The problem isn't the loudness, it's that making it that loud affects the actual timbre and sound of the recording. Extremely loud masters not only strip the songs of much of their energy, dynamic and low end rumble, but this album was shoved up so loud in the limiter that there's actually digital clipping and distortion on the tracks. It's a pity, there were some great songs on the record
I listened to this album when I was in middle school and god damn I was addicted to it, I just loved how fast it was. As I got older and my metal collection expanded I listened to this less and less but I've listened to it enough times that I love every song on it and consider them classics. It's not their best work but seriously, how can you top and justice for all?
Yeah I think death magnetic is actually on par with the 80s albums tho. I was too young when death magnetic even came out, I didn't listen to it until about 2013 when I was around 18. I went through the Metallica albums pretty much chronologically though so st anger was still fresh and load and reload sucked. But yeah I was a big justice for all fan though and I like this album a lot. I think musically it's one of their best. It's pretty diverse but the quality is there throughout. It's got it's own style to it like the 80s albums each had (all of which i love). But yeah I think it's a mature Album that encapsulates every bit of Metallica that I love in different places. It's a bit of a Jack of all trades master of none but that's what i feel like I wanted from this album so i put it up there with the 80s albums, give it 9/10. For reference i give Master of puppets 10/10, black album 9/10, kill em all 8.75/10, ride the lightening 9/10, justice 9/10
Death Magnetic is to me better than the first 3 albums, yes yes I know Puppets is great but the problem I see with those albums is they were too short. So if I had to rank every album it’d go: Justice (heaviest, thrashiest, best song writing) Death Magnetic (thrashy, long songs, sounds great with remaster) St. Anger (really doesn’t deserve the hate it gets I absolutely love every song I love the grungey, kinda nu metal style) Reload (very underrated I love the style they went with, such an emotional record) Load (again love the emotion the songs hold) Kill em all (first taste of old Metallica gotta love the classics) Master Of Puppets (everyone’s favorite and for good reason just not mine) Ride the Lightning (great album, a little overplayed, songs are too short) Black album (great album but every single is overplayed, i love the sound of this album one of the best produced records ever) Hardwired (great album, great sound, it’s just not my favorite in terms of songwriting)
DM is not bad at all, probably because i have listened to the album so much that every single part has been ingrained into my brain so much, but none-the-less middle of the road album 1. RTL (more perfect album) 2. MOP (perfect album) 3. AJFA (always will be of high regard) 4. Black album (this album is too much of a classic) 5. Hardwired (This is really becoming one of my favorites) 6. KEA (its overrated imo) 7. DM (yes its at 7 but like i said i still quite enjoy it) 8. Load (some good songs but too many lackluster) 9. Reload (same here) 10. St. Anger (and i actually like St. Anger tbh)
I wish someone would give this a good remastering. If this had been the comeback release rather than Load, I think Metallica would be in a much better place. The real problem with it is that it was produced like a My Chemical Romance record.
I can proudly say that this is a personal favorite of mine! The Judas Kiss and All Nightmare Long are just monstrous, and That was Just your Life has such a fun riff
My favourite Metallica songs are their more ballade styled Songs, but still metal (like"Fade To Black"),some ppl might call me a fake fan for this but idc, so i have to say i really like the album and especially "the unforgiven III" and "the day that never comes" and its pretty even with most of their (classic and good) albums. Exited what will happen 2017 to Metallica
this is the most unforgettable metallica album. It was more of an album to remind the listener that they can somewhat capture the 80's sound much like "13" album is for Black Sabbath--an epitaph of reflection. However, I don't listen to any songs off of Death Magnetic and would honestly rather listen to load/reload
That’s something I do envy about you younger fans. You didn’t live through all the BS drama that metal heads bring up. A lot of metal fans have a unwritten rule book that they keep around that is one of the stupidest things you can do as a music fan I think but for you guys that got into them in the last 10 or 15 years you just have their whole catalog you can pick from and you don’t have the mental anguish that fans that have been listening to them 30 or 40 years have. I just reading the comment section you can see how some people have unwritten rules like one guy said it doesn’t matter what music they put out from here on out good or bad even if it’s a good album he has a rule made out that it was too long since they put out a good album in his mind and other metal bands have come along. So since other metal bands have come along, that’s always going to happen by the way, he has a rule that says he can’t listen to any new Metallica ever. But yeah if I was 13 or 14 years old or even 16 and I was just getting into Metallica and I had their entire catalog at my disposal and I didn’t have to grow up with other people that couldn’t just not listen to music they didn’t like but instead bitched and cried about it for 20 years I think that would be really awesome. If you’re hearing Death Magnetic in the same era of your life that you’re also listening to their older stuff then I could see how it would fit right in without any problem at all. I envy that about you guys.
i really liked death magnetic when it came out, for about a year. because it was better the load, reload, and st anger, and had some great really heavy music. but it hasn't aged well, and James doesn't come up with the best stuff here. i guess cyanide, the judas kiss, and my apocalypse are pretty solid. but ehhhh not essential metallica whatsoever. now Hardwired is a much better album, much heavier, better vocals by James, and has stood the test of time far better. spit out the bone, atlas rise, hardwired, murder one, and moth into the flame are all really good. and the other are good too. i'd say flush load, reload,st anger and death magetic, and stick with the first 5 albums, and hardwired
What's funny is how everyone talks bad about Load/Reload..they are probably two of the best sounding albums they have put out. Guitar tones were unreal, drums were there and kicking hard, bass was booming. I love that aspect of those records. If DM had that tone and mix, it would have been utterly epic..DM songs were good..just recorded and produced terribly
BAD SEED oh c’mon man! The worst albums in metal history? Not at all! Load and Reload is definitely better than 90% of Numetal. Black doesn’t have a bad song. Yes it’s not as thrashy, but I don’t like how trash bands get criticized because of change. For example, Cryptic Writings and Risk are damn good, but they aren’t exactly trash so they got shat on.
A remixed Death Magnetic would be easily as good as their 80's material. I can handle the thinner guitar sound if it weren't so damn loud. I think people are starting to learn that when everything is loud then nothing is loud.
