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Title: Sterile
Review: Ah, Metallica's "breakthrough" CD. Yes, how wonderful it was that this great band learned how to "pare its excesses" and focus on "tight song structures."Uh, hello? I LIKED the excess on Metallica's albums. That's why they were great; they made the excess work for the music, instead of against it. This CD, called the "Black Album," is just a dozen songs with riffs stolen from Tony Iommi and lame nursery rhyme lyrics. Sure, Hetfield's vocals only keep improving, but if I want great singing I'll listen to Elvis.Maybe if half these songs hadn't been overplayed so much on the radio and MTV, I might like them. But that's not the case. This is boring arena rock, unsurprising and sterile.
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