Metallica - St. Anger

Reviews of St. Anger

Rating Summary
4 by Rolling Stone Metallica released the best-selling album of their career, 1991's Black Album, in the middle of an identity crisis. That same year Nirvana released Nevermind, a disc that immediately made the previous... Read more
n/a by NME The true masters have finally awakened from their slumber. Read more
n/a by www.ew.com ''St. Anger'' is arguably the season's finest metal offering -- and the band's best since 1991's ''Metallica.'' Read more
n/a by www.eonline.com While St. Anger doesn't go back to the speedy, epic-crafting days of yesteryear, it's all balls: bad-ass rock and blistering, visceral lyrics. Read more
n/a by www.dotmusic.com This is the sound of Metallica drawing back into themselves and their history. Read more
n/a by Popmatters A ragged, cacophonous, raging beast of an album, it's not the most perfect album Metallica has ever produced, and it's a very bumpy ride for listeners, but the album's handful of high points are thrilling to hear. Read more
n/a by www.culturedose.net The production on St. Anger is abysmal. Read more
n/a by www.playlouder.com While there’s no denying that Metallica have produced a huge – and welcome – blast from the past, it also represents a monolithic slab of noise that stretched over 11 songs and 75 minutes is just too dense and daunting to be truly enjoyable. Read more
n/a by www.shakingthrough.net The guitars stumble in a monotone of mid-level, processed rattle; the drums don't propel as much as struggle to disguise an all-too-turgid pace; and the rage is both unfocused and leavened with too much narcissistic navel-gazing. Read more
n/a by www.villagevoice.com Songs like "Frantic," "Dirty Window," and even the balladesque "Sweet Amber" stop and start, cut to pieces by groove-robbing edits that replace the guitar harmonies on which Metallica built an industry. Read more
n/a by www.theonionavclub.com St. Anger suffers mightily for its thin, washed-out sound.... A messy, unsatisfying misfire. Read more
n/a by Pitchfork Media What an utter mess. Read more
7 by Aftonbladet Metallica har förändrats... igen. Jag ser massor av fördelar med förändring, om den innebär att man som band prövar på nya grejer. Men då ska det också vara nya grejer, ej att förväxla med andras grejer. Har Metallica tappa... Read more
4 by Musiklandet -premiär Sådana förväntningar pallar inte ens Metallica att leva upp till Thrash, triumf och tragedi Festivaler 2003 Uträknad gigant reser sig igen. Externa artistlänkar Officiell webbplats ... Read more
7 by Metica Metallica har förändrats... igen. Jag ser massor av fördelar med förändring, om den innebär att man som band prövar på nya grejer. Men då ska det också vara nya grejer, ej att förväxla med andras grejer. Har Metallica tappa... Read more