In preparation for the release of Guitar Hero: Metallica, I'll be doing a retrospective of sorts that will include album reviews and other random shit.
First off I'll review the albums Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning:
What will newcomers think?: if you're new to the band you may not like this album as your first Metallica experience. I know I didn't. I found Hetfield's vocals to be too high and screechy, and the overall production quality is sloppy any way you look at it, but if you listen to live cuts of the songs from 1990-on, when Hetfield's voice has grown deeper, the songs will soon become comparable with the classics from their other albums.
Overall Grade: 8.5/10.
What will newcomers think?: This was the very first Metallica album I had ever listened to, and I still think it's their best work. Must listen to tracks for new listeners are Creeping Death, Ride the Lightning, Fight Fire With Fire, Fade to Black, and of course, For Whom the Bell Tolls. Call of Ktulu, Escape, and Trapped Under Ice are all best listened to after the aforementioned A+ tracks.
Guitar Hero: Metallica Demo Impressions:
The four songs featured in the newly released demo are "Seek and Destroy", "Sad But True" (both by Metallica), along with Stone Cold Crazy (Queen), and no Excuses (Alice in Chains). I've only played them all on expert guitar, and found them all to be fun. I love what they've done with the menus, and it seems that Neversoft has learned from the mistakes that they made with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. I found it weird to see the older version of Hetfield singing Seek and Destroy, and Kirk's motion capture looks like it didn't come out that well, but then again, I've never been much of a mo-cap fan. It always looks like shit to me.
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