Metallica - St Anger (REACTION!)
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- Опубліковано 12 лют 2020
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Death Magnetic was the album after this one. It was a step back to their classic stride.
@@TheJForte Although the mix was terrible, the best listening experience for a long time was to listen to the tracks ripped from guitar hero because they'd been mixed/mastered differently.
Agreed. Death Magnetic was nice bounce back. Knowing what I’ve learned from listening to you guys, I’m fairly certain you will thoroughly enjoy “the day that never comes”.
11:17 as an old school metalhead whose gateway band was KISS when I was 5, I like a lot of Nu Metal. I do not like St Anger...
"I do not like St Anger in a House
I do not like St Anger with a mouse
I do not like St Anger here or there.
I do not like St Anger anywhere."
-Dr Seuss, from unpublished St Anger children's book.
Sylosis, Sylosis, Sylosis. That’s all I have to say. Some proper metal, you guys love Gojira so you should love Sylosis, especially their new album. ‘I Sever’ , ‘Calcified’, ‘Cycle of Suffering’. They need more exposure.
'This better be as bad as you guys say it is'
Lars: Hold my trash can
CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG XD
Also Lars: "Let's release a signature snare based on St-Anger's snare sound"
I laughed way too hard at this 🤣
BRUH😂😂 Lars: “Hold my lid” James, Kirk: “Um- man I don’t think that’s a good id-“ Lars: CLANK CLANK CLANK
@@KyleS.1987 that sound still haunt my sleep, since i was 13
20 Seconds into the song; "sounds like he´s banging a garbage can"
He's not wrong.
That snare sounds terrible
The snare is horrendous 😂
Thats the drumming that ruined the whole album😂
The drums were inspired by this: ua-cam.com/video/yGUNrHWZaVs/v-deo.html
When people say that St. Anger is their worst album, it's because they can't accept that Lulu exists.
or Load...
While I absolutely adore LuLu, It's *not* a metallica album. It's a Lou Reed album with special guests Metallica
@@connerhartline346 load? are you kidding? It's one of the best. If you only like the metal part in metallica, of course you'll say load is a bad metal album, but it is not.
You may be thinking of reload. It's there because load was really not good.
@@connerhartline346 I think you might be thinking of ReLoad, tbh. Load is a good blues/heavy rock album, ReLoad kind of feels like extras that didn't make it onto Load. In my opinion, at least.
“As a fan of Metallica, I take this personally.”
You get it 😭
I swear his voice and drums are the only reasons I love this album
It was too heavy for these guys
@@farbod4456 Downtuned and heavy aren't the same thing. AJFA is one of the heaviest albums of all time and it's E standard. It's the atmosphere and the clear but massive wall of sound the album has. The guitars in AJFA and drums sound monumental. St. Anger sounds downtuned but barely heavy
@@Walamonga1313 You kidding? The drum sound on AJFA is shit. It's compressed and clicky as all hell. St. Anger may have that snare, but every other aspect of the drums sound fine.
I agree with everything else though.
@@farbod4456 The drums and vocals are the worst part of this song. Ear-piercing snare and yodel vocals 🤮. You have to be a die hard fan to convince yourself this isn't trash
this album still sucks.
Watch “Some Kind of Monster” to see why (the movie)…
"I'm taking this personally because I really love Metallica". This is the exact thought all the fans had when this album released.
Yep
Agreed
honestly, i really dig the song
Nico Rans the song itself ain’t bad! Along with a few others on the album but I think we can all agree...The drums kinda killed it man😂😂 (in the worst way possible)
J E yeah for sure...Because me understanding music and all that, I get it, Sure, it doesn’t sound the best at all but I get why they made it. Sometimes I’ll pick up a guitar in pure anger and start just...Making stuff that sounds horrible but it satisfied my intense anger and it felt so good to just release all that shit in music you know? But people who did all that were for sure over dramatic
"This better be as bad as you guys say it is"
Challenge accepted
This better be as bad as you say it is
Metallica " hold my beer"
@@davedecker1725 And this is one of the better songs on that particular album....
@@dvarjen yup lol
8:20 "it's really hurtful to me, guys" welcome to being a metallica fan
So much truth.
At least they released Spit out the bone. I think that's a good ass song, enough to make me think it's a special song that took them 20 years to make but was worth it.
Walamonga 1313 It’s alright , one of the few decent songs since the black album . I’m old school , last true full on Metallica album was justice imo.
@@futurekillxbox972 Justice is my fav album by far. Love it to death, even if it has no bass
As a Metallica fan, I can't find one song that I don't like.
"Oh yeah, that's hot." And then immediate depression
"KLONG KLONG KLONG KLONG"
-Lars Ulrich, St Anger
Ha. Well said.
😅
Haha
Hahaha
That horrible tom-tom sound was throughout this entire album. I'd rather put an ice pick in my ears.
