"St. Anger" is the 8th studio album by American heavy metal band, Metallica. It was released in 2003 on Elektra Records and produced by Bob Rock. The line-up for the album was James Hetfield (vocals/guitar), Kirk Hammett (guitar), Bob Rock (bass) and Lars Ulrich (drums). This was the first Metallica album to be released since the departure of Jason Newsted in January of 2001, with producer Bob Rock filling in on bass. The road to recording was a long and often unstable one, and one which was detailed in the documentary film which was made about the band, "Some Kind of Monster". There were inner struggles within the band, especially between ...  Read the complete review

In the summer of 2003, one of the world?s most successful and well-known rock bands released their much-anticipated St. Anger, their first original studio release in six years. Sales were not as high as the band would have hoped, however their constant re-writing and re-awakened camaraderie ensured that this would be an album they hold dear much more than some of their previous releases. Besides, they?re obviously loaded by now anyway, and it?s great to see them continuing to make music they love. BACKGROUND Metallica?s current line-up has remained almost identical since the ...  Read the complete review

Metallica are that band that almost everybody knows. They formed in '81 and in a way have become the face of metal in America. I'm kind of annoyed about this for a number of reasons, for a band that started American Metal off so well, they've just fallen on their faces and people just keep expecting them to put out oldschool thrash. Well, what happened? What has happened to the "timeless" monsters of metal? Frantic -------------- This song opens up and sounds absolutley nothing like Metallica. If you played this to somebody who grew up in the 80's they wouldn't have a clue what band it was. The opens with one riff that is played abuot 100 ...  Read the complete review

8 mins like songs, no eyeliner in sight, could this be a much eagerly waited return to Metal?. Unfortunately St Anger sees Metallica trying too hard to be heavy, over indulging in endless Metal jamming and pro-tools addiction and losing all sense of song writing abilities. No riffs (The hallmark to there sound) sound memorable, the production is stodgy. Lars's much discussed 'pots and pan drum' sound is painful to the ears. There decision to abandon guitar solos means nothing is there to break up the dirge like momentum: as they alter the timing yet again, pile in more snare and turgid riffing this is a good example of a band locked in the studio FAR too long ...  Read the complete review

That could as well be the most ignored album in the history of Metallica, and it's no wonder. With a lot of controversy surrounding the band and rumours of splitting up as depicted in the well known documentary, it seems to me that the band wanted to do something totally different and original. So they decided to totally change their sound even comparing to the "mellower" Load-Reload albums towards something heavier but less typical-heavy-metal resembling heavy/stoner rock bands like Kyuss. The production by Bob Rock here is in an old school spirit reminding of a rehearsal sound: while the idea in itself was interesting the materialazation wasn't as good, the ..  Read the complete review