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I never understood why people were so critical about St. Anger. Obviously it wasn't their strongest album but it IS a decent album. It's when it is compared to others just as "Master of Puppets" or And Justice For All" that it gets bad mouthed. Fact of the matter is, when Metallica and Bob Rock set out to create the album that became St. Anger, the plan was to go another direction with their music by making an album that sounded like a band jamming in their garage only this band was Metallica, and I feel they accomplished that.

To add to these "band jamming" style sessions Hetfield had 'personal demons' and was constantly fighting with Lars over creative control of the band, while Hammett was stuck in the middle of it all and they were missing a bass player. Although they never discovered it to the end, all this contributed to the album and gave the lyrics and music a raw sense of depth and emotion, such emotion that has never been displayed in any other Metallica album to date.

Listening to songs like "The Unnamed Feeling" and "Frantic" become really catchy after a while and with the incredible emotion coming from Hetfields voice you can relate to it alot more.