I really love Death Magnetic. For me personally it’s the best album they have put out since their first five albums. And it did remind me a lot of the and Justice For All album . And yes St. Anger financially successful but I think there was a lot of people that were just happy that Metallica was putting out new music and it didn’t sound anything like load and it was definitely faster, like myself for example I bought the album the day it came out but by the end of the month I had kind of decided that this album really wasn’t for me and to this day it’s really the only Metallica album I don’t like. I actually like Load and Reload better than St. Anger, no those albums aren’t thrash metal but I listen to every genre of music except for country and I can appreciate those albums just being a mix between a rock and blues. But as far as DM goes I don’t think it’s as good as the first five albums but as far as the question is it a thrash metal album the answer is yes. Like I said it’s not as good as the 80s thrash albums but if you made a checklist of what a thrash album is it checks all those boxes. I mean there are hundreds of thrash metal albums that are very generic that I don’t really care for. I really think the best thrash metal albums have all already been written because there’s really only so much you can do. I personally believe that between Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Sepultura (I would include Pantera in that conversation to but apparently they don’t fall in the thrash category according to the heavy-metal rulebook) have really put out the best thrash metal music that we are ever going to hear and I don’t think anything is going to top those albums as far as the rash goes….. in my humble opinion that is. I don’t care what the artist is or what genre of music it is whether it’s metal or hip-hop or a country, every artist is going to have there a classic albums that are just better than everything else. They aren’t going to make an album that has the same impact and influence like Puppets, The Black Album, Justice or Lightning. And they don’t really have to make albums as good as those I think it would just be impossible. I don’t think many metal bands in my opinion have written albums as good as their first five albums. But I do think death magnetic is a very good album though. Like I said after the first five classic album it’s my next favorite album easily. I think it’s important to remember that music is like movies and television, it’s subjective art and it’s more than OK to like or dislike any album. No one is the ultimate authority on what’s good or bad it’s whatever our ears like. I know it’s not popular in the metal community to say that I like the black album or I like death magnetic but I really don’t care. And I’m also perfectly fine with other people not liking those albums. If someone comes into your house and makes you listen to music you don’t like it gunpoint that’s one thing but other than that it is a problem that can easily be solved by just not listening to it.
The gripes about the album's production don't hold a candle anymore? I beg to disagree. DM is still among the worst offenders in what come to loudness war. Utterly atrocious compression and distortion all over. Fortunately there's the Guitar Hero III version which sounds vastly better.
+MosoKaiser I have to agree. I bought Death Magnetic and liked it but it never really grew on me. Last week I grabbed it along with Dream Theaters last cd for the ride to work. I got done listening to "The Looking Glass" by Theater and figured i'd throw in some Death Magnetic. I got why it didn't grow on me and it's not the music, it's the sound. I had The Looking Glass cranking and it just gets better with volume. Death Magnetic had to be turned down because the ride, crash and high hat on the drums were clipping like crazy. My car audio is top notch also and it only brought out how bad that recording really was. Just for the hell of it, I grabbed Ride the Lightning the next day. That record sounds amazing! It's hard to believe that Metallica can't tell what good sounding production even is anymore.
+MosoKaiser Death Magnetic is the only album, out of the hundreds I own, where I went and downloaded a remastered version because the album was too painful to listen to. I like the album itself but the mastering is the absolute worst I've heard on a professional release.
Joe Manzella Not available in stores, unfortunately. It has to be, uh, 'acquired online'. Not condoning piracy here, but as long as you have a genuine copy of DM, I don't think downloading the GHIII rip is that big of a sin, especially considering the quality of the rip is what fans paying for the retail version would have deserved. (p.s. Lars don't sue, pls)
Good review, you are not throwing mud but giving an honest critic, that sir is rare on wabtube. I look at like this. When I stick this album on there are moments when it really gets the hairs standing up on the back of my neck and then there are moments when my brain gets confused with the direction of that particular track which falls in with your analysis. I got the guitar hero version of this album before I started playing a real axe and then when I started riffing for real. I started to get a real deeper sense of the power, bear in mind a glmpse hear and there. And that is the issue. Hear and there it is fuckn leathal. Hard heavy rhythmic goose pimpling Metallica. I love blues so love the big slow riffs on this record. When it gets fast, its like licking the bbq sauce off the back of Milla Jovovich Leeloo's elbow; other times it becomes disconcerting. The tallica of old always jumped smooth and powerful. This record at times does recreate those internal bombastic inner ear and tail bone vibes but falls short in the end but with some memorable moments. ENUFF said a good 8/10
Great review! I think DM is a solid album-nothing amazing, but worth a listen to every now and again. I also think if a band other than Metallica released it, that it would have been received better (just like the Load/Reloads).
Death Magnetic wasn't terrible, but when you compare it to everything else available, it's basically crap. When I'm going to spend an hour listening to music, there are about a thousands things I would choose before Death Magnetic. Even if they fixed the terrible distorted production, my opinion would be the same because the songs just aren't good.
It's not just that the album is loud. Most modern albums are. It's that it's so loud that it causes digital distortion My favourite tracks off this album would be All Nightmare Long, Suicide & Redemption and My Apocalypse.
What's wrong with 'I disappear'. It was probably the best commercial rock song that I heard from them. Lulu is not a Metallica album, it was an experiment that went wrong. Still love Metallica though. The biggest gripe about Death Magnetic for me was the actual sound production. If the same, but more improved sound engineering was done on this album that was done for Metallica Black, it would sound different and much better than it does now. The drum recording is the biggest gripe as it makes Lars sound average. Listen to the rerecorded version of Orion that was done for 'Into the Never' movie soundtrack and you'll hear the sound quality I'm talking about. Ignore the dodgy bass intro for that song, I don't know what happened but Trujillo messed it up. I still love Death Magnetic. If you love metal-melody then this album has it. If you like chopped noise then go listen to lamb of god.
As far as "loudness" goes on this record, it's not so much the fact that it's loud. It's the fact that tracks are literally clipping. When a track clips, it means you're exceeding the level to which a track can be boosted and not distort, crack, pop, etc... That is where they really fucked up this record. They could have still made it loud as fuck in the mastering stage without the fucking clipping (during the premastering stage) It sounds like it was mixed in some dipshits bedroom honestly. Musically it's a phenomenal record. A little overly long in some areas, but a great return to form.
PERSONALLY Death Magnetic feels really forced. Alright musicianship, but I don't buy into the themes, at least not from these guys; Metallica keep showing how happy they are now, surrounded by loving fans, and feel invigorated, which is great, but I don't buy into lyrics like 'suicide, I've already died' or titles like 'Broken, Beat & Scarred' from a bunch of post-therapy post-rehab complacent millionaires. It's not a bad album , but it's very forgettable and just 'meh'. Death Meh-netic. By Meh-tallica. Thrash Meh-tal. Nuff said.
Dean Youngblood "Since when does metallica sing about anythin that relates to them?" Since they started writing music. A LOT of Metallica songs are about their experiences. "You listened to the album with a closed mind..." Oh believe me, I tried to love this album. I listened the fuck out of it on the 12h drive to Berlin where I attended the O2 concert where it premièred. It's not bad, it just doesn't hit the mark it's supposed to, but like I said that's how I feel PERSONALLY.
Exactly. It just messes up the production and stops the instruments sounding "natural". Quite different to simply cranking the volume knob when you're listening to the finished article.
