S&M2 [Live]
by Metallica
User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 61 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 61
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 61
  3. Negative: 22 out of 61
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  1. AndyRyse
    Sep 1, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is just another way to justify they haven't aged well when the reality is they are just not giving us the type of music we need, new, refresh and they decided to stay in the same music style, they do not really know to evolve.… Expand
  2. nikris
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Sorry, but for 80 + points? a live album from an old, though well-known band? This album did not bring any innovations, but critics gave a rating, as if it was something unreal, 0 out of 10
  3. AlexSans
    Sep 16, 2020
    1
    Un álbum bastante repetitivo muy parecido a los anteriores nada nuevo aburrido no entiendo las buenas criticas si es un álbum pésimo no mesto para nada.
  4. Rebbe
    Sep 11, 2020
    1
    El álbum sigue siendo un álbum igual que los demás en muchos aspectos nada creativo y bastante repetitivo en sonidos que nisiquiera son bonitos bastante aburrido el álbum.
  5. ninacine
    Sep 1, 2020
    2
    um álbum incrivel e emocionante, uma das melhres performances vocais do james e um dos shows mais emocionantes da banda

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Slant Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    70
    Burton was a classical music aficionado, and was said to have introduced elements like harmony and sophistication into Metallica’s early no-frills thrash. S&M2 puts that influence on full display.
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  2. Pitchfork
    Sep 1, 2020
    52
    The album suffers from the same primary problem that plagued the original S&M: Metallica’s best songs, intricate and ambitious though they may be, are not actually well suited for the additional orchestrating they get here, precisely because they are plenty symphonic already.
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  3. Consequence
    Aug 28, 2020
    83
    Overall, everything is brighter here versus the original S&M. It’s a celebration of Metallica, their fans, and their music. Let this version of S&M2 be the one that’s remembered.
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