You can also send an e-mail to with pertinent details. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the 'Report to Facebook' and 'Mark as spam' links that appear next to the comments themselves. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint ofДoes not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. Story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. To me, there's way more to being a good drummer than precision and technique.' So I could care less if his meter might be slightly up and down, or if his fills are slightly sloppy I don't care about that. He's been a tremendous asset to METALLICA, not only as a writer, but as a businessman and his abilities to market things and his ability to arrange music and his performance on stage - he's a very animated player on stageвЂ¦ What Lars brings to the music of METALLICA is absolutely invaluable. In a 2015 chat with Sticks For Stones, Mike said that Ulrich's 'value is not necessarily in drumming, but it has to do with him being a part of a musical revolution that he was a huge, huge part of starting. In previous interviews, Portnoy has been vocal in his praise of METALLICA, going so far as to talk up Lars Ulrich's contributions to the band despite the fact that it's become fashionable to dump on the METALLICA drummer's skills. 'There were moments where I was, like, 'Oh my God! What are they fucking thinking?' But then there were other moments, like, 'Oh, man! This is fucking great!' It was a really mixed album for me.' 'As much as I appreciated that album and it got me back because of the spirit and the intention and I really got that, there's no question there's some really hard-to-listen-to stuff on that album,' Portnoy added. And it wasвЂ¦ I can't rememberвЂ¦ maybe the middle of 'Invisible Kid' or 'Dirty Window', this weird middle section with just screaming and moaning, and James's vocals areвЂ¦, 'What is going on?' And the sound of the snare drum. Anger' came out, and I remember sitting in my car outside the studio and I called John Petrucci into my car to play him some of the songs. And I remember while we were making the 'Train Of Thought' album, 'St. 'As much as I liked a lot of those elements of what they were going for, I also remember sittingвЂ¦ DREAM THEATER was making the 'Train Of Thought' album at that time, and we had just the whole 'Master Of Puppets' and put that out.

'There's no question, it's an incredibly weird album,' Mike said. Anger', which was criticized by many fans for its lack of guitar solos, extended riffs, its raw production and the thin drum sound. Portnoy also talked about METALLICA's controversial 2003 LP 'St. They've had these missteps as well, but it just never seemed to stop them.' They're not like THE BEATLES where everything they touched was perfect and classic and is gold. Anger', or, in my opinion, with 'Load' and 'Reload' albums. I mean, 'Lulu' - oh my God! The fact that they made an album like that, or what they did with 'St. Never has such a huge, huge band also had so many. As much as they are the biggest metal band of all time and they've made some of theвЂ¦ I mean, the 'Black Album' and 'Master Of Puppets' and 'Kill 'Em All', these are the greatest metal albums of all time, but they've also had such incredible misses as well. Speaking about METALLICA's inconsistent catalogue of music, which has included 'Lulu', the critically panned and commercially unsuccessful 2011 collaboration with Lou Reed, Portnoy said: 'That's the incredible thing about METALLICA. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Former DREAM THEATER and current SONS OF APOLLO drummer Mike Portnoy was recently interviewed on 'Speak N' Destroy', a podcast about all things METALLICA, hosted by longtime journalist and METALLICA fan Ryan J.

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