Reginald Mizer If anyone actually thinks the issue is with loudness alone, you’re missing the point. Hell I’d be fine if Rick Rubin cranked the volume up to 11 in the studio if it didn’t create that obnoxious compression.
Yes it is. I think I actually like the shortened "single" version better though. The production of the sound was tighten up a bit, and they added reverb back behind James' voice. I t sounds a bit more epic than the original album version, but they also cut out a batch of lyrics I really enjoyed too... so, yeah. But still... great track!
I think Death Magnetic actually is a very strong album, and after listening to it maybe 3 times, i fully understood it. Even though i think it is better than what you are stating, and being a die hard 'tallican i follow your meanings, and i like the way you come with actuall arguments, and not just bullshit. Looking forward to the Beyond Magnetic review!
This was a good comeback album for them. It would have been a good follow up album to and justice for all. It’s a thrash album. I wouldn’t even compare this to st anger. It’s a good album. And the song I disappear is a badass song
That’s more than OK. Although I wouldn’t make it a rule that you can never listen to a band again just because they put out albums you didn’t like another metal bands came out since then. Why make any rules at all? If you like some thing don’t deny yourself it just because there’s other metal bands out there. I’ve even started listening to other genres of music but that doesn’t mean I’m making a rule that says I can’t listen to something else.
Death Magnetic was the first Metallica album I have got. Funny enough, at Circuit City when they were going out of business. But yeah, love this album. Favorite will always be ...And Justice For All though. Also, I'd love to hear your opinion on Beyond Magnetic!
"It's very tolerable; it's not too bad" he says . . . Great!!! The biggest metal band in the world produce a "not bad" album . . . I recommend Megadeth: "The System Has Failed," "AU," "Endgame" and "13" over anything Metallica have done since 1990
Only one of the albums you mentioned is a great megadeth album. System has failed, 13, and United Abominations all have roughly 3-4 good/great songs on them, than the rest of the songs are simply "fillers". And for the love of god stop comparing the bands. Nobody honestly cares about this fued anymore
***** Don't care about any feud which doesn't exist. This is a nearly democracy. We can compare two bands in the same genre, and Megadeth are leaps above Metallica in every respect, barring album sales, but half the sales more than Metallica make are because there are twice as many generic Nickelback liking rock fans out there. The entire "System Has Failed" album is good. Likewise with '13.' "UA" can be hit or miss. Regardless, the work is still reasonably good, and you wouldn't be disappointed hearing parts of these albums live.I don't want to hear anything post 1990 by Metallica live, even though I can listen to "Load" as a background album. I saw Metallica in 1995, and they only played "Enter Sandman" from the "Crap-black" album. They were still good then, barring the terrible drumming and the even more uncreative Hammett.
I like Death Magnetic. Some songs on it are a bit generic and forgetable, but there are "enough" good songs on it to make it a very solid album, in my opinion. I like the sound of James voice and Rob's bass tone which is very fat.
Listened to this album at work a few days ago, always liked it, but it never stops growing on me, I'm starting to think this might be the most underrated albums in music history 4o\,,/ cen \,,/ cal
That was just your Life is good, but they forgot to give Dave Mustaine his writing credits. The End of the Line is good, even though it is a bit generic. Broken Beat & Scarred: Same story. The day that never comes is not that great, but not bad either, pretty good. All Nightmare Long is a fantastic song and my favorite on the album. Cyanide is great, very original and got a cool bass line. The Unforgiven III is good. The Judas Kiss is very good. My Apocalypse is awesome, great riffs =)
What really keeps my head up for production wise is beyond magnetic and Lulu both we'rent really loud at all and it sounded pretty well! so i'm hoping the next Metallica album is like that so i don't have to download the guitar hero versions
Death Magnetic is more of a "what if" type album. It's basically the sound of a band going to the shelf, taking down an old stencil and retracing back over it with modern hands and ears.That's precisely the trouble with this album.Rick Rubin instructed them to go back and listen to the music that they used to, but they weren't those guys anymore which is why the album lacks the sincerity and timeliness that it would have had they recorded an album that represented the Metallica of 2008,not 1988.
the sound quality is really the only let down of death magnetic , if it was better this album coul have been way better than what it was. One of the reasons why I like metallica is the production quality of the black album . I was kind of hoping for similar sound quality .
Haha! Ok thought it was just my ears hearing incorrectly. Oh I know what I'm changing my last name to. Or, maybe I'll suggest it to a stripper. True-jello
I did buy this album and as some others has said and will say again. The production is bad.. But the actual songs are pretty good. If Metallica will release this album with better production in the future I might buy that too!
DM was a great album IMO, no Ride, Master, or Kill but, DM was a solid album. The production was bad, but I liked it, man. Ride the Lightning is still my favorite. Lulu made me sad really, I thought they were going in the right direction with DM so who knows, their next album could be better, right? Oh CKN I was wrong in my last posts, the new Vista Chino album is out the 3rd o Sept. You can stream in on SPIN.com to review though.
This album's okay. A blessing after St. Anger, but only a few songs really get me hooked. It's a step in the right direction, but not quite back to where they should be.
Bok Lau lol stfu. You you're smart and shit. Tell you this, music is music. If you can't learn to love music for what it is, then you're not a real music lover. Close minded people like you are the reason why music is turning to shit nowadays. You have to open your mind into new things and possibilities with music. Metallica is OLD, you really think that they're going to come up with another album that's going to be as hard and as fast as, let's say, Kill 'Em All or And Justice For All... No it doesn't work like that. They're old as fuck; therefore, you will hear it in their music. You will hear it through their performance. Yeah, you might say, "then they should just stop making music." Well guess what? They can do whatever they want to do and if making music is their passion, why the fuck would you be a reason to stop what they love doing. Just because you think that their album sucks compared to their older ones it doesn't mean they suck. You don't know how hard it is to create such hits as their first four albums and follow it up after. You unappreciative fucktard metalhead. Go fuck yourself asshole.
I remember thinking this album was way better than anything they did in the last 17 years, but having said that- it doesn't hold a candle to the first 4 albums. But I'm okay with that.
i agree so much.death magnetic is amazing album!and i dont get why people are dont satisfied with this album!its heavy as fuck!songs like all nithmare long,broken beat and scarred,my apocalypse are pure metallica from justice era!i call it justice 2!and for me a big return for the best metal band on earth as you said!
And then there are songs like The Judas Kiss, which blows your mind because it's a fucking roller coaster ride that keeps going up for five minutes, then decides right around a third of the way into the solo, "You know what? Let's drop these motherfuckers off a cliff." And Kirk proceeds to absolutely rip on guitar for the next minute and a half.
Black Sabbath did it better of course, but I lump 13 and Death Magnetic together because while the music was solid, the production just didn't work with the music. Black Sabbath in particular just sounded alien at times with how digitized the production was.
its an OK album, but for metallica needs to make a solid album with solid tracks and sonic recording with solos that have feeing with good production values. I have a feeling the next one might be their last one.
