What a pathetic effort from an experienced Heavy Metal band. All of the songs sound alike, terrible. The lyrics must have taken all of 3 minutes to come up with and the music itself is unharmonious and disorganized. If this was Metallica's first CD thier career would never have gotten of the ground. In fact this sounds like someone recorded this in a garage with cheap recording equipment. I have been a Metallica fan since "Kill em All" but to watch the downhill slide of a good band just makes me shake my head. I was hoping for something a lot better after a few years since the "Re-Load" CD which was bad enough. METALLICA, GIVE IT UP ALREADY, THE FANS DESERVE BETTER.