I literally said "oh no" out loud when I saw this video's title
Same 😅😅
Same! 😂
Aric Nappi same 😂
I knew I couldn't be the only one who said that, lol.
the end of innocence :D man it hurt when this album came out
LiV comments: "The transition doesn't fit gracefully- Everything just sounds drown out- it doesn't sound like it was mixed well..- it sounds like a mess..."
Metallica: "Exactly... yes- that was what our lives were like when we wrote this..."
So true, I was watching a video of a guy describing it and he basically said just that. This album is exactly what it needed to be due to all the shit going on with them when they made it, they were at a low point and this album almost perfectly reflects that
its a very genuine album
ppl take it as their ,,tendency‚‚ throught their career progression - but in fact its a byproduct of moment, brought to life
it kicks ass honestly, writing is also magnificient
I got my own problems.
@@orezutic4685 no. One of the lines is "I'm madly in anger with you." That is horrid writing
Doesn't mean it's good music though
Imagine being a HUGE Metallica fan in High School, being crazy excited when this came out.......and then hearing it.........the pain still haunts me.
I’m not sure why no one likes it, it’s just something different with Lars still being great on the steel drums.
I had that exact same thing happen. Came home after buying the CD, put it in, pressed play, ?????, pain
it aint the best (really hated the whole death magnetic album) but i quite like the tracks st anger and frantic, i think its quite enjoyable but yeah not many bangers on the whole album
@@chevelle8091 Really??? You can't imagine why no one likes this? I turn that question around to you. How does anyone who has heard Metallica, no, ANY 80s metal listen to this song and think it's good. It sounds like a band made a song making fun of metal. It's laughably bad.
@@chevelle8091 Its terrible amd sounds like limp bizkit
"It seems like they've abandoned all of the principles that made Metallica, Metallica." Perfect summary, Ryan.
Thanks for saving me the trouble, yes.
Nailed it with that description.
Honestly, without the "Flush it out" side vocal of James, this song wouldn't actually be as bad. But yes, I don't even listen to this album besides reactions.
Up until the vocals come in, instrumental wise this actually sounds like Korn. Although i like Korn, Metallica doesn't fit this sound.
@@joshuaha7661 I think the "Flush it out" part is pretty cool, it's like a build-up to the chorus
The subtitle of this album was "Our sound engineer just died"
he was actually deaf
@@steverobertson3980 You guys are both wrong. Lars was disguised as the sound engineer.
Edmund S Imposter!😂
hahahaha
I thought it was "He fokin left the band!"
Try their song "the four horsemen" i think you'll like it.
Roy Faduga hello....real shit bro
Ooh, a double react to the original version "Mechanix" by Megadeth, followed by "Four Horsemen," Metallica's tweaked post-Mustaine-firing version! Would be interesting to hear George and Ryan compare/contrast the two. :)
That transition tho!
my favorite metallica song, along with Creeping Death. You guys need to try these out!!!!
Yess!!
Sad part is that this is one of the BEST songs on the album...
Would've loved to see them do something like Invisible Kid 😅
Dude I know, I actually kinda like the title song but the rest of the album blows
@@SinslayerGDirty Window and Sweet Amber are solid
@@SinslayerGnah, some kind of monster, unnamed feeling, frantic are also great
Proof that the "Banging on a trash can" comparison was destined for every listener.
How did THEY not hear this?
@@detrockcity3 Everyone except Lars did. Lars has terrible taste for drums sounds/ song mixing and he forces the mixes to be to his taste. He got lucky he found James, he's a talentless hack.
The album never stood a chance with that horrible drum sound.
@@xxxYugooxxx most overpaid drummer on earth aha
@@xxxYugooxxx Talentless??? Really? He's excellent at arranging. Does that count?
Here's one album that Lars never has to worry about fans ripping off.
Isnt this the album that started the whole Napster thing?
Fun fact, this album had the highest number of returns to the store ever.
Lol.
Lars who................?
@@Kenboslice3 loool
No matter how many times I've heard this song, I always laugh when the drums kick in and it's DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING 😅
It sounds really good why are you guys so attached to what everyone else is saying about the album
Why would you laugh
@@rktsnaillars youtube alt account
🗑️ 😂
This album wouldn't have been bad if Lars wasn't playing on that Hello Kitty drumset he picked up in a garage sale.
That's not fair to Hello Kitty drumsets...
No, it would still be bad.
They arent drums used . They are pre-recorded sampled sounds.
RycheForOrder exactly Metallica lost their ear for music after “Black Album” yet u have Megadeth winning a Grammy with “Dystopia”
Without the drums this album wouldn't ever been ever talked about, it's bad nevertheless, the drums just make it iconically bad
“The drums threw me off”
You and literally EVERYONE else
Yeah the whole album is just awful.
Not me, actually. I'm kinda like that sound... ^^'
I think it fits the album. Not that it's good, but I like the lyrics to the album and the whole "I'm an alcoholic and I'm trying to fix that shit" thing.
Speak for yourself. I love every second of this album.
Well, not everyone 😂.
