Metallica - Hardwired...To Self-Destruct

start rocking...

 

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Pretty decent song!  The vocal harmonies are a nice addition.  I don't think they've done any of that since... Black Album?  There was probably some on Load/Reload but i don't remember.  Been too long since I've heard either.

 

I find Lars' facial expressions upsetting, but otherwise I'm digging it.  Also, Kirk came stupid hard when he finally got to solo.

Edited September 26, 2016 by Zephyr_Nova

Come to think of it, I think there's a little bit of vocal harmony sort of slipped in to every album.

  On 9/4/2016 at 4:09 PM, caze said:

this is the pinnacle of metallica's career:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBmM79YadYM

Bahahaha I saw this years ago but totally forgot. Thanks for reminding me. I never tire of these videos

I like that.

 

Hardwired to shuccc and jive.

As much fun as it is to hate on Metallica these days...I gotta admit that new one is pretty decent, didn't think I'd ever say that about Metallica again. Surprisingly, even Lars sounded pretty on-point with some decent fills and such. His kit doesn't sound like absolute shit anymore! (although the kick still seems a little weak in the mix)

The new track wasn't too memorable, save for the guitar solo. He went hard on that shit, and it works well. A lot of the second half of the track worked for me, basically all the stuff that wasn't the verses and the choruses...lol. If that makes sense.

  On 9/26/2016 at 8:12 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

Come to think of it, I think there's a little bit of vocal harmony sort of slipped in to every album.

Yeah, they've always had a little bit in there since early on. It's a welcome addition, imo. Hetfield's voice really suits harmonies.

 

Song is ok. Better than the last one! The chorus is great, but imo Hetfield either needs to start singing lower again (like in Load/Reload) or get a bit more scream/grit happening. His voice is sounding too clean for the thrashy parts.

The solo sounds a little hamfisted, but then again the backing is kinda "classic metal" so Kirk didn't really have anything interesting to work with..

 

edit lol pretty much the opposite of auxien's comment :D

Edited September 27, 2016 by modey

  On 9/27/2016 at 12:15 AM, modey said:

 

  On 9/26/2016 at 8:12 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

Come to think of it, I think there's a little bit of vocal harmony sort of slipped in to every album.

Yeah, they've always had a little bit in there since early on. It's a welcome addition, imo. Hetfield's voice really suits harmonies.

 

Song is ok. Better than the last one! The chorus is great, but imo Hetfield either needs to start singing lower again (like in Load/Reload) or get a bit more scream/grit happening. His voice is sounding too clean for the thrashy parts.

The solo sounds a little hamfisted, but then again the backing is kinda "classic metal" so Kirk didn't really have anything interesting to work with..

 

edit lol pretty much the opposite of auxien's comment :D

 

Let's fight bro! But I agree on the classic metal sound to those parts of the track, I think that works better than the pseudo-thrashy 'main' sections, for me at least.

 

At the end of the day, I couldn't care if I ever hear the song again, which is really the important part. Unless there's a ton of classic metal sounds in which case sign me up Lars, make faces at me you big silly bear

Re: the "classic metal" comment, I think what I mean is that it just sounds too much like they've gone back too far.. like, their 80s thrash stuff was cool because it was innovative without obviously showing an influence from early metal bands. This just sounds, er, easy?

 Over time i've come to realise that metallica and that wave of US metal bands did take a lot of riffs and solo styles etc. from NWOBHM they are clearly influenced heavily by it. I didn't see this before because i'd never heard much nwobhm, but there's a direct corolation between these bands. It is an evolution too sure, the vocals are harder, but not a distinct break or big leap. I think death metal is a better contender for an original metal style created in the US during the 80's that pushed into virgin territory. (cue joke about the people playing and listening to it)

 

 my two silver dollars.

Perhaps, but Metallica's riffs and progressions were always a bit harder or avantgarde (back in the 80s) compared to say, Mercyful Fate or Diamond Head or the other bands they were inspired by.. imo

 Hey i just heard that you can now get two months in prison for mooning in Victoria, lorl.

good

 I was mooned by someone on a bus when i was driving to work once, was unexpected until microseconds later i went back to looking at the road, heh. Hey it's kind of like the oldschool version of goatse. I wonder if they'll start imprisoning people for troll links too. Hooray for the soviet socialist republic of victoria.

 

 To be OT 80's metal bands used to moon people, i seem to recall that it was a thing, off to prison they go for triggering the 1% of the population that give a shit.

that moth track.. not sure if the vid is super indicitive of the actual production or anything but it sounds super compressed and ridiculous to anyone else ???

 

like, 1:10 around that mark, it just sounds all over the place and like someones slightly mixing everything up and down lol

*pre-orders $70 2xLP vinyl to confirm quality of mastering* 

lol, yeah death magnetic was horribly distorted so I'm not surprised. Vinyl version was slightly better but I think it was named as one of the loudest albums ever in terms of dynamic range..

  On 9/26/2016 at 7:10 PM, olo said:

start rocking...

 

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that's a nifty tune

Edited September 30, 2016 by beerwolf

I liked it! I think it's going to be an alright album. Still wondering why it needs to be two discs...then again, DM was 80 and felt like too much. Splitting it up might be for the best.

First track HTSD sounds a trillion times better since hearing Moth Into Flame. Fuck, I'm getting old school metal endorphins, long since buried, being reborn and running fast through my veins.

 

Great great tunes

Interesting. I think I'll wait until the album is out so I can re-visit it in context, but Moth Into Flame is giving me a bit more hope for some more Metallica proggin'. And some more nice melodic sections!

They recently appeared on The Tonight Show - fairly cringey IMO:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHSvxG-F_k

Kirk's guitar sounds a bit flat.

Pretty good performance.  James' voice is in fine form.  Couple bum notes from Kirk, one notably botched snare fill from Lars, but far from cringey.