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Metallica Some Kind Of Monster EP (2004)
Originally Released July 13, 2004\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Metallica intended to sell their 2003 comeback album, St. Anger, with a series of infomercials by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, directors of the acclaimed documentaries Brother's Keeper and Paradise Lost. Bizarre as that failed plan sounds, what's even more bizarre is that those infomercials morphed into the feature-length film Some Kind of Monster (its title taken from an album track on St. Anger), which documented the making of St. Anger, including the group therapy sessions that helped the band pull back from the brink of breakup. All movies need a soundtrack, so one was cobbled together to coincide with the release of the movie, but after hearing Some Kind of Monster, it's hard not to wish that Metallica and Elektra didn't bother. Barring an edit of the title track, there is absolutely no new material here: it opens with the full-length version of the title track, then delves into six live tracks recorded on June 11, 2003, in Paris, France (two songs apiece from Kill 'Em All and Master of Puppets and one from Ride the Lightning -- perhaps the emphasis on early Metallica is a tacit admission that St. Anger didn't live up to expectations). All six of these live tracks were on the international EP release Unnamed Feeling, as well as B-sides for a multi-part international single of the same name. So not only do hardcore fans already have this material, but these songs have nothing to do with the making of St. Anger, which is what Some Kind of Monster is about! While there is some enjoyment in hearing James Hetfield speak a little French, there's nothing particularly distinguished about these performances, which -- while solid -- are essentially B-sides. Which means this is a B-sides comp or international single masquerading as both a soundtrack and an official part of the Metallica discography, and on both levels it's a miserable failure, easily the shoddiest thing they've released. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine\n\nAmazon.com Product Description\nThis CD features the title track from the Metallica documentary Some Kind of Monster (also found on St. Anger), plus tracks recorded live on June 11, 2003, in Paris, France, during one of the three club shows performed on the hottest day in French history. A fan's dream concert, the disc features live versions of several cuts from the group's earliest days. \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nHow did this happen?, December 31, 2005\nA Kid's Review\nHow could Metallica take great songs like "Damage Inc." and "Ride the Lightning", from the early days, and massacre them like this? They brought those sonic masterpieces all the way down to the level of the train wreck that was "St. Anger". James' weak and incoherent voice would have been acceptable if I hadn't listened to some of Metallica's other Live releases and KNOWN that he could have done better. And why the hell is Lars still banging on tin cans instead of a real percussion set? It was that kind of drumming that utterly destroyed "St. Anger", yet somehow Ulrich hasn't gotten the hint yet. \n\nIt's amazing. It's as if these guys were TRYING to obliterate their own songs. --Caboose\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nCan i get a refund?, October 21, 2005\nReviewer: motorbreth (usa)\nIf you're going to spearhead the movement on piracy and copywrite laws you better damn well put a good album out . I'm not talking about two or three good songs either . As a consumer I'm entitled to know what I'm buying . If i knew the singing on this cd lacked any balls and the drums sounded like someone beating on garbage cans i wouldnt have wasted my hard earned money on it . The setlist is great ...Motorbreath , Hit the Lights , Damge Inc etc ...the execution stinks . This is fourth time Metallica has stolen money from me . Reload , St Anger, S&M and now this peice of #$%. The question is ( and its a good one )...do i have any rights as a consumer ? or have i been hoodwinked again by three whiney washwomen posing as a metal band?