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The architects of thrash dust off some old blueprints.
Metallica’s last three albums have seen the band sink progressively deeper into schlocky grunge and nü-metal
Metallica’s last three albums have seen the band sink progressively deeper into schlocky grunge and nü-metal
James Hetfield conjures his characteristic growl and lobs some impassioned metal mantras on the album’s 10 tracks: “new consequence machine / burn through all your gasoline / asylum overtime, never mind / you’ve reached the end of the line”. “All Nightmare Long” recalls the Middle Eastern-flavored prog meanderings of …And Justice For All, and “That Was Just Your Life” takes the instrumental style of Metallica’s mid-'80s catalog and adds a slathering of infectious hooks. “My Apocalypse” closes the album on a high water mark by evoking Master of Puppets with layers of panoramic technical shredding over staccato riffs and drum fills.
Metallica hasn’t sounded this energized and dynamic since the band rose to prominence as pugnacious up-and-comers in the west coast's metal scene. Death Magnetic is more than a paean to all things thrash
Listen to Metallica's "Cyanide" from Death Magnetic performed live:
Metallica hasn’t sounded this energized and dynamic since the band rose to prominence as pugnacious up-and-comers in the west coast's metal scene. Death Magnetic is more than a paean to all things thrash
Listen to Metallica's "Cyanide" from Death Magnetic performed live:
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I can only hope that returning to their roots doesn't also mean forgetting how to write good songs.
Also, the cover looks like a bodily orifice.
A brilliant return to form for Metallica. I can finally love the band again and not feel ashamed. ;)
It's great to see the band finally return back to the level that made them so great.
At first I thought it was their best album since Master of Puppets. I will now go and say it, it is my favourite Metallica album of all. I've been into them since Ride the lightning came out so I know my Metallica. Is it as ground-breaking as the albums mentioned above? Of course not, how could it be? But it has everything you could possible want from a Metallica album, and more. "Welcome Home" boys!