Speaking of Nu; this guy will be going to his first LB concert next year.

[la szum]

Hahahahha I would have rather missed Five Finger. I saw Ice Nine before, twice I believe. Can't remember what they sounded like but they had an entertaining stage act. During Five Finger I just kept waiting for someone to get arrested for spousal abuse.

Zoltan Bathory who started Five Finger is actually a super interesting guy. Like MENSA level genius shit.

Maybe FFDP is how he finds balance.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Just got home. LOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNG week of music

Night 1:
Suicidal Tendencies
Pantera
Metallica.

ST was excellent. Energetic AF blasting out of the gate. Didn't know how Jay Weinberg would compare to Dave Lombardo but he killed it. Tai(?) Trujillo was killer on the bass as well. Their discog is so eclectic and their specific brand of shreddy punk thrash is really something special. Good stuff.

Pantera was good. Much tighter especially guitar wise than what I saw on that first go round of clips? Charlie Benante is definitely the MVP. 1000%.

Zakk does good and his sound was much better here and suited for the task at hand than the Zakk Sabbath Show, imo. I do wish they were tuned closer to the original tunings? Songs sounded like they were way down low. I get it but it lost some oomph and definitely some clairty.

Judging the Metallica experience comes with a lot of baggage for me. Good and bad, I'd say.

First off; impressive doesn't begin to cover it. The economy they support with their operation is just absolutely MASSIVE. It's insane how huge they are. I can't begin to imagine being part of something that enormous. It's also awesome for obvious reasons how charitable they are. They're not up tooting their own horn but as videos played for different things they do as well as mental health awareness/suicide prevention; it definitely puts Some Kind of Monster in a better, understandable light. Hetfield had a number of different speeches throughout the night that reinforced my thoughts on this matter as well. Good people. I'm certainly not one to capitalism shame but it also made me think of how the whole Gene Simmons/KISS thing is a greedy piece of shit comparatively.

Performance the first night was a little rusty. Hetfield was a little shaky, vocally. Much better in night 2. His playing was phenomenal, as usual. I'm not one for preset begging but his tones were KILLER. Other than Lux Eturdna which sounded like Boston guitar tone trying to play dad thrash. Oof.

Hammet played excellent as well. He gets shit on constantly because wah wah and pentatonic wanking but his playing was killer up through the Black album. It's after that where the songs themselves went to shit comparatively and the solos followed suit because they had to. Simple math right there. I'd actually give him the low-key MVP award because of this perception of him.

Trujillo was a beast. Duh. His bass tone was HUUUUUUUUUUUGE as well. If he is on FAS; release that motherfuckin' kraken! He fills Cliff's shoes in the most respectful way possible while killing on the instrument.

Lars seems like probably the most fun out of all the members. I'd love to have a beer or 12 with the guy. But he is the shittiest drummer of the world's biggest band ever. Just absolute shit. It'd be different if he was in Posion or some other dogshit not requiring skill or precision. He isn't. Even on the dumbed down cowboy metal they started writing on Load and Reload. I've been watching M72 vids and thinking "hey; he's getting back to some sort of form" but nah.

This bitch aside (and it is a huge one); they were sloppy but great. Which did kind of work in their favor to humanize them. So there is that.

Night 2
Ice Nine Kills
LB
Metallica

Ice Nine was better than I expected. Like if a band took the Awaken the Fallen breakdown, mixed it with circus music intentions and horror and then made a career on it. Not something I'd listen to on my own but they did put on a great show.

LB was STELLAR. Great tight band giving off party vibes and the crowd was loving it. I can understand you not liking Fred's lyrics more often than not but his voice, overall flow and stage presence are perfect for the band. A+. Borland, Otto and Rivers and killer musicians as well and Lethal is one of the few DJs in a band context who never over does it as far as scratching against the groove or overloading songs with "too much". Absolute banger of a set and we will be going to an LB show if they actually setoff on their own tour with someone other than Corey Fucking Feldman

Metallica night 2 was great with the same caveats as night one. As well as a HUGE rainstorm that delayed their start. Setlists from both night were heavy as they should be on classics but they did dig into stuff like "Memory Remains" (ehh) and newer "thrash" like Lux Aterna which I applaud the desire to be energetic but just play Disposable Heroes instead please and thank you. My own nitpick bullshit aside; they put on an amazing show and I can see why people follow them around. It was a lot more of a thing than I realized? Hetfield talked a LOT about the Metallica family (which made the sarcastic in me recoil a bit) but sort of circled back to how NICE (self interest of money or not) this vibe was for the whole proceedings. Very happy we went

On an associated note; Nashville kicks ass. Only big city I've ever been in where I could see myself living there and not being allergic to people. Kudos to the city on that \m/

 

[DrewJD82]

Just got home. LOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNG week of music

Night 1:
Suicidal Tendencies
Pantera
Metallica.