\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOld Live Metallica, August 5, 2005\nReviewer: James Longstreet\nSome of the "Anti-Metallica" people on here need to quiet down a bit. St. Anger wasn't anywhere close to their best showing at all- in fact I think it is there weakest album, but it is still strong. Every album is good, it's just a matter of how good. \n\nAdditionally, Metallica hasn't been dying since there "Load" album back in 1996. The Black Album was the transition album into a new realm of musical style and on "Load" and "Reload" they went a little further. The Black Album is one of the highest selling albums in rock history and there isn't a bad song on it. "Load" and "Reload" were respectable as well- how can you say King Nothing, Outlaw Torn, Bleeding Me, Until it Sleeps, Fuel, Devil's Dance, The Memory Remains, and the Unforgiven II are Metallica's slow death? I don't think so. I enjoy both the 80's Metallica and post Black Album- they are different sounds- but both great. \n\nOk- Now, for "Some Kind of Monster"- virtually a soundtrack to the DVD. It releases the St. Anger version of Some Kind of Monster, as well as an editted version. The rest of the songs are live from concerts in France in June of 2003. They are all old, 80's cuts, from Kill em All, Ride the Lightning, and Master of Puppets. \n\nAll I have to say is: Those who think Metallica is burned out; listen to this album. \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMetallica is at its best live, July 26, 2005\nReviewer: Greg - See all my reviews \nMetallica has one of the greatest live sounds, and it is shown on this CD. Note: I would ignore the majority of the negative reviews here, with a few exceptions. Most of these come from ignorant people who probably haven't even listened to the album and want to give us a history lesson on Metallica. Most of the tracks are strong, with the best being Damage Inc and Ride the Lightning. Many of these tracks haven't been played for years. The only down track is Some Kind of Monster. I only like a few tracks from St. Anger Album, and this is not one of them. \n\nTo respond to a few of the reviewers here.. Bring Jason Newstead back? Are you kidding me? Rob Trujillo has a hundred times the talent and skill that Jason Newstead would ever DREAM of having. The only thing missed from Jason is his backup vocals. Tin can drums? I have videos of most of Metallica performances... Lars uses a NORMAL snare. In fact the snare he used in S&M is louder than the one he uses now. And those of you who bitch about James Hetfield's voice, if you put so much stock on vocals, go listen to some pop band. Want to disagree with me? That is cool with me, but talk to me, Ill gladly send you some really good live performances. But you probably wouldn't want to see them because you want to live in your "Metallica sucks - sellout" world and put your senseless reviews on every album metallica releases from now on. Who are the real sellouts? \n\nSome of you people have formed a grudge on Metallica and will never let go of it, no matter what they do. I agree that their later stuff doesn't hold a candle to their 80s stuff, but even if they release something that is actually GOOD, you will still write negatively writing irrelavent stuff about 20 years worth of metallica history.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMetallica Is Dead, March 28, 2005\nReviewer: The Art Of Balance "Cotton Hell" (Seattle, WA)\nYes, Metallica is dead. At least the Metallica I grew up with, the Metallica that could actually play good music. The band broke up in 1997 to settle certain issues, like the Napster issue in 2001, and James Hetfield went to rehab. The band got back together, minus a decent bassist (Jason Newstead), and they decided to go all nu-metal and release a CD that completely sunk their ship. Yet in 2004, the documentary "Some Kind Of Monster" was released, and this CD single was released with it. Metallica is dead. They were dying in 1996 with the decent "Load" already. What is even worse is that I am a complete idiot and bought "St. Anger". I promise, I will buy "Master Of Puppets" really soon! \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA modest monster, February 9, 2005\nReviewer: George Margetas\nMetallica's latest album, Some Kind of Monster, will probably leave most fans with mixed impressions. It's fast tempo and mixed lyrics will have you either liking it, or hating it after listening to it for a while. This monster though can get very scary. \nSome Kind of Monster features six live songs preformed in Paris, the song "Some Kind of Monster" from their previous album St. Anger, and an edited version of it. The main catch to this album is, it contains some of Metallica's most unprepared songs, as well as some of their better tracks. "Some Kind of Monster" has some of the most distinct lyrics in the album, but is shadowed by it's repetitive and drawn out structure. Hetfield's voice goes well with the guitar, but at some points he sounds almost wounded, and is overtaken by the instrumentals. This song did not need to be this long, getting to the end of it is like trying to climb a mountain, there's