I started up Guitar Hero: Metallica over the weekend, and I'm enjoying it so far. I've been going through the career mode on drums, unlocking more songs as I go, and so far the difficulty hasn't spiked up too high. I am finding that I look forward more to the Metallica songs than the other artists included in the game, and I've already shared my thoughts on the non-cover versions of songs from Garage, Inc. I'm going through on the medium setting, so we'll see how far I get.
It's funny, I really haven't been listening to Metallica much in recent years, so I'm remembering songs as I go. Not that I forgot they existed, but I forgot that some were awesome. Interestingly enough, I hopped on the Metallica Bandwagon in the Load/ReLoad era, but slowly came around to the older stuff. Now some of the songs on And Justice for all are among my favorites. Unfortunately, the songs from that time in the band's history don't lend themselves well to singing, the task I invariably get stuck with at parties.
I haven't given Death Magnetic a listen, and don't even get me started on St. Anger. GH:Metallica does have songs from both of those, but they still have plenty of the good stuff as well. One interesting choice was Orion, which I'm relatively certain has no lyrics.
I wonder if anyone will volunteer to sing that one.
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You know how I feel about Metallica before the black album versus Metallica after the Black album. I have listened to Death Magnetic quite a few times, and I think it is actually pretty good. I would suggest you give it a listen.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering when you were going to talk about GH:M. I'm actually looking forward to hearing some of the original cover songs. Might be interesting. I'm also interested in hearing some of the Justice era songs where Jason's actual bass track can be heard for the first time. Cool.
ReplyDeleteI know ya hate singing. And I know ya hate St. Anger. I have listened to it several times. The songs are too long for one thing. And only two songs are almost--almost!--worthy songs. But the whole album is still a regression. Death Magnetic is a further regression. I've listened to this one too. Its just a rehash of their old 80's material. You would think that would make it good. NOT! I hear little riffs and bits of guitar solo that are straight off of Master of Puppets. So at best it takes an era of their greatness and shamefully tarnishes it.
I'm glad Orion is included in the game. I'd love to play bass on that. The middle section of that song just kicks ass. And you don't have to sing on that one.
I don't hate singing too much, it's something I can bring to the band. I just want more people to give it a shot.
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