sound quality is ok naman... nothing beats the production value of the Black album though.
to me the songs in the album had some oppurtunity to be great and blind blowing. sayang. it seems like an unfinished album.
the latter part of the song
the day that never comes for example sounded like one of their jam tapes before concerts. very rough pa around the edges.... but hey, maybe that was their intent. i did not like it though.
I miss the times when they really put ridiculous thought and effort into crafting their songs (lalo na if they intended it to be epic like. 6mins upwards)
Albums sounds like
ok we got some semi-cool riffs, lets slap on some lyrics, kirk put your signature Black album wah sound on and lets just lengthen the m#therf#cker!But i agree though...it is a step in the right direction for them. maybe i can find peace when the next album comes along.
P.S. all of this Metallica hate coming from a guy who actually loved Load when it come out. While everybody else was hating the new sound and the new short hair look, i was busy trying to learn the solo in Bleeding Me.