The Time We Saved Metallica

Monday, September 29, 2008
Posted by Sim
2 Comments

The days leading up to September 12th were intense. For one thing it was eerilie close to America's most popular public holiday, but more importantly it was the New Zealand release date of Metallica's latest album, Death Magnetic.

Their last album, St. Anger, was released in 2003 and was an absolute disaster - the majority of critics and fans agreeing that the band just didn't get their sex on, and "just delivered what they could scrounge together before the deadline". So any new effort of theirs would have to be a redemption piece.


Click to enlarge image
They have announced several album release dates since then, but its been 5 long years for Metallica fans to receive the album that never comes.

I've downloaded (I mean...bought...I'm not a pirate) the album, and decided to check it out.

I turned off my audioscrobbler, so Metallica wouldn't show up on my Last.fm (I wanted to keep my scrobbles safe in case this album was St. Anger 2.0). 

The first song I listened to was Cyanide, which they played months before the album release at a live concert (thanks Matt for the link). Then after checking out their first single, The Day That Never Comes, I felt I had an idea of how I felt about this album. It was decent. Better than St. Anger by many metric kilometers, but they still haven't gone back to the hieghts of their 80's thrash supremacy (and most likely they never will).

I will reccomend this album to Metallica fans (who probably don't my reccomendation to get it) and people who want to listen to some thrash metal by those who once defined the genre.  

Labels: , ,

 

2 Witty Remarks:

Eeli said...

My gosh! This happens EVERY time i write a comment here. I'm beginning to think writing on MC DOc and copying and pasting would be better. Apparently conflicting edits occur whenever i post... nevermind. Again short bulletpointed sentences will have to suffice:

-I am unfamiliar with Metallica. If the sound similar to the sounds of Marilyn Manson, White Stripes, A Perfect Circle, Rise against the machines get back to me... i may be interested.
- I want ginger fat kids
- Ginger fat kids who can rock on an air guitar
- Ginger Fat kids who aren't so much fat and ginger but more lean and asian
-you spend a tonne of time drawing in lectures
- It seems to be that way from your post below :P
-Tired because Beckett PMS's every morning despite being a male

Phew, i will copy and paste if this does not go through. Myu last message was a hella more than this :(

-Btw, please NEVER allude to my parents EVER doing the deed. They have been CELIBATE all their lives. I was comsumated via external life forces (whichever is the most plausable)

September 30, 2008  
Sim said...

Hmmm, Comment testing testing 1 two tre foooour!!!

September 30, 2008  

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)