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Title: Good for fans of "new" Metallica
Review: This one is for fans of Metallica's Load/Reload-era stuff. If you're looking for thrash, you'll have to look somewhere else. The songs that sound best with the symphony are the ballad-ish ones: Ktulu, Outlaw Torn, Bleeding Me, etc. Possibly the coolest version of NEM yet. The orchestra adds some heaviness to Thing That Should Not Be and Sad but True, and provides good intro work in several places (Battery, -Human). Some of the faster songs (Fuel, parts of Master of Puppets, etc.) seem kinda forced though, like it's just Metallica playing with an orchestral sound track behind them, and nothing's really being added to the experience. Not their best (hardest), but definately worth having if you like "new" Metallica.
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