ST was excellent. Energetic AF blasting out of the gate. Didn't know how Jay Weinberg would compare to Dave Lombardo but he killed it. Tai(?) Trujillo was killer on the bass as well. Their discog is so eclectic and their specific brand of shreddy punk thrash is really something special. Good stuff.

Pantera was good. Much tighter especially guitar wise than what I saw on that first go round of clips? Charlie Benante is definitely the MVP. 1000%.

Zakk does good and his sound was much better here and suited for the task at hand than the Zakk Sabbath Show, imo. I do wish they were tuned closer to the original tunings? Songs sounded like they were way down low. I get it but it lost some oomph and definitely some clairty.

Judging the Metallica experience comes with a lot of baggage for me. Good and bad, I'd say.

First off; impressive doesn't begin to cover it. The economy they support with their operation is just absolutely MASSIVE. It's insane how huge they are. I can't begin to imagine being part of something that enormous. It's also awesome for obvious reasons how charitable they are. They're not up tooting their own horn but as videos played for different things they do as well as mental health awareness/suicide prevention; it definitely puts Some Kind of Monster in a better, understandable light. Hetfield had a number of different speeches throughout the night that reinforced my thoughts on this matter as well. Good people. I'm certainly not one to capitalism shame but it also made me think of how the whole Gene Simmons/KISS thing is a greedy piece of shit comparatively.

Performance the first night was a little rusty. Hetfield was a little shaky, vocally. Much better in night 2. His playing was phenomenal, as usual. I'm not one for preset begging but his tones were KILLER. Other than Lux Eturdna which sounded like Boston guitar tone trying to play dad thrash. Oof.

Hammet played excellent as well. He gets shit on constantly because wah wah and pentatonic wanking but his playing was killer up through the Black album. It's after that where the songs themselves went to shit comparatively and the solos followed suit because they had to. Simple math right there. I'd actually give him the low-key MVP award because of this perception of him.

Trujillo was a beast. Duh. His bass tone was HUUUUUUUUUUUGE as well. If he is on FAS; release that motherfuckin' kraken! He fills Cliff's shoes in the most respectful way possible while killing on the instrument.

Lars seems like probably the most fun out of all the members. I'd love to have a beer or 12 with the guy. But he is the shittiest drummer of the world's biggest band ever. Just absolute shit. It'd be different if he was in Posion or some other dogshit not requiring skill or precision. He isn't. Even on the dumbed down cowboy metal they started writing on Load and Reload. I've been watching M72 vids and thinking "hey; he's getting back to some sort of form" but nah.

This bitch aside (and it is a huge one); they were sloppy but great. Which did kind of work in their favor to humanize them. So there is that.

Night 2
Ice Nine Kills
LB
Metallica

Ice Nine was better than I expected. Like if a band took the Awaken the Fallen breakdown, mixed it with circus music intentions and horror and then made a career on it. Not something I'd listen to on my own but they did put on a great show.

LB was STELLAR. Great tight band giving off party vibes and the crowd was loving it. I can understand you not liking Fred's lyrics more often than not but his voice, overall flow and stage presence are perfect for the band. A+. Borland, Otto and Rivers and killer musicians as well and Lethal is one of the few DJs in a band context who never over does it as far as scratching against the groove or overloading songs with "too much". Absolute banger of a set and we will be going to an LB show if they actually setoff on their own tour with someone other than Corey Fucking Feldman

Metallica night 2 was great with the same caveats as night one. As well as a HUGE rainstorm that delayed their start. Setlists from both night were heavy as they should be on classics but they did dig into stuff like "Memory Remains" (ehh) and newer "thrash" like Lux Aterna which I applaud the desire to be energetic but just play Disposable Heroes instead please and thank you. My own nitpick bullshit aside; they put on an amazing show and I can see why people follow them around. It was a lot more of a thing than I realized? Hetfield talked a LOT about the Metallica family (which made the sarcastic in me recoil a bit) but sort of circled back to how NICE (self interest of money or not) this vibe was for the whole proceedings. Very happy we went

On an associated note; Nashville kicks ass. Only big city I've ever been in where I could see myself living there and not being allergic to people. Kudos to the city on that \m/

I had a hunch you’d pick up on how big the whole Metallica thing is. Despite seeing them before and following them as closely as I have, it’s a feeling you don’t really grasp until you’re in that stadium, the house lights come down and it becomes Metallica world for the next 2 hours with 60K people going apeshit. It’s like you’re under a giant dome of Metallica.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I had a hunch you’d pick up on how big the whole Metallica thing is. Despite seeing them before and following them as closely as I have, it’s a feeling you don’t really grasp until you’re in that stadium, the house lights come down and it becomes Metallica world for the next 2 hours with 60K people going apeshit. It’s like you’re under a giant dome of Metallica.

