Metallica - Death Magnetic
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Free Music Review: metallica returns with another classic. rick rubin saves the band.
Hit: 5 Stars
back in 2003 when st. anger came out alot of people thought that metallica was going to come back. there was speculation from the band that they were using ride the lightning as a template for the album, that brought high hopes amongst fans. when i listented to the album and i even wrote a review of it and even gave it 4 stars ( why i did is beyond me). but after listening to the album for a while.. it wasn't at all that great. yeah..they went back to their metallic roots with the heavy riffs and blast beat drumming, but the music wasn't at all tight. it was too repetitive and at times sounded like more of a hardcore band. the production and sound wasn't at all that great and after watching the some kind of monster dvd you can see why st. anger came out the way it did. the band wasn't together....until now
in may of 2003 after the recording of st. anger they hire robert trujillo (suicidal tendencies) in whom has revitalized the band in many ways you can imagine. after going through the loss of cliff burton and then going through a hasty split with jason newstand they needed someone like robert. when i heard back in may of 2007 that rick rubin was going to produce the new album..all but high hopes filled my soul for this band. i just knew right then and there that they were going to come back....and boy did they come back with a vengence! this album is tight from start to finish. nothing but old school thrash metal with a little pinch of the hard rocking metallica we got back in 1991 through 1997. the guitars are loud and distorted and haven't heard james and kirk thrash out like this since 1988. robert trujillo does a great job with the bass duties meanwhile lars ulrich plays the drums very aggressively on this album. you gotta hand it to rick rubin man, if you thought his production did not help..you're dead wrong. go figure..the man produced one of the best metal album of all time (slayer's reign in blood). i had read an interview on metallica on making this album and they said that when the band and rubin sat down to discuss the pre production..rubin had said to go back to the master of puppets days. although many people argue that the sound isn't as good as past releases, it isn't bad. its loud and upfront and coming from me and audio engineer..i think its great. the only complaint i have is that the bass could have sounded a little better. none the less...excellent album. i would compare this album to and justice for all.
Free Music Review: Best metal album of the new millennium
Hit: 5 Stars
Look people, I've read a ton of these reviews and I really agree with parts of almost all of them. Rather than reiterating what's already been said, I will make it simple. Show me a better metal album which has come out this millennium, and I will go buy it. You can try to analyze it to death and compare it to previous works all you want. Metallica are not in their 20s anymore. The world is a much different place then it was when MOP came out. Death Magnetic fulfills the world's desperate need for relevant heavy metal today better than anything else out there. Sure the band has pulled some of their past work into these new songs. Did you expect the album to sound like ACDC or Metallica? Sure Metallica tried to fix the production quality issues from Anger without going all the way back to the perfectly overproduced sound of the 90s material. This is heavy metal people, not Mozart. It's not supposed to sound good on your 16 speaker Bose BMW car stereo. It's supposed to sound good on 20" speakers and live in concert, and I am sure it will. Quit listening to Metallica on headphones and go buy a real stereo people. As for the vocals, James has been tearing his vocal cords for decades to bring us the best heavy metal vocals known to man for over 25 years. Kill, Ride, and Puppets were great albums, but back then James was just a kid, and sounded like one too (go listen). In Death, he sounds like what he is today, a man who's voice is "broken, beaten, and scarred" but still capable of delivering better than anyone else in the business. As for the rest, does heavy metal music get any better than Death Magnetic? I won't even waste time going into detail. Anyone who loves the album knows what I am talking about. Those with complaints and those who feel this doesn't live up to work from the 80s, do me a favor. Pretend for a second you are looking for a new metal band and assume Death Magnetic is a new band's debut album. Listen to it loud on some big speakers (throw your ipod and headphones aside) and then tell me there's a better heavy metal album out there from this decade. Please, cause I will buy it tomorrow. Death Magnetic covers the entire spectrum of heavy metal, and in a single album defines the genre. Simply put, Death Magnetic rocks. Don't sweat the details, just turn up the volume, listen and enjoy. Who knows how many more Death Magnetics will be produced in our lifetime.Free Music Review: Haters Show Your Scars
Hit: 5 Stars
When they hit their 30s, the members of Metallica started trying to be things that they were not. Kirk Hammett (rhymes with jam it) believed the hype from unskilled grunge hacks that guitar solos were uncool, Lars Ulrich tried to add too much art to his relentless attack, and James Hetfield thought it would be a good idea to add feelings to his intelligent misanthropy. Now that middle age has set in, Metallica are suddenly young again, but have added crucial experience to their greatest youthful strengths.
Death Magnetic is surely an improvement over St. Anger, which was a low point but maligned a bit unfairly by fans. (I loved that album at first because it was different than Load and ReLoad, and gave it a glowing review in this forum, which earned me a fair amount of static. Regardless, St. Anger lacked long-term staying power.) If only Metallica could get an album out more than once every five years, occasional duds could be buried by the band's core long-term brilliance. Death Magnetic shows Metallica roaring back to life, not unlike a slumbering beast reawakening after an unhappy therapy session. Everyone is back to their core strengths, and "new" bassist Robert Trujillo has been allowed to make a full contribution to the sound (more so than poor old Jason Newsted) and seems to have kicked a spark into the band.
