Well... the ninth studio album from Metallica, Newstead substituted by Trujillo. What can we expect? A collection of classics? A shitload of trashcan banging by a bunch of boozers? A mixture of some melliflous solos and riffs? In this predicament, i would certainly look forward for anything better than St.Anger, something which is just not "bang bang dum dum"... may be they will lack the flair and melody of Black and Ride the Lightning, the tempo and variations of Master of Puppets, but retain a tinge of their old legacy, a style of their own and James' vocals. Thanks to some Monsieur/Madame/Mademosellie in Paris, and Rapidshare which gave me the new album and my PS where im given coffee, lunch, high speed internet, stipend and time to crap all over the net, here it goes.
The long awaited album from the boozers has 10 songs out of which one is deviod of James' vocals. Its a pity that Unforgiven III has to be there in this... not that its too bad, but nowhere comparable to its predecessors. Starts of slowly, and if im not wrong its a keyboard(my apologies if it isnt keyboard and violon) and then ends with a good solo.
"The Day that Never Comes" was used for the publicity stunt, and once agian...its not the "One" of ...And Justice for all nor "Nothing Else Matters" of Black nor " Fade to Black" of Ride the Lightning, but nevertheless a good song.
"Suicide and Redemption" is a good one, but with too many repetitions of the same riffs.
The rest of them are good and bad in their own ways, but overall a very satisfying album compared with the last 3 or 4 of them. With Metallica lowering their bar everytime exponentially since Black, it might take more than a miracle to come up with another Black.
No wonder Ulrich says it makes no difference to them if the album leaked, they cant go firing all guns against some rapidshare this time, must have had enough with Napster. Lets all relish the faint flavour of the "Old Metallica" and be glad that Kirk's solos are still alive.
Ive got time and Ive got space and I am no Einstein to derive relationships between them, so let me give it a rating... 3/5. That must satisfy most of them.
Almost forgot... for those who want to download Metallica Death Magnetic: http://rapidshare.com/files/142345199/metdmr-fjortiso.rar
3 comments:
Good one dude..3/5 is an apt rating. Actually I liked 3 of them,"All Nightmare Long", "Suicide & Redemption" and "The Day That Never Comes". Overall a good album but not worth a wait of 5 years..(sry if I've offended anyone)
I have a theory, bands that reach a peak should retire when they are on the top, not make shit albums later on leaving mud in the mouth of the listeners. Metallica is trying to follow the same rules of composition it has been using in the past 5 albums barring St. Anger. I will forgive Metallica for St. Anger coz they were doped and they had no idea what they were playing, so was the mixer, producer, studio etc. Lyrics arent impressive, neither are the vocals nor the riff. The solos couldnt have been any more random. Kirk should perhaps stop composing after this. If Metallica renames itself and says that death magnetic is their debut album then I wouldnt bother. But this is tarnishing the good name they earned through good music. Well if they wanna self destruct, I will make sure I wont listen to their upcoming albums.
Lite teeskondi ra babu.. Metallica was the BEST in their heyday, Ob they can't (and shouldn't) continue.. TBH I wasn't expecting much from this album..
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