Nick Sabalausky Wrote: > > I was avoiding stating my own Metallica opinions, but now that you mention > it, that's exactly how I feel (and yea, I have heard a lot of other people > say Load was the start of a downfall). I did kind of like "Until it Sleeps" > and maybe one other (forget what), but yea, most of Load/Reload I just never > got into. "Black album" was filed with good stuff, and I never understood > people that said "St. Anger" was a return to Metallica's former glory. Just > sounded like noise to me, and I'm a big metal fan!
I think the first album of their downhill slide was the Black Album. Its production quality was extremely high, and one of the things I liked best about Metallica was the garage sound of the earlier albums. Musically, I really can't fault it though. > Speaking of all this, am I correct in my understanding that Load was right > after Megadeth split off? (And that "black album" was right before?) Dave Mustaine left Metallica before they'd ever released an album, I believe. He had a strong influence on their early sound though, and I believe he actually wrote a bunch of their early songs. Overall I think Metallica is more intelligent but Megadeth wins for raw power. I prefer Anthrax over either though :-)