This album most reminds me of ...And Justice for All, with super-sized songs that justify their length with jaw-dropping sonic structures and relentless musical mastery. The only real misstep here is "The Unforgiven III" which finally nails the coffin shut on a once-great idea. Earlier in the album, the dramatic power balladry of "The Day that Never Comes" is much more rewarding for both the band and the listener. Other highpoints include the surprisingly swinging "Cyanide" and the absolutely fascinating ten-minute instrumental epic "Suicide and Redemption."
After a lot of iffy years, Metallica are back on top of the heap that they created. Instead of stretching for empathy, they're once again striking fear into the hearts of posers and haters. And if you're one of those so-called "fans" who hates the modern Metallica for not sounding exactly like they did 22 years ago, go crawl back into whatever malfunctioning time machine you just fell out of. The rest of us (and the band) are not afraid to live in the present. [~doomsdayer520~]
Free Music Review: The greatest album recorded after year 2000 by anyone!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Well I must say if you cannot agree that this is the greatest album of 2008 recorded by anyone, it is at least my personal favorite! And please do not take my proclamation lightly. I am a die-hard Megadeth fan, that is, they are my favorite band, and I thought this album was better produced and played than any of Megadeth's albums since Youthanasia. As for Metallica I have been a fan since Master of Puppets and this album is their best since "The Black Album" and it is definitely the heaviest since the 1992 release.
Among the highlights....
The first time I popped it in and as I listened to the first track I had a sense that Metallica would redeem themselves but I was simultaneously expecting a dissapointment i.e. St. Anger II. It wasn't until the second song during the interlude "The slave becomes the master..." that I began hearing a bit of the Metallica of old that we all know and love. Immediately following is Track 3: "Broken, Beat & Scarred" which is my favorite track on the album; it rings of the 1980's Thrash metal we all grew up admiring while breakin' our necks to it. The fourth song is the one you can hear on the radio the most these days and it is an instant classic initially similar to the songs in their "Load" album but then going off on a binge of head-banging early-Metallica style instrumental-mayhem. The fifth and sixth tracks are two more songs which I cannot stop admiring for their greatness; they are richly-written and performed with an astonishing talent, they are called: "All Nightmare Long" and "Cyanide" and our my second and third favorite songs after year 2000, respectively. The seventh track is the last I will speak of and it is the "Unforgiven III", for any true Metallica fan the name itself is enough to give you goosebumps and the song itself lives up to its saga. As I have said that is the last song I will review simply and honestly because I have not made it past track seven since I cannot refrain from playing the first 7 songs over and over again; I will say that I have heard them through once or twice and they only add to the redemption of Metallica.
One of the songs after track seven is a 10-minute instrumental similar to the epic "Dyer's Eve" off of "...And Justice for All".
And that is all I will say except that today, I am very proud to be a Metallica fan... once again.
Free Music Review: My own honest opinion...
Hit: 5 Stars
Being as there have already been 400+ reviews of this album, I probably don't have too many original thoughts to share, but I felt compelled to weigh in on the apparent outcry over the low sound quality of this album.
Basically, I don't see the problem. Sure, I'm not one of these audiophiles who has a five grand stereo system in my house and/or car, but as a long time music lover, I just don't see what the fuss is about. If anyone out there is scared that this album sounds as godawful as "St. Anger," put your fears to rest (THAT album's sound was truly a travesty). This album sounds no different than most everything I've bought recently, even when blasting at a high volume (everyone seems to indicate that this is where the quality diminishes).
As far as the album itself, I agree with everyone saying that it sounds like the Justice/Black Album days, and I believe it to be WAAAAY better lyrically, musically, and production-wise than Anger. If you've heard the first single, "The Day That Never Comes," just focus on the last part of the song where they really start to jam, and that's basically what the whole album sounds like. Thank the heavens, that Band Formerly Known As Metallica that gave us "Load" and "Reload" has crawled back under a rock, and the metal gods we used to know have returned once again. They even threw in one of their trademark instrumentals (Track 9, "Suicide & Redemption") that hearkens back to the good ol' days of "Call of Ktulu" and "Orion."
If you want symphonic metal with absolutely superb sound quality, look to Symphony X or Dream Theater-- this is Metallica, man! The crunching guitars and gutteral vocals sound just fine to my ears. I just don't see what the 1-star reviewers are so worked up about, but that's just me.
On a side note, I suggest you purchase the jewel case version of the disc. The booklet poofed out on my cardboard version and it won't close all the way anymore. Not a big deal, just an aesthetic gripe.
In summary: A solid, solid effort this time around, and worthy of the five stars simply because this is the best work Metallica has done since the Black Album 17 long years ago. (Holy $#!%, has it really been that long???)
But that's just my opinion. Click on the samples above and see for yourself. Happy Headbanging....