I loved Metallica. I grew up living and breathing Metallica.
Now I do not, since I bought (and took back) garge days revisited. St Anger I ripped and promptly broke the cd in half. It sounded to me as if each song started progressed to another tune and another and another then the next track came on. I liked on riff and then it broke into something I wasnt fond of. Each song was 4-8minutes of what should of been broken down into an album. There was too many changes in each track for me to enjoy them.
I look at the band now and see nothing what I saw when I was younger. No longer do I see this crazy dane and a mean Singer. No longer do I see an ace guitar soloist or a crazy undercutted bass player.
I see a few old guys, a freak faced bass player and a worn out hammet. Im not knocking there ability to play its the way they play it that knocks my nuts.
Just personal opinion mind ... could be utter rubbish :)