"The Unnamed Feeling" is the one track that actually fits the production choices made for the album (drum sound, guitar tone, raw vocals, etc.) and sounds really good, in my opinion.
The only song I actually enjoy ofc this album
I love that song, great riffs, melodies, mood, all makes sense.
100%. Top track.
skinny for me shoot me again and some kind of monster are great tracks and up there with some of the best they’ve done. Have a real funk and swagger to them that they’ve not really produced any time else
Best song on the album by far
I actually like this song. The grittiness, unpolished. Sounds very unique, even for them.
That is by design but most people don’t get it. The album has a very distinct vibe to it. It’s always the case with people having a soft spot for their favourite bands first albums/sound. It’s hard for folks to move on. This album is great in the gym. If you want better quality sound then just go with a vinyl version of the album. CD does sound like crap in this case.
I do like the sound of St. Anger too unlike most people BUT the songs on this album are just so uninspired and boring. Every song on this album is just 2 minutes too long. There's not a single guitar solo on any song either.
@@supreme1572 Agreed, there are some good ideas in the album, but every song outstays it's welcome and just become too hard to listen too (especially as it's mixed very loudly).
Ive listen to many unpolished and garage sounding bands, whether its punk, grindcore or death metal, but they have better mix than this album. Its crazy that an obsecure band that use the same drum sound can mix it properly while Metallica, a rich and famous band with experience cant mix it well.
I recommend Flagitious Idiosyncrasy In The Dilapidation if you wanna hear how to mix this kind of drums properly.
I was suprised fans did not like this song. I loved since the day it came out. Its different but I think even the drums are good. I understand it.
The expression on y'alls faces reminds me of a kid who just dropped his icecream on a hot summer's day
Bro, this song is too heavy for them😒
@@farbod4456 no. It’s too messy. Nothing to do with the heaviness. I listen to way heavier stuff and that song is just bad.
@@vilianavasileva8213no don't say that please, don't break my heart 😭
@@farbod4456 I’m sorry for breaking your heart. Believe me I really wish it was good. Metallica have a very special place in my heart and I try to give them the benefit of the doubt. Even learned to like Load and ReLoad. But St Anger is just bad.
@@vilianavasileva8213 😔💔
St anger is what non metalheads think all metal sounds like.
This was my thought exactly!!!
Yeah maybe but what metal would be without that album?
@@Pawel_Bernat Better by one less piece of garbage to tarnish a big name in the genre.
You're thinking of Limp Bizkit
@@IkmelAAA - You're naive if you think Metallica and Limp Dick are in the same genre. What a horrible thing to say.
"I don't mind this either... And then the drums come in." lol
For real
Easily the most funny moment on this channel. His frustration about the drums coming in was real af
It still blows my mind, how awful the snare drum sounds.
even the main riff is shit
@@mykeread it really does sound like he’s banging on a pan or garage can like he says
A couple years ago me and a few buddies were on a road trip and we played this album as a joke at first, then realized we were singing along and actually knew every lyric, every drum fill, we played the whole thing singing, laughing, it was massively fun and reminiscent of our teenage years. Didnt realize before that day how much we all actually must
ve listened to it back in the day
the weird thing with St. Anger(album) is that i didnt exactly dislike the subject material. frantic, invisible kid etc. but the drums just kill it every time that snare hits its like an alarm clock during a deep sleep.
ALERT: There is now an entire album on UA-cam showing how it SHOULD have sounded! Frantic and St. Anger sound GREAT.
@@shawnannul where!!
@@xshakethatazzx youtube "St Anger: How it should have sounded"
“ They abandoned all principles that made metallica metallica ” “ the drums sound like a trash can ” “ i just dont like the mix” this has to be the most SPOT ON review ever, they hit the absolute core of it.
But to be honest it's not their worst album it's the album for your worst days plus you forgot lulu exists
@@Punisher-zd9mv dude ive never herd lulu, i didnt even know that existed until like a month ago,,but that was colab if im not mistaken,,st anger was all them ,, somewhere in youtube a band redid the whole cd st anger, they literally put their own instruments, voice etx and mixed it and man i actually like that version better than metallicas,,i actually put it on while driving it actually sounds goodç
That was the point of the album tho.. just release all anger.. it wasn't supposed yo be a "classic metallica album"
@@Punisher-zd9mv Lulu was weird but they wasted many heavy cool riffs and other parts by collaborating with Reed.
@@ZyXxOmAn Its about the principles of metallica, no one is asking for the classics ,, those are long gone and are never comming back, but even if your trying something new you respect the core principles of your band or the principles that made you have the huge succes you have today,,release all your anger thats awesome, sound like something from nu metal that doesnt vibe well with me or the rest of the dam nation,,heck load and reload where waaayyyy way distant from what classical metallica was, but there is still big substance there that has the metallica feel to it, like a fade to black ish type of feel, goes with out saying way more toned down,,but this ughhhh and not only that but as they said, the mixing God bob rock what the hell was he on, the disgusting snare as well yikes..look if you like it you like it to each his own but dam i think its a huge speed bump on their great career.
