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new album name: DEATH MAGNETIC
also here's a review from Kerrang!
http://www2.kerrang.com/2008/06/metallica_preview_new_album_in.html
Metallica preview new album in London
Metallica held a very special listening session for the forthcoming, as-yet-untitled ninth album last week in London, where members of the press were treated to six of the album’s ten tracks. K! was there and we’re happy to report it RULES!
The metal kings have been hard at work with producer par excellence Rick Rubin (Slayer / System Of A Down / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Trouble) on the follow-up to 2003's St Anger. The results, predictably, are very heavy, and very metal.
"It's definitely Metallica, that I can tell you," commented drummer Lars Ulrich at a press conference last month. "There's a lot of variation, a lot of fast, slow, melodic... kind of hardcore, nutty super-fast speed stuff. It's a little more like how some of the earlier records were a little more dynamic within the songs."
There's no confirmed track names yet (or, at least, we hope Flamingo isn't a real title), but if you want to check out snippets of Metallica in the studio, head over to http://www.missionmetallica.com. Meanwhile, here's five things you'll find on the new album...
GUITAR SOLOS!
After abandoning the art of shredding entirely in favour of wet guitars and a drumkit made of dustbins on St Anger, we’re proud to report that Kirk Hammett’s trademark greased-lightning solos are firmly back in place. Hooray!
METAL THRASHING MADNESS!
It must have stuck in James Hetfield’s craw to see the young bucks in Municipal Waste, Evile and Gama Bomb trying to nick his King Of The Riff crown from him. So, to remind these little gits exactly who it was who had a hand kickstarting the thrash movement, on the new record there’s a cavalcade of mental mosphpit moments, as well as the man declaring himself a “heavy metal riff machine”.
DARK LYRICS!
“Sunshine never comes”. “Show your scars”. “|Suicide, I’ve already died!”. On the new album, James Hetfield’s once again dealing with some serious stuff in his lyrics, making for some decidedly dark phrases. But it’s not all doom and gloom, he also declares that he’s “Up from the wreckage one more time”. After St Anger, ‘Tallica sure are.
LABYRINTHINE ARRANGEMENTS!
Placing dozens of riffs into maze-like arrangements and joining them up with cunning, tricky fills is essential to making classics like Master of Puppets twist and turn. Once again, Metalllica stick two fingers up to verse/chorus/verse and drop a cunningly designed carpet-bomb of riffola on us. Superb.
ULTRA-HEAVY PRODUCTION
Rick Rubin’s CV includes twiddling the knobs for Slayer, Mayhem, System of A Down and Trouble. If there’s an expert of heavy, it’s him, and he’s done a sterling job ensuring that ‘Tallica’s new album is heavier than a pregnant hippo. Although it’s much, much faster than that.
new album name: DEATH MAGNETIC
also here's a review from Kerrang!
http://www2.kerrang.com/2008/06/metallica_preview_new_album_in.html
Metallica preview new album in London
Metallica held a very special listening session for the forthcoming, as-yet-untitled ninth album last week in London, where members of the press were treated to six of the album’s ten tracks. K! was there and we’re happy to report it RULES!
The metal kings have been hard at work with producer par excellence Rick Rubin (Slayer / System Of A Down / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Trouble) on the follow-up to 2003's St Anger. The results, predictably, are very heavy, and very metal.
"It's definitely Metallica, that I can tell you," commented drummer Lars Ulrich at a press conference last month. "There's a lot of variation, a lot of fast, slow, melodic... kind of hardcore, nutty super-fast speed stuff. It's a little more like how some of the earlier records were a little more dynamic within the songs."
There's no confirmed track names yet (or, at least, we hope Flamingo isn't a real title), but if you want to check out snippets of Metallica in the studio, head over to http://www.missionmetallica.com. Meanwhile, here's five things you'll find on the new album...
GUITAR SOLOS!
After abandoning the art of shredding entirely in favour of wet guitars and a drumkit made of dustbins on St Anger, we’re proud to report that Kirk Hammett’s trademark greased-lightning solos are firmly back in place. Hooray!
