Why was it so poorly-received?
Cynical attempt at proving they can hang with nu-metal bands
Didn't listen to it but the black album made their die hard cider drinking thrash metal fans sad. Hence their difficult period afterwards.
well the snare sound is generally awful and doesn't sound purposefult.drummer
Its an Art Rock album.
>terrible songs>terrible snarestill fun to listen along to despite being a trainwreck of an album
>>129100170where's the bloody melodies
AND I WANTMY ANGER TO BE HEALTHY
KIRK IS GAYROBERT'S GAYLARS IS GAYBUT THE GAYEST IS A-JAAAAAMMMEEEESSSSSAAH
It's generally pretty bad although Lulu (which was also awful) at least recontextualized it as an attempt at doing something leftfield and "artsy" which was unexpected from Metallica.
>take wires off the snare>retads lose their mindssay it with me"filtered"
>>129100986The snare was the whipping boy that people latched onto but the whole thing is just sort of poorly written, overlong, and boring.
>>129100485it's more of a Bob Rock album actually
>tfw St. Anger was my first Metallica album and I loved it and the rest of the discog is dogshit in comparison