23:16 George: You are Metallica. You're supposed to set the trend. You are the bar.
James Hetfield: *I AM THE TABLE!*
It took me years to really understand and feel it.
Back in 2009, I went into the worst time of my life. Divorce, massive debt, job that stressed me out to exhaustion, and a boss that hated me because I often got ill.
One day, out of the blue, I played the album. Man, I could never describe that feeling. It's a mix of a liitle bit of everything.
I always remember that day. The day I fell in love with St.Anger.
I hope things are better for you now!
I know this comment is a year old but hopefully life is better for you now.
St anger hits you one your angriest lowest day. Cant appreciate it fully till youve had that fateful day.
no. st anger is terrible
St. Anger was made in a very dark time for Metallica. Jason (the bassist that replaced Cliff) left the band, James went into rehab, Lars was frustrated that Metallica was dying, and the whole Napster lawsuit shit. The band was very frustrated with each other too and it seemed more likely that they were going to break up. They made St. Anger as a result of it which narrates their frustrations with life. It wasn't an album meant for the fans it was a album made for Metallica. Not a lot of people will understand the album unless you've been through the same shit they went through.
Accurate summary of St. Anger: "This is alright. I don't mind this either. Then the drums come in."
Ryan said it perfectly.......
"It's like Metallica abandoned everything that made Metallica, Metallica....."
Me: Yes
Lol. Buckle your seatbelt Ryan; we have 5-6 more minutes of this.
I think that's what most of us said when we heard the Black album :)
Emm...Load and Reload?
Zoscar Rhoads I stared at my CD player, baffled, almost the entire time I listened to LOAD. Sans "Ain't My Bitch" and "King Nothing", I thought I bought the wrong record. I put that CD back in the case and gave it to a friend.
That's what people said back when the Black Album came out, too. But it worked out for them because it was a great album to get new fans with.
Maybe it's just me, but I do enjoy the "raw" sound of this album. Yes it's far from peak Metallica, but part of me does enjoy its unique quality, at least for a few songs in it.
It's not a bad sound really. I always thought that instrumental wise, 80% of this song kind of sounds like Korn.
Although I like Korn, this style doesn't fit Metallica. It's too simple (compared to standard Metallica)
Even tho I like it, the overall tone of the album/guitars is darker than their usual sound as well. And it sounds like somethings off/wrong, (which we obviously know now, was the case).
St. Anger rant: Over lol
Please guys react to Death Magnetic, it was their return to thrash after st anger, that album has great songs like That Was Just Your Life, All Nightmare Long, Suicide And Redemption, etc etc
Oh my god yes, literally every song on death magnetic is straight fire
Death Magnetic is their second best album
St anger is better album than death magnetic
Death Magnetic is awesome
100%... We all owe Mr. Rick Rubin a personal debt of grattitude for giving Metallica the swift kick in the ass they needed to return to proper from on Death Magnetic. Rubin is a musical genius.
It is time for you guys to listen to "" HARVESTER OF SORROW "" cmon guys we have been waiting for a long time.
Yeah, that's one of my all time favorites :)
Yes yes yes plz
Hell yes
FrioNTr Yes 😬
Anything of Justice would be amazing.
When St. Anger was released there was a bonus dvd where they perform the album live and studio, whilst it doesn’t solve all the albums problems it, it sounds 100 times better.
Zuko Urquhart So true!
I agree ..but at anger is the one song that sounds better on the album cus James vocals are far more aggressive on the chorus
I can imagine someone walking into the studio after Metallica had finished St Anger, waving at the air and yelling "YOU DIDN'T FLUSH IT OUT!"
XD lmfao
St. Anger was my first ever contact with Metallica in my teen years, so for better or worse it will forever hold a very special place in my heart.
"If you were our adviser I would say.....delete that," - Lars Ulrich's own father when Lars plays him tracks off the unfinished record.
Brutal.
BigMateo24 that was the experimental intro track that sounded like some guy in an echo chamber.
IMO keeping that intro would’ve made the album more interesting.
The track is playing slightly slow
Ryan: “yeah this is a little different, a little different”
George: *Hides smirk*
As always, very thorough, thoughtful, and reasoned analysis. Love you guys!! 🤘🏻
I actually love this song.
George and Ryan during the Spit out the Bone reaction: "I want to hear a Metallica song that I won't like! I want that Smoke!!"
George and Ryan after hearing St. Anger: "This hurts, man!"
Now you know!
Seriously though, during the recording of this album, keep in mind that they had no bass player. Jason Newsted quit the band prior to this album, so their producer, bob Rock, filled in, and once again, you can't hear the bass. He was busy having to play the bass tracks and not being able to properly mix it, so it sounds a horribly detuned metal version of Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem band from the Muppet Show. James went into rehab during this, and so for a long time, Metallica was only Lars and Kirk. As well, Nu-Metal was huge then, which meant the lack of guitar solos. This entire album had no guitar solos. None. It was a very hard listen when it came out, and quite honestly, Frantic was the best song on the album. So if St. Anger was the worst song on the worst album, and is the TITLE TRACK of their worst album, that says a lot about this album.
