream No More, and Am I Savage. All right up there with I Disappear and Cyanide.
@@shawmmathews889 dream no more was great, it was dark and heavy. Am I savage had one heck of a groovy riff as well. I liked most of the songs, but 72 Seasons is better in my opinion.
@@shawmmathews889 Opinions and all that, but I think Now That We're Dead is one of the best songs on HTSD. Not only that, but it's in my all-time Top 20 for Metallica.
@@shawmmathews889 I like Dream no more. The chorus of cyanide is cool. The others... meh
The album has really great moments equal to meh moments, it has my 2 favorites Room of Mirrors and Inamorata being the highlight songs of the album (outside some singles) for me. While other songs such as the title track, Shadows and You Must Burn, and Crown and TFG? being a lotta fun to listen to. Then you got songs with some good and equal meh such as Sleepwalk and Chasing Light, like they aren’t bad at all, but they aren’t too interesting (especially Chasing personally w it’s main riff i just don’t like it too much). Now singles I enjoyed them all, but after a while Screaming Suicide i really don’t care for the intro but the rest of the song the production shines very well. Darkness and Lux i personally love, the choruses for both are one of my fav moments off the album. Lyric writing both lack a bit for a lot of the singles, but going into the rest they’re good, but James vocals kick so much i don’t mind it too much. However the best song I’d have to argue is the closer, it’s just amazing how 11 mins goes by so fast yet it’s such a trip of emotion and grooviness (w Room of Mirrors being a very close 2nd). Overall it’s an album that I enjoy a majority of, w a couple of dud moments, i thinks it the embodiment of a 7/10 album.
(thx for reading all of this if u took ur time lol)
For me personally.. i really like EVERY song on 72 Seasons. In example on Hardwired there was 2 songs i just didnt liked and i think since 2016 i maybe heard them not more than 5 times. (ManUNkind and Here comes revenge). Solos: yeah im completely with you. Kirk just didnt need to shred over every time. People complain that his solos have no structure or aren't well planned but i think he just let his emotions/feelings whatever flow and played what feels right. This Record is very attached to the feelings of every band member. Even Rob said that every bassline has a meaning and i think you can feel that.
Its rare that i like a whole record so for me its a 10/10 :)
Its not at all about Kirk plying fast or slow. Its that he plays what is essentially the same solo every song. Double stop bends to kick it of, a repeating pentatonic lick. Then a repetitive modal lick. Then a descending type thing to get back down the neck to transition to the rythym. Every song.
Certain songs are growing on me a lot… particularly, Shadows Follow & Chasing Light.
Too early to tell but first expressions where didn’t like it as much as Hardwired but I like it more than St. Anger & KEM.
Great review and you mentioned a key thing about most of these songs and that is they're catchy overall the album is indeed great 👍 you Rock Chainsaw look forward to more exciting videos also the same day we got a new Overkill album called Scorched it's kick ass just a reminder if anyone likes Overkill
For me, Shadows Follow, Lux Aeterna, and the last three were the ones I really liked. I didn't care much for Sleepwalk my Life Away, You must Burn!, and Crown of Barbed Wire. I have mixed feelings about Chasing Light which is mostly good, and the rest were good but not great. There's nothing that wasn't up to standards in terms of heaviness, or anything that was really bad in general. I didn't mind Kirk's Solos, he's playing the same type of wah-drenched, bluesy, pentatonic scale licks that he's been doing for the last 25 years or so. Loved the guitar harmonies on the last three songs, and that slower, melodic part of the title track's solo as well.
My rating based on how good the songs are:
72 Seasons (9/10)
Shadows Follow (9/10)
Screaming Suicide (9/10)
Sleepwalk My Life Away (8/10)
You Must Burn (7/10)
Lux Aeterna (7.5/10)
Crown of Barbed Wire (8.5/10)
Chasing Light (9.5/10)
If Darkness Had A Son (9/10)
Too Far Gone? (9/10)
Room Of Mirrors (8/10)
Inamorata (9.5/10)
Overrall: (8.6/10)
So I think it's a very solid record not mention the greatest production they have ever had. Not ready to give a 10/10 to any songs yet but there are a couple of songs that I love already.
I don't think it'll be their final album by choice, but they're 60'ish and things happen. Hopefully if they want to do another one, they don't wait 5 years to start working on it.
Disagree about the solos, its not that they aren't fast, its that they are just...weebly wooobly googly random pentatonic notes, bends on the 12/15 fret on the high E and B strings, random runs down the neck, almost zero melodies, the phrasing is very predictable and he uses the same licks he used since Kill Em All.
