Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: I thought it couldn't possibly get worse!

Anyone unfortunate enough to buy this has my sympathy. This, in my opinion, is not Metallica. Whilst the 'Black Album' changed Metallica's standing within the genre, it still echoed their musical brilliance. This, however, does not bare considering. 'Load' was pretty appalling in comparison to the afore mentioned album, but this, I feel, has lowered the standards. There are people that will testify that this is creativity, and that fans of early Metallica cannot handle this. I believe the real truth is that we do indeed recognise that this is a change of direction, it is just that it is not very good; awful in fact.