Ive been saying this album sounds like dr. Teeth and electric mayhem im glad im not the only one
Bob rock ruined Metallica. They didn’t get good again till they got a new producer in death magnetic!!
@@tracymangrum6349 Keep in Mind, Bob Rock produced the Black Album, Load, Reload, Garage Inc., and S&M. so he didn't do too bad.. St. Anger was just awful.
@@tracymangrum6349 I think people vastly overestimate Bob's contribution to Metallica's shit years. For one, anything you hear about James and Lars is that they're control freaks. Every artist has a shit album in them, but i feel like the fans looked everywhere for justifications
Jason newsted made the right call and bailed out before the ship went down
One thing I rarely hear, when this album gets criticized, is the steps Metallica does take to get out of their "comfort zone" and experiment. I have always given Metallica much respect, as a musician, for putting themselves out there.
James poured out his soul in this album and it’ll always have my respect....My World, Dirty Window, Unnamed Feeling, Sweet Amber....so many good songs imo. The more I let this album breathe, the more it grew on me
Been a Metallica fan forever, it's difficult for some people to enjoy, but am I the only person who liked this album?
@@pete6955 it's not terrible, but it's not their best. The mid 90's to early 2000's Metallica albums get a bad rap from music fans because Metallica spoiled them with 5 straight masterpiece records.
Dirty window may be one of the worst songs I've ever heard
EXACTLY!!! I was a bit iffy on the snare at first but it grows on you, and the more you listen to the lyrics of the songs, the more you undestand the shit he went through and respect James. unnamed feeling is so good, one of their best songs easily
Y'all need to do The Outlaw Torn. Load is an underrated album and that song is a masterpiece!!
If they do Outlaw Torn they have to do the S&M version. It was amazing and blows the album version out of the water in my opinion.
Spot on guys...s&m version one of the greatest Tallica songs ever
Chris Wiltshire I agree that Load is underrated.
@@LonewolfeE5 I think you might be right, mate!!
I agree. Outlaw Torn is my favorite off of Load. Such a good song.
I HIGHLY recommend watching the documentary "Some Kind of Monster". It is an extremely fascinating award-winning documentary that follows the recording process of St. Anger It is one of the most insightful and interesting "behind the scenes" music related documentaries ever made. The film started as something that was meant to be a short project following them in the studio for a couple weeks, but they ended up filming them for almost 2 years through the entire process. Bascially, Metallica was in absolute turmoil at the time of this record. The band members didn't get along and were constantly fighting, as well as dealing with personal problems (such as James' addiction and anger issues). The documentary shows the band doing things such as going to therapy together and expressing extremely raw emotion towards each other while writing the album. The growth and rebirth of the band by the end of the documentary is truly amazing. While St. Anger itself ended up being a pretty crappy record, it was absolutely necessary for the survival of the band. The album is quite literally an expression of them putting all their cards on the table in terms of their anger towards each other. Without St. Anger, we would have never received the critically well-received albums that followed it. I hope you guys get a chance to watch it, because it completely explains the thought process behind the album and helps you come to terms with why it sounds the way it does. I still don't like the music, but I accept it now.
A Year & A Half In the Life of Metallica was a far better documentary
"critically well-received albums that followed it." ...what, all the albums after St. Anger were eh. Nothing like the old days, certainly not critically well-received
Jon that’s definitely not true😂. Metallica’s last two albums were received incredibly well.
This is a really good description of the whole ordeal
@@jon9428 what? Death Magnetic was critically praised as a return to form for the band and got mostly excellent reviews. Hardwired not quite as much so, but it still has an aggregated score of around 75% on metacritic which is not bad by any means.
Personal thing I’ve found, I like the sound of the St Anger album more when my emotions are running high with anger, frustration or pain. It also grows on you when you look into it more, and sounds good live.
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That would be awesome...
I love they had the same reaction a lot of Metallica fans had. I mean it hurt on a personal level haha.
"Guys, does this suck? This kinda sounds like it sucks."
Me and my buddy spent like two weeks trying to rationalize it into being a good album... Didn't work.
The only album I listened to all the way through a second time immediately after the first play through just to confirm it was as shit as I thought.
"people are saying this was terrible before the internet"
that sums it up
@paula There was internet back then, but it was such a different entity. No UA-cam, no twitter/instagram/facebook. Even Myspace wasn't up yet when St Anger came out. No such thing as going viral, so thoughts/images/commentary moved more slowly, especially outside the core group of people specifically looking for it.
the internet was around when this album came out.
@@SteveHarrellRally The internet was quite strong in 2003, and I'm pretty sure youtube was around too.
