Sun-Sentinel: METALLICA Masters Of Sanitarium

July 15, 2003

Jim Abbott of Sun-Sentinel reports that with apologies to nü-metal, there's nothing like Old Metal, the kind of hardened, time-tested material METALLICA unleashed Sunday (July 13) at the Florida Citrus Bowl.

In a rain-drenched rock marathon, which provided ample bang for the considerable bucks, METALLICA's James Hetfield and his mates were obviously the inmates running the asylum at the Summer Sanitarium.

Fred Durst and LIMP BIZKIT, on the bill with MUDVAYNE, LINKIN PARK and the DEFTONES, offered tribute with a cover of METALLICA's "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)". It only showed that Durst's adenoidal shouting and the band's radio-friendly rap-metal has a long way to go to match the masters.

METALLICA, for that matter, leaned on its legacy rather than explore songs on its new "St. Anger" album. The band offered only the title track and the fiery "Frantic" in a set that more often dipped back for vintage material that pre-dated its commercial breakthrough with 1991's Black Album. Read more.

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