New Metallica Song

[Helm]

What the fuck happened to the production? I mean, Kill 'em all sounded better than that pile of dung. The snare hits are horrible. Is this Larch's and Bob's vision of what 'modern' drumming is about? And the fact that there's double bass all over the place doesn't save the sloppy songwriting one bit. And there's not ONE lead, let alone solo in the whole album(besides some silly harmony breaks). Why did they need Hammet in the band, then? The rhythm is buried in the mix as well. I actually had to watch Hetfield's hands and translate that into tone in my mind to figure out what the riff was behind that freakin' stomping snare hit. And it wasn't particularly pretty.

AJFA is my personal favourite as well, eventhough I do aknowledge Master for being nearly flawless in terms of consistency (just take Messiah out of there), you simply cannot beat the trio of One, Frayed and Eve. There's some suck in that album, but the good ones are really so much better than the overall Master vibe, in my oppinion. And I sorta like the sterile, clinical aspect of it's sound.