As for the Black album... it would be good perhaps if it wasn't Metallica... they went from Creeping Death to Nothing Else Matters for christsakes lol ... they should of stuck to Thrash... it was being accepted by the mainstream anyways... as for Load and the others... ahh no... none were good...
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Have to disagree, somewhat. The Black album, to me, was a definite evolution from the earlier work. I don't expect bands to stay stagnant. A change can be good or bad, but most people don't want their fav artists to release the same album every other year (also known as the AC/DC effect). I loved the early albums, but I thought Metallica stayed true to their roots with Black (Yes, Nothing Else Matters was wimpy, but it wasn't bad. Would have been better with someone that can sing, though).
Re-Loaded . . . no evolution there. It seemed like the songs that weren't good enough for Load. St. Anger was a complete shift in music, rather than a progression in any one direction.
Steve in Philly