Never underestimate the regenerative powers of Metallica. Following the stripped-down Load and Re-Load, they've returned to the raw, vitriolic savagery of their earlier canon, using 1984's Ride the Lightning as a template for St. Anger. The title track provides the psychic lynchpin of the album by combining the bombast and defiance of the band's earliest high-water marks with more deliberate lyrics and emotional nakedness. Equally cathartic is "Some Kind of Monster," a lumbering beast of a song that declares, "This is the voice of silence no more." Despite that claim, there's an economy to these lyrics; James Hetfield's raw-toothed growl only occasionally punctuates the menacing soundscapes. In fact, "Dirty Windows," the standout track here, is a shimmering five-minute instrumental that's free of the baroque trappings that sometimes clutter the Metallica landscape.
Also included is a bonus DVD featuring a down n’ dirty live-in-the-studio performance of every track on the album. Never before has an artist designated a live DVD performance of a new album to simultaneously accompany its new studio release. CD produced by Bob Rock.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 Frantic 5:51
2 St. Anger 7:21
3 Some Kind of Monster 8:26
4 Dirty Window 5:24
5 Invisible Kid 8:31
6 My World 5:45
7 Shoot Me Again 7:10
8 Sweet Amber 5:27
9 The Unnamed Feeling 7:10
10 Purify 5:14
11 All Within My Hands 8:49
Disc 2
1 Frantic DVD Video
2 St. Anger DVD Video
3 Some Kind of Monster DVD Video
4 Dirty Window DVD Video
5 Invisible Kid DVD Video
6 My World DVD Video
7 Shoot Me Again DVD Video
8 Sweet Amber DVD Video
9 The Unnamed Feeling DVD Video
10 Purify DVD Video
11 All Within My Hands DVD Video
|