Inspired by Dull Men’s Club in particular this post from @probable_possum@leminal.space we have our Monday listening party track. And what a track it is. An acoustic opener to a 5:11 trash masterpiece. Utilising at least 10 different guitars in about the first minute and a galloping bass line fires us into the battery. With more double bass than you can shake a stick at and kirk on the licks that inspired certainly me to pick up a guitar, this track is iconic
And it has been played live about a million times too, covered more than I suspect any other track, and linked to from many battery related threads!
From Master of Puppets, without a doubt the most plaudited album from Metallica, and for those who are yet to visit that album, here is a fantastic reason why you should stick the whole thing on after this, as it is the opener and sets the tone and pace of the rest of the album
Right. I don’t think my brother is super serious about it. He just likes the heavy stuff. It’s just ironic because he once said Metallica was too heavy.
However, I will say that I don’t like metal because what it stands for is not why I listen to music. I like beautiful music. Some metal is beautiful. Easy example, Nightwish. But Iron Maiden and Metallica absolutely qualify. It’s easy to say “yeah Nothing Else Matters is a beautiful song,” but you can also listen to The Four Horsemen and find beauty in that. Or Creeping Death, to name two old thrash Metallica songs I find beautiful in their own way.
Gonna leave this here then. The most beautiful track in years imo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slWcQORjPUk
And going back slightly more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp5B-SIYnYQ
Plenty of beauty to be found in metal. Agalloch, Within Temptation, Pain of Salvation, Mastodon, Insomnium, latest Avenged Sevenfold album are all dripping with exultation, sonorific emboldenment, and discernment around life, death, relationships, our natural environment
Equally, would love to hear about other genres with metal touches. Hmm, perhaps a metallica cover from someone strange next Monday!