I actually think he is a better guitarist when he does something slow, these thrashy solos just sound like a 14 year old jamming
You nailed it
Great followup to Hardwired.
I have a new name for 72 Seasons….The Minion Album!!
On an average, The second half is significantly better than the first. There's enough thrash elements to be satisfactory. But the lack of a ballad and instrumental is a bummer.
9 songs off the album I love. You must burn, crown of barbed wire and inamorta I think are okay.
I was pretty lukewarm on those at first also. They have really grown on me.
Mind boggling you feel that way lol. It truly is crazy how everyone hears stuff differently.
So many people are being so hard on this album. Im not saying you are, I think you were very fair in this video, but so many people are just looking for reasons to dislike it. I think this album is totally fine. its not a genera defining, historical, album by any means but its totally fine. I would say 10 of the 12 songs are really good which is a change compared to Hardwired. I really disliked most of the second disc of Hardwired outside of Spit out the bone. It felt like the second disc was mostly filler. I dont feel like there is filler on this album at all. I personally dont much like the title track or Crown of Barbed Wire. I'm still 50/50 on Sleepwalk my life away. Outside that in my opinion its mostly good stuff. Not great, but good and that is totally fine. In my view You Must Burn, Too Far Gone, Room of Mirrors, and Inamorata are standouts for me. I think if you just allow yourself to enjoy the album its a great listen. Totally worth your time. There are a lot of things you could nit pick but just close your eyes, lean back, and turn off your brain and you will have a lot of fun with it. i think its a solid 8/10 for me.
Music hits us all differently, but you can tell some people just want to find stuff to dislike to just be different.
here a fan fince 98
also into stoner and doom heavy metal (there is no a lot of great bands but anyway)
i really like the first 6 black sabbath albums, this album remind me of those records.
i really really like this kind of sound and i love the new album
wide better than i expected
i think that is a concept album
like st anger, the concept was anger
death magnetic, the concept was death
here the concept is the firs 18 years of a life
i think the absent of a concept is what make hardwired not so good enough to my taste
One thing I’d like to see is less formula. Each song is a bit predictable. Each verse chorus etc fall into the same pattern. Every song doesn’t need a 1 minute intro
A lot of Metallica songs have longish intros.
Yes
Best album since Black
The songs are alot more varied than Hardwired. Lars drumming was better than in Hardwired. Great album all in all.
My only complaint would be the lack of ballad. Sleepwalk really should have had some clean guitar parts
Yes, I agree with that. A couple of songs needed clean guitar verses to add dynamics, character and identity to the song itself. Make it different to the previous and nxt track, giving the album a better flow. One of the things I loved about Hartwired was the structure to the album's first half. The first 6 songs ebb and flow brilliantly after eachother because they all are unique from eachother. Moth into Flame's anthemic rush for instance, perfectly leads into Dream no More's colossal doom, which then perfectly leads into Halo on Fire. And Halo itself is a brilliant example on how to write a modern Metallica song thats long, giving it separate sections, leading different places, variety. I dont hear that dynamic, variation on the new album. Whilst the songs are good, its too samey, too many similar, simpler E chugging all the way.
I absolutely love Metallica and I love Kirk’s playing. He’s so expressive and I love all the wah…his playing has huge personality. His solos serve the song and are bigger than just technical flash. I know he talks about spontaneity and playing in the moment, but I do think some of his solos could benefit from a bit more composition before he records. He sounds like he’s improvising everything which kind of goes against what the rest of the songs sound like.
Yeah, his solos are pretty good, but they could be amazing.
72 Seasons as an album is solid. Not great, but solid. I would say that as an album, it definitely has a consistent theme throughout. Inamorata though, is the shining star. James poured his soul into that song, lyrically, the harmonies, the last solo James does, it really has that dark authentic vibe to it like My Friend of Misery, Outlaw Torn, Bleeding Me, etc. But Inamorata felt MORE personal, like you could really feel some true pain through Hetfield's voice and his solo. That said, if that is the last song of the last album they ever make, they finished on a high note, and earned it.
Besides Kill Em All, modt Metallica albums did not have fast stuff. RTL only has Fight fire, Trapped and Middle part of RTL, the rest is upbeat or slow. On MoP only Battery, Damage InC and Some parts of Disposable Heroes are fast, the rest is upbeat or slow. On AJFA only parts of Blackened, Shortest Straw, the end of One and Dyers Eve are fast, the rest is upbeat or slow. On DM, hardwired we get the same ampunt of fast songs that are one those ear albums. On 72 Seasons we do too, I guess. I believe that, besides production and all that which I still believe they did it best back in the day, the music is still the same quality. Play these last 3 albums with the old tones and it is on the same level. I love the latest metallica albums.
