Great Drummers

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by mr 420

I still really dig Lars drumming on ....And Justice For All. There is a nice groove flowing through that album. TBH, I couldn't tell you how he sounds today as the last Metallica album I bought was the Black one.

Lars is a great Drummer.

The last Metallica album i bought was St Anger and i hate the drumming sound on that album.

[mr 420]

Originally Posted by nordicdusk

Lars is a great Drummer.

The last Metallica album i bought was St Anger and i hate the drumming sound on that album.

I know what you mean, Nordi. I think the proper term is 'whipping a bin lid with a wet towel'. There's nothing worse than a bad drum sound.

[Rik]

St Anger has some great riffs etc, but that snare sound is horrendous, and all because the dumbass forget to turn the snare on when they started rehearsing!

[Prince_Vajda]

Originally Posted by nordicdusk

Lars is a great Drummer.

The last Metallica album i bought was St Anger and i hate the drumming sound on that album.

Originally Posted by mr 420

I know what you mean, Nordi. I think the proper term is 'whipping a bin lid with a wet towel'. There's nothing worse than a bad drum sound.

Originally Posted by Rik

St Anger has some great riffs etc, but that snare sound is horrendous, and all because the dumbass forget to turn the snare on when they started rehearsing!

I always pretty much disliked Lars' drumming. It's very generic Metal drumming. To my ears, it sounds forced, and lacks the musicality of Benante's, Hoglan's or Vinnie Paul's drumming.

Today, he's simply "too old for this shit", so to speak.

As for the drum sound on St.Anger - I don't think it's too bad. I'm a sucker for nasty snare drum sounds. As a matter of fact, I used to use a 14" x 3,5" aluminium snare drum back in the day - very high-pitched, almost no snare wire. Kick-ass sound, and louder than every guitar out there.

[Rik]

His best work is on Justice IMO, just a shame the production is shite on that album as it's been my favourite Metallica album for 20 odd years

[Prince_Vajda]

Originally Posted by Rik

His best work is on Justice IMO, just a shame the production is shite on that album as it's been my favourite Metallica album for 20 odd years

Very true.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by nordicdusk

Lars is a great Drummer.

The last Metallica album i bought was St Anger and i hate the drumming sound on that album.

Death Magnetic removes most of the sour taste St Anger left in the mouth!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Death Magnetic removes most of the sour taste St Anger left in the mouth!

Agreed. Unfortunately its an album that lacks any killer tracks a la Fight Fire with Fire, Battery et' al.

[Nordicdusk]

I have not even listened to one track from Death Magnetic. I just find it hard to motivate myself enough to listen to Metallica after Justice.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Agreed. Unfortunately its an album that lacks any killer tracks a la Fight Fire with Fire, Battery et' al.

True. I can't think of any which will be remembered fondly and covered by new, aspiring and established musicians in 20 years time. Even Load and Reload had memorable songs – Fuel being one of them.