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You guys remember when creed came back in 09, after fees pit tickets were like 130 bucks.

Metallica has my 200. See you fellows in Atlanta.

Wish there was a Charlotte date but oh well.

I got my tickets to Chicago. I got stuck in the 126 section which they claim is limited view, but I can watch the screens. It's more towards the center I just wanted the best sound experience and I think these should be okay. Hoping they add a second date and I can snag some GA.

Had the pleasure of seeing Metallica live in Charlotte last night.
30 years too late, show was massive, really too big.... didn’t like the circle stage. James wasn’t at the front mic hardly any. Oh well. Kirk kicks ass!

I'm headed to KC next Wednesday for this show. My first Metallica show. Cannot wait.

If anyone wants to know how to play One with extreme accuracy, check out my tab on UG. In the official book tab and consequently most other net tabs, the rhythm parts were especially bad with both wrong strings and wrong pitches. Some sections were completely busted (such as the part after the 3rd chorus):

https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/me ... ro-3574313

In the comments section, I break down the whole tab pointing out every little detail that was wrong in the official book and in most net tabs, so you can quickly see what to consider changing if you know the song already.


As an aside, if you want a great tab for Atlas Rise, this random guy here has a really good one for Guitar Pro 5:

http://pmtabs.net/

If you don't own a program that reads Guitar Pro files, make an account on ultimate-guitar and publish a tab and then upload GP files as "personal tabs". This way you can use their web player to view the files.

You can also use a free program called "tux guitar":

http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar/download.html

My thoughts on the new album:

"It's definitely Metallica."

Will be seeing them on the double-gig in Amsterdam later this month.
And very curious for the new album ; can be delivered to my house any day now.

riemslag1 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 10:59 pm Will be seeing them on the double-gig in Amsterdam later this month.
And very curious for the new album ; can be delivered to my house any day now.

First show of the tour. You guys are the only ones that have absolutely no idea what you're in for. And also the ones that will get the most live debuts of the new songs.

Long story short: run-of-the-mill, tedious, safe chugs on the low open E with a wah-wah guitar solo every now and then. Wasn't expecting anything else to be honest.

Listened to 3 or 4 songs of the new album. Seems like they rediscovered the blues pentatonic.

I like the new album a lot better than the last few albums they made.
Been a fan since the Kill em all days.
This for me is probably the album they should have made right after the Black album and continued from there………….

Unfortunately, I'm bored to tears by it. Every song is the same mid-pace with a standard rock beat and the riffs, solos and choruses just don't do it for me. Where's the ferocity?

Crumbso wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 5:48 am Where's the ferocity?

I get what you mean, but if you think about it, you're asking for ferocity from four fellas pushing 60

Dan Dando wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:10 pm

Crumbso wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 5:48 am Where's the ferocity?

I get what you mean, but if you think about it, you're asking for ferocity from four fellas pushing 60

Yeh. I get it. It's just too plodding for my taste. There was some interesting stuff on the last album (Spit Out the Bone, Revenge, Hardwired etc) but I can see the progression from that album to this one with some of the slower material.

I actually really like the album a lot! I think it has quite a bit of Load/Reload vibes, to some extent, so I can definitely see where some people may not enjoy this one as much as their previous 2 albums...but I've always personally loved Load and Reload.

Last night's setlist:

1. Orion
2. For Whom The Bell Tolls
3. Holier Than Thou
4. King Nothing
5. Lux Æterna
6. Screaming Suicide
7. Fade To Black
8. Sleepwalk My Life Away
9. Nothing Else Matters
10. Sad But True
11. The Day That Never Comes
12. Ride The Lightning
13. Battery
14. Fuel
15. Seek & Destroy
16. Master Of Puppets

Round 2:

1. The Call Of Ktulu
2. Creeping Death
3. Leper Messiah
4. Until It Sleeps
5. 72 Seasons
6. If Darkness Had A Son
7. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
8. You Must Burn!
9. The Unforgiven
10. Wherever I May Roam
11. Harvester Of Sorrow
12. Moth Into Flame
13. Fight Fire With Fire
14. Whiskey In The Jar
15. One
16. Enter Sandman

I visited both evenings.
Great gigs.
So much better opposed to the previous Hardwired-tour.

Having had some time to listen to the Metallica discography now I would say this is my current opinion of their discography

ALBUM RANKINGS (W/ TOP 3 PER ALBUM)
1. Hardwired To Self Destruct (Moth Into Flame, Atlas Rise!, Am I Savage?)
2. Master of Puppets (Master of Puppets, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Disposable Heroes)
3. Metallica (Sad But True, The Unforgiven, Enter Sandman)
4. 72 Seasons (Shadows Follow, If Darkness Had A Son, 72 Seasons)
5. Ride The Lightning (Fade To Black, For Whom The Bell Tolls, Creeping Death)
6. Death Magnetic (The End of The Line, The Day That Never Comes, Broken Beat & Scarred)
7. And Justice For All (Harvester of Sorrow, Shortest Straw, One)
8. Reload (Fuel, The Unforgiven II, Carpe Diem Baby)
9. St. Anger (Frantic, Shoot Me Again, Some Kind of Monster)
10. Load (The Outlaw Torn, King Nothing, Aint My Bitch)
11. Kill Em All (Seek & Destroy, The Four Horsemen, No Remorse)

TOP 10 SONGS
1. Master of Puppets
2. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
3. Disposable Heroes
4. The Unforgiven
5. Sad But True
6. Moth Into Flame
7. Atlas, Rise
8. Am I Savage?
9. Fade To Black
10. Shadows Follow

I can't really argue that much with your top 3 from each album. They're close to what I would say.