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JeffLJun 11, 2003This album is rhythmically interesting in some sections. James singing is awful - lots of intonation problems. I'm not too thrilled with Lars' set on this album. Hammet's solos are non-existent. Very disappointing. St.Anger could lead Metallica to a new type of song writing, but this attempt is upsetting. The album just doesn't work.
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MatPJun 12, 2003Kevin L says it well. It's not Ride the Lightning and I miss the solos but the album gets my heart going and I'll never miss a chance to see them live because the energy they give out is like no other band out there.
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riskaJun 16, 2003
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RobertOJun 16, 2003This album is utter crap. Avoid at all costs.
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cmilneJun 18, 2003
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CharliePJun 19, 2003Regardless of what the diehards want you to believe - this Met Diehard speaks the truth - this album is NOT good - not by anyone's standards. I just cashed mine in today at CD Exchnage - so save some money and go there first if you really want this load of garbage.
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davecJun 23, 2003WEAK. Metal is already simple enough, basic cord structure, easy to solo on...and now metallica just turns out garbage like this that is akin to nu-metal...and what's added? Wow, it's faster and there's more aggressive drumming...great...there's tons of better bands out there, this is hardly a 6+ album.
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ryannpJul 11, 2003metallica roccs! they r so cool and no 1 can say shit about them, cuz i will kicc ur ass, i know i am a grl, but damn, they rocc, they know how to play some real music!!
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SeanMAug 11, 2003
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NiceIceDudeAug 15, 2003
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RobNNov 9, 2004Simply Amazing.
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timApr 28, 2004this is a decent album. the lack of lightning guitar solos is a downer though. at first, st anger sounds like crap compaired to metallica's old stuff, and it is, but after a while youll really start to like it. its a good effort but i hope the next one is better
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DaveDec 22, 2005Complete and utter tripe. Used to love Metallica, but this album should never have been made.
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FrédérickLFeb 28, 2005I miss the solo.
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GaborAMar 16, 2005Very different but as good as classic Metallica. The only thing this album could use is a little more diversity.
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robbiemMar 16, 2005lovely melodious beautiful best metal band ever
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oneilgApr 14, 2005
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fudgeyAug 25, 2005this album sux. the drums sound like tin cans. i'm very disappointed in this effort
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EliJul 15, 2006
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WillLJul 23, 2006Please Metallica. Spare us all, and leave while you still... kind of rock. Your juvenile attempt at creating another Kill Em All turned out to be worse than Kill Em All. Metallica, unless you want to go back to the 80's, and pull out your best efforts, DON'T RELEASE ANOTHER ALBUM.
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ChristopherSJul 27, 2006Yeah, the production is not 'slick' the way suburban teenagers and mallrats might expect. But this is heavy fucking metal! It's not about the production...it's about channeling anger through a drum beat and a guitar riff, and St. Anger succeeds admirably at that. Their best album since ...and Justitice for all.
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Sep 22, 2010
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Sep 26, 2011
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Sep 20, 2013I know that some fans really dislike it, but you can feel their problems and anger from that album. They went through difficult times during recording this album and it feels like that. I simply love it, love that change, love that heaviness and love Lars snare, i usually dont like punk drums, but here its just awesome!
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Jul 18, 2018Utterly shocked to see the good reviews for this album. Obviously, thi is NOT Metallica. Everything sounds awful, especially the drums. Production is **** composition is **** This is barely listenable. Even Merzbow seems more melodic than this.
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Feb 25, 2019This album is so horrendous that Lars Ulrich could conceivably be charged with crimes against humanity.
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Jul 4, 2021
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DanP.Feb 11, 2008
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Sconf2Mar 3, 2007Metallica is dead T.T
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suvocMay 2, 2007fukin amazin. if u dont like this album u r a wanker
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NickC.Jun 2, 2007Underrated. I didn't dig it on first listens, but after pulling it out a few years later, its good. Not as good as Master of Puppets, but I'd put it on par with Black.
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AdrianL.Jan 5, 2008Painful to listen to, this album just could have been so much more.
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MikeOct 17, 2006Garbage
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MichaelCDec 20, 2006Where are the solos? Ps. Anybody who pays attention to Rolling Stones top 100 guitarist dosn't know anything about the instrument. There are so many names left off that list, most notably, Steve Vai, Frank Zappa, John Petucci and Joe Satriani. Those guys arn't top 100, but Kurt Cobain and Jack White are top 30, is just garbage.
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JohnCDec 6, 2006
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PatCFeb 28, 2007Drum sounds awful not even in the shadow of the Black album
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KevinH.Feb 6, 2007Possibly the worst album ever made, how a band who made albums like Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, and Kill Em' All made this garbage is beyond me.
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tomgNov 20, 2008While this isn't the worst Metallica CD, it is not good. The omission of guitar solos, the steely sounding drums, and Hetfield's woman-like cracking voice on Frantic, make this an un-stellar CD. Though some songs sound rather good, the CD needed way more work on it.
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YoYoJan 30, 2008Hated it.
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JoeApr 4, 2008Probably the best album Korn could have come up with. But since is played by Metallica, it's not what you'd expect.
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TiagoS.Jul 20, 2008It´s the best album of Metallica for me. So much anger in the musics and many great songs in this album. Off course there are not much "solos" but there are much energy, power and ANGERRRRR.
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TristanSJul 10, 2009
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JamesBJul 20, 2009About as bad as music gets, all things considered.
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BrianDec 20, 2006Dude, Metallica Rocks, Master Of Puppets isn't on anybodys top 5 list of greatest rock albums of all time, and if it is, its a wank list. As for Black Album, it's meh.
