An album like this really puts things in perspective. When listening to mid-late(r) era Metallica, like the black album, it's hard not to hear something targeted for nothing but cheap, mass radio play. Now we have Jumping Jack, who take a lot of aspects from that Metallica period but pair it up with a stoner rock type of sound, and it sounds pretty damn solid.
This isn't a Metallica tribute album or anything, the influences are just quite obvious. Along with that, it takes some more mainstream grunge a la Pearl Jam, and puts it through a Black Label Society type filter. The mix creates this comfortable zone of radio rock with mainstream appeal meets dirty heavy metal. The riffs are equal parts catchy and heavy, while the songs drive hard, yet have an incredibly accessible sound. This is really comparable to Queens Of The Stone Age, certainly not in sound, but in the appeal it has; easily digestible and radio friendly, yet with a good amount of integrity. From: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=10521&page=1