It's been since, fuck; I don't know how long since I've seen them? It was definitely Load/Reload era at the latest. So it's been a bit. Massive band. Really cool to see in person!

 

[JiveTurkey]

I had a hunch you’d pick up on how big the whole Metallica thing is. Despite seeing them before and following them as closely as I have, it’s a feeling you don’t really grasp until you’re in that stadium, the house lights come down and it becomes Metallica world for the next 2 hours with 60K people going apeshit. It’s like you’re under a giant dome of Metallica.

Also; I think I did you proud in actually doing a full-blown write up post vs. just posting dumb fucking gifs

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

Nice review, JT! The first and only time I've seen Metallica was on the St. Anger (yeah, I know...) tour. The things you wrote about last night's show (sloppy vocals, sloppy drumming, great bass playing, Kirk) are almost exactly the same as my impressions back then.

 

[JiveTurkey]

The difference I think is most heavy bands rely on the drummer to be the anchor and everyone rise to their capabilities and tightness. James plays that role here, instead.

 

[Chocol8]

in Posion or some other dogshit not requiring skill or precision.

LOL!

 

[la szum]

Also; I think I did you proud in actually doing a full-blown write up post vs. just posting dumb fucking gifs

 

[la szum]

Awesome! Sounds like a fun and restorative week!

It's so eerie/cool/awesome/weird (all of those things) that Metallica
was the outsider/fringe band that was the fringiest of the fringe and
they blow up to U2 Levels of Stadium Rock.

I only saw them once. Master Of Puppets Tour before Cliff passed, and
they blew my mind. They also scared the shit out of me----because they
owned the Arena.

Now Poppa Het is a loving and respectful Granddad.

Happy for you and the Mrs. !!

 

[Deleted member 472]

Just got home. LOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNG week of music

Night 1:
Suicidal Tendencies
Pantera
Metallica.

ST was excellent. Energetic AF blasting out of the gate. Didn't know how Jay Weinberg would compare to Dave Lombardo but he killed it. Tai(?) Trujillo was killer on the bass as well. Their discog is so eclectic and their specific brand of shreddy punk thrash is really something special. Good stuff.

Pantera was good. Much tighter especially guitar wise than what I saw on that first go round of clips? Charlie Benante is definitely the MVP. 1000%.

Zakk does good and his sound was much better here and suited for the task at hand than the Zakk Sabbath Show, imo. I do wish they were tuned closer to the original tunings? Songs sounded like they were way down low. I get it but it lost some oomph and definitely some clairty.

Judging the Metallica experience comes with a lot of baggage for me. Good and bad, I'd say.

First off; impressive doesn't begin to cover it. The economy they support with their operation is just absolutely MASSIVE. It's insane how huge they are. I can't begin to imagine being part of something that enormous. It's also awesome for obvious reasons how charitable they are. They're not up tooting their own horn but as videos played for different things they do as well as mental health awareness/suicide prevention; it definitely puts Some Kind of Monster in a better, understandable light. Hetfield had a number of different speeches throughout the night that reinforced my thoughts on this matter as well. Good people. I'm certainly not one to capitalism shame but it also made me think of how the whole Gene Simmons/KISS thing is a greedy piece of shit comparatively.

Performance the first night was a little rusty. Hetfield was a little shaky, vocally. Much better in night 2. His playing was phenomenal, as usual. I'm not one for preset begging but his tones were KILLER. Other than Lux Eturdna which sounded like Boston guitar tone trying to play dad thrash. Oof.

Hammet played excellent as well. He gets shit on constantly because wah wah and pentatonic wanking but his playing was killer up through the Black album. It's after that where the songs themselves went to shit comparatively and the solos followed suit because they had to. Simple math right there. I'd actually give him the low-key MVP award because of this perception of him.

Trujillo was a beast. Duh. His bass tone was HUUUUUUUUUUUGE as well. If he is on FAS; release that motherfuckin' kraken! He fills Cliff's shoes in the most respectful way possible while killing on the instrument.

Lars seems like probably the most fun out of all the members. I'd love to have a beer or 12 with the guy. But he is the shittiest drummer of the world's biggest band ever. Just absolute shit. It'd be different if he was in Posion or some other dogshit not requiring skill or precision. He isn't. Even on the dumbed down cowboy metal they started writing on Load and Reload. I've been watching M72 vids and thinking "hey; he's getting back to some sort of form" but nah.

This bitch aside (and it is a huge one); they were sloppy but great. Which did kind of work in their favor to humanize them. So there is that.

