it was an experiment that surprise a lot of long time fans, and attracted a lot of new fans as well. guitars in this entire album are hardcore rock, flirting with the metal tuning at the time. can't help but to grit my teeth, in a good way when I put this album on lol
It's hugely flawed but it's honest, ballsy, cathartic and way more interesting than the Load years, that was the nadir for Metallica and St Anger had to happen.
To me, this album really showed Lars' drumming abilities more than any other album. And I have to say, while the snare sounds like you're dropping rocks into a truck bed with no bedliner, it's not a terrible album in hindsight
I agree. His drumming is very good on this album. I don't think the work he did on Justice was as good as this. They made it to where the drums stood out with that album. Not on this one. He flat out killed it.
In my opinion this record has a very punk-like garage rock quality to it. as for the snare sound, I know it's hated by most but I don't think it would have that raw aggression without it.
This album is literally just Nu-Metal mixed with garage rock. There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s just the old heads that hate because it’s not their old stuff.
Had a burnt copy and Yes was dissatisfied with with album at first, liked the heaviness but no melodic classic ‘tallica guitar solos ?? but smoking at a mates place one day he whacks this DVD in and I must admit ‘watching’ the album brought a whole new perspective and appreciation for this album... I stopped at the record store and purchased the Digi-pak CD/DVD on the way home!
this album is proof metallica is actually one of the most rebellious out there. they rebelled against their original fans then rebelled against the mainstream. crazy
For sure, people wanted black album 2, master of puppets 2, load/reload2: unload, but what did we get? A master piece, st. Anger, the grooviest and heaviest of their albums
the cd mix is muddy and annoying. This here however is much much better. I dont know what it is exactly but the album sounds either right in your ear or as if they are standing in a cave.
@@doktorhund6926 The drums are way too loud, so i turn it up to hear the guitar and i end up hurting my ears from the drums. The guitars in the in-studio videos do have a much more thrashy tone than the record for some reason
At 31yrs i can say this album helped me thru my teenage years during alcoholic abusive parents. I learned how to play and justice for all album to get thru it and when social workers started showing up this album helped with that transition. Im sure my sentences would have been longer
When they needed more rock fans they made load and reload. When they needed a younger fan base they made this album. Genius if you ask me. No way they would lose their original fan base. Just took over the world..
Probably the best album of them. They risk and went out of the comfort zone, Metallica kind of sound. Trying new staff and taking new avenues it's what define a real artist. Good for you guys. Please keep it coming. God bless.
this album actually grew on me. I remember being so disappointed in it. But really crank it up, listen to the live versions. they're really good tracks¬
That fill at 3:12 is amazing by Lars. The way the song allows space for each instrument is incredible. Rob's bass is huge and the rhythm guitars are just in the pocket. What a groove..
love this song so much and the whole st anger album. its so great they tuned a new sound, guitars and drums( love that snare a lot), for this masterpiece record
i agree, i see much more love now for st. anger wand what it stood for as well as what it meant for the band itself at the time now more than ever... good to see
It's like going to church,or therapy....it's like going to church or having a good therapy session....or both....it's like therapy IN church........St.Anger is therapy in church.....when it's all over, your sins r washed away and you're in tears 🙏🏾
I've been learning the guitar for awhile now and I just started looking up tabs for this album and jamming them ... Some of the funnest, heaviest, coolest, easiest riffs I've played yet
this is what should have been on the album!!! i dont know what the hell happens when they mix up the music but there is something wrong with there ears! this is way better on all fronts voice, guitar is so chunky, comon bro!!!! this song is awesome and so underrated
i don't think people understand that the snare is supposed to sound like that. it's supposed to be ringy. it wouldn't fit the tone of the album otherwise. it sounds fucking bad ass
Invisible Kid Metallica Invisible kid Never see what he did Got stuck where he hid Fallen through the grid Invisible kid Got a place of his own Where he'll never be known Inward he's grown Invisible kid Locked away in his brain From the shame and the pain World down the drain Invisible kid Suspicious of your touch Don't want no crutch But it's all too much I hide inside I hurt inside I hide inside But I'll show you... I'm ok, just go away Into distance let me fade I'm ok, just go away I'm ok, but please don't stray too far Open your heart I'm beating right here Open your mind I'm being right here, right now (x2) Invisible kid Never see what he did Got stuck where he hid Fallen through the grid Invisible kid Got a place of his own Where he'll never be known Inward he's grown I hide inside I hurt inside I hide inside But I'll show you... I'm ok, just go away Into distance let me fade I'm ok, just go away I'm ok, but please don't stray too far Open your heart I'm beating right here Open your mind I'm being right here, right now (x2) Oooh, what a good boy you are Out of the way and you're kept to yourself Oooh, can't you see that he's not here? He doesn't want the attention you give Oooh, unplugging from it all Invisible kid, floats alone in his room Oooh, what a quiet boy you are He looks so calm floating 'round and around in himself Invisible kid Locked away in his brain From the shame and the pain World down the drain Invisible kid Suspicious of your touch Don't want no crutch But it's all too much I hide inside I hurt inside I hide inside But I'll show you... I'm ok, just go away Into distance let me fade I'm ok, just go away I'm ok, but please don't stray too far Open your heart I'm beating right here Open your mind I'm being right here, right now (x2)
Although the tuning is a part of it, they have brought extra guitars for singular songs I believe (All Nightmare Long in Drop D maybe?). I think a bigger part is just that St Anger wasn't a very popular album and they seem hesitant to play anything from that era besides Frantic and the title track. They'll have to do it someday though.
