I've been loving these reissues / demos. They've gotten me to revisit and revise my opinion of some albums and eras that didn't use to do much for me (OK, Is This Desire?), and I've gone entirely too far down the vast rabbit hole / goldmine of live YouTube clips. Now we're into the stretch of albums (the last three, plus the second Parish one) that I'm much less familiar with and/or tried and failed to love at the time. I'm game for White Chalk, although it feels more appropriate for fall and winter.
I don't know why this thought entered my head, but I was thinking about how much bigger Metallica was than their thrash contemporaries. I think they rose to the top through an early mastery of power ballads. I love the first three records, but they were kinda like the Journey of thrash after KEA.
No way, they just wrote far better music than most of their peers, and transcended their subgenre (thrash) at every turn (before the 90's and beyond, of course). They had just one "power ballad" each on albums two-through-four.Krev wrote: Sat Jul 03, 2021 2:23 pmI don't know why this thought entered my head, but I was thinking about how much bigger Metallica was than their thrash contemporaries. I think they rose to the top through an early mastery of power ballads. I love the first three records, but they were kinda like the Journey of thrash after KEA.
Quite. Also those three songs rule, and have nothing to do with what I understood "power ballad" to mean at the time (or since).Bernardo wrote: Sat Jul 03, 2021 5:13 pm No way, they just wrote far better music than most of their peers, and transcended their subgenre (thrash) at every turn (before the 90's and beyond, of course). They had just one "power ballad" each on albums two-through-four.
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