Night 2
Ice Nine Kills
LB
Metallica

Ice Nine was better than I expected. Like if a band took the Awaken the Fallen breakdown, mixed it with circus music intentions and horror and then made a career on it. Not something I'd listen to on my own but they did put on a great show.

LB was STELLAR. Great tight band giving off party vibes and the crowd was loving it. I can understand you not liking Fred's lyrics more often than not but his voice, overall flow and stage presence are perfect for the band. A+. Borland, Otto and Rivers and killer musicians as well and Lethal is one of the few DJs in a band context who never over does it as far as scratching against the groove or overloading songs with "too much". Absolute banger of a set and we will be going to an LB show if they actually setoff on their own tour with someone other than Corey Fucking Feldman

Metallica night 2 was great with the same caveats as night one. As well as a HUGE rainstorm that delayed their start. Setlists from both night were heavy as they should be on classics but they did dig into stuff like "Memory Remains" (ehh) and newer "thrash" like Lux Aterna which I applaud the desire to be energetic but just play Disposable Heroes instead please and thank you. My own nitpick bullshit aside; they put on an amazing show and I can see why people follow them around. It was a lot more of a thing than I realized? Hetfield talked a LOT about the Metallica family (which made the sarcastic in me recoil a bit) but sort of circled back to how NICE (self interest of money or not) this vibe was for the whole proceedings. Very happy we went

On an associated note; Nashville kicks ass. Only big city I've ever been in where I could see myself living there and not being allergic to people. Kudos to the city on that \m/

 

[JiveTurkey]

Awesome! Sounds like a fun and restorative week!

It's so eerie/cool/awesome/weird (all of those things) that Metallica
was the outsider/fringe band that was the fringiest of the fringe and
they blow up to U2 Levels of Stadium Rock.

I only saw them once. Master Of Puppets Tour before Cliff passed, and
they blew my mind. They also scared the shit out of me----because they
owned the Arena.

Now Poppa Het is a loving and respectful Granddad.

Happy for you and the Mrs. !!

I missed MOP run but I wished I hadn't

James definitely has matured over the years. Pretty much essential to keep something this size afloat.

This was our first vacation in a long time and I am ready to go again

 

[la szum]

 

[Stone]

Wow JT sounds amazingly good times
being an old Boomer i saw Metallica for ride the lightning and MoP and Justice
all 3 were amazing shows tight as fuck and incredible energy especially and Justice tour
MoP tour was also amazing since it was a triple bill, Slayer Reign in Blood and Metal Curch, what a night that was

 

[JiveTurkey]

Wow JT sounds amazingly good times
being an old Boomer i saw Metallica for ride the lightning and MoP and Justice
all 3 were amazing shows tight as fuck and incredible energy especially and Justice tour
MoP tour was also amazing since it was a triple bill, Slayer Reign in Blood and Metal Curch, what a night that was

You're not gonna top that shit ever, Stone


Appropriately enough; Ride the Lightning was my first concert 40 years ago. So there was a cool full circle with that happening too. Glad I could share it with the wifey

 

[DrewJD82]

Also; I think I did you proud in actually doing a full-blown write up post vs. just posting dumb fucking gifs

100%/Laughy face!

 

[JiveTurkey]

100%/Laughy face!

I'll take it!

 

[DrewJD82]

The difference I think is most heavy bands rely on the drummer to be the anchor and everyone rise to their capabilities and tightness. James plays that role here, instead.

Indeed. While there weren't any egregious mistakes at my shows, there was one fill where Lars kinda flubbed the timing and just kept going as if there weren't a mistake, changing the downbeat of the upcoming verse. In less than a half-measure's time James caught up to him and by the time that verse downbeat came, the whole band landed on it. That's stuff you can only develop by playing live for as long as they have. No funny faces onstage looking in Lars' direction, they just kept on going like it was part of the song.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Indeed. While there weren't any egregious mistakes at my shows, there was one fill where Lars kinda flubbed the timing and just kept going as if there weren't a mistake, changing the downbeat of the upcoming verse. In less than a half-measure's time James caught up to him and by the time that verse downbeat came, the whole band landed on it. That's stuff you can only develop by playing live for as long as they have. No funny faces onstage looking in Lars' direction, they just kept on going like it was part of the song.

Dude was lobbing weirdo clams the whole night. His style is (cleverly enough for his sake) based on hitting things at odd times. So he is already at home hitting the crash on the 7 and doing some dumb ass floor tom roll into the next measure and landing whereever he wants and floor tom riffing it out again


HUGE difference being when someone like Lombardo does some weird ass fill (which is 3x the speed and actually lands) you know it's dangerous but will always work and make you crack the fuck up because of how badass it was!

 

[JiveTurkey]

I also think it somehow lends them some charm to have these oddball moments courtesy of Lars because it lets you peak behind the curtain a bit. And know that James probably thumps in the head from time to time