nothing but jagged rocks on the way. The only other songs that I can fairly give some serious negative criticism to are "Damage Inc." and "Motordeath". The lyrics to the first in no way fit the hasty and rushed impression the song delivers. The only good part to this song is it's guitar riff, which is something that most Metallica songs include, so it's nothing special. With "Motordeath" it was hard to tell why they called it this, because for most of the song it's hard to tell what he is even saying. The generic drum beat and repeated riffs are just thrown together in another extremely fast song. Good thing, because it's so fast that it's over before you have a chance to get sick of it. \nThe main complaint among many fans is that the entire album features weak drumming, and uncalculated lyrics. Though this is true for a few of the songs, many of them are actually not that bad. "The Four Horsemen" houses a good blend of percussion and guitar, and the lyrics switch between following each. If anything, this song morphs enough times during its process that you can't get bored of it, which is in contrast to some of the other more stale songs this album brings. "Leper Messiah" is another good live performance, with a crushing opening, which slowly leads into the lyrical portion of the song. It has a very defined beat, which doesn't change through the entire song. One song receiving massive criticism because Hentfield forgot a portion of the lyrics at the end, "Ride the Lighting", is played and sang strongly. His comical insertion of replacement lyrics is reason enough to put the song in the album, and that's probably the reason it was included. "Ride the Lightning" is a classic, and even with the glitch, it is still a good addition. \nSome fans are over critical in saying that Some Kind of Monster is the worst album ever. This critic says otherwise, it has some hard moments but in all brings some good live versions of very metal songs, and with the album's lowered price, it doesn't hurt much to invest in it. \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nImpressive, but..., December 3, 2004\nReviewer: Grzegorz Lemanski "ironlemon" (Gdansk, PL)\nMetallica couldn't have released anything worse than St. Anger. So the overall impression is much better than on the last album. Great, ultra-fast songs and solos in live versions and looong title song (with solo missing :( ) with the shortened version for impatient ones. Minuses? Extremely poor drums (but slightly better than on the St.A) and weaker voice of Hetfield (fortunately not all the time). But do you know who's performance is beating the other ones? The most criticized member of 'Tallica - Rob Trujillo has done his best. His Fernandes bass almost explodes from the speakers! BIG PLUS. Anyway, worth buying.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nWhore, Metallica, Whore, November 6, 2004\nReviewer: The_Great_Southern_TrendkiLL (Naperville, IL)\nFurther proof that Metallica is now owned by MTV and it's fantastic new age "fans," Metallic went ahead and released Some Kind Of Monster. An EP of st. angry proportion that, quite simply, sucks. \n\nSome Kind Of Monster opens up with Some Kind Of Monster, and closes with the edited version of Some Kind Of Monster, which is only like half as long. Both equally suck, as neither have any derivations from the formula established by the song in the first two minutes. But that's okay, because this super awesome package also comes with a bunch of awesome live songs. \n\nThe song selection on this CD is ironic. It's ironic because these are all old songs. There are no Black Album songs, there are no ...And Justice For All songs. Just Kill 'Em All, Master Of Puppets and Ride The Lightning songs. That, in itself, is further proof that Metallica are sellouts, because now Metalliac doesn't even have the balls to put faith in their own new music. But that's where problems start to surface. Metallica has retained the St. Anger sound/feel. And despite the fact that Metallica called the sound on St. Anger an "experimental and non-permanent sound," they have failed to adjust. So, you get to listen to awesome classics like The Four Horsemen, Leper Messiah and Ride The Lightning, with Lar's awesome tin can drumming and Hetfields absolutely horrible singing. Hooray! \n\nFurther proof that Metallica buried their old sound is the fact that Hetfield forgot the lyrics on Ride The Lightning. And, while that may be funny for some, to me it just proves how unskilled of a musician he is. Improvisation is an important, if not essential skill, for live albums. \n\nSome Kind Of Monster is a waste of plastic, and a weak effort by Metallica. Metallica lost it with Load, they sold out with Reload, they dug their grave with St. Anger, and they just made their tombstone. \n\nThis CD is an absolute abomination, and should not be purchased by ANYONE that likes music. \n\nFor all you new-age 'tallica fans, whud up. Check out High_On_Fire or something. It kind of has that St. Anger heaviness to it but doesn't suck. It also has solos.