Metallica – St. Anger (2003)

Album Review

Metallica‘s first new material in over five years arrived after a flurry of non-musical activity that included a much-publicized spat over Internet file sharing, the departure of bassist Jason Newsted, and a lengthy stay in rehab for James Hetfield that suspended the recording of a new album indefinitely. Hetfield returned to the fold in late 2001. Still without a bass player, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and their newly sober frontman recruited longtime producer Bob Rock to man Newsted‘s spot, and creation of the album commenced in May 2002. St. Anger arrived a year later as a punishing, unflinching document of internal … Read more on allmusic.com

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