UA-cam started in February 14, 2005. Yeah, the internet was strong, but I'm pretty sure they meant social media as we know it today. Back then, it was still somewhat of a nerdy thing for anyone over 20, and Metallica had reached the mainstream about 12 years before that, so not all of their fans were online in the capacity they are now. Today, your grandma and every jock and soccer mom regularly interact online, and everyone posts their opinion about everything right away.
antichoice1 I never said it wasn't strong, I just said it was a different landscape. And UA-cam launched in February 2005
You guys should watch their documentary “Some Kind of Monster” which details what was going on in the band at the time, and kinda explains why this album came out the way that it did. Very interesting stuff
I'm always kinda surprised how decent it sounds when they sing back certain parts in different songs. It shows that they are both musical people.
Lars: "I have an idea! Lets use a Pringles can for the snare drum!" "Weeeeeeeeeeeeee".
I think a Pringle’s can would’ve worked better than that damn snare
Hahahaha
That snare was kept in Antarctica or a deep freezer for a month before using it
This still sounds like some band recording with their phone
Best lofi black metal album ever
@@irrlicht5836 hahah
St Anger has tons of awesome riffs on it. It was the snare drum that ruined things.
TheCreepingDeath1984 it has such bad audio quality I noticed too. The sound engineer did a horrible job mixing it. The live garage version sound 100 times better. The riffs sound fuller. Lars drumming sounds fuller and not so much if that trash can pop! and Roberts bass sounds better as well. That’s why if I turn on st anger album, it’s the garage live version without the studio mixing. Get a waaay better experience getting into that album style
@@SgtSteel1 the drums are definently not the only thing bad with the album
I used to hate this album but it’s grown on me
My favorite songs
Invisible kid
Some kind of monster &
The unnamed feeling
React to Disposable Heroes or Dyer's Eve with the focus on lyrics!!!
Me - gets a Lost in Vegas notification - sees that it's St Anger.
Also me - ........oh....... I'm still watching.
Honestly I was more excited for this one than most. Just cause I wanna see what they think about the absolute worst Metallica has to offer
hahahaha
Me:
This is gonna be interesting... but they picked the most famous, not the worst.
@@HammSilv you think it's not the worst? In your opinion, what's the worst? Because this is pretty terrible
Same
Metallica was so good at transitions, that at some point in history they transitioned themselves into a meme
You got me in stitches for this one, thank you sir.
I loved this album from the first time I heard it. I had watches the documentary “Some Kind of Monster” about the band and James battles with alcoholism and drug addiction BEFORE I saw the videos to “Frantic” and “St. Anger” so the stripped down scrappy garage band thing the are doing here makes sense as an artistic statement about what they were going through at the time. I also am not a metal head, I’m a hard rock-funk rock dude (Funkadelic, Bad Brains, Living Colour, 24-7 Spyz) so this spoke to me. This was their first album with Robert Trujillo and he can groove some. Liked the stripped down sound of this song, the trash can drums and the energy that fit the lyrics. Punk in a way. The video is perfect for the music + lyrics. Different, progressive sound without the guitar solos etc. it was rickety sounding on purpose, it’s raw emotion and, anger and self-hate that goes along with one fighting addiction 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾. Loved it, but I am not a “down since 1980” Metallica fan so I had no expectations when I heard this in 2003 or 2004.🖤🖤🖤
it's my favorite metallica album. i agree with you; this album is a mess because when you go through a mess, you realize you're not perfect. it's a beautiful, real album!!
when I close my eyes, I can still hear the metallic sting haunting my future kids.
"The drums threw me off a little bit"
Yeah. You and EVERYBODY else.
nope, just the annoying elitists
@@11037_kuwata To be honest, I do enjoy the record from time to time. Even a mediocre Metallica record is better than some bands good or great one. But you have to admit that St Anger is quite a different album from the rest of their catalog, and the snare tone IS a big part of that. What crawled up your bum?
The crazy thing is that they made it sound like this on purpose.
You're supposed to listen to it when you're angry. I like it for that reason. Still the worst album except for lulu tho.
from deaf people
@Mick it was right after the napster vs lars crap and it seems st anger was recorded poorly as a big F-U to people who down load for free.... its all about concerts now, they will sonically sound the same as the rest of the set live
I wonder if they were trying to sound industrial with that drum sound. Doesn't work though.
i remember reading prior the release of this album, in one magazine, cant remember which one honestly, metal hammer or something like that, that they wanted to sound like the band Entombed did at the time. which does not sound anything like that, so i dont get it. Entombed are/were swedish death metal band which flew into some rock rivers at the time. great and very unique band, in every form and genre they played over the years.
James sounds like he's being possessed by Chad Kroeger and Dave Mustaine throughout the song.
Haha that's damm hilarious!
I gotta say, boys, I felt the same when I first heard it. I'm a life-long Metallica fan. This is Metallica going through a mid-life crisis and trying to get in touch with their emotions. It's just raw. Angry. I've never heard a song closer to true primal anger.
Anyways. I love you guys, thanks for your honesty and objectivity. I'm going to go buy some merch.
