Jason Newsted’s new band has released what sounds like Metallica’s Load without the masterly songwriting. The bassist even sings like James Hetfield.
To the brainless boobs who have been going around saying Jason Newsted’s new band’s debut EP is better than anything Metallica has released in the last 20 years, answer ask yourselves this question: How is Newsted‘s Metal different from Metallica‘s Load? Yeah, stop looking at each other – I’ll tell you: Newsted doesn’t have Metallica‘s songwriting skills. Quit gawking, motherfuckers, because Jason Newsted’s new band hasn’t done anything worth even a second listen. It’s limp-wristed, watered down metal, unfit to be labelled as thrash metal – four songs that even Lou Reed might find weak. It’s not as bad as fucking Lulu, but that doesn’t mean anything. Fucking idiots who got swayed by public opinion so much that they didn’t give Load a good listen – it’s brilliant songwriting, even if it’s nothing like the ‘Tallica‘s early attacks, and it has some great songs – so I’m asking you again: How is the heaviest thing you can find on Newsted‘s Metal better than the worst feature you’ve been trashing Load for? But it could be that Jason only wants to jam with two other guys and have fun and isn’t out to cock a snook at Metallica, so if you want to hate on the ‘Tallica, wait till Newsted at least attempts to reach that level.
RATING: 2/5
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>actually is a potshot at a commendable effort and comparisons with something which, for the life of me, i can’t understand why was bought up in a ‘review’ in first place
lulz
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“For the life of me”? I’ll explain if you’re having that hard a time understanding why Newsted is being compared to Metallica.
Jason Newsted was the bassist of Metallica. Had he not been the bassist of Metallica for all that time, we wouldn’t have given this EP a listen. I wouldn’t have written about it and you wouldn’t have read about it.
Oh, the comparisons? I forgot to write this in the review (or whatever you want to call it): Jason Newsted even tries to sing like James Hetfield.
Thanks for reminding me!
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I thought it was just me who realised newsted is trying to sound like hetfield.
i didn’t check the album, but i saw the music video he released, and decided not to check out the album.
i think he needs to go back to metallica
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I don’t think he realizes he sings like Jaymz. And what a bore of an EP, man!
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As much as the totally insane talent Rob has, Jason just was Metallica. You’re right. Metallica will forever be incomplete without Jason. Rob just seems too much as an outsider everytime I see him standing besides the other 3. In pictures.
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Last I heard those three were learning the spider crawl to make the situation seem less odd.
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I call this the dave grohl/ lars ulrich effect. Dave is “greatest drummer on earth” and Lars “sucks”. Why? Because the like Dave more, personally.
I think people just like Jason too much to diss the stuff he makes.
Good call there, Mehta. Good call.
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Even I like Jason too much to diss the stuff he makes, so I’m giving Metallica haters an earful. 😛
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He sounds more like Chuck Billy actually. Anyway, this is basically Budweiser jock-rock; no balls, no intensity and sadly, for what it is obviously aiming for, no real memorability either.
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They’ve even inserted some stupid MOP-style laughter.
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Beg to differ..this EP is actually much better than I’d thought it’d be.Ur right, its just not thrash.Nor does it need to be.’Underground hard rock’ tag would be enough.Its all about the essence of that stripped down metal barring the super cheesy,overkill lyrics
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