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CrossieADec 29, 20061. Master Of Puppets 2. Ride The Lightning 3. Kill Em All 4. ...And Justice For All 5. St. Anger These 5 albums in this order so much better than anything else they have ever done. 'Black' ok but not for Metallica 'Load' and 'Reload' utter garbage St Anger best album since Justice
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JoshASep 14, 2006
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RicardoSSep 9, 2006It´s a really good album and a strong and "full of anger" comeback to Metallica!
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MattFFeb 11, 2007
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redfFeb 16, 2007complete and utter crap from a band that used to be ok
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ClayMar 24, 2007I'll probably get some flack here, but this is my favorite Metallica album.
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MichelleKApr 13, 2007Tripe, absolute...tripe. Its a shame Metallica have fallen from their former grace
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JohnS.May 20, 2007Absolutely terrible. Metallica is dead.
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JoaoM.Jun 14, 2007Well, it's pretty poor.
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Tic-tic-tocJun 27, 2007fukin crap. if u like this album u r a wanker
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OliverJul 5, 2007A dense, raw, no compromise record that traduce a powerfull statement from the band! They have this genius to always push further and to destabilize their fans like only Legends can do...They will certainly loose fans with this album, but they will also have new ones: like it always been since debut album Kill'em all.
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ElpoA.OJul 9, 2007I love metallica, but this CD is really bad in comparison with EVERYTHING they've done before, even Load and Re-Load.
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LandonFeb 24, 2008This shit ROCKS my socks, and that is what Metallica is supposed to do.
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StormwatchApr 3, 2008I think Metallica got confused with the meanings of the word "drum", because the drums in St. Anger sound like metal barrels. The sound is insanely compressed, there are no dynamics, no music -- just a wall of noise. This is not only Metallica's worst album, but also one of the worst metal album ever.
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JaneeMay 11, 2008If you feel what the band felt at the time they made the album, you'll realize: this is not about the great solos of the past, or something like this. this album is about releasing the anger from the pain and kickin' out of the crisis the band got through cause of James etc. each song has a meaning. u just don't realize it! haters suck, METALLICA FAN FOR LIFE!!!
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DaleK.Jun 17, 2008A one because that's how much percent of integrity Lack-of-Metal-lica, has left. HAHAHA It's funny how SPIN magazine gave this garbled garbage 91/100, yet Mudvayne a 0. Sad that people would ever buy according to their reviews. probably the same critics who gave the so called movie "The Village" good ratings. Stupid religious garbage.
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ColinG.Jul 17, 2008A strong set of songs.
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PauloG.Aug 16, 2008Is a good disc, but a just don´t understand why it hasn't one little solo!
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BryanHApr 8, 2009
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MetallicaRocksDec 6, 2006
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WilliamT.Nov 10, 2007Definetly not the best album Metallica have released but not bad all the same.
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BrettS.Jun 25, 2007Metallica still remain my favorite band, but this album sucks. The drums sound like trash cans which is just fuckin annoying. Why did they even release this album? Didnt they realize all the flaws in this album before they released it? the only reason why they made this album was for the money. hope the next album doesnt suck like this one. Do yourself a favor, stick to the first 5 albums.
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RyanDJul 18, 2007Certainly not there best album ever, but id definitely pick it in 3rd place, its not smart, progressive or inspiring, its just brutality and anger. I didn't really like the fact that lars sounded like he was pounding crowbars into steal garbage cans, the bass could have been done better too, but on the whole it was a pretty good album.
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JamesAug 15, 2007Not bad. But not as good as their older stuff.
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JackS.Sep 13, 2008Just noise.
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LuisA.Sep 15, 2008
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JackP.Nov 24, 2007A very good album with some of Metallica's best songs. But not their best album.
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ErichV.Dec 21, 2008Album is terrible and reminiscent of the Titanic sinking.
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Oct 11, 2010This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Mar 27, 2014Yes, it worst Metallica album. But it still rock, maybe snare drum is bad, but i like this album, and like to take drive with this music. So **** good!
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Apr 11, 2014If could put 11, i would have put it, because this album is THE BEST THING IN THE WHOLE WORLD! If we will be able to heal aids, it wouldn't be as good as this album. it's not only the best Metallica's album, it's also THE BEST **** ALBUM IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!
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Jun 15, 2016There are a lot of reasons this doesn't work, and most of them can be grouped under the umbrella of "This sound here and that sound there don't sound like they even belong in the same song." But mostly, it's Lars' terrible, terrible Frankendrum. This is the Will Ferrell SNL cowbell sketch extended to album length.
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May 15, 2019I think they made the songs this bad on purpose so no one would want to illegally download them. They get a 2 just for that hahaha.
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Nov 22, 2020St. Anger's raw and powerful energy makes this one of the most unique Metallica works, that may be hard to get into because of the bad production and, specially THAT snare. Anyways, once the songs grow in you, this album may become one of your favourites.
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May 30, 2023This album sucks. It doesn’t even feel like Metallica, it feels like I’m listening to a bunch of toddlers banging on tin cans with some lyrics written by a cliche highschooler who thinks that “live laugh love” is deep. It’s a joke. I choose to avoid this album for good reason, you should too.
Awards & Rankings
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MojoThis is miffed and exemplary metal. [Jul 2003, p.108]
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UncutAgainst all odds, St. Anger constitutes the cutting edge of commercial yet aggressive heavy rock in 2003. [Aug 2003, p.106]
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The production on St. Anger is abysmal.