Funny enough I have thought the same thing all along, TWJYL sounds like Blackened, Day that Never Comes sounds like One, and on 13 Zeitgeist sounds like Planet Caravan, Loner sounds like N.I.B. and End of the Beginning sounds like the song Black Sabbath. In both cases, the bands are trying to "relive" their glory days by blatantly copying old ideologies.
most of the critics and fans have rated DM 7.5 on average... however how much would be the rating if this album was done by some other new band ?? how much would you rate?
When i first got into metal through Metallica I thought that this was a great album, however after hearing more metal (or music in general) it just isn't that good like most of metallic as post 1991 output. The songs are too long, the production is rubbish and the performances and lyrics are weak. It could have done with less or shorter songs, the unforgiven 3, suicide and redemption, end of the line, judas kiss all seem like filler. That being said that was just your life, all nightmare long and my apocalypse are enjoyable but do not hold a candle to their earlier work. This is because Metallica lost their passion and energy years ago, if they developed the songs more, make better decisions regarding track listing and song length and some passioned performances and they could still make a great album. As for death magnetic just 5/10
Everything since Justice is pure untalented crap. Apparently their deal with the devil was up after Justice. They are barely listenable anymore. In fact i would say they are not relevent anymore.
The only part of this review where I would disagree is about St. Anger being THE worst Metallica album of all time. Load and Reload are by far the worst. One good track between both albums, King Nothing. That is it. I'll admit that the second half of St. Anger was not strong but that first half is fire.
I liked this album a lot. The first 5 albums, some of the S&M, some of the Garage revisted and D.M. are the only ones I listen to. I am not a fan of the Loads,St.A, or Lulu.
They are the backing music for Lulu, it is not their record. Their contribution on the record isn't terrible. The songs were arranged by Lou f'n Reed, who is a master and HOFer, but strange. I don't understand the over the top criticism Metallica gets for partaking in something like that, and it shouldn't be counted as part of their discography.
I'm afraid to watch the review considering how much he bashed the album before. I love this album personally, it's my third favorite Metallica album, the first two being ...And Justice For All and Master of Puppets. Yeah, I even like Death Magnetic more than Ride The Lightning, The Black Album, and Kill Em' All. Death Magnetic is just awesome in my opinion.
anyone who say death magnetic is not a good thrash album dosen't know what he's talking about. i don't know what people except from metallica, to reverse the rotation of the planet? death magnetic is a great thrash album. i hate to say this but its better than most of the later (after RIPeace) megadeth albums. if anyone misses a great headbanging time, get death magnetic and turn it UP!!!
It's not really the literal volume of the songs that people are complaining about, it's the enormously noticeable amount of clipping and unwanted distortion throughout the thing that makes it sound like shit. the drums and guitar have brutal amounts of staticky muddled fuzz and compression throughout. if they could've recorded these songs with the same production style of their late 80s sound, the album would've been a good return to form for the band. but even so, James' vocal style has become so irritating in the way he actually tries to be a great singer with range. sometimes he sounds like a mix between a country musician and a pirate singing sea shanties. it just stinks. with better production and a revival of James' old vocal style (which he might not be able to really do anymore), this could've been a very good album. oh well.
I really like Death Magnetic. Still not as good as their first 4 albums but I thought they sounded on point throughout the album. 7/10
Agreed
Robert Tru-jello? lol
my jello is noble, mighty and true 😐
The problem isn't the loudness, it's that making it that loud affects the actual timbre and sound of the recording. Extremely loud masters not only strip the songs of much of their energy, dynamic and low end rumble, but this album was shoved up so loud in the limiter that there's actually digital clipping and distortion on the tracks. It's a pity, there were some great songs on the record
Suicide and redemption is highly underrated instrumental and I love it.
Agreed
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True-tee-hee-o 😏😂 (suicide silence reference)
Marc D godamnit Jared you’ve spread the meme
The solo from Unforgiven III was fucking killer.
ShadesofCascades IMO best on the album
day that never comes solo was better imo
I listened to this album when I was in middle school and god damn I was addicted to it, I just loved how fast it was. As I got older and my metal collection expanded I listened to this less and less but I've listened to it enough times that I love every song on it and consider them classics. It's not their best work but seriously, how can you top and justice for all?
You top it with Master of Puppets
To be fair, DM would actually be a solid thrash album in Metallica’s discography if the sound mixing wasn’t so horrible and compressed.
Jasta Gai oh yeah, since this comment I have realized that dm is actually still pretty kickass, all nightmare long is still a fucking banger
John Miller lol yeah master of puppet is definitely the better album, and justice just holds a special place in my heart
Lulu and St.Anger are my favourite albums.
Yeah!Me too!(Sarcasm is AMAZING)
jeremiebad7 I agree
Ha, ha. When all the other albums have been forgotten, Lulu will be remembered as Metallica's masterpiece.
Yeah I think death magnetic is actually on par with the 80s albums tho. I was too young when death magnetic even came out, I didn't listen to it until about 2013 when I was around 18. I went through the Metallica albums pretty much chronologically though so st anger was still fresh and load and reload sucked. But yeah I was a big justice for all fan though and I like this album a lot. I think musically it's one of their best. It's pretty diverse but the quality is there throughout. It's got it's own style to it like the 80s albums each had (all of which i love). But yeah I think it's a mature Album that encapsulates every bit of Metallica that I love in different places. It's a bit of a Jack of all trades master of none but that's what i feel like I wanted from this album so i put it up there with the 80s albums, give it 9/10. For reference i give Master of puppets 10/10, black album 9/10, kill em all 8.75/10, ride the lightening 9/10, justice 9/10
Death Magnetic is to me better than the first 3 albums, yes yes I know Puppets is great but the problem I see with those albums is they were too short. So if I had to rank every album it’d go:
Justice (heaviest, thrashiest, best song writing)
Death Magnetic (thrashy, long songs, sounds great with remaster)
St. Anger (really doesn’t deserve the hate it gets I absolutely love every song I love the grungey, kinda nu metal style)
Reload (very underrated I love the style they went with, such an emotional record)
Load (again love the emotion the songs hold)
Kill em all (first taste of old Metallica gotta love the classics)
Master Of Puppets (everyone’s favorite and for good reason just not mine)
Ride the Lightning (great album, a little overplayed, songs are too short)
Black album (great album but every single is overplayed, i love the sound of this album one of the best produced
records ever)
Hardwired (great album, great sound, it’s just not my favorite in terms of songwriting)
DM is not bad at all, probably because i have listened to the album so much that every single part has been ingrained into my brain so much, but none-the-less middle of the road album
1. RTL (more perfect album)
2. MOP (perfect album)
3. AJFA (always will be of high regard)
4. Black album (this album is too much of a classic)
5. Hardwired (This is really becoming one of my favorites)
6. KEA (its overrated imo)
7. DM (yes its at 7 but like i said i still quite enjoy it)
8. Load (some good songs but too many lackluster)
9. Reload (same here)
10. St. Anger (and i actually like St. Anger tbh)
I wish someone would give this a good remastering. If this had been the comeback release rather than Load, I think Metallica would be in a much better place. The real problem with it is that it was produced like a My Chemical Romance record.
