Tom - Opinionated music dude.

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[Tom - Opinionated music dude. @DiaryOfSound]

Fix the snare, shorten some tracks, insert some solos or even extended melodic sections.
St. Anger wouldn't be bad if the average song was 3 minutes, some raw energy thrash but its not.
It drags and it hurts to listen to.
Shame because with the right producer it could be good.

[Tom - Opinionated music dude. @DiaryOfSound]

Review #3
Artist: Metallica
Album: St Anger
Year: 2003
Heard Before: Yep
Score: 3.7
Best Tracks: Dirty Window, St Anger, Sweet Amber.
Worst tracks: Purify, Invisible Kid, My World.

[Tom - Opinionated music dude. @DiaryOfSound]

But regardless as a whole piece I can't overly love it, listening to it in one sitting is ROUGH. The odd track on shuffle? Sure! But the full album in one? Nope nope nope.
My biggest frustration is how I feel it could have easily been saved.

[Tom - Opinionated music dude. @DiaryOfSound]

All in all I enjoyed this record and plan to investigate this genre and related bands in the future.
I also enjoyed it managed to be a technical sounding album without rehashing any cliches like Djent does.
I look forward to revisiting this album.

[Tom - Opinionated music dude. @DiaryOfSound]

Review #2 (Request by @OTV98)
Artist: Royal Coda
Album: To only a few at First
Year: 2022
Heard Before?: Never
Score: 7.2
Best tracks: One last time, Like Hypothermia. Where the air seemed to cease.
Worst tracks: No real weak stand-outs.

[Tom - Opinionated music dude. @DiaryOfSound]

That said I wish some of the prog sections were extended and some kind of pallet cleanser was there midway through to help tracks stand out and be a bit more memorable, but this isn't straight up prog-rock so maybe thats harsh of me to say.

[Tom - Opinionated music dude. @DiaryOfSound]

All in all though its a decent record, I can't overly recommend it based on how Marmite Limp Bizkit are but it has fun sections and some catchy hooks.
Nu-metal is a really guilty pleasure for me but I feel this record is solid when the stigma is detached.

[Tom - Opinionated music dude. @DiaryOfSound]

Review 1
Artist: Limp Bizkit
Album: Significant Other
Year: 1999
Heard before?: Yes
Score: 6.6/10
Best tracks: Just like this, I'm Broke, Trust?
Worst tracks: Don't go off wandering.

[Tom - Opinionated music dude. @DiaryOfSound]

But I can't pretend I enjoy tracks like DGOW and No sex. The riffs feel a bit cliche for the era and even though the lyrics of No Sex try to tackle self-respect the chorus of "Shoulda left my pants on" just makes me cringe in a special way.