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nCountry-tallica rides again YEEHA!, August 16, 2004\nReviewer: Jason "hammersmashedface" (Sin City)\nWhat kind of Monster? This song was the worst off of a terrible album, so they made it into an EP and the title track to their movie. This is a straight up country song on a diarrhea complex album. James' voice is terrible, and when he attempts to scream he sounds like an old man going into a seizure! It's really, really bad, how do they get away with this? AND THERE'S A MOVIE! WTF?!? Who would pay to see a movie about touring senior citizens? The previews look so dramatic and over done this might as well be a special episode of 7th Heaven with a Honky Tonk band of aging hipsters. Their live performances have been in the decline for about 15 years now and this is just embarrassing. They should be hiding these live performances instead exploiting them. Rob thinks that just because he's in an old man band he can slack off and just headbang to feedback and the same chord for an hour. That's extreme laziness right there, but I guess it's fitting for a band that hasn't released a good album since 1986. Why don't they just go and release an EP for every song on the album, with the exact same live songs? Cheap musicianship is the name of the game for Metallica and this album is living proof. If you go to a local "used and new" record store, you'll see more returned copies of "St. Anger" and this EP than anything else there. But the band doesn't care because they already got their money. Why not go listen to real metal? Why would you buy the country pop sensation that is Metallica? The only "named feeling" this EP and the album give forth is "cheap". The fact that they made this record in about an hour, didn't even think about the lyrics or song structures and just knew people would eat it up because it says "Metallica" on it. This is a disgrace to real heavy music. The death/hardcore metal scene rightfully wrote Metallica off because these guys are the biggest joke in music, they suck live (as this album proves) and they're even worse in the studio, stick with real music instead of this. Country-tallica needs to either retire of admit theu're a bunch of metal wanna be cowboys who play music in slow motion. ORIGIN is metal, NILE is metal, MYRKSKOG is metal. So what is this? Adult Alternative? Emo? Country? If this music were any softer it would a classical record. This is the prime example of trying way tooo hard and failing horribly.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nGet this instead of St. Anger, July 30, 2004\nReviewer: crackerman (the frayed ends of sanity)\nThis EP costs less than St. Anger and contains the best song from it (the best song they have written in 15 years). In addition, it has 6 live versions of some of their classic material (nothing from Load or after, thankfully). The only drawback is that James Hetfield's singing on the live tracks isn't always the best. Regardless, it is still a good purchase. You also get another version of Some Kind of Monster "edited" by Bob Rock, which sucks. It is about half the length of the original song and was meant for the radio, where apparently people can't handle more than 10 seconds of music without vocals. He even removed the excellent second section of the song, with the cool "Ominous, I'm in us" chanting. Lame. The EP doesn't include the other two good songs on St. Anger (Purify and Unnamed Feeling), but if you would feel dirty paying for an album with so much garbage on it (like me), this EP is a better choice.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nBest of the recent Metallica showings , July 23, 2004\nReviewer: JB (Northville, MI)\nOk well first off I bought this EP because A) It has 4 live tracks that aren't on "Live Sh*t" or "S+M", B) I *love* Metallica live and C) It came with a T-shirt. The title track and its edited version aren't that bad...better than most of the other stuff off of St. Anger..but I haven't heard all of St. Anger so I'm not really fit to review that song \n\nAnyways to the reason I bought the CD: the live tracks \n\nFirst we have to remeber that Hetfield sings now. He doesn't scream, making tracks like Damage Inc. and Hit the Lights world's different from their album counterparts. \n\nThe Four Horsemen and Motorbreath are more or less