Even MCR is better produced. lol
I can proudly say that this is a personal favorite of mine! The Judas Kiss and All Nightmare Long are just monstrous, and That was Just your Life has such a fun riff
My favourite Metallica songs are their more ballade styled Songs, but still metal (like"Fade To Black"),some ppl might call me a fake fan for this but idc, so i have to say i really like the album and especially "the unforgiven III" and "the day that never comes" and its pretty even with most of their (classic and good) albums. Exited what will happen 2017 to Metallica
Avo4Mole, songs like One, Sanitarium, Fade to Black, Orion, and To Live is To Die are some of my favorites.
The best songs are My Apocalypse, All Nightmare Long, and of course the best song, The Judas Kiss.
All Nightmare Long and That Was Just Your Life are my two favorite songs from this album
Death magnetic is a masterpiece
this is the most unforgettable metallica album. It was more of an album to remind the listener that they can somewhat capture the 80's sound much like "13" album is for Black Sabbath--an epitaph of reflection. However, I don't listen to any songs off of Death Magnetic and would honestly rather listen to load/reload
I'm a young Metallica fan so this album was right up my alley. I loved James' voice and how Kirk's guitar solos came back.
That’s something I do envy about you younger fans. You didn’t live through all the BS drama that metal heads bring up. A lot of metal fans have a unwritten rule book that they keep around that is one of the stupidest things you can do as a music fan I think but for you guys that got into them in the last 10 or 15 years you just have their whole catalog you can pick from and you don’t have the mental anguish that fans that have been listening to them 30 or 40 years have. I just reading the comment section you can see how some people have unwritten rules like one guy said it doesn’t matter what music they put out from here on out good or bad even if it’s a good album he has a rule made out that it was too long since they put out a good album in his mind and other metal bands have come along. So since other metal bands have come along, that’s always going to happen by the way, he has a rule that says he can’t listen to any new Metallica ever. But yeah if I was 13 or 14 years old or even 16 and I was just getting into Metallica and I had their entire catalog at my disposal and I didn’t have to grow up with other people that couldn’t just not listen to music they didn’t like but instead bitched and cried about it for 20 years I think that would be really awesome. If you’re hearing Death Magnetic in the same era of your life that you’re also listening to their older stuff then I could see how it would fit right in without any problem at all. I envy that about you guys.
i really liked death magnetic when it came out, for about a year. because it was better the load, reload, and st anger, and had some great really heavy music. but it hasn't aged well, and James doesn't come up with the best stuff here. i guess cyanide, the judas kiss, and my apocalypse are pretty solid. but ehhhh not essential metallica whatsoever. now Hardwired is a much better album, much heavier, better vocals by James, and has stood the test of time far better. spit out the bone, atlas rise, hardwired, murder one, and moth into the flame are all really good. and the other are good too. i'd say flush load, reload,st anger and death magetic, and stick with the first 5 albums, and hardwired
What's funny is how everyone talks bad about Load/Reload..they are probably two of the best sounding albums they have put out. Guitar tones were unreal, drums were there and kicking hard, bass was booming. I love that aspect of those records. If DM had that tone and mix, it would have been utterly epic..DM songs were good..just recorded and produced terribly
Death Magnetic is harder than the black album.
Yes but worse. The songwriting on Black Album are so much stronger in every way.
+BAD SEED i dont think load and reload were ever intended to be Metal albums
BAD SEED oh c’mon man! The worst albums in metal history? Not at all! Load and Reload is definitely better than 90% of Numetal. Black doesn’t have a bad song. Yes it’s not as thrashy, but I don’t like how trash bands get criticized because of change. For example, Cryptic Writings and Risk are damn good, but they aren’t exactly trash so they got shat on.
@@badseed4492 Load and Reload are better than kill em all.
Thrash Metal Fan yah keep telling yourself that BUD..
I friggin love death magnetic!
A remixed Death Magnetic would be easily as good as their 80's material. I can handle the thinner guitar sound if it weren't so damn loud. I think people are starting to learn that when everything is loud then nothing is loud.
I really love Death Magnetic. For me personally it’s the best album they have put out since their first five albums. And it did remind me a lot of the and Justice For All album . And yes St. Anger financially successful but I think there was a lot of people that were just happy that Metallica was putting out new music and it didn’t sound anything like load and it was definitely faster, like myself for example I bought the album the day it came out but by the end of the month I had kind of decided that this album really wasn’t for me and to this day it’s really the only Metallica album I don’t like. I actually like Load and Reload better than St. Anger, no those albums aren’t thrash metal but I listen to every genre of music except for country and I can appreciate those albums just being a mix between a rock and blues. But as far as DM goes I don’t think it’s as good as the first five albums but as far as the question is it a thrash metal album the answer is yes. Like I said it’s not as good as the 80s thrash albums but if you made a checklist of what a thrash album is it checks all those boxes. I mean there are hundreds of thrash metal albums that are very generic that I don’t really care for. I really think the best thrash metal albums have all already been written because there’s really only so much you can do. I personally believe that between Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Sepultura (I would include Pantera in that conversation to but apparently they don’t fall in the thrash category according to the heavy-metal rulebook) have really put out the best thrash metal music that we are ever going to hear and I don’t think anything is going to top those albums as far as the rash goes….. in my humble opinion that is.
I don’t care what the artist is or what genre of music it is whether it’s metal or hip-hop or a country, every artist is going to have there a classic albums that are just better than everything else. They aren’t going to make an album that has the same impact and influence like Puppets, The Black Album, Justice or Lightning. And they don’t really have to make albums as good as those I think it would just be impossible. I don’t think many metal bands in my opinion have written albums as good as their first five albums. But I do think death magnetic is a very good album though. Like I said after the first five classic album it’s my next favorite album easily. I think it’s important to remember that music is like movies and television, it’s subjective art and it’s more than OK to like or dislike any album. No one is the ultimate authority on what’s good or bad it’s whatever our ears like. I know it’s not popular in the metal community to say that I like the black album or I like death magnetic but I really don’t care. And I’m also perfectly fine with other people not liking those albums. If someone comes into your house and makes you listen to music you don’t like it gunpoint that’s one thing but other than that it is a problem that can easily be solved by just not listening to it.
please buy a microphone, I like most of Death Magnetic, too bad we will have to wait 20 years for some anniversary addition that is mixed better.
