You want to know something? I disagree with the bandwagoning of this album. It wasn’t a terrible album. It wasn’t their best, but it was still a killer album. If you want proof, there are two songs you can listen to; “Frantic” and “St. Anger”. St. Anger is a monster of a song that contains every single little thing a rock song, let alone a Metallica song, should contain.
The song starts with the album’s trademarked low tuned riffs, before the ‘infamous’ drums comes in. These ‘infamous’ drums came from Lars Ulrich’s drum set having a far more ‘metallic’ and crass sound when compared to other albums. However, in my opinion, this adds greatly to the character of the album, but I digress. The song then moves into classic Metallica territory with Hetfield’s voice and slow guitar chords. But then the pre-chorus comes in which raises the tension in the song. But the defining point of this song is the chorus; “Fuck it all and no regrets, I hit the lights on these dark sets. I need a voice to help let myself, to let myself go free.” Now, every time I listen to this song, the strangest thing happens; I get chills the second time that Hetfield sings “Madly in anger with you.” Every time without fail, but only on the second time that he sings it.
The song itself is an aural assault that does not let up from the moment the song starts, until the moment it finishes. It’s a perfect timeless piece of thrash metal that still cements itself as the most important Metallica song of the new millennium, and in my opinion, it will always stay that way.
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