Where do I buy merch?
I could listen to the whole Ride The Lightening album beginning to end in one sitting. Same with Master of Puppets. But I have never been able to listen to this song beginning to end in one sitting. It almost nauseates me.
I've actually recently listened to the whole St Anger album in one take. It was a... special experience. Some songs are decent, but some others are really not that good
Both those albums were so well written, well played, well produced, and really bring up some great range of feeling listening to them. I consider Master of Puppets to be the best metal album yet made - not sure if it will every be topped .
I think this had the potential to become a great album under a more modern producer. Rick Rubin for example. Or somebody else who had a real connection to the music of the era.
kurre7 - so true. St Anger is hard listening from the first song onwards and gets progressively much , much worse. I don’t think I’ve listened to this more than a handful of times, yet I’ve probably listened to MoP every single week since it was released.
@@paulmoran7026 Yeah. If somebody gave me 24 hours to pick 5 metal albums, and I could only listen to those albums and no other metal forever, it would take time to choose the fourth and fifth, but right away I know I would choose Metallica's Ride The Lightening and Master of Puppets, as well as Megadeth's Rust In Peace as my 1, 2, and 3.
The unnamed feeling is a fantastic song from this album. Riffs throughout are great
MD12134MD so is Sweet Amber. There are a couple epic songs on this one.
Came to the comments to say exactly this. Wish it had a decent production...
St Anger was filled with awesome riffs, just that damn snare ruined things.
Wrong! There are no "fantastic songs" on this trash can album
@@jasonallen5318 just go listen to them on one of the remade versions of the album to get a better perspective away from the original shit production. They really are not bad songs, but the lyrics throughout are pretty wonky
I love that you both keep it real . Smart ears too ! LOVE YOU GUYS !
Need more Metallica reactions for this quarantine period 😂 Ride The Lightning (check out the backstory about the song’s lyrics), Disposable Heroes, Call of Ktulu (Instrumental on the same level of Orion)
They have several on their Patreon. I became a patron just for those and found a ton of other great content and reactions. Way more than 95% of UA-camr's Patreons offer for a mere buck a month.
The band was a mess at the time, the album is a reflection of the internal fights and the rehab of James that was devouring Metallica back then.
To unsderstand better you should watch the documentary "Some kind of monster".
Yeah, the documentary definitely explains why the album is the way it is. It's really interesting and pretty depressing too.
Yeah but it still doesn't explain why it sounds so bad. It explain the below average quality of the songs but not quality of the sound.
I believe (but I may be wrong of course) that was mostly on Lars trying to be cool and have a more "garage" sound but totally messing it by being super stubborn and not realizing what he's doing doesn't work. And by not listening to the sound engineers (Metallica has a problem with that. The absence of bass on ...And Justice is another proof).
Spot on.. its a total reflection of the shit they were in at the time.
THIS.
I hated this album without even listening to it. Then I watched the documentary 2017 and for 3 years now it's one of my favourite albums.
100%. There are some good moments on the album. It is just amazing that they were able to get this album out considering how close they were to falling completely apart
I love that literally seconds after hearing the “snare” drum, you made the exact same observation that everyone who hears this also make; that is sounds like a rubbish bin / trash can.
How could they let this be release with that production???
I always had the trash can observation but Jesus Christ until I watched this video I didn’t realize the shitty drums had such a *PRESENCE*
The snare drum fits the album just fine triggered soy boys.
What's worse is that it's created a massive stigma around snare drum overtones. So many metal drummers just want a dead, generic snare drum sound out of fear they'll get the St Anger sound.
@Shallex st anger is the only good song in the album
@Shallex k
Emotions are expressed here through music and sometimes the transitions isnt easy.
You guys have good insight, a rare and key thing in reaction videos.
"This is hard, i dont mind this either...then the drums come in" is the PERFECT description for St. Anger.
The drums in this album must have inspired the Houston Astros 😂
moviebuzzrocks I’m a Indians fan & a guy there bangs a rally drum in the outfield. I’m gonna bring a rally “trash can “
I was waiting for this joke lol
this is pretty underrated lol damn savage
😹😹😹
I heard the story of a boy(a big Metallica fan) who bought the CD with the album St Anger on the first day it appeared in the music store. When he got home and played the CD, he thought the sound of drums was so different from Metallica on previous albums that he went back to the store to say that his CD was broken. True story.
everyone feels the same way you guys. love your channel guys!
For the love of Metal... Can we get an "All Nightmare Long" reaction!?
Can we have a whole series of you guys listening to the worst songs of all the bands that you liked? Think that'll be a fun series.
That would be nice and terrible at the same time for us😂
This isnt their worst song, Purify is up there tho, underrated album anyway.
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I like this idea.
This album does have some good stuff. Frantic and Unnamed Feeling are both pretty solid.
