I don't think I've really been in to what you'd call a real metal band since Pantera
Gave up on Metallica a long time ago, circa Reload I think, and definitely after the abortion of St Anger. On the other hand I'm a huge Slipknot fan, and Corey Taylor's original band Stone Sour are bloody great - they're pretty much straight-up metal.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:24, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

You did well to stay with Metallica as long as that
Turning point for me was the Black Album.
Mind you, I quite enjoyed the last one.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:32, Reply)

Didn't bother with it
I heard one single - once - and concluded after two minutes of it that they'd learned nothing since St Anger. This was probably highly premature of me but my decision was reinforced by the discovery of a track on the album called Unforgiven III. F. F. S.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:37, Reply)

They learned to get rid of Bob Rock
Who had been with them since the Black Album (and Unforgiven#1), but you really haven't missed much.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:43, Reply)

Even if Death Magnetic is as good as Vippers says it is
I really doubt I'll appreciate it as much as I would have 20 years ago anyway. I'm more about the bleepy bleepy nowadays. I know, I know.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:45, Reply)