METAL THRASHING MADNESS!
It must have stuck in James Hetfield’s craw to see the young bucks in Municipal Waste, Evile and Gama Bomb trying to nick his King Of The Riff crown from him. So, to remind these little gits exactly who it was who had a hand kickstarting the thrash movement, on the new record there’s a cavalcade of mental mosphpit moments, as well as the man declaring himself a “heavy metal riff machine”.
DARK LYRICS!
“Sunshine never comes”. “Show your scars”. “|Suicide, I’ve already died!”. On the new album, James Hetfield’s once again dealing with some serious stuff in his lyrics, making for some decidedly dark phrases. But it’s not all doom and gloom, he also declares that he’s “Up from the wreckage one more time”. After St Anger, ‘Tallica sure are.
LABYRINTHINE ARRANGEMENTS!
Placing dozens of riffs into maze-like arrangements and joining them up with cunning, tricky fills is essential to making classics like Master of Puppets twist and turn. Once again, Metalllica stick two fingers up to verse/chorus/verse and drop a cunningly designed carpet-bomb of riffola on us. Superb.
ULTRA-HEAVY PRODUCTION
Rick Rubin’s CV includes twiddling the knobs for Slayer, Mayhem, System of A Down and Trouble. If there’s an expert of heavy, it’s him, and he’s done a sterling job ensuring that ‘Tallica’s new album is heavier than a pregnant hippo. Although it’s much, much faster than that.
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LOAD is there best album???
Puppets, Lightning, Justice, Black, Kell Em All are all much better than LOAD. Like 100 times better.
I hope this new album sounds like the older stuff.
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Seriously? Not dogging your opinion but it isn't even in their top 4 or 5.
god i hope so... Metallica's first 3 albums are all masterpieces... the last 4 or so sucked, and i have been a fan of theirs since 1983.
and still jonesing for another show....
"the waiting drove me mad..."
~D.K.S.
At first that was my concern too, but there are two huge differences:
1. The early St. Anger returns talked about the music being maddeningly fast and aggressive, but little else. Fans took this to mean the songs were like the older songs as opposed to the Load era tracks. That was our own inference and we were wrong. :( The new comments - including those from Lars himself - talk about melody, structure, a sound that harkens back to the pre-Black Metallica. Also Lars has commented on the epic-length tunes.
2. Rick Rubin.
(Shawn Smith's official website, but not Thee Shawn Smith)
I feel Load is underrated, but it's still not as good as Puppets, Lighting, or Justice.
I do listen to it more than the Black Album, though.
-Reagan
The review from Kerrang sounds consistant with what the band has been saying. 7 min songs, solos, riff after riff. Isnt this what made us love them in the first place?
I love how they are playing more Load/Re-Load songs this year on tour.
well see.....
8/7/08, 6/9/09
also, worse title ever
06/29/03 09/22/05 09/24/05 09/25/05 05/09/06 05/10/06
I agree with you about Rick Rubin, but not about the title. To me, it totally sounds like a real fuckin metal album. It kinda reminds me of something Megadeth would have come up with. Anyways, i like it, that title is BRUUUUTAAAL!!
that review of no solos and dust bin drums for st anger...priceless.
seriously Metallica without KH solos is like PB&J with no P or J
METAL UP YOUR ASS PUSSIES
The boxset in question will contain the digipack CD version of 'Death Magnetic', a CD of demo versions for all of the songs on 'Death Magnetic', a making of the album DVD, a 'Death Magnetic' t-shirt that won't be available anywhere else, a 'Death Magnetic' flag and collection of guitar picks and a coffin-shaped box that will hold of these items and USB stick with the Metallica logo on it.
If you are inclined to pre-order the album you can check out some studio clips and riffs.....I've been impressed with what I've heard, but it comes in bits and pieces. I do hear some good ol' riffage coming through from Mr. Hammett though. I think they are ready for a comeback
They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all