Metallica’s “St. Anger” doesn’t really get a lot of love, but Corey Taylor wants to correct that.
The Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman recently shared that – while he did not care for the album at first- he now thinks it deserves more recognition.
“First of all, when it came out, I was a raging alcoholic prick,” Taylor said to Revolver. “And when I listened to it, the mix kind of threw me off, and I wasn’t paying attention to the songs. I was kind of following the herd on that.”
It took watching video of Metallica performing the whole album for Taylor to really get it.
“And watching that, I could hone in on the songs,” he said. I wasn’t stuck on how it sounded. I could listen to what was going on, and it immediately gave me a better appreciation of what it was.”
Taylor continued, “So now when I listen to it, I think a lot of the stuff’s really good, and there are some good grooves on it that I think are really under-appreciated.”
Watch the official music video for “St. Anger” below.