I bought kill them all in 87, then found ride the Lightning , then Master of puppets and I finally got other people listening to them and had to but the cassette five times. I went to college And justice for all dropped. Was in the Marines for the black album. So I have been a Metallica fan for a long time. When I heard this album I literally thought, ok their done. I met them after a concert for the an justice for all tour. They’re great guys. Super nice and all about their fans.
I bought this album, listened through it once and tried giving it away and NO ONE WOULD TAKE IT FOR FREE!!!
You made it further than me, I was never able to listen to the whole album. In fact, this right here was the first time I've listened to even one song in it's entirety, and it probably helped that they kept stopping it.
Give it to me
I want it
@@jeremey9818 I feel you. I actually had to turn this down and just watch their faces when the music was playing, then turn the sound back on when they were talking. It’s just too painful.
I never bought the album. Haven’t bought an album since the Black.
I would.
Metallica hired Robert Trujillo on bass after this album was recorded. I can imagine that conversation:
Metallica: "Congrats! You got the gig. Here's a million dollars."
Robert: "WOO HOOO!"
Metallica: "Oh by the way, here's what the new record sounds like."
Robert, bitting his tongue while remembering the million dollars: "WOO HOOO!"
At least Robert got to produce Jaco the Film many years later...
At least they have stopped playing most of their bad songs in concert... most of them
Bob Rock did the bass for the album or at least half
Rob didn't even play on St-Anger
"Metallica hired Robert Trujillo on bass after this album was recorded."
I love it cause it's different and you can feel the anger, it brings the right emotion.
Thank you! This whole album is ANGER. The name, the feel, the sounds.
I can feel my anger towards this song.
I don’t care what anybody says. I have always thought this song was awesome.
Me too . Specialy with the music video
Same here. The album was accepted very well in Russia when it came out.
Watching you guys react to st anger is kinda like watching your kids when they realize there is no santa claus or easter bunny lol
Metallica's creative peak, incorporating garbage cans into the percussion was very brave
@Morbid Angel is better than Death I see you're a man of culture
Yeah, if it just was trash cans. It just the the snaredrum where you on clamp the clamps that hold the drum skin and the snare part. It was a nice idea, but just not a great in IRL.
Very progressive direction they went in
@Morbid Angel is better than Death Lulu is a masterpiece
Lol
I appreciated the album more after I watched their documentary “Some Kind Of Monster”. It just shared some helpful context, I think.
A heroic effort guys. I will tell you they got the greatest bass player on their team with this album.
Now react to “dyers eve”, to correct that shit we just heard!!!
One of their best!!
@@noodlemans That or Harvester of Sorrow from that album.
If you watched previous reactions, this guys are not so fans of fast and wild thrash songs, they are more into the groovy phase of metal. Songs like leper messiah, Harvester of sorrow, beholder or sanitarium could be great choices!
YES!
And To Live is to Die
Watch ”Some kind of Monster”. That will explain alot.
Rikard Dagerback no pls don't watch that.
The thing that I like about St Anger is that they went back to being pissed off. I still think the songs could be good if they were produced and mixed properly
Nah you can't polish a piece of shit.
fr tho
@@cloudrise oh so you cant be polished, right
@@11037_kuwata Nice burn, I am extremely offended. 🙄
It needs more than a new mix, it needs better songwriting. A majority of these songs are way too long for the compete lack of variety they have.
Shockingly this song was great when they perform it alive in 2019!
I sure hope they performed it 'alive'
we don't want no dead people on stage!
They did this one and Frantic and sounded like a Metallica song and not a bag of coins.
Y’all need to react to some Queens of the Stone Age 🤘🏽
Yes! I reckon they would totally dig Smooth Sailing or You've Got a Killer Scene There, Man.
Lost art of keeping a secret would be dope
NICOTINE VALIUM VICODINE MARIJUANA ECSTASY AND ALCOHOOOL
@@M4RCi92 C-C-C-C-COCAAAAIIINE
I appear missing would be very interesting
"I wonder who was in their corner at the time?"
No one was, not even themselves. Check out the documentary "Some Kind of Monster" sometime. It really shows you what kind of turmoil the band was in and how close they were to breaking up. If you're a fan, it's a must watch for sure. I'm happy to report that they've found inner peace though with Death Magnetic. Yeah, it doesn't compare to their golden-era albums, but it's such an amazing return to form and it's actually my favorite album from them.
I unironically think Death Magnetic is better than AFJA
You can just tell they were having fun on that album. I loved it even more when I started learning its songs on guitar, because the expert-ness of the compositions and fun-ness of them really showed through
“It doesn’t compare to their golden era albums, it’s actually my favourite album” ? Wat?
I really didnt like this album until I watched that movie, really gives you insight to where they where at mentally.
Kevin I know music is suppose to be subjective but just no, not in this case. DM isn’t comparable to AJFA lol not even remotely close
Been a Metallica fan since 1987 and I don’t care what anyone thinks, I liked this album when it came out and I still like to today.
Would you ever react to Manowar? May i suggest "thor" "hand of doom" "die foe metal" can you do me that favor please?