I think that’s my only problem with the album is how it was recorded but other than that I really love the album.
metallica needs to replace rickrubin with terry date.
The gripes about the album's production don't hold a candle anymore? I beg to disagree. DM is still among the worst offenders in what come to loudness war. Utterly atrocious compression and distortion all over. Fortunately there's the Guitar Hero III version which sounds vastly better.
+MosoKaiser I blame Rick Rubin, he did that with Chili Peppers as well and I'm sure a lot of bands if I care to look into it more.
+MosoKaiser I have to agree. I bought Death Magnetic and liked it but it never really grew on me. Last week I grabbed it along with Dream Theaters last cd for the ride to work. I got done listening to "The Looking Glass" by Theater and figured i'd throw in some Death Magnetic. I got why it didn't grow on me and it's not the music, it's the sound. I had The Looking Glass cranking and it just gets better with volume. Death Magnetic had to be turned down because the ride, crash and high hat on the drums were clipping like crazy. My car audio is top notch also and it only brought out how bad that recording really was. Just for the hell of it, I grabbed Ride the Lightning the next day. That record sounds amazing! It's hard to believe that Metallica can't tell what good sounding production even is anymore.
+MosoKaiser Death Magnetic is the only album, out of the hundreds I own, where I went and downloaded a remastered version because the album was too painful to listen to. I like the album itself but the mastering is the absolute worst I've heard on a professional release.
Is it possible to buy the GH version in stores ??? Or do I just download that mix...
Joe Manzella Not available in stores, unfortunately. It has to be, uh, 'acquired online'.
Not condoning piracy here, but as long as you have a genuine copy of DM, I don't think downloading the GHIII rip is that big of a sin, especially considering the quality of the rip is what fans paying for the retail version would have deserved. (p.s. Lars don't sue, pls)
the real question is, do i post it later tonight, or tomorrow?
Good review, you are not throwing mud but giving an honest critic, that sir is rare on wabtube. I look at like this. When I stick this album on there are moments when it really gets the hairs standing up on the back of my neck and then there are moments when my brain gets confused with the direction of that particular track which falls in with your analysis. I got the guitar hero version of this album before I started playing a real axe and then when I started riffing for real. I started to get a real deeper sense of the power, bear in mind a glmpse hear and there. And that is the issue. Hear and there it is fuckn leathal. Hard heavy rhythmic goose pimpling Metallica. I love blues so love the big slow riffs on this record. When it gets fast, its like licking the bbq sauce off the back of Milla Jovovich Leeloo's elbow; other times it becomes disconcerting. The tallica of old always jumped smooth and powerful. This record at times does recreate those internal bombastic inner ear and tail bone vibes but falls short in the end but with some memorable moments. ENUFF said a good 8/10
Great review! I think DM is a solid album-nothing amazing, but worth a listen to every now and again. I also think if a band other than Metallica released it, that it would have been received better (just like the Load/Reloads).
Death Magnetic wasn't terrible, but when you compare it to everything else available, it's basically crap. When I'm going to spend an hour listening to music, there are about a thousands things I would choose before Death Magnetic. Even if they fixed the terrible distorted production, my opinion would be the same because the songs just aren't good.
Hardwired to Self Destruct was better tbh. Moth Into Flame, Here Comes Revenge, Spit Out The Bone, Hardwired, Lord's Of Summer etc.
You should make a video on what specifically about the songs is bad.
It's not just that the album is loud. Most modern albums are. It's that it's so loud that it causes digital distortion
My favourite tracks off this album would be All Nightmare Long, Suicide & Redemption and My Apocalypse.
What's wrong with 'I disappear'. It was probably the best commercial rock song that I heard from them. Lulu is not a Metallica album, it was an experiment that went wrong. Still love Metallica though. The biggest gripe about Death Magnetic for me was the actual sound production. If the same, but more improved sound engineering was done on this album that was done for Metallica Black, it would sound different and much better than it does now. The drum recording is the biggest gripe as it makes Lars sound average. Listen to the rerecorded version of Orion that was done for 'Into the Never' movie soundtrack and you'll hear the sound quality I'm talking about. Ignore the dodgy bass intro for that song, I don't know what happened but Trujillo messed it up. I still love Death Magnetic. If you love metal-melody then this album has it. If you like chopped noise then go listen to lamb of god.
Chopped noise? What?
Jake Moresea Looking back at this, I don't even know what I meant.
Kyle Reece Lol
Jake Moresea PS: I actually love LoG now. And Chris Adler's drumming for Megadeth too. Amazing how things change over time.
Death Magnetic may not be Metallica's best album but it was the album that got me into the band so it will always give me chills when I hear it
As far as "loudness" goes on this record, it's not so much the fact that it's loud. It's the fact that tracks are literally clipping. When a track clips, it means you're exceeding the level to which a track can be boosted and not distort, crack, pop, etc... That is where they really fucked up this record. They could have still made it loud as fuck in the mastering stage without the fucking clipping (during the premastering stage) It sounds like it was mixed in some dipshits bedroom honestly. Musically it's a phenomenal record. A little overly long in some areas, but a great return to form.
Cyanide got me so pumped for this albums release!! Great memories!
PERSONALLY Death Magnetic feels really forced. Alright musicianship, but I don't buy into the themes, at least not from these guys; Metallica keep showing how happy they are now, surrounded by loving fans, and feel invigorated, which is great, but I don't buy into lyrics like 'suicide, I've already died' or titles like 'Broken, Beat & Scarred' from a bunch of post-therapy post-rehab complacent millionaires. It's not a bad album , but it's very forgettable and just 'meh'.
Death Meh-netic.
By Meh-tallica.
Thrash Meh-tal.
Nuff said.
Dean Youngblood "Since when does metallica sing about anythin that relates to them?" Since they started writing music. A LOT of Metallica songs are about their experiences.
"You listened to the album with a closed mind..." Oh believe me, I tried to love this album. I listened the fuck out of it on the 12h drive to Berlin where I attended the O2 concert where it premièred. It's not bad, it just doesn't hit the mark it's supposed to, but like I said that's how I feel PERSONALLY.
Dean Youngblood Just saying lyrics like "suicide, I've already died" seem more credible coming from someone with actual problems than a happy man.
It is pronounced Tru-hee-oh. I AM THE TABLE!! LOL
Never thought a day would come when metal heads would complain about something being too loud.
If it's too loud, YOU'RE TOO FUCKING OLD. \m/
Reginald Mizer
It's not about it being loud, it's about how it lacks dynamics. When everything is loud, nothing is loud.
Exactly. It just messes up the production and stops the instruments sounding "natural". Quite different to simply cranking the volume knob when you're listening to the finished article.