I think when it comes to Kirk's solos, they aren't that bad for the most part but I wished he did stuff similar to Inamorata. Where it feels like he really sat down to write that closing solo/lead part. I bet you the solos would be better appreciated by fans if he made more melodic solos for the songs that don't need a very fast tempo lead. It becomes almost to distracting and out of place. Plus the actually scales he uses gets monotonous at times because they do sort of start to sound the same ish for some of the songs. I honestly have no hate for Kirk and his overuse of the Wah, since it became his style around the black album onward. My only gripe is that his leads start to not fit what the song needs at some times. Overall though I do enjoy his playing and always will. This album will need to be heard multiple times before I am can really go in on these songs and criticize them for the good and the bad. I would rate this album right now at a 6.5 , I hope my rating goes up the longer I listen to the album.
I agree. If you hear his "Portals" EP from last year, its full of fantastic melodies , cool interesting compositions. All composed with exotic scales, tasty melodic soloing and storytelling passages of movie soundtrack influenced music. Listen to "The maiden and the Monster" Wow, its bloody brilliant. Cinematic, stirring and capturing you in a moment, scene from a movie. Building from atmospheric clean tone segments to a rock out finale , roared along by one of this best solos in years. I was so excited at the idea of more of that style, sound and technique fixxxing its way into the Metallica songs here, but I was disappointed that it was an instead referral back to WahWah land and Pentatonic plunderings. It overall enforces the "samey" feel to the album as a whole.
Is it the best Album that Metallica has ever released? Probably not. Is it on par with some of their best albums? 100% For sure. I loved this album. Instant classics on this in my opinion. Highlights for me is Lux Æterna, Shadows Follow, Too Far Gone?, and Inamorata. The weakest song for me is 'If Darkness had a Son'. That song I just couldn't connect with. All of the rest of the songs are excellent but didn't make my top picks.
I just find that where Metallica is the biggest heavy metal band on earth, they are gonna be dissected bit by bit each time they release a new album and some of those people who negatively reviewed this album, their expectations of what this album was gonna be like is unrealistic. Like you've said in this video, they are getting up in age. They're in their 60's for God's sake. Every song isn't gonna be a crazy 6-7 minute non stop 100% original riffs from James with an 'Unforgiven'-like epic guitar solo from Kirk with the most technical, creative drum patterns from Lars along with Rob creating Orion-like epic bass writing. Those songs will never be written again. Also I find it funny that those 'fans', all they want is Metallica to write songs like they did before The Black Album and when you do hear something that is something similar to that, they instantly hate it and say its unoriginal. Can't make everyone happy I suppose...
On the first listen it didn't click with me. I wasn't disappointed but I wasn't impressed. After couple of listening I can say it's pretty good! There are some similarities with the previous recordings and that's totally fine. It's unique and that's what Metallica is always about.
My top 3:
Shadows Follow
Lux Aeterna
Too Far Gone
The only let down is there's no Ballad.
There are all kinds of people that enjoy Metallica music. There are those super aggressive, I can single handedly destroy the world with Metallica music in my ears, proud to be a a fkn patriarch, we won the fkn war and will eat your childrens souls kind of listener. And since TBA there are the feminine, give me softer gentler sweet somethings in my ear ballads type of fans.
This demarcation is also present in Prison.
This is the best Metallica Album since AJFA. No ballads. No remorse. No regrets. Just fkn metal from beginning to end.
To compensate, I'll make sure I lube up. Thanks for the review....
My problem with Kirk’s solos is that he doesn’t tend to play tastefully these days. Not impossible to hear a tasteful solo, but farther apart than I would like personally.
One note on Lars though, he usually opens the drumming up on songs live versions a lot more, as far as fills and groove patterns.
i love the album, one or two songs i dont like too much, but overall its a nice album - 9/10 for me
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It’s a great riff album for sure!!!
I guess I'm in the minority here but Crown of barbed WIARE isnt doing it for me yall. Yes its a good song with killer riffs..its heavy but the lyrics and simple verses are meh. Room of mirrors brings back RTL vibes and You must burn was amazing. As always Chainsaw your reviews are what we look forward to. Much love brother!!
I really have only 2 complaints with this album. The first is theres No spit out the bone or all Nightmare long type of song. And the second is no ballad.
I wish we had the ballad, but we don’t need them writing fast songs eventually they won’t be able to play anymore.
i mean you have the title track w the main riff being killer but then 70% of the song is kinda middle tempo
I only skip Sleepwalk My Life Away, Crown of Barbed Wire & If Darkness Had a Son
Guys.... You have to stop acting like they make the music for you, it's like they never seem to catch a break even though they are THE biggest metal band on the planet. They make music THEY want to hear, you either like it or you don't.
