Not that we’re surprised, but Rolling Stone put it in writing that Metallica’s St. Anger is not that great of an album.
Last week, Rolling Stone revealed the “50 Genuinely Horrible Albums By Brilliant Artists,” and St. Anger came in at #43.
They said,
When Metallica were at their absolute low point as a band thanks to James Hetfield’s chronic alcoholism, the defection of bassist Jason Newsted, and uncertainty about where they stood in a post-Napster music universe, they brought in a camera crew to chronicle the making of their LP St. Anger. The songs are unfocused and seemingly unfinished, and the straight-from-rehab lyrics (“I want my anger to be healthy”) could have used more thought. The band gets very defensive whenever fans or journalists raise these issues, but their set lists tell a different story. They’ve played fewer St. Anger songs in concert than any of their other albums.
Read more from Rolling Stone HERE.
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