The album sounds like utter s***, a 5 year old could have produced it better with a dictaphone and a couple of bricks. The DVD does sound much better, and I can imagine some of the songs (esp Invisible Kid) work really well live.
Must admit that the production isn't the best - again. "...And Justice For All" suffered due to crap production as does this. Lars' insistence on smacking a metal bar against another metal bar throughout isn't a good ploy in my book.
Saw them on MTV2 the other week though and they were awsome, including the new stuff.
Why don't bands just record stuff as though its live? It always sounds better.