It feels really good to be strong again.” St Anger is as empowering an album title as it can get –there’s a whole load of piss and vinegar left in Metallica, James: “My thing is that I get ...

Beyond being metal royalty, Metallica unwittingly deconstructed the idea of the rock doc in 2004 with “Some Kind of Monster,” ...

Metallica's 'St. Anger' album remains one of the most debated upon releases in metal history. The record's raw nature and production aspects have been subject to much criticism, but would 'St ...

Metallica released the best-selling album of their career, 1991’s Black Album, in the middle of an identity crisis. That same year Nirvana released Nevermind, a disc that immediately made the ...

In honor of the album's tempestuous origins, here are 20 things that went wrong during the making of St. Anger. Instead of meticulously sculpting and rehearsing their songs in advance ...

The first album was packed with hits and iconic tracks ... From there it’s straight into the much-maligned St. Anger, reworked with brighter melodies and a less annoying snare sound.

What is there left to say? Well first of all we have to acknowledge that, yes, St. Anger does have its defenders. In comment threads concerned the album, you will usually find someone piping up with a ...