@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Yeah! Seen them a couple of times back when Wolves still had the Civic/Wulfrun Hall going strong. Saw them on their own tour and with Slayer and Mastodon before that. They're really tight live, like - Metallica tight!
That's cool getting to meet folk, even if you were too young to remember.
I miss the glory days of the Civic. Been to plenty of good (and bad) venues around the country, but the Civic pretty much tops (should say 'topped', its been closed for a couple of years now and the local council is bungling the awful sounding refurb 😢) them all apart from Brixton Academy - that place is golden!
Regarding Metallica, I always feel that Load and ReLoad are very much 'you had to be there' kind of albums. It was 'new' Metallica - they'd honed a bit of an edge and it all felt very fresh. Combined with St. Anger - they're the albums that I largely ignore now. They have quite a few highlights - but I think that's more down to 14 year old me being the only metal fan I knew at school and having new Metallica stuff to wax lyrical about.
Wasn't fan of St. Anger at the time, the single was played pretty heavily on the pub/club scene at the time though - so you get it under your skin by osmosis.
I really didn't give Death Magnetic much of a try. Think I listened to it once. Same for Hardwired...
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@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy DM was the first time I felt that they were a bunch of old chaps trying to recapture their youth (and audience). While I don't like St. Anger - it was at least a progression (not a great one and a total waste of one the greatest living lead guitarists there is).
Death Magnetic and even Hardwired have a flavour of Garage Inc. and Kill 'Em All that never really seems to sit quite right.
There's a clear trajectory of style and production technique over the span of Metallica's output up until Death Magnetic; where we're given the impression that these multi-millionaires are definitely just rock-bros recording in a garage somewhere
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Gene Clark - No Other is a great vinyl record, recently reissued, I quite like it. Progressive/psychedelic folk ensues once you stick it on the turn-table, I really like the fact that the songs are quite moving and emotive, which, coming from a borderline former metaller, is a powerful statement.
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I also really like Kendrick Lamar, and a pantheon of jazz guitarists, I play the guitar myself so I quite like the fact that I can learn from these gods and geniuses. (Untitled Unmastered and To Pimp A Butterfly both have heavy jazz influences, and I would recommend them both to any fans of jazz and hip hop)
Has anyone else heard Deathprod's 'Occulting Disk' yet? If so, what are your thoughts and feelings about the record? What would Deathprod afficionados recommend from his early catalogue? Or, what is a good record for a new fan to start with?
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@kyleforrester87 Do you like any Bossk? If not, I would highly recommend them to you because you're a post rock fan. Start with I, then II, then finish with Audio Noir and you'll have heard all their stuff. If you don't like I, then feel free to move on. Let me know what you think if you do check them out.
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@Solea What are you listening to these days? I'm digging John Zorn's Painkiller project on vinyl. I've also been listening to earlier Deathprod stuff on Spotify, do you think you will explore his back catalogue as well?
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