![]() Notably, for the heavy use of double bass and double lead harmonic guitar riffs. The song "Room of Mirrors", with a recurring motif rhythm that, towards the four minute forty-five second mark, popped and stood out. Unfortunately, only one song out of the entirety of the twelve tracks really seemed fresh and memorable in this regard. But, luckily as has been the case with metal songs since the early '80s, part of what makes a song good isn’t simply just the lyrics but the headbangability of the riffs played beneath them. It is like this for nearly every single one of the eight songs mentioned, though to each a varying degree. As an example, here is the chorus of "Crown of Barbed Wire" (though to get a full understanding, listen to the song): ![]() It’s almost as if he wanted to make sure the audience knew which song they were listening to (which I sure didn’t need help with). This is due to the fact that James Hetfield uses the song’s name as the punchline of the chorus, even when it isn’t needed at all. Yet, as I listened to 72 Seasons, there was something else that stood out so heavily within these songs that they failed to do the one thing I felt they should have: impress me. I have been a longtime fan of the band for several years now, jamming out and headbanging to several of their albums, regardless of lyrical design or construction. Some even have lyrics that make me physically cringe and need to skip the song due to how terrible they are (looking at you, "Screaming Suicide"). Eight of these songs-" Shadows Follow," "Screaming Suicide," "Sleepwalk My Life Away," " You Must Burn!," " Lux Æterna," " Crown of Barbed Wire," " If Darkness Had a Son," and " Too Far Gone?"-fail to make a standing impact with their lyrical prowess, sounding like a generic metal song from a bygone era. But let's break it down a bit further.ħ2 Seasons has a tracklist of twelve songs total. This is simply because these songs are not very memorable in either lyric or riff. What about the songs they just released? Well, simply put, I imagine that these songs will get some air time on radio throughout the years, but aren’t gonna be put in film and television. Memorability is what makes Metallica a renowned band and one of the greats.īut all of the songs mentioned were in the past. Those songs are memorable for a variety of reasons, whether due to the lyrics of songs like " Enter Sandman" or " Nothing Else Matters," or perhaps simply because of the headbanging riffs like "Master of Puppets" or "For Whom the Bell Tolls" that helped pave the way for the metal genre. I bet you couldn’t even walk into a Hot Topic without at least one of their songs playing. On the opposite end, however, other songs (such as " Sleepwalk My Life Away" or " Screaming Suicide") sound as though they came from Hardwired…to Self-Destruct or one of the other newer albums.Īs previously stated, Metallica has released many songs and a large handful of them have become staples that nearly everyone knows of to this day. And the vocal talents of lead singer James Hetfield-though he is in his late 50s-sound as if he had come from the past to sing these songs. The album, on various songs, such as " Room of Mirrors or " Inamorata," manages to capture the thrill and adrenaline of the older classic albums. In complete honesty, 72 Seasons falls in almost the dead center of enjoyability. But it also isn’t in the upper echelons either. Anger or any of Metallica's lesser albums. ![]() So, how does 72 Seasons compare? Well, simply put, it definitely isn’t as bad as St. Anger, is often regarded as the worst album Metallica has ever released. ![]() So much so that the band’s attempt at something new, St. But as the time passed, and they released more albums, they began to fall flat. These earlier albums that the songs herald from are often the most highly regarded albums in the band’s history, having helped shape the band into the headliners we know today. From " For Whom the Bell Tolls" in 2009’s Zombieland or " Master of Puppets" in 2022’s fourth season of Stranger Things. Even to this day, many songs from the band’s earliest outings are regularly played, often showing up in movies and television shows. Over the course of the past forty years of the band, Metallica has been headlining with songs and albums that influenced and ushered in a new generation of music to audiences worldwide.
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