Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna June 2003, dambarefu rechisere raMetallica rinonzi "St. Anger", rakava nhamba imwe pa"Billboard" 200, uye rakagamuchira mhinduro dzakasiyana-siyana kubva kuvatsoropodzi. Dhiramu raUlrich rinonzwika se"simbi" uye kusavapo kwegitare solos zvakagamuchira kutsoropodzwa kwakanyanya. Kevin Forest Moreau we "Shakingthrough.net" akati, "magitare anogumburwa mu monotone yepakati-nhanho, yakagadziriswa rattle; madhiramu haafambise zvakanyanya sekurwa kwekuvanza nhanho-yakanyanya; uye hasha dzese dzisina kutarisisa uye dzakaviriswa nekutarisa-kutarisa kwemuromo zvakanyanya". Brent DiCrescenzo we"Pitchfork" akachirondedzera se"nyongano yakakwana". Zvisinei, magazini inonzi "Blender" yakaidana kuti "yakaipisisa uye yakaipisisa yezvigadzirwa zveBob Rock zveboka racho", uye "New York Magazine" yakaidana kuti "yakasviba uye inodedera". Musoro wenyaya, "St. Anger", yakahwina mubairo weGrammy weBest Metal Performance muna 2004; yakashandiswa senziyo yepamutemo yeWWE's "
SummerSlam 2003".