Reginald Mizer If anyone actually thinks the issue is with loudness alone, you’re missing the point. Hell I’d be fine if Rick Rubin cranked the volume up to 11 in the studio if it didn’t create that obnoxious compression.
I listened to st anger last night (an album I used to despise) and i actually enjoyed it (ecspecially first 3 tracks) WHATS HAPPENING TO ME?😖😖😖
Welcome. We've been expecting you. :)
Some kind of monster is a pretty great track not gonna lie
Yes it is. I think I actually like the shortened "single" version better though. The production of the sound was tighten up a bit, and they added reverb back behind James' voice. I t sounds a bit more epic than the original album version, but they also cut out a batch of lyrics I really enjoyed too... so, yeah.
But still... great track!
st anger is an album that you want to take some time with
You've got to just listen to St. Anger. Save all the critical thinking for afterwards. It's an album that definitely depends on your mood.
I think Death Magnetic actually is a very strong album, and after listening to it maybe 3 times, i fully understood it. Even though i think it is better than what you are stating, and being a die hard 'tallican i follow your meanings, and i like the way you come with actuall arguments, and not just bullshit. Looking forward to the Beyond Magnetic review!
Love your videos, you keep it real and i think that's awesome! So glad I subscribed!
This was a good comeback album for them. It would have been a good follow up album to and justice for all. It’s a thrash album. I wouldn’t even compare this to st anger. It’s a good album. And the song I disappear is a badass song
The only thing wrong with this album was it was mixed loud to the point of distortion.
CKN really loves butchering names.
"Robert Troojello"; "Chuck Scheelinder"; "Scott Clendian"
lol
Robert Tru-JELLO
Nope, too much too late for me. Too long between drinks and not worth the wait. There have been much better metal bands out there for years.
That’s more than OK. Although I wouldn’t make it a rule that you can never listen to a band again just because they put out albums you didn’t like another metal bands came out since then. Why make any rules at all? If you like some thing don’t deny yourself it just because there’s other metal bands out there. I’ve even started listening to other genres of music but that doesn’t mean I’m making a rule that says I can’t listen to something else.
Death Magnetic was the first Metallica album I have got. Funny enough, at Circuit City when they were going out of business. But yeah, love this album. Favorite will always be ...And Justice For All though. Also, I'd love to hear your opinion on Beyond Magnetic!
I think a jam session is a good idea to kill time
Absolutely agree with you on this album review.. Solid yet not in the upper tier
This is one of my favorite albums of theirs. I like every song on it.
Robert True Jello
love the music on this record but I ABSOLUTELY cannot stand its relentless loudness!
even the wind erodes the stone
"It's very tolerable; it's not too bad" he says . . . Great!!! The biggest metal band in the world produce a "not bad" album . . .
I recommend Megadeth: "The System Has Failed," "AU," "Endgame" and "13" over anything Metallica have done since 1990
Only one of the albums you mentioned is a great megadeth album. System has failed, 13, and United Abominations all have roughly 3-4 good/great songs on them, than the rest of the songs are simply "fillers".
And for the love of god stop comparing the bands. Nobody honestly cares about this fued anymore
*****
Don't care about any feud which doesn't exist. This is a nearly democracy. We can compare two bands in the same genre, and Megadeth are leaps above Metallica in every respect, barring album sales, but half the sales more than Metallica make are because there are twice as many generic Nickelback liking rock fans out there.
The entire "System Has Failed" album is good. Likewise with '13.' "UA" can be hit or miss. Regardless, the work is still reasonably good, and you wouldn't be disappointed hearing parts of these albums live.I don't want to hear anything post 1990 by Metallica live, even though I can listen to "Load" as a background album.
I saw Metallica in 1995, and they only played "Enter Sandman" from the "Crap-black" album. They were still good then, barring the terrible drumming and the even more uncreative Hammett.
I like Death Magnetic. Some songs on it are a bit generic and forgetable, but there are "enough" good songs on it to make it a very solid album, in my opinion. I like the sound of James voice and Rob's bass tone which is very fat.
Listened to this album at work a few days ago, always liked it, but it never stops growing on me, I'm starting to think this might be the most underrated albums in music history 4o\,,/ cen \,,/ cal
That was just your Life is good, but they forgot to give Dave Mustaine his writing credits.
The End of the Line is good, even though it is a bit generic.
Broken Beat & Scarred: Same story.
The day that never comes is not that great, but not bad either, pretty good.
All Nightmare Long is a fantastic song and my favorite on the album.
Cyanide is great, very original and got a cool bass line.
The Unforgiven III is good.
The Judas Kiss is very good.
My Apocalypse is awesome, great riffs
=)
The Judas Kiss is the best*
In my opinion
What really keeps my head up for production wise is beyond magnetic and Lulu both we'rent really loud at all and it sounded pretty well! so i'm hoping the next Metallica album is like that so i don't have to download the guitar hero versions
Death Magnetic is more of a "what if" type album. It's basically the sound of a band going to the shelf, taking down an old stencil and retracing back over it with modern hands and ears.That's precisely the trouble with this album.Rick Rubin instructed them to go back and listen to the music that they used to, but they weren't those guys anymore which is why the album lacks the sincerity and timeliness that it would have had they recorded an album that represented the Metallica of 2008,not 1988.
the sound quality is really the only let down of death magnetic , if it was better this album coul have been way better than what it was. One of the reasons why I like metallica is the production quality of the black album . I was kind of hoping for similar sound quality .
.... did you say Robert True-Jello?
Yes he did. smh... :(
Haha! Ok thought it was just my ears hearing incorrectly. Oh I know what I'm changing my last name to. Or, maybe I'll suggest it to a stripper. True-jello
I did buy this album and as some others has said and will say again. The production is bad.. But the actual songs are pretty good. If Metallica will release this album with better production in the future I might buy that too!
DM was a great album IMO, no Ride, Master, or Kill but, DM was a solid album. The production was bad, but I liked it, man. Ride the Lightning is still my favorite. Lulu made me sad really, I thought they were going in the right direction with DM so who knows, their next album could be better, right? Oh CKN I was wrong in my last posts, the new Vista Chino album is out the 3rd o Sept. You can stream in on SPIN.com to review though.
This album's okay. A blessing after St. Anger, but only a few songs really get me hooked. It's a step in the right direction, but not quite back to where they should be.
CKN, are you ever going to do a video about your album collection? CD's, vinyl's, etc.
I love Death Magnetic. It just reminds me so much of AJFO, but heavier haha
Don't be silly...
Michalis V Wrap your willy...
