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I enjoyed Metallica's new music, but it is tough to live up to the classic iconic songs they are known for, so it is not my favorite. Good music, though, and great to work out to. I recommend this item to new and old Metallica listeners alike.
Either way, I'm certainly not satisfied with Death Magnetic. I don't understand why anyone would do this to these songs or think it was a good idea.
The songs rock. Death Magnetic is the Metallica I have been waiting for since.And Justice for All.
It's been compressed, clipped, and shredded (in a *bad* way). All the classic Metallica qualities are there: long songs, time changes, intense speeds, dual guitar lines, et cetera.
Unfortunately, the audio quality of the album sounds like someone took a cheese grater to the sound waves. I'm stuck somewhere between being sad and pissed off over it.
Again, this is some great Metallica, but the crappy sound teases you with what could have been.
It sounds somewhat similar to St. The only concern I have is that Robert Trujillos bass is sometimes buried underneath the other instruments, but Metallica have always sounded like that really. The thunderous drumming by Lars, which cannot be missed, Lars just plays the hell out of the drums on this album, its awesome. This album is not quite the old Metallica (Pre Black Album), but it is definitely not the slower, bluesier Metallica of the mid to late 90's or the melody-less Metallica from their last atrocity (do I really need to type the name).
Anger with the shouting of "What don't kill ya' make ya' more strong", and also features some of the best work of Robert Trujillo on the album, he has some great basslines in this one. That Was Just Your Life is a very fast, thrashy song with incredible riffs by James and Kirk and as I said brutal drumming by Lars, it is a tremendous album opener, it gets the blood pumping right away. So, basically it is another blistering thrash metal song, but the chorus slows things down a tiny bit and sounds something like Fuel from Reload, a great, great song. This album, simply put, is an incredible album from start to finish, and easily Metallica's best since the Black Album. I would say that this Unforgiven is better than Pt. This song is just pure thrash with death inspired lyrics, great, great way to close a perfect modern metal album. Just a perfect instrumental, truly.
Also, the lyrics by James on this track are just exceptional (as they are throughout the whole album actually). The Judas Kiss simply has the best chorus on the whole album and also features an awesome intro with (surprise, surprise) monster riffs by James and Kirk. 2, but probably doesn't top the original, which is pretty much impossible. The End of the Line is another very heavy song, heavier than the first track, but is also very fast, and probably has some of the best riffs on the album. When this album begins with That Was Just Your Life you know that this is a return to form from Metallica right away. This track also contains some of the strongest hooks on the whole album, the song just sucks you in and when the chorus kicks in it just becomes pretty much the best track on the album(probably). I would have to probably say that The Judas Kiss is my favorite off the album, just classic. Cyanide starts off with a great bassline by Trujillo, then the riffs kick in and this is one of the songs where you can clearly hear Trujillos bass throughout the whole song, and he does a great job, the song is great overall.
Broken, Beat, and Scarred is a slower, but very heavy song. All Nightmare Long seems to be a favorite of most people and it is very heavy, and has the heaviest riffs on the album overall, the way the intro of the songs builds and builds off of Lars' drum work and then erupts into a full on assualt by the whole band is just classic, definitely one of the best songs on the album. Lastly, My Apocalypse is the most brutal song on the album and the shortest. Unlike many, I loved the Black Album, it is the first album I ever bought of Metallica and I just think it is a tremendous and underappreciated album. It is probably the best instrumental I have ever heard, even without words it is one of the Top 3 tracks on the whole album, the song just blows you away, these guys are playing together in such great form on this album that it is scary, the song has very heavy parts, softer, more melodic parts, grinding, heavy parts, it has a bit of everything except vocals, it definitely has the best softer breakdown on the whole album around 3:55.
Suicide and Redemption is the only instrumental track on the album and is basically 10 minutes long, and truly epic. It sounds a bit Slayer-ish, but just without the screaming, growling vocals. Overall, just a perfect album as far as I am concerned, the sound quality is not perfect, but it is not nearly as bad as many of these overzealous reviewers are saying. The chorus is really beautiful too, like all the Unforgiven songs and this song has an incredible solo by Kirk, as every song does, but I really like this solo a lot. The riffs and solos on this album are just executed perfectly, Kirk Hammett is back with a vengeance and takes his place once again as one of the best guitarists of all-time.
The solo in this song is definitely similar to a Kerry King solo but way better, we all know that Kirk is a million times more talented of a guitarist than Kerry King, no offense Kerry, I still love you too. The Day That Never Comes is the "One" of this album, it starts off with some beautiful guitar notes like "One" and just keeps building and building until they have a fantastic breakdown with riffing very similar to "One" and "Fade to Black", it is a great song, very melodic. The Unforgiven III is the slowest song on the album and features piano accompaniment at the beginning and for some reason seems to be the least favorite of most people, but I think it is one of the many highlights of the album due to the undeniable melody, haunting guitar work, and some of the best lyrics off of the album. It probably features the hardest drumming by Lars on the album, which is no easy task because he beats the living hell out of the drums the whole album. This album is almost flawless and I would recommend it to everybody, seriously it is that good.
Impressive band, who never leaves the good rock.Cheers to amazon, shipping for brazil in less then 15 days.
And what makes it an even harder album to review is how the album overall can feel pretty uneven. All of the songs feature multiple riffs. A nice guitar solo is also thrown in to round it off."All Nightmare Long" is an eight-minute epic with some of the catchiest guitar riffs on the album and a great, shout-a-long chorus. And because the songs are all so long, the shortest being five minutes and the longest being almost ten, the songs can feel like they're being dragged on.Also, because there are so many riifs on this album, combined with sometimes-good but often-uninspired songwriting, the album sometimes feels like just a collection of riffs, choruses and the occasional guitar solo. The opener, a progressive, adrenaline-building headbanger "That Was Just Your Life" opens the album with a bang. Plenty of heavy riffs and fast drums, with a very catchy vocal line given by James. Honestly, this is a pretty hard and confusing review for me to write, because although "Death Magnetic" shows Metallica going back to their classic, thrash-metal sound, it's definitely not perfect. The problem is a lot of these riffs sound bland, reused and uninspired.
Get this only for about half the songs, or rather, for all the songs but for half of the song within the songs. In fact, there's probably over 100 riffs on this album if you counted them out. And make sure you don't get it from Napster. More catchy, speed-metal vocal lines by James drive this song even further and make it a great album closer.MIXED BETWEEN POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES:While there are a few songs on the album that are great almost all the way through, even those songs have some lower points. Read on to find out what I mean.POSITIVES:Some of the songs on here are really good. While I think "That Was Just Your Life", "My Apocalypse" and "All Nightmare Long" are destined to become Metallica classics, most of the other songs are only good for a short duration, before retracting into overused riffs.In addition, even though the songs are all pretty long and feature lots of riffs, the songs don't feel as epic as earlier Metallica masterpieces such as "Master of Puppets", "One", "Orion", or "Ride The Lightning".
The verses build up to the pre-choruses and the whole song is very well written."The Judas Kiss" features some great, opening riffs and two blazing solos by Kirk Hammett, reminding you that he's still one of the finest guitarists in metal."My Apocalypse" is a five-minute album closer, with incredible tempos that border on Slayer territory, just more melodic than Slayer. However, the difference between a song like "All Nightmare Long" and songs such as "The End of the Line" or "Cyanide" is that "The End of the Line" is more of a lower-point than a higher point.Which brings me to why it's so hard to write this review. I guess Metallica was more inspired when they were writing those songs.I know I mentioned a lot of the negative aspects of this album, but honestly, the songs I mentioned as positives are all really good. Thanks for the time, and peace.
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