@@wob6776 they play all e standard and drop d songs down a half step to reduce the number of guitars to bring live (and allegedly because it makes them "heavier") so live, All Nightmare Long is played in c#.
@@paradigmshiftz7 As far as I know they just play everything down a half step, not because less guitars but because it's easier on James's voice. For example they still play Eb songs down a half step like The God That Failed which they do in D now. That makes me think they aren't concerned about number of guitars
Normally they use two tunings when playing live, Eb standard and D standard (mainly for Sad But True), whenever they perform The Thing that Should Not Be, they use C# standard. St. Anger is the only album from Metallica in which they play actual drop tunings, drop C for most of the album, drop C# for Dirty Window (although they performed it in drop C when they played it live, including this Rehearsals DVD), drop G# for this song and drop A# for The Unnamed Feeling.
I think Lars was meant to be a fast tempo drummer. Most of their fast tempo drum songs are always his best moments. It's always the slow stuff where he gets confused lol. I'm sure lots can relate.
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this is the most raw, brutal, savage and honest thing metallica has ever donne, it's normal for a lot of ppl to not like it. This is one of the few "Author" Albums in Heavy Metal. That means you are suposse to take it as it is...you are not supose to like it, just to listen to it.
Totally agree with your comment bro, even after eight years of it being posted lol This album is experimental, as well as a stamp on music to this day.
Dude....he said,"i hide inside,i HURT inside,i hide inside...BUT......I'll show you"...........😳.....what?....dude,c'mon......so simple....yet so beautifully poetic and honest and sad.....(and understandable).....and the best part is....the whole album is written that way....every song and every word is just,like,that.....the album's a masterpiece.....their finest and most artistically meaningfull work ever....
I agree 100% Lars is a great dummer, no matter what people say, he is far from the best drummer. James Hetfield said "Lars isnt that great of a drummer, but he has this drive that gives him amazing energy." I totally agree and this album is some of his best work. Not as good as Justice but it is great. People just bash it cuz his sound is terrible which i agree. But that doesnt make him a bad drummer.
Lars' drumming on this album is actually completely awesome, it just sounds like shit because Bob Rock convinced them to use shitty equipment. I'd love to hear this album remastered.
12 year late response but it was the band that wanted this raw unpolished sound. Bob Rock didn't have input on that. He went along with what the band wanted during recording. Like the Black Album and Loads.
I really really really love the groove of the guitars, plus the drums fit the groove so good - this was 100 % the bad being themselves (specially James) - subsequent albums sound too robotic to me. Thrash me, but I enjoy St. Anger way more than DM and HTSD (combined!!!)
This song is literally what Metallica would sound like if they started using 7 or 8 string guitars or even just went straight djent even just with the extremely low tuning.
One of my top favorite Metallica songs. This song gives Iowa's Slipknot a run for their money with their new guitar tuning within this song, and complete album. Such surprising rhythm guitar riffs all through this song. Drop tuning was a genius idea to stick with for this album. Hands down perfection in my opinion. Is there some sort of contest to apply for to be able to jam with James for a couple hours? No offense to Kirk, but if he wanted to sit in on the session with his guitar, that would be killer as well lol There HAS to be a way for a small Canadian island rock/metal guitarist from the east coast to request or apply to rock out and Jam with his guitar idol??
@lesserlol your not alone i LOVE this album a different perspective of Metallica id say and all the songs are awesome especcialy Purify, Some Kind of Monster, Frantic, and St.Anger
