actually hettfeild and ulrich may have had the bright idea of starting the band but burton had far more to do with developing the sounds of metallica than any of the members. Since when has metallica been about the money? in the past they always preached how they were out for the fans and the music. I still believe there about the fans for the most part all aside of ulrich. Ive seen numerous interviews with the band since reload and he always seems to cut off the other members and belittles there opinions, he tries to give these profound answers thinking it will give him the spotlight.
St. anger is just a muffled repetitive attempt to find there so called roots and its an attempt that fails miserably. Its deffaintly not as heavy as any of there other albums but this is just my opinion and im not saying metallica sucks im just saying this particular album does. Ive been a fan for about 11 years now. Maybe they just need time to find some harmony with there new addition, or maybe there just running on empty and trying to gain a little extra milage off of the fumes of what ounce was Metallica. only time wil tell every band gets a bad album now and then