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Originally Posted by nut_runner
Seriously. I'm convinced half of the people bashing this album only bash it with the past work in mind. On it's own, this album is good. I'm about 10 listens into it and it gets better everytime I hear it. I think this is the best thing they've done in a long, long time. (FWIW, I thought the Black Album was good, not great. Load, Reload and St. Anger pissed me off like so many other people..total rubbish)
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This is what I don't get! It's ok for you to hate Load, Reload, and St. Anger even though other people liked them, but when you like an album it's somehow we're the ones bashing an album just because it doesn't compare to some of the absolute best thrash metal of all time. It doesn't have to compare, As proven by Megadeth last year. None of those songs were the next Peace Sells or Hanger 18 but the album is considered their best in years.
Now, I'm sure there are people out there that have ONLY heard singles and assume that EVERYTHNG needs to have the same broad appeal. You can probably let those people listen to something like Blackened or The Thing That Should Not Be and tell them it's a new single and they'd hate it. I'd hold the people on TFP a little higher than that. You like the album and that's awesome. I don't really like it and I'm not alone. The thread title asked "Do you like it?" I didn't know there was a wrong answer.
The album isn't a total loss, but neither was Load, Reload, or St. Anger.. It's just nowhere near the early stuff.