the same as the versions off of Live Sh*t, but I expected that. \n\nI liked Damage Inc. on MOP, and Hetfield singing instead of screaming makes it sound very tame...not as it was intended. IMO, not a bad song, but the weakest link on this EP \n\nLeper Messiah, one of my personal favorites off MOP, still remains my favortie off this EP. Hetfield's drum imitation at the end is hilarious. \n\nRide the Lightning, a song that was sadly and suprisingly absent on Live Sh*t, does justice to the old classic. The beginning sounds a little weird, but the rest of the song is sweet. The third verse is...interesting...but I can't spoil it! :-x \n\nHit the Lights, IMO a very underrated song from Kill 'Em All, is as quick and furious as the album version...kind of cool to compare the two and hear how much different Hetfield's voice sounds. Kirk kind of improvises the final guitar solo, but its all good. \n\nAll in all a good buy for $10 ($15 for the package for the T-Shirt) Good promotion for the movie, which is sadly not being released near me...*sniffle* oh well, if anyone sees it tell me if its any good... \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nExcellent EP, July 18, 2004\nReviewer: Kent Rieger (Mundelein, Illinois United States)\nI must say that when I first heard that Metallica was releasing Some Kind Of Monster as a single, I was a bit apprehensive because the song as it's presented on the album is a pointless 8:30 and really kills what could've been a shorter better song. Hence, the excellent edit. Normally, I'm one to insult Bob Rock (if you've ever read my St. Anger review you'll understand) for doing horrendous things to Metallica's sound but he actually turned a sh*tty song into a good four minute song. Still no solo but very entertaining. \nThe live songs are the real treat and the basic reason I bought this. I thought it'd be interesting to hear these rarely played songs live. I think that Tallica does a great job on all six songs (and can be quite funny especially during ride the lightning) they do a good job on all the songs which are entirely from their first three albums. It's really cool I think to hear james sing Hit The Lights, The Four Horsemen, and Motorbreath just because they are such old songs and the band is soo different now. Motorbreath is the only downside because I think it could've been replaced with maybe another rarely played live song because as most fans know they always play Motorbreath generally as a set closer. Overall, definitely worth my 9 bucks and I highly recommend this EP to any fan of old metallica who wants a cheap way to hear old metallica songs played. It's also just really cool to see an edited version of Some Kind Of Monster which i still believe could've had a solo but alas Bob Rock forced Kirk to not solo. I won't b**ch about that here for that you can go to my St. Anger review. Go out and buy this. That's my two cents.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSee How Metallica's First Album Since St. Anger Measures Up!, July 13, 2004\nReviewer: Will Culp "Livin' After Midnite, Rocking Till The Dawn" (Greenville, South Carolina) \nSome Kind of Monster(EP)(2004). Metallica's Second EP, comprised of Two 'Some Kind of Monster' Tracks and 6 Live Tracks compiled at a concert in Paris, France.\nTo stir up fans to go see their new Documentary, 'Some Kind of Monster', Metallica decided to release a EP, featuring two versions of 'Some Kind of Monster', the regular song of 'St. Anger', and a new edit. They also added six new Live tracks they took from a concert in Paris, France(The Hottest Day in Paris' History), consisting of tracks from Kill 'Em All, Ride The Lightning, and Master of Puppets. Since this is the first material after the disappointing St.Anger, and Metallica's most affordable Live collection(S&M and Live (...): Binge and Purge are the others), being a Metallica fan, I was expecting a lot from this EP. So,does the 'Some Kind of Monster' EP live up to my expectations, or just fall flat on its face like St. Anger? Read on to find out...