Consideration all these St. Anger followers which have been in hiding since 2003 — now’s your time within the solar. Slipknot vocalist and heavy steel arbiter of every part Corey Taylor has deigned it cheap to at the very least settle for the album for what it’s, if not get pleasure from it wholesale. Or one thing like that.

The world-shifting information got here throughout a current interview with Revolver, the place Taylor shared how he realized to cease worrying and at the very least tolerate Metallica‘s St. Anger and all of its quirks.

“To begin with, when it got here out, I used to be a raging alcoholic prick. And after I listened to it, the combo sort of threw me off, and I wasn’t taking note of the songs. I used to be sort of following the herd on that.

“However then [Stone Sour guitarist] Josh Rand, who was an enormous Metallica fan, he acquired the deluxe model that had the companion DVD the place they performed the entire album of their rehearsal area. And watching that, I may hone in on the songs. I wasn’t caught on the way it sounded. I may take heed to what was occurring, and it instantly gave me a greater appreciation of what it was.

“So now after I take heed to it, I feel a whole lot of the stuff’s actually good, and there are some good grooves on it that I feel are actually underappreciated. I imply, that title monitor is a motherfucker, you recognize?”

Now, let’s be 100% up entrance — the album seems like canine shit warmed over within the sizzling August solar. It’s simply dangerous, so he’s not improper in disliking it initially for that motive. However he’s additionally proper concerning the DVD that got here with the album. When listening to these songs in that setting, you’ll be able to really perceive what they have been going for. Or one thing at the very least near it.

Through the years, Metallica has grown to just accept the fan response to St. Anger, with the band actively joking round concerning the snare and accepting that their followers hate it. And hell, for those who actually don’t like St. Anger — which once more, we’ve decided was the improper stance because of Taylor’s commentary — then you’ll be able to all the time try the fan re-recorded model that undoubtedly kicks ass.