Metallica - Metal Militia or Metal Whores?
May 28th, 2008 | by Pyro222 |I’m sure everyone remembers the ol’ Metallica vs Napster fiasco back in the day. Well turns out they have done a 180 (err more like a 145) and have finally embraced the Digital Music Revolution. Oh wait, that already happened. Day late and a billion dollars short if you ask me. This goes to show how big of sluts these guys are. And trust me, back in the day there was no bigger Metallica fan than this guy typing this to you now. However since the bands releases of the disgrace that they called “Load” and “Re-Load” (st. anger doesn’t even count as an album) and Lars throwing his lisp all over the headlines about Napster, I had never felt so betrayed as a fan by a band in my life. Any half witted geek at the time saw the digital music’s revolution coming a million miles away and many even tried to warn them of the consequences of fighting something they knew absolutely nothing about. Still they persisted. Now they have done a half spin and have started “Mission Metallica” in which they are offering fans a chance to “experience the new album before it’s done” and will offer the new album in unprotected mp3 format to users to try and somewhat redeem themselves. They still however will not offer it for free as you must sign up to have access. Some might say that they are just finally coming around and thats totally cool, but ever since I saw an old video clip of Hetfield holding up a record of “Kill em All” telling the fans below to get it any way they can, steal it, copy it, etc… and then then to turn around and try to punish those very same fans that helped them build one of the hugest radio less legacies ever, I have come to the conclusion that this band will change its philosophy at any moment based on the allmighty dollar instead of the allmighty heart. Sorry boys, but “Mission Failed” a long time ago. As far as I am concerned, this group has no right to even touch an unprotected mp3.
This is just my stupid opinion and I will always be willing to give tribute to the fact that Metallica were pioneers once upon a time and my neck still hurts from all the head banging I have done to their music. Just a band who lost their way.
R.I.P. Cliff Burton - Your riffs are forever missed
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