“There was a time when the streaming thing was kinda weird, and it’s not that great of quality – I don’t care what anyone sounds about modern streaming, all these ‘bits’ and whatnot. It’s never going to sound better than vinyl,” Hammett explained.”
Has Metallica EVER put out an album that sounded really good? To be fair 95% of stuff that came out in the 80s has that bad drum and base sound. But St. Anger is a big pile of wormy dog squeeze, who knows the songs could be genius but who can take Lars drumming from inside a steel dumpster?
And yes he is right about taking music for free.
Freegards
Hardwired to Self Destruct is a metal masterpiece.
Once you get past the first, title cut.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9ALtsnQt6M
And they put on a show unmatched by any other modern band...
The music starts at the 14:00 mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TjDcibhdEE