Simply put, Metallica are back and they are bringing the heavy with them. After what was rather shaky ground with 2003's St Anger, the biggest metal band in the world return to form with this gem. The album is filled with epic tracks, from the beautiful single, The Day That Never Comes, through the made-for-live-shows Broken, Beat and Scarred, all the way to the powerful monster of a track, All Nightmare Long. The whole album drove this Metallica fan into a mosh-pit frenzy, especially after listening to the instant classic, The Judas Kiss, a song that is sure to rival set mainstays like Enter Sandman for their spot in a live show. The simple, yet thought provoking album cover sums up the theme of the album entirely, with most tracks taking a dark, death based theme. Personal favourite tracks include Broken, Beat and Scarred, All Nightmare Long, The Judas Kiss and Unforgiven 3, which follows on from it's predecessors with style. It is fantastic to see my favourite band back on form with an album that seems to be the missing link between ....And Justice For All and the band's self titled Metallica (The Black Album). A recent live show in London showed them to be meshing the new tracks with the classics effortlessly, something they have avoided with St Anger. If there is one message this album can leave for doubters after St Anger, it is a line from Broken Beat and Scarred...
"What doesn't kill ya.. MAKES YA MORE STRONG!!"
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Advantages: Thundering riffs, great basslines, howling Hetfield, mental solos, brutal drumming Disadvantages: Still not as good as the old Metallica albums, Unforgiven is a bit odd
dan_the_turbanator 22.10.2008 (22.10.2008)
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Review of Death Magnetic - Metallica
Advantages: Thundering riffs, great basslines, howling Hetfield, mental solos, brutal drumming Disadvantages: Still not as good as the old Metallica albums, Unforgiven is a bit odd
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Advantages: Metallica are back, fantastic partly-thrashing progressive riff based metal music with a contemporary touch Disadvantages: Awful mixing has destroyed dynamics adding severe digital distortion with too much compression used
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