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St. Anger by Metallica
St. Anger is an album by Metallica, released in 2003. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 17 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “St. Anger”, on 10 lists with a best position of #27.
St. Anger, Metallica's eighth album, came crashing out on June 5, 2003, on Elektra in America and Vertigo elsewhere, five days ahead of schedule because the band feared it would leak onto file-sharing networks. The road there was long and bruising. Jason Newsted quit before the sessions, so producer Bob Rock, on his last job with the band after working with them since 1990, played the bass himself. Recording began in April 2001, stopped cold when James Hetfield went into rehab, and didn't pick up again until May 2002; Robert Trujillo joined only once it was finished, and the whole ordeal ended up on film as Some Kind of Monster.
What came out is raw and ugly on purpose: alternative metal with a clanging, metallic drum sound from Lars Ulrich and not one guitar solo for Kirk Hammett. Reviews were mixed, but the title track still took home a Grammy for Best Metal Performance.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from St. Anger on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Anger | 10 | #27 | – | 2003 | |
| 2 | Frantic | 3 | #26 | – | 2003 | |
| 3 | Some Kind of Monster | 4 | #29 | – | 2004 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.