Metallica, “72 Seasons” - 2 Minutes to Review | Epic Footnote Productions 

Thank you for saying that Death Magnetic was the last time you really enjoyed a Metallica album. I feel the same. And as a HUGE Metallica fan for many years, that's tough to say. But I feel like Death Magnetic returned to their roots, and ever since it's just been the same song over and over. And that 1 repeated song is not good.

@ Epic Footnote I’ve listened to 72 Seasons a few more times and even gave it the full on blast it in the car on a short road trip test and while I don’t think I’d move it up the list much if at all, I will say that at LEAST they took a few chances incorporating some unexpected chord progressions and different soundscapes. Some of them are big wins, some are HUGE misses. Specifically some of the vocal “Melodie’s” Hetfield tried are big misses imo. I’m surprised that you guys hold DM in such high regard bc I thought I was the only one who loved that lp! What was so great about it imo, was the fact that yes, they revisited the RTL, MOP and Justice era with more progressive song structures even down to run order of the first “ side” if you will, it still included some songs that where far different than anything they did in the 80’s like Unforgiven 3 ( which I really liked ) . I also include the EP Beyond Magnetic in my assessment of that lp even though I agree that those 4 songs didn’t really “ fit” alongside the 10 tracks that made the lp, 3 of the 4 songs ( not a big fan of Just a Bullet Away not a bad song but not on the level of the other 13 tracks they cut ). are GREAT songs imo especially Hate Train and Rebel of Babylon . Hardwired had its moments like the title track, Spit Out the Bone and Halo on Fire. But overall it was a massive disappointment coming on the heels of one of their very best lps in DM. With Hardwired, for me anyway, it was side 2 with the exception of Bone that really doomed it. Side one wasn’t bad and even the lesser tracks like Now that We’re Dead were good enough as “ filler” but side 2 was so bad imo, that it killed whatever goodwill I had for it on side one. St. Anger, we all know that was a total misstep BUT, if you listen back to a lot of it, there were some HUGE riffs on it. That said, the awful production coupled with sidelining Kirk, and the lack of any nuance doomed it. I actually think if they went back and re-recorded it with new arraignments, solo sections etc. it could at least be a decent offering. Hearing some snippets of what they initially worked on at Persidio before Hetfield went to rehab, it sounded like some of those songs could’ve been pretty damn good. Things like Temptation sounded like it had potential along with several other songs they initially worked on. Now, they gave the impression during Some Kind of Monster that they actually had a full lps worth of songs recorded before they scrapped it all , I would LOVE to hear those songs in their entirety to see if they were as good as I think they may have been. I doubt we will ever hear them unfortunately. I initially thought maybe some of those riffs ended up on DM but, they don’t strike me as a band that keeps older riffs and ideas in the can to use at another time like many bands do and have done. Van Halen comes to mind as the vast majority of the songs thst ended up on A Different Kind of Truth came from demos that were 30-40 years old. Not saying that’s a bad thing but, I don’t think Metallica is the type of band that does that. You guys seem to be very knowledgeable music fans and I’d love to sit with you guys and shoot the shit about music . I was that kid that had to know everything about my favorite artists down to producers sing lebgth etc. I was /am such a music geek that at one time I could tell you who wrote every song on every lp I owned along with run time, the whole 9 yards! Lol. Anyway love the channel keep doing what your doing !

It sounds like one of you went into this thinking "This is Metallica, therefore it's going to be great!" and the other went in with no expectations and came back with a realistic review of the album. This album was absolutely not good, and I think even the 3-star review is too good for this album. It's a bad album, which sounds exactly like the previous album (Hardwired. Which was also bad.) It's actually the first Metallica album that I didn't buy. I listened to it, but I didn't purchase it because I saw no reason to purchase it. I will never choose to listen to this album again, because it was just not good. However it is refreshing to hear someone else give it some actual criticism, because so many people are just saying it's amazing. If it was any band other than Metallica, people would be reviewing it differently.

Hey guys. Haven’t commented in awhile but, given I’m old and have been a fan since I dropped the needle on Kill ‘em All 40 years ago, I feel I must chime in. The first 4 lps are untouchable imo. They were one of the forefathers that ushered in a harder, faster, more complex form of Metal. Their conscious decision to slow down and embrace the mainstream on Black wasn’t a total shock to me bc they had been flirting slower more to the point songs from RTL through Justice. It was ok, it sounded great but, I wasn’t a fan of the majority of it. They went alternative metal on the load lps. If you took the best 4 tracks off each, you’d have a decent lp. At Anger had some riffs but over all it was a mess. Now, Death a magnetic imo was a GREAT lp the best thing since Justice by a mile!! Next, Hardwired was a huge letdown overall after the great DM. It had a couple of good tunes but it definitely didn’t stay in my rotation long. This brings us to 72 Seasons. After multiple listens, my honest opinion is that for the most part they’ve completely lost the plot. The saving grace for the lp is Kirks solos. Some of the better solos in awhile. I think there are 3 stand out tracks. 72 Seasons is great and I love the chorus and the riff in the chorus. Prime Metallica on that one! Shadows Follow and Room of Mirrors are the other two stand out tracks. Chasing Light and If Darkness had a Son are decent tracks. Hetfields lyrics are very good and on the level of DM but, James vocals are very off putting at times imo . James at his very best really barks the words out but on some of these songs, SOMEONE told him he could actually sing and that approach not only doesn’t work , it sounds forced. James isn’t a traditional singer, he can carry a tune to a point but he’s at his best when he’s spitting venom. I use a 10 star rating system in order to give me a little more wiggle room when rating an lp. The 5 star system doesn’t give me enough room to rate them. Example, if say I’m comparing Laterallus to Aenima, I would give both 4.5 even though I like Lateralys a bit more but, 5 stars is reserved for the very best lps ever, so I couldn’t go any higher . This might not be the best comparison bc I’d rank both of those lps in my top 15 all time but I digress. So, on a 1-10 scale I give this one a 5 and that rating is on the strength of 3 songs . One last thing, Inorrata . It’s a cool idea but, musically it could have been trimmed down to 5 or 6 minutes and would’ve been much better for it. Lyrically it shoots its wad within 4 minutes and musically within 6. Normally with Metallica there epic songs tend to be some of their best work but not in this case. Love the channel guys keep doing it!

You cant reason with people that love 2000's metallica😂😂 another regurgitated. pile of meh