Metallica poked fun at the infamous sound of Lars Ulrich’s snare drum on St. Anger

In a recent post, Metallica mocked the notorious sound of Lars Ulrich’s snare drum on St. Anger by revealing that some of the tracks from the St. Anger album are now available on the guitar tutorial app Fender Play.

The self-awareness from the Metallica camp is both humorous and reassuring, more than two decades after the incident.

St. Anger’s peculiar drum sound is still a source of debate among Metallica fans, who often list it as one of the album’s standout elements. This has led to the record’s divided response overall. The contentious drum sound, which centers on Ulrich’s unconventional snare tone, is also distinguished by the absence of conventional cymbals and an overall raw, unpolished vibe.

With a sly smile that was palpable on screen on Wednesday, Metallica referred to St. Anger as “everyone’s favorite album” in a social media post that directed followers to Fender Play.

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The group said in the message, “Dust off your guitar (sorry, the snare drums will have to wait for another day) and get started on ‘Frantic,’ ‘St. Anger,’ ‘Some Kind of Monster’ and ‘The Unnamed Feeling.’”

Lars’s Drum Sound of St. Anger

Even after twenty years, people still аrgue about the sound of Ulrich’s snare on St. Anger. However, the drummer completely supports the drum tone that has garnered so much criticism over time.

When recording the 2003 album, Ulrich mostly used his drum without snares, which are the stiff wires kept below the instrument and give it its characteristic “pop.” Rather, St. Anger produces the distinctive “ring” that many musicians would associate with a drummer who has forgotten to turn on the snares’ lever.

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That may have been how the St. Anger drum sound originated, but Ulrich’s purposeful choice was what gave the move its final form. In addition, the drummer for Metallica continues to fully support it, as he said in an interview.

“I stand behind it a hundred percent,” Ulrich said in response to a question about the drum sound that has grown to be such a source of disagreement among Metallica fans. “Because at that moment, that was the trutҺ.”

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