Former ANTHRAX and current ARMORED SAINT singer John Bush, who was offered an opportunity to join METALLICA in the early ’80s but turned it down, was asked in a new interview with The Dan Chan Show what he thinks of METALLICA‘s recent musical output. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): ”METALLICA is a band that never rests on the laurels of what they’ve done. They’re always taking chances, they’re always doing different things, they’re always expanding on their style and pushing the boundaries of the listeners, whether it’s doing the orchestra stuff or doing a record with Lou Reed or making just a metal, powerful, thrashing record. The live performances — I want to see him at SoFi Stadium here [in Los Angeles], and it was phenomenal. It was really cool how they have these four different sections — they actually took this arena and yet when they were all together playing, it felt like you were almost watching them in some small room. It was amazing.
“When you’re a band like METALLICA, everybody’s expectations are so grand all the time,” he continued. “And the reality is you’re not always gonna hit the bullseye on everything, especially if you’re willing to take chances, which they are. And I really commend that, because it would be easy to just kind of play it safe. And they never do. So I really respect them on that level.
“When I heard ‘Lux Æterna’ [the first single from METALLICA‘s latest album, ’72 Seasons’], it sounded rad,” Bush added. “It just sounded like them. It was really powerful. It’s a great tune. And I was, like, ‘Wow, it’s cool.’ And it just sounds fresh.
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