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Title: Almost
Review: In many respects this is exactly what you want it to be. It starts with the symphony and the metal band slowly kicks in with rising intensity until metal band and symphony are one thick slab of epic sound. And then, well, um...James Hetfield starts to sing. Ooh, ouch. Not good. Not only is off tune, he can't decide whether to snarl or sing really bad opera. To make things worse, he relies on the the crowd to sing certain lyrics, which you can only sort of hear. I'm sure this was a good idea at the live show, but on the recording it just piles onto the sad state of the vocal tracks.Oh and then there's Lars Ulrich's drumming. I'm sure he tells all his friends "those symphony weenies just could keep up with me". Um, I doubt it Lars. It was Lars that was too inconsistent. Listen carefully, slight changes in Lars rhythm all over the place put the whole thing just a bit out of sync.Too bad, this was a great Spinal Tap inspired concept.
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