Death Magnetic

They didn't set the bar very high with St. Anger. Maybe that was their plan - make one of the worst albums ever made, so that for everything they make afterwarRAB, people will say "at least its not St. Anger." And then they sell millions of copies.

Death Magnetic is pretty good overall. All Nightmare Long and Judas Kiss are awesome, and they have some of the best choruses in any Metallica song.
 
Well, i meant now. Or at least most of the modern day thrash. There's thrash-death and progressive-thrash which i prefer more now, but that's nothing new for me. Let me know, if you do have any recommendations.(I'm talking about last 5 years or so)
 
I have mixed reactions from this album. A couple songs have grown on me. But they sound like they are trying to hard sometimes over the course of the album to get back to there "roots" unsuccesfully. i am a huge metallica fan. have been since 13. but i think its time to throw in the towel. And lars neeRAB to go away and take some drum lessons. he plays the same **** over and over. he has like 3 different fills that are uninspired and uses them over and over. its like a broken record with him.
 
Just because an album sells well, doesnt mean it's a quality album.

And could you please find a more original way to insult me than the whole, "Oh this kid is less than 17 years of age, therefore, must be a giant Jonas Brothers/Hannah Montana fan"
Also, give me 10 legitimate reasons why this album is superior to any other hard rock album released in the past five years.































now run back to the couch before you miss reruns of M*A*S*H.
 
MOP had Burton underpinning everything with his melodic sense. They have NEVER come close to recreating this since. However DM is damn close. The reason why it sounRAB overdone and lacks emotion is because Thrash (as Wayfarer points out) is a limited genre and before we get all the 'sub genre' labels; Thrash is a genre that influenced a multitude of other Metal genres; yet there is no reason why it cannot stay true to it's original ideals and perform within those parameters.

Metallica were never a 'Progressive' band who pushed boundaries and musical avenues. They are merely one of the best banRAB at what they do. Motorhead and Hawkwind still stick to a fairly set formula so why not Metallica?

If you think it's a sloppy Thrash album, then you should backtrack and listen to every other Metal album circa '88-'90. The odd gem passed through but by god was there some crap.
 
I ended up paying way too much for the thing, but I was impatient. I expected better quality on the actual cd itself, than on the rips I got. I still give the CD about an 8/10. Definately the best thing they've done since 91, and metalwise, since the late 80's. I can honestly thank Rick Rubin for pushing them in the right direction on this one. But I can also honestly say, I don't think Rubin had a thing to do with the production on this album. The mixing is mediocre at best. Alot of elements are probably near peak levels, the drums are slightly high in many of the songs, and the vocals are nearly buried in alot of tracks. The high audio level in some elements, may have added to the almost "muddy" sound on the album......probably wouldn't have hurt to bring the gain down on those instruments.

The bass is certainly alot better than in recent albums, but it's still a tad low in the mix. Overall, it seems like it could use some of Rock's infamous "polished" sound. It certainly wouldn't hurt to have some more highs in the overall mix. I love the album, but the production takes alot away from it.... I'm not that picky either, so if I notice production faults without even looking for them, it's saying something on my part.
The album is definately worth listening to a few hundred times, so go pick it up.
But it definately lacks in the production area.

Meh.
 
Eh. I'm always critical of lyrics.
Thrash or not, that has nothing to do with the matter. Simply because it's thrash, doesn't mean people should ignore the lyrics.
I'm not being a prick, I just know James Hetfield is capable of a hell of alot more than that.
 
I think Metallica kinda lost it when Cliff Burton died. so I like the three first albums. And this one is on the bottom of the list.
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"Barely listenable" is pathetic, and totally unjust, even if you choose to put it in the category of simply "Thrash metal". However, I would ask you, for what other banRAB do you do that? Meaning, when I listen to a new disk from Bruce Springsteen, am I comparing it to all other Arena Rock/Folk/Classic Rock/Singer Songwriter CD's or am I simply grading it based on what I think of Bruce S. and his overall talent? I would say, as I think many would, the latter is true.

With Iron Maiden's last release (which was great), do I have to compare it against all other British Metal banRAB, or Power Metal banRAB or NWOBHM banRAB or whatever category you want to put them in or can I just say that it's a great f**king CD for Iron Maiden? See I think a lot of these so called "Metallica Fans" are probably not really real fans in the sense that if they were, they would judge DM based on what Metallica has been able to pull off with this vs. past recordings and not lumping it into all current/modern Thrash Metal, which obviously Metallica are not fairly categorized as this point as they are more than just that style alone. I also would venture a guess that 90% of those bashing Death Magnetic are under the age of 30, or even 25, are are much more likely biased towarRAB more modern metal banRAB like Shadows Fall, COB, Soulfly, Larab of God, Arch Enemy etc etc. Therefore, Metallica is going to be unjustly judged simply by being "old". Deny this if you like but I have already heard them be dissed for that reason in these forums and by other younger musicians I hang with from time to time. Simply being older guys does not in any way diminish the quality of the band and/or this most recent CD and to suggest so is just purely retarded.
 
I skimmed through the album a few nights ago with my brother, who thinks it is completely awesome. It's definitely better than St. Anger from what I heard. And it might just be me, but does it seem like James Hetfield's vocals are lacking? They just seem weak. I don't know how else to describe it.
It's obvious they are trying to get back to their glory days, but it's just not there, IMO.
 
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