\n\nTrack Listing-\n\nThe first thing you notice about 'Some Kind of Monster' is the Track Listing is rather odd. First, you have the 'St. Anger' "Some Kind of Monster", and a new edit of "Some Kind of Monster", so two of the 8 tracks are "Some Kind of Monster", and since it's a sub-par song, that's not a good thing. Then, we get an array of tracks from the 80's, but, unfortuneatly,other than "Motorbreath", most of the songs are some of Metallica's weakest tracks from the 80's. We get Three tracks from Kill 'Em All, which include "The Four Horsemen","Motorbreath","and "Hit The Lights". Since 'Kill 'Em All' is Metallica's Worst Record of the 80's, it's surprising that it contains the bulk of the material, which, while very good, is not Metallica's best. From 'Ride The Lightning', we get "Ride The Lightning", which is one of the best songs off 'Ride The Lightning', and I'm glad they included it, because it's not very popular. From 'Master of Puppets', we get "Leper Messiah" and "Damage, INC.", arguably the worst songs off 'Master of Puppets'. That sums up the track listing, but here's how I would have done it-\n\n1. Seek and Destroy\n2. For Whom The Bells Toll\n3. Sanitarium\n4. One\n5. Enter Sandman\n6. King Nothing\n7. Whiskey in Jar\n8. Some Kind of Monster\n\nI feel that more accurately represents Metallica's material, and I was a tad dissapointed at the Track Listing, although I did like the inclusion of "Ride The Lightning", arguably the best song on 'Some Kind of Monster'. Track Listing- 2/5\n\nBand Performance-\nFirst off, the two "Some Kind of Monster"'s are what you'd expect from St. Anger. Tin-Can Drumming from Lars, Good riffs from Hammett(Nothing compared to earlier material), but unfortuneatly, no solos. Hetfield's vocals aren't to good, except during the chorus. Overall, "Some Kind of Monster" is a Sub-par performance. On to the concert! Lars Ulrich's drumming is Spot-on, and his performance accurately represents the songs he plays. On many tracks though, the drums sound slightly "off-tune", except nowhere near the bad quality on 'St. Anger'. Kirk Hammett is Kirk Hammett, and shows why he's one of the premier guitarists in Heavy Metal. His performance is great, showcasing blistering solos and equally agressive riffs, and his guitar sounds perfect, and he represents his old material very well. James Hetfield's vocals are good at times, and bad at times. Because he "deepened" his vocals during the 90's, the 80's material sounds MUCH different. For me, I happen to like the original vocals from Hetfield, but sometimes his vocals work, such as on "Ride The Lightning", while other times, such as on "The Four Horseman", they sound weird. Robert Trujillo has a good performance, and I can't fault him in his bass playing! Overall, a pretty good Live performance, though not as good as S&M or Live Sh*t. Band Performance- 4/5\n\nSound Quality/Crowd-\n\n'Some Kind of Monster' generally has good Sound Quality, except it's a Live album, so some features, such as the drumming and the bass, get lost in the thick of things, and sometimes both instruments sound hollow. Hammett and Hetfield's guitars sounded perfect though, and they perfectly echo out through my speakers at the blistering speeds they're played. Hetfield's vocals are clear, yet, as I said before, they sound a little strange on some of the songs. The Crowd Interaction was like it wasn't even there, because other than clapping, Paris did absolutely nothing! Oh well it won't affect my rating! Sound Quality- 4/5\n\nOverall, 'Some Kind of Monster' was all I expected, not less or more so. The reason I give it Three stars is, because of the less than stellar Track Selection(But they did put "Ride The Lightning" on, and it's the best here!), the iffy vocals from Hetfield, and the slightly off(But not badly) sound quality of the Drums and Bass. If you're looking for a cheap way to hear Metallica Live, the 'Some Kind of Monster' EP is for you. Although, I would recommend S&M more, but some people might not like the orchestra.\n\nHalf.com Details \nProducer: Bob Rock, Metallica \n\nAlbum Notes\nEnhancements include a theatrical trailer and concert movie trailer.\nThis is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.\n\nMetallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Robert Trujillo (bass guitar); Lars Ulrich (drums).\n\nRecording information: Paris, France (06/11/2003).\n\nReleased in conjunction with the lauded 2004 documentary of the same name, SOME KIND OF MONSTER, like its film counterpart, features Metallica in raw and intense form. In addition to two versions of the pummeling title track (taken from ST. ANGER), this EP presents the long-running metal band performing at a 2003 concert in Paris, charging through six of their classic mid-'80s tunes.\nAlthough frontman James Hetfield's voice has lost some of its signature snarl, the quartet still knows its way around some seriously fierce tunes, as evidenced by formidable renditions of "Damage Inc." and "Hit the Lights." While drummer Lars Ulrich and bassist Robert Trujillo throw down tight rhythms, the true highlight of this outing proves to be Kirk Hammett's blistering guitar solos, which proudly reveal that these elder statesmen still know how to rock. YEAR: 2004
This rock cd contains 9 tracks and runs 58min 1sec.
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