Haha i was going to iplayer it later tonight as a matter of fact! I've had several peeps tell me to watch it, ta for the link.

and hope they don't sue us :D
Not having any high expectations for this...Lets just keep St. Anger in mind while listening to this.
Nothing can be worse than that!

I'll wait 'till the morn if it's crap quality.

128k isn't too bad IMO.

So far the drums don't sound like ****.

link u slimey fookers and then I will delete. I'm lazy

This was good, i still haven't seen Some Kind Of Monster though, really need to get round to that.

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Damn....it'll be my luck, by the time I download it on my dial up, it'll have already been released in stores. :laughing:

I can't wait to hear it.

Holy ****ing ****....

Well i'm listening to it now, so i'm not as horribly disappointed as i thought i would be! Drums are high in the mix but to be honest it doesn't bother me that much, and i'm been nodding my head a few times in approval.

Ha, dude I've said the same thing for weeks.
That, and the vocals are a tad bit buried....and James needs to write better lyrics on a few songs......but this kicks ass.
First thrash album since ...And Justice For All.

Yeah i'm fairly impressed i have to admit. My Apocalypse is still the best track but all of them apart from The Unforgiven III hold up well i'd say. Time will tell but it's looking like it could be the best since Justice.

Best thrash since Justice, no doubt. I still like the Black album though. And The Unforgiven III kinda disappointed me some....it was alright, but not worthy of the title.

I'm listening to it now.

Anyone happen to have another Megaupload link? I have it, but I want to send it to my brother......might be a good idea not to name the file after the album too.

Fuck I'm 16 all over again. This is definitely a good thing BTW. :D

Haha. I can't wait to see the reactions of all the people that've said, "Metallica can never put out another good album."

Based on the few tracks I've heard from Death Magnetic they'll all be saying "I told you so!"

It's going to split people, some will hear the thrash and think it's back to their best while some will think it just pales in comparison to the earlier stuff.
I know it's nowhere near the likes of Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets but that shouldn't take away from this album.

Musically it is unadventurous but this is a damn good Thrash album with great production, solid riffing and a decent amount of Bass for a change.

ill give it a dl then.
ill give you my opinion in a few hours.

Yup, definitely their best since Justice. But it did kinda bore me though...I'll give it another listen later.

just finished listening to it.

to me, its just the same bland stuff they keep releasing. its no better than the black album, and i dont know why people are saying "o god thrash is back, gaaah metallica is bst band ever hurr durr."
to be honest, i really couldnt stand listening to it. nothing jumped out at me, there was nothing new, just the same old recycled riffs.

more like trash is back amirite?

i realise this. its just that some metal brings something new to the genre, or an album might have some driving riffs/solos that really catch my attention. this however, was just a re hash of their whole career, except without the little bits and pieces of soul and creativity that were Master Of Puppets and Ride the Lightning.

Uh. If it were the same thing they had been doing, we'd end up with some sort of St. Anger or Load/Reload sequel. Rick Rubin told them to try to make an 80's sounding album, and they did. You aren't going to get better than Master of Puppets, ...And Justice For All and The Black Album, so people need to quit comparing everything they do to those albums. EVERY band has that one or two records that's just simply better than the rest. The highlighted moments of their careers. Metallica has never released "the same thing", that's the reason why they lost so many old fans.

I think most of us are glad to hear some old familiar sounds for a change.

First off, I love Metallica. They're the reason I ever started listening to music. I even thought Load and ReLoad were great rock albums, but St. Anger turned me off so much that I completely stopped paying attention to this band.

With that said, I wasn't expecting much from this. But I think, at least judging by this one song alone, they've made a step in the right direction. It's nothing brilliant at all and they'll never be what they were, but I like it. Hopefully the record is also just as decent.

Seriously though...i don't think anyone expects RTL/MoP.
This is as good as it gets with modern day metallica. Listening to it a second time, I'm actually liking it now. There isn't much room for originality in thrash metal. It's either you dig it or don't dig it.

Blatant lie.

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)

IT WAS a re/load sequel.
sloppy sound, dull instrumentals,choppy production.
nothing changed.
really, nothing changed, metallica fans are just too sucked up in the hype of a new album that they all think its brilliant stuff. in two years you will all agree with me.

....it's really hard not to think you're speaking out of pure ignorance, but I'll bite. How is this thrash metal album a sequel to a hard rock album with ****ty production? This one sounds like it cost atleast a few grand to produce, and St. Anger sounded like it cost a few bucks.
Neither Load or ReLoad contained instrumentals, either.

Dorso? They've been around for ages but their latest (released just recently actually, the name escapes me) is still pretty different.

i had a listen today\
prett ygood stuff
reminded me of their old stuff in a nice way

By the same token their doubters will be too set in their ways to give them any praise where it's deserved :D

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More or less what I wanted to say, but was a bit off.
Well said :clap:

Definitely, I don't think anyone was expecting anything new or revolutionary from them.

You could have used a less offensive word to get your point across wayfarer. Let's hope it's the last.

As for your review: some decent valid points.

Calm down fella. I agree with your review and you did'nt recieve a PM did you ;).

Or not. Death Magnetic is just a genuinely bad thrash album. The riffs sound redundant, the song structures seem to flop about as opposed to progressing, the leads aren't notably good, the production is horrendously over done, and it seems to lack any real emotion. MOP was masterfully crafted, DM just isn't.

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 sounds 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 bands 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.