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Metallica's Death Magnetic

greenmannygreenmanny Posts: 766
edited February 2009 in Other Music
I've been listening to this cd for quite some time now, and I can't get enough. If you're a Metallica fan and you don't have it, I have three words for you: get it now. What does everyone else think about it?
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  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    I think it is a bad ass album worthy of being mentioned in the same conversation as Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and .....and justice for all. The guys turned that mutha out!
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    I love it. Best album of 2008 and best by Metallica since Justice 20 years ago.
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    Think its amazing, jucy riffs and solos and everything. Lar's snare is still shit sounding on it though. But having seen Death Magnetic songs live they totally rocked.

    Can't wait to see them again on Tuesday.
  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,981
    is this one new? i heard the awesomeness of death magnetic but haven't heard this one.

    sorry dude just bustin' your chops.

    yeah it kicks ass.
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  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    rhcpjam6306 wrote:
    is this one new? i heard the awesomeness of death magnetic but haven't heard this one.

    sorry dude just bustin' your chops.

    yeah it kicks ass.
    HA! I didn't even notice that when I orginally posted.
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    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
  • greenmannygreenmanny Posts: 766
    rhcpjam6306 wrote:
    is this one new? i heard the awesomeness of death magnetic but haven't heard this one.

    sorry dude just bustin' your chops.

    yeah it kicks ass.

    My bad. I guess the thrill of the music made me ignore the last two letters in the album title. Topic has been edited though.
  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,981
    greenmanny wrote:
    rhcpjam6306 wrote:
    is this one new? i heard the awesomeness of death magnetic but haven't heard this one.

    sorry dude just bustin' your chops.

    yeah it kicks ass.

    My bad. I guess the thrill of the music made me ignore the last two letters in the album title. Topic has been edited though.

    lol dude don't worry about it.

    i was supposed to see them in jersey a few weeks ago. had ga tickets and was going to get there so much before but something came up and couldn't go. i got the bootleg though and the show was great. can't wait to see them at msg this fall man!
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    Death Magnetic is their best album in 20 years, but it's no MoP, and it's not even a great album.

    Every solo sounds the same.

    Lars, as always, sounds like crap and is definitely the weak point in the band.

    It sounds too much like Metallica trying to make a METALlica album. Just not very natural.

    I dunno how anybody can listen to it over and over. For the first time in music history, my ears were sensitive enough to not be able to listen to the whole thing in one sitting.
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,698
    DewieCox wrote:
    Death Magnetic is their best album in 20 years, but it's no MoP, and it's not even a great album.

    Every solo sounds the same.

    Lars, as always, sounds like crap and is definitely the weak point in the band.

    It sounds too much like Metallica trying to make a METALlica album. Just not very natural.

    I dunno how anybody can listen to it over and over. For the first time in music history, my ears were sensitive enough to not be able to listen to the whole thing in one sitting.

    Dewie, you made some good points. I don't think it is better than the Black Album. That album gets a lot of shit for them "selling out", but it has some great songs on it (overplayed as hell, but still good songs).

    I haven't listened to Magnetic enough to comment on your point about the solos.

    "It sounds too much like Metallica trying to make a METALlica album. Just not very natural. "- This is the best description of the album that I've heard.

    I also agree about how you can't see listening to it over and over. It's on my ipod and when the DM songs come on shuffle, I'll listen to them but they don't particularly get me excited. I also never have a real urge to hear one of the songs from that record.

    One thing that hasn't been touched on is the lyrics are so awful, as they have been since every album post Black Album. I'm not asking for Bob Dylan, but it would be nice to not cringe when I listen to the songs.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    ^ I agree about the lyrics, overall. There have been a few lines pop out as pretty cool, though I cant tell you which songs.

    And the solos lacking is mostly due to Hammett playin pretty well the same thing in different keys. To much weedily weedily and not enough substance. I was kinda expecting him to blend the bluesier style, which I thought was one of the higher points of Load and Reload, with the blistering speed.
  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,981
    guys i disagree. kirk "the ripper" hammet melts my face right off during every song, every listen, every time.
    Beavis: All my friends are brown and red? What does that mean?
    Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
    Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
    Butthead: Huh huh.
  • swedeswede Posts: 558
    DewieCox wrote:
    Death Magnetic is their best album in 20 years, but it's no MoP, and it's not even a great album.

    Every solo sounds the same.

    Lars, as always, sounds like crap and is definitely the weak point in the band.

    It sounds too much like Metallica trying to make a METALlica album. Just not very natural.

    I dunno how anybody can listen to it over and over. For the first time in music history, my ears were sensitive enough to not be able to listen to the whole thing in one sitting.

    I disagree but hey everyone is different - I think that Lars isnt at the peak of his powers, but in the albums up to the Black album i dont feel like he is even close to the weak point in the band, rather one of the strengths.

    I really loved the album - I dont listen to it like its one of the earlier albums, but I really enjoy it and I like the direction coming back to the way in which they are playing. Good stuff and it was one of my fave albums of 2008 for sure
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,698
    I'm not a drummer or a musician of any kind but I've never had a problem with Lars' drumming either. I was actually really impressed with his work on the early albums. I always thought people that complained about him were coming from a technical view. There does seem to be a lot of hate of him (for his playing) on this board.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • greenmannygreenmanny Posts: 766
    I think the album as a whole is awesome, including Lars's drumming and Kirk's solos. In defense of Lars's drumming, not everyone can be the drummer for AC/DC and produce a wide variety of complex, great beats every song. (Zing...AC/DC drummer)
  • prytocorduroyprytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    The first song is about all I can take. But I really like that song. Metallica should quit now. Before they make another St. Anger.
  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    I've been a Metallica fan for many years and have seen them several times. Now that I've had a few months to think about Death Magnetic, I can say I don't listen to it as much as I did when it first came out.

