Product Description

'St. Anger' is Metallica's eighth album and the follow-up to 1997's 'Reload'. Produced by Bob Rock, the eleven track album features former Ozzy Osbourne bassist Robert Trujillo, who replaces original band member Jason Newsted. Resurrectingtheir old sound of brutal, uncompromising thrash metal, it features double-bass drumming, staccato rhythms and engagingvocal harmonies. Comes complete with a bonus DVD featuring the band playing all eleven tracks in a live setting.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Frantic
2. St. Anger
3. Some Kind Of Monster
4. Dirty Window
5. Invisible Kid
6. My World
7. Shoot Me Again
8. Sweet Amber
9. Unnamed Feeling
10. Purify
11. All Within My Hands

Disc 2:

1. St. Anger Live Rehearsal Video Footage

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #58659 in Music
• Released on: 2003-06-05
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics, Limited Edition

Amazon.co.uk Review
St. Anger shows that we should 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 their template. 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, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews

Not a review of the album
Like i just said...this isnt a review of the album but a strong criticism of the description provided for this item as I feel that I need to set some things straight.

First this album sounds nothing like RTL...RTL was a masterpiece...St.Anger sadly is not.

Secondly, Jason Newstead was not Metallica's original bassist, but their second (he joined after the band had been around for about 7-8 years)

Lastly, Metallica were never brutal, uncompromising thrash. They were decent thrash, but not brutal (try slayer for brutal) nor uncompromising (listen to the Black Album and then try telling me Metallica didn't heavily compromise to get mainstream success.) St. Anger is neither brutal, uncompromising thrash, but neither does it sound anything like Metallica's original sound. If you were to ask me if sounds much more like their 1988-1992 era and defintely not before then.

I just hope i have set some things straight for people who believe this album sounds much better than it is after reading the description provided.

Disappointment Inc.
Metallica have been one of my favourite bands since I was about ten. I have been able to appreciate every other album although some if not all have the odd flaw in sound, song quality or (very rarely) musicianship.
I simply find this album unlistenable in its entirety (or more than about 2 songs at any one time). The reasons for this are 1) the horrible snare sound, 2) the drums being far too high in the mix, 3) the pretty poor (for Metallica) lyrics and 4) the fact that the songs are generally just so tedious, overlong and with minimal dynamic changes (mainly courtesy of the drums again!).
Every other album had good songs; every other album had songs which, even if we may not have liked, we could appreciate the musicianship.
Here, I can just about tolerate 'Frantic', 'Dirty Window' and 'The Unnamed Feeling' but songs like the execrable 'Invisible Kid' and 'All Within My Hands' are grossly overlong for the amount of riff interest (e.g. compared to 'Shortest Straw' or 'Fixxxer' - songs which are often considered B-sides compared to masterpieces like 'Master of Puppets' or 'One').
I do not feel the presence of solos to be essential (although rarely a bad thing) but the songs have to have enough musical/lyrical interest to get away with it; I compare against Meshuggah's 'Catch 33' album, most Emperor/Cradle of Filth (possibly slightly unfair) or even Slipknot's debut; which keep one's attention far better, yet all being heavy enough to have a good headbang/mosh to.

If any other band had written this it would still be a pretty mediocre album; the fact that it was Metallica makes this even more saddening.

Why.......
Why are people giving this album so much bad press? Just cause of the lack of solos??? I dunno

Yeah this is not the greatest album Metallica's released but it's not that bad as people are making out to be. Songs like St Anger, Frantic and The Unnamed Feeling makes this ablum a buy. There are some really good songs on here people just need to listen to them.

I say go out and buy it. I'm sure you'll like it.