A drummer on YouTube has made a video playing classic Metallica songs, but with the drum sounds of St. Anger. Indeed, they replaced all the drums on the tracks with the ringing, open-snare drum ...

In September of last year, one YouTuber played a handful of iconic Metallica songs with what sounds like that distinct snare drum and, earlier this year, one musician played the St. Anger title ...

There are many moments on St Anger where you can hear the actual genesis of the song, which has to be super special – before that recorded moment that music didn't exist. It’s that fresh.

I am not about to argue that St. Anger is a lost masterpiece. Much of the torrent of criticism it has received justifiably points out its flaws: The bizarre, clanging drum sound. The directionlessness ...