Will Metallica's new album be a triumph? Or will it be St Anger Part 2?

If it turns out to be another hollow, stinking pile of rubbish, is it the end of Metallica?

After such a horrible streak of poor albums, can they redeem themselves with something as good as Master Of Puppets? Can you see it happening? Or are the members way too past their prime?

I don't really think past their prime has anything to do with it. But when you write songs based on anger you are going to run out of steam, people just tend to mellow out as they get older. So I'm sure finding that source and being able to channel it musically gets harder.
And lets face it, if you actually think they are going to return to their Master of Puppets style, you are just kidding yourself, you know they wont do it and you know they don't really want to do it. Maybe something as hard and as aggresive maybe but it's not going to sound like that anymore, they have just moved on. They got over it.
With that being said; am I the only one who doesn't hate St. Anger? I mean it's certainly my least favorite Metallica album, but i still give it a listen every now and then. Plus the Unnamed Feeling is a badass song.

They should rename themselves Metrendica. That's all they are now.

They have moved from being musicians to entertainers, not unlike the Rolling Stones.

They lost their inspiration years ago...


Well, actually they've always been pretty dull..

Don't keep high expectations.

somebody told me they are getting their old producer back.

Metallica gets a lot of crap from those who prefer the 80s albums over the 90s. Although I liked the 80s (mostly Ride the Lightening), I believe the 90s ventures were talented. St. Anger made me St. Angry. I only hope that they will go back to playing some good stuff. What was up with that snare drum in St Anger?
Oh, and they are getting back with Bob Rock - Hopefully this will be good.

i dont see a master of puppets type of album coming from metallica..i dont think its bc of lack of talent though, remember during puppets and the rest of the 80's heyday, metallica were a bunch of young, angry, drunk kids--20+ years later they dont have that same angry drive but i think there is still plenty of talent in that band(mostly kirk and jason(when he was still in it)..nowadays they are too involved in the business part of it-radio friendlier songs-no more 8 minute epics,etc....like all legends, they will be known for the old stuff and the new is just a reason to tour and see them live still which is good enough for me

missed them alot..nothing better like master of puppets...but age degrades ones performance,so we cant expect anymore from those God of metals......R.I.P. metallica(literally)...

I think the appropriate phrase here is:

"putrid mass of regurgitated slime"








NP: "Whatever Makes You Feel Good" - Roadstar

Well, they played a new song at the Download Festival last year . . . And it kinda sounded like a mix between St. Anger and their older stuff. I hope for their (and our) sake's it'll be more like the older stuff. I don't think it will be the end of them, as they still have the good stuff which they play at concerts, but it may stop them from recording another studio album!

the new album is gonna suck big time if its anything like St. Anger.

if they still suck

slayer would be the new "influence" in metal

St anger

It'll suck. St Anger was horrible and I don't see another good album coming from them ever again. They're done,they should just bow out gracefully while they are still considered to be one of the greatest metal bands of all time.