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St. Anger
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075596285322
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
Label: Elektra / Wea
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
MPN: 62853
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Elektra / Wea
Release Date: June 05, 2003
Studio: Elektra / Wea
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Editorial Review:
Never underestimate the regenerative powers of Metallica. Following the stripped-down Load and Re-Load, they've returned to the raw, vitriolic savagery of their earlier canon, using 1984's Ride the Lightning as a template for St. Anger. The title track provides the psychic lynchpin of the album by combining the bombast and defiance of the band's earliest high-water marks with more deliberate lyrics and emotional nakedness. Equally cathartic is "Some Kind of Monster," a lumbering beast of a song that declares, "This is the voice of silence no more." Despite that claim, there's an economy to these lyrics; James Hetfield's raw-toothed growl only occasionally punctuates the menacing soundscapes. In fact, "Dirty Windows," the standout track here, is a shimmering five-minute instrumental that's free of the baroque trappings that sometimes clutter the Metallica landscape. --Jaan Uhelszki
Also included is a bonus DVD featuring a down n' dirty live-in-the-studio performance of every track on the album. Never before has an artist designated a live DVD performance of a new album to simultaneously accompany its new studio release. CD produced by Bob Rock.
Japanese exclusive & extremely limited box-set edition of their 2003 album features the same bonus DVD (NTSC/Region 2) that was on all other pressings along with a Metallica T-shirt & necklace housed together in an exclusive metal paint can. Sony.
Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - real & powerful
if you are a pampered little brat who has a nose ring and calls yourself a heavy rock fan and don't like this cd, then you need to put on your pampers and listen to the back street boys !!!
this music is real, mature, and powerful.
this cd redeems any past faults of the band or doubts of their creativity and power. buy ! buy ! buy !
Rating:  - Don't listen to the "give it a chance" hype!
I purchased this album in 2003 and was very open minded about it. Initially, I considered it to be a complete failure, but at the time i thought i was biased because of my long history of loving metallica. I gave myself a couple years to look back and picked the album up again. I was incorrect to assume this album was a failure - its an absolute abomination. I read dozens upon dozens of "5 Star" reviews for this album, and, honestly, I have no idea where they are comming from. To even consider ... Read More
Rating: - Whatever
It took me five years to pick this up...that's what I get for letting the hype affect my judgment. This has got to be the most honest and emotionally expressive album Metallica has ever made. I was totally blown away, because I was expecting crap. Is it their best? oh I don't know, probably not but whatever, I really don't care. So is it Nu-Metal? Well when it came out it was New Metal. After five years I guess it must be Old Metal now. People must be really bored. Labeling things may help us find them ... Read More
Rating: - Not nearly as bad as most poeple would have you think
Okay, there are parts of this album which are terrible. The drums sound ridiculous, there's the "guitar solos are a thing of the past" philosophy and they really...REALLY....should have hired a decent bass player before recording. I think that everyone who has heard this record, can all agree on that.
But for people to say it's the worst thing they've ever done? I hardly think so. I remember when Load & Reload came out (Or even before then, when the Black Album came out), people started ... Read More
Rating:  - Looking back to St. Anger 5 years later
Bands change and people who are clinging to the faded photograph of their favorite heroes from 20 years ago resist that change. I liked St. Anger when it first came out. I didn't love it, but it was fresh to hear Metallica move on to a different sound. Their biggest selling album, the Black Album, became their downfall with some fans. I say this because for the fist time, Metallica had 'non-conventional' fans, meaning that the captain of the football team and his cheerleader girlfriend found the Black album. ... Read More
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