I wish they would've focused on writing 7 great songs instead of 12 meh ones, you don't need that many songs for an album. Yes of course there's a couple of gems and instant classics, after all it's Metallica (72 Seasons and Shadows Follow are standouts). But in general most of these songs feel like they belong as B sides from Reload, and Reload is already an album made up of B sides.
one ballad, thats all...
always wait songs like that
but well, there is not this time
sadness...
The song I've listened to the least is Screaming Suicide. I heard it a couple times after its release and have not listened to it since. Just didnt resonate with me.
I said it elsewhere, the thing holding 72 Seasons back was Kirk. To make it clear: I'm not asking for a return of 80's shredder Kirk. TBA Kirk is just as fine. He composed excellent, memorable solos. For 72 Seasons the only solo i can remember off the top of my head is Lux Aeterna's, and not because it was great, it's because of its short, simple , repetitive nature. The songs needed better, composed solos. That's it. Kirk can say he improvised and just went off the cuff. Sorry, but the music deserved better. He always says the solos are about serving the song, so much so he made a point out of it when the "No solos" rule for St Anger pissed him off. We know he's passionate about music but here I dont think this particular approach was the best. The band may be more laid back and less confrontational than before (which is good) but letting things go to avoid confrontation is a detriment to the song. If James or Lars dont want to be the bad guys then Greg Fidelman should play the bad guy, just like Bob Rock did. Some of the songs could use some editing and dont really need to be that long. The guitar stutter in combo with the caveman drums are heard way too much in this album. Metallica had some amazing transitions from one part of the song to the next, here we lost that. A better direction or different perspective could have rectified this. Guess we'll have to wait for the "Making Of" to see how the songs came to be.
I score it a 7.5 out of 10. A notch below Hardwired which i thought was their best album since TBA.
Hardwired and 72 Seasons are pretty on par with each other, but I think Hardwired is only slightly better. It’s more consistently good, but 72 Seasons has better high points. Screaming Suicide and If Darkness Had a Son were the worst and least representative choices for singles, but they’re not that bad, and I have a better opinion of them than when they were released. The Screaming Suicide riff isn’t interesting enough to be so repetitive, and I really don’t like that talk-singing bridge. And If Darkness Had a Son is mostly good, but the verse is awful. My other complaint is there’s too much of the James tendency of writing lyrics where it sounds like he had a rhyming dictionary cracked open (see, for example, Shadows Follow). So, I like it a lot. Hardwired is really front-loaded, with the back half not hitting as well, and the weaker points of 72 Seasons are more spread out, which makes it a lot more enjoyable to listen all the way through, and, again, the high points are so much more prominent on this new album.
Metallica has a talent: whatever they do (almost at least) is good. They have the talent of doing catchy songs. And something else: the haters, aren’t really haters, they need another MoP, which is never gonna happen and they resent that, but secretly they love Metallica because real haters just ignore. Also they have the most intelligent man in metal music industry: Lars Ulrich 😁
I think Metallica is gonna make a last album later, like a goodbye album. That's what I sense of it.
72 Seasons had some bangers, great riffs, and great choruses. I give it a 7.5
If only did Lars play something more original than just ACDC groove and Kirk's solos werent just "wah wah weeweewewe wewah wah" it would be the best metal album of the year for sure, and i wouldn't change my mind at all. I think it is still better than HW but not that much.
Well... There a Lot of fantastic Songs in 72S but there is Sleepwalk whos the baddest Song on the Record and there is a Diamond called Inamorata
My opinion: unfortunately i hear same riffs/sound/drumming since Death Magnetic.
They are the greatest as continue evolving but it is like the lost something. People compare this to the new Overkill album, but it doesn't make sense as Overkill playing same stuff since the beginning, Metallica not.
I do like the album, but personally i expected a different thing. Cheers.
Take your time with the tear reviews. We have seven years 😂
It’s already filmed lol.
My main criticism of Kirk is that his solos are very forgettable. I don't care if it's fast or slow but something akin to unforgiven and unforgiven 3 would be better than what he has been putting out. I think James had better solos on this album than Kirk obviously. I mean he has some moments where he catches lightning in a bottle but for the most part his improvising isn't as good as his more thought out solos
Agree. I listen 3 times the album. Impossible to recognize one solo! Drums igual. Snare rolls ....snare rolls....snare rolls... Lars you have toms! and put your kick lower and snare higher and less dry.