Darren Lozada Music lol
Bok Lau lol stfu. You you're smart and shit. Tell you this, music is music. If you can't learn to love music for what it is, then you're not a real music lover. Close minded people like you are the reason why music is turning to shit nowadays. You have to open your mind into new things and possibilities with music. Metallica is OLD, you really think that they're going to come up with another album that's going to be as hard and as fast as, let's say, Kill 'Em All or And Justice For All... No it doesn't work like that. They're old as fuck; therefore, you will hear it in their music. You will hear it through their performance. Yeah, you might say, "then they should just stop making music." Well guess what? They can do whatever they want to do and if making music is their passion, why the fuck would you be a reason to stop what they love doing. Just because you think that their album sucks compared to their older ones it doesn't mean they suck. You don't know how hard it is to create such hits as their first four albums and follow it up after. You unappreciative fucktard metalhead. Go fuck yourself asshole.
I agree with you coverkiller
i agree with everything you say! good job with your review
I remember thinking this album was way better than anything they did in the last 17 years, but having said that- it doesn't hold a candle to the first 4 albums. But I'm okay with that.
i agree so much.death magnetic is amazing album!and i dont get why people are dont satisfied with this album!its heavy as fuck!songs like all nithmare long,broken beat and scarred,my apocalypse are pure metallica from justice era!i call it justice 2!and for me a big return for the best metal band on earth as you said!
And then there are songs like The Judas Kiss, which blows your mind because it's a fucking roller coaster ride that keeps going up for five minutes, then decides right around a third of the way into the solo, "You know what? Let's drop these motherfuckers off a cliff." And Kirk proceeds to absolutely rip on guitar for the next minute and a half.
Black Sabbath did it better of course, but I lump 13 and Death Magnetic together because while the music was solid, the production just didn't work with the music. Black Sabbath in particular just sounded alien at times with how digitized the production was.
Death Magnetic is not my favorite, but I do love it
I have a question about your scoring system. Why do you give a 7.75 to something that is "middle of the road" instead of a 5? Just curious.
I'm one of those who really appreciates this album. I would even rank it above Justice (Don't hate me! :'c)
No hate. Disagreement, but not hate. For me, I would put this behind MoP and ...AJFA, but that's about it.
its an OK album, but for metallica needs to make a solid album with solid tracks and sonic recording with solos that have feeing with good production values. I have a feeling the next one might be their last one.
Funny enough I have thought the same thing all along, TWJYL sounds like Blackened, Day that Never Comes sounds like One, and on 13 Zeitgeist sounds like Planet Caravan, Loner sounds like N.I.B. and End of the Beginning sounds like the song Black Sabbath.
In both cases, the bands are trying to "relive" their glory days by blatantly copying old ideologies.
most of the critics and fans have rated DM 7.5 on average... however how much would be the rating if this album was done by some other new band ?? how much would you rate?
probably even worse
When i first got into metal through Metallica I thought that this was a great album, however after hearing more metal (or music in general) it just isn't that good like most of metallic as post 1991 output. The songs are too long, the production is rubbish and the performances and lyrics are weak. It could have done with less or shorter songs, the unforgiven 3, suicide and redemption, end of the line, judas kiss all seem like filler. That being said that was just your life, all nightmare long and my apocalypse are enjoyable but do not hold a candle to their earlier work. This is because Metallica lost their passion and energy years ago, if they developed the songs more, make better decisions regarding track listing and song length and some passioned performances and they could still make a great album. As for death magnetic just 5/10
I just can't hate this album, I LOVE IT!!! it's so fucking good, full of energy and awesome thrash!
Everything since Justice is pure untalented crap. Apparently their deal with the devil was up after Justice. They are barely listenable anymore. In fact i would say they are not relevent anymore.
You have the same opinion on their work as I do. Like. there are not many people that are on that opinion.
SuperLonewolf1970 still stuck in your bubble I see.
Suicide and Redemption quickly became my favorite.
Yes
The only part of this review where I would disagree is about St. Anger being THE worst Metallica album of all time. Load and Reload are by far the worst. One good track between both albums, King Nothing. That is it. I'll admit that the second half of St. Anger was not strong but that first half is fire.
#1 Ride the Lightning
#2 And Justice for All
#3 and #4 are tied between Death Magnetic and Master of Puppets
One of my favorite Metallica Albums!
I liked this album a lot. The first 5 albums, some of the S&M, some of the Garage revisted and D.M. are the only ones I listen to. I am not a fan of the Loads,St.A, or Lulu.
They are the backing music for Lulu, it is not their record. Their contribution on the record isn't terrible. The songs were arranged by Lou f'n Reed, who is a master and HOFer, but strange. I don't understand the over the top criticism Metallica gets for partaking in something like that, and it shouldn't be counted as part of their discography.
So does anyone know if Metallica has plans for a new album any time soon? It's been 5 years since the release of Death Magnetic.
I'm afraid to watch the review considering how much he bashed the album before. I love this album personally, it's my third favorite Metallica album, the first two being ...And Justice For All and Master of Puppets. Yeah, I even like Death Magnetic more than Ride The Lightning, The Black Album, and Kill Em' All. Death Magnetic is just awesome in my opinion.
Exact same opinion, just Kill Em' All would be a bit lower, sorry. But yeah, ...AJFA, MoP, DM, RtL/TBA (can't decide), HWSD, KEA, St.A, Load/Reload.
I feel like the songs in beyond magnetic were better than a lot of the actual Death Magnetic songs. Either way I like the album though.
It's pronounced Robert True-hee-oh, I mispronounced his name for a long time until I heard the members of Metallica say it.
after i heard unforgiven3 i forgave them for st anger LOL ...it was a redeeming record for me personally as a fairly long time metallica fan \m/
anyone who say death magnetic is not a good thrash album dosen't know what he's talking about. i don't know what people except from metallica, to reverse the rotation of the planet? death magnetic is a great thrash album. i hate to say this but its better than most of the later (after RIPeace) megadeth albums. if anyone misses a great headbanging time, get death magnetic and turn it UP!!!
You can't even turn death magnetic up because it sounds worse than St Anger.
I hope tonight, but post it whenever you want to.
my favorite metallica album
its weird how this album is 6 years old it feels like 2 or 3
It was raning while this video was filmed?
It's not really the literal volume of the songs that people are complaining about, it's the enormously noticeable amount of clipping and unwanted distortion throughout the thing that makes it sound like shit. the drums and guitar have brutal amounts of staticky muddled fuzz and compression throughout. if they could've recorded these songs with the same production style of their late 80s sound, the album would've been a good return to form for the band. but even so, James' vocal style has become so irritating in the way he actually tries to be a great singer with range. sometimes he sounds like a mix between a country musician and a pirate singing sea shanties. it just stinks. with better production and a revival of James' old vocal style (which he might not be able to really do anymore), this could've been a very good album. oh well.
+MegaCrasherMusic You can download the gh3 version of the album which has a decent mastering and sounds a looooot better
Its a good album I think the guitar needed more of an old school sound and the drums were too loud