    I think it is a complete turnaround from St. Anger, but it does suffer from some of the issues that St. Anger had, namely lyrical shortcomings. One of the many things I hated about St. Anger was the repeating lyrics. The way he would take a few phrases and repeat them over and over and call it good. There is some of that on Death Magnetic too - Broken Beat & Scarred comes to mind. But the music to that songs lifts it above the lyrical annoyance. Better lyrics than St. Anger but not by much.

    Gone are the days of And Justice for All as far as Metallica lyrics go I guess.

    BTW, I really like Load and Reload, except for a few clunkers here and there on those records. Like one of the previous posters, I miss the bluesy solos Kirk did for those two. His solos on DM are good, but not very memorable. I mean you can hum previous solos by memory if want, but these sound rushed and aren't very melodic. Not sure I am explaning that correctly.

    Cyanide is awful buy the way. Lyrically and musically. Shouldn't that have been a B-Side?
    I think the 2nd half really falls off. Can't stand Cyanide. Unforgiven III should have had a different name, it has nothing to do with the first two and isn't nearly as good. Judas Kiss is OK. Suicide and Redemption is good. Glad to hear the instrumental has made it back. My Apocalypse - barely listen to it. But the first 5 songs are hard to beat.
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  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,698
    Flagg wrote:
    I think it is a complete turnaround from St. Anger, but it does suffer from some of the issues that St. Anger had, namely lyrical shortcomings. One of the many things I hated about St. Anger was the repeating lyrics. The way he would take a few phrases and repeat them over and over and call it good. There is some of that on Death Magnetic too - Broken Beat & Scarred comes to mind. But the music to that songs lifts it above the lyrical annoyance. Better lyrics than St. Anger but not by much.

    Gone are the days of And Justice for All as far as Metallica lyrics go I guess.

    I agree. I miss the days when they would tackle a subject (the justice system, war, etc.) in the lyrics rather than just throw together a bunch of negative words and repeat them the whole song.

    The worst thing about this is that Hetfield isn't a horrible lyricist. I read somewhere that before they would start an album Lars would show Hetfield some movies that he thought would make interesting song topics (apparently he showed him the movie "...And Justice for All" which is where that song came from). Lars said he tried to do that this time, but Hetfield wasn't interested.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • Grunge100Grunge100 Posts: 178
    danny72688 wrote:
    The first song is about all I can take. But I really like that song. Metallica should quit now. Before they make another St. Anger.

    Na,

    I think its a fantastic album. They can continue to make music like this for another 10 years and i would love it. :D
    Light green to green, dark green, brown..
    Every life is falling down
    Brown to black, it's coming back
    Dies to be part of the ground
    Seed to seedling, root to stem
  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,981
    for all you non-believers...watch this video...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKiormZs ... =rec-HM-r2

    ...and don't listen too loud because kirk "the ripper" hammett might blow your fucking ears off!
    Beavis: All my friends are brown and red? What does that mean?
    Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
    Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
    Butthead: Huh huh.
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    I'll be seeing them in less than 20 hours.

    Can't wait to see The Sword again, they are a brilliant stoner band.
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,698
    rhcpjam6306 wrote:
    for all you non-believers...watch this video...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKiormZs ... =rec-HM-r2

    ...and don't listen too loud because kirk "the ripper" hammett might blow your fucking ears off!

    I don't think anyone was arguing that Kirk can't play. It was more that he wasn't reaching his full potential on this album.

    Thanks for the video, that does rock!
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,981
    yeah it kicks ass.
    Beavis: All my friends are brown and red? What does that mean?
    Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
    Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
    Butthead: Huh huh.
  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    rrivers wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    I think it is a complete turnaround from St. Anger, but it does suffer from some of the issues that St. Anger had, namely lyrical shortcomings. One of the many things I hated about St. Anger was the repeating lyrics. The way he would take a few phrases and repeat them over and over and call it good. There is some of that on Death Magnetic too - Broken Beat & Scarred comes to mind. But the music to that songs lifts it above the lyrical annoyance. Better lyrics than St. Anger but not by much.

    Gone are the days of And Justice for All as far as Metallica lyrics go I guess.

    I agree. I miss the days when they would tackle a subject (the justice system, war, etc.) in the lyrics rather than just throw together a bunch of negative words and repeat them the whole song.

    The worst thing about this is that Hetfield isn't a horrible lyricist. I read somewhere that before they would start an album Lars would show Hetfield some movies that he thought would make interesting song topics (apparently he showed him the movie "...And Justice for All" which is where that song came from). Lars said he tried to do that this time, but Hetfield wasn't interested.

    Yeah! Like with "One". I wish they would go back to that a little.

    I didn't even mind the more personal lyrics on Load and Reload. Some somgs like Bleeding Me, The House That Jack Built, Outlaw Torn and Fixxer are great! Don't know what happened after that.
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  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    after i saw them last summer i cant listen to them anymore..
    they are amazing live.too good...
    they r evil. i am terrified of them
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