Metallica, Death Magnetic

I like the music on Death Magnetic by Metallica - good they are back to the pre-load era this one fits there between the balack album and load, buth the mastering sucks. The sound quality is that of song compressed to .mp3 128 kbps. It was probably mastered to be sold online only.

I haven't really listened to much Metallica before this, but since listening to this I have listened to some of their previous albums, and with the exception of the first few albums, it feels as though Metallica have gone back to there roots a little here whilst maturing at the same time.

I really like practically every song on the album, but my favourite currently is 'All Nightmare Long'. I saw them live at the O2 Arena in London UK a few weeks ago and wow did they rock and these songs sound even better live, especially 'The Day That Never Comes'. I know it was the first single so it will be the first which people tire of but I love it all the same.

The album art is really cool, with a coffin hole that goes all the way through to the final page. And if you want to fork out £80 you can get a little coffin box set, with the album, a demo album which is as the name indicates the main album, but the tracks are all demo versions of the final product. Some Death Magnetic guitar picks, a DM T-Shirt, a DM back stage pass style thing that goes around your neck, a DM Flag which is huge and a card with an access code which will get you a free download of the entire show at the O2 Arena in mp3 format, it even gives you album art for that show so you can burn it yourself.

All in all I am happy with this performance, the box set is really overpriced but it's not a total loss considering you get 2 versions of the album out of it and a live performance.

I am a guy who first fell in love with their Black album, Load and Reload at the age of 14 but then i listened to the four master peace and since then i become die hard fan. St. Anger is the worst album by Metallica, i don't think anybody can disagree but oh my God this album it in their to 5 album and one thing to be said first time when i listened to it i was not sure but the second time and so on when i listened to i can say Gods are back with a big bang. All the songs are good but for me the best one is ""All nightmare long"" it's the only song when I listened to the album for the first time that didn't demand all my attention.

Death Magnetic is Metallica's most focused album since the Black album. Finally it's back to basics. I can't wait to hear Death Magnetic live.

I like the speed, similarities to ...And Justice For All, Depth in the songs, solos, and old logo. However, the products is bad, lame snare sound again, no bass, Cyanide is the only song I dislike because of the generic, St. Anger like lyrics. Overall It is the best since ...And Justice For All.

I can't believe I am finally listening to a Metallica album again without thinking, maybe in time it will grow on me. I have followed these guys since Kill 'Em All, through the ups and downs. Like the black album Load. Re-Load and St. Anger...in time they grew on me, but I had to really open my mind and forget the past masterpieces. I can't say that with DM. From the first listen it was kind of what I expected,... a mixture of everything, but it has far passed my expectations. For me it has the cool parts of the last decade with the writing capability I knew they were capable of. (the technicallity of the older albums). All in all this is one album I can't get enough of, it almost feels like I'm 15 again and I just put Justice in my walkman. Yes I said walkman ( remember those old thing that played cassette tapes)?? LOL

Metallica prove once more why they are top of the world and have influenced so many.

I feel bad for the haters who don't know how to open thier mind and forget the 80's, they are gone. Metal has changed since then. DM finds a way to play off that era but with a newer sound.

This is the album! The best yet bar none.All you haters shut up and let us true fans enjoy! Cheers and All Nightmare Long and Apocolypse are this generations top metal tunes!

I think that if Metallica fans aren't happy with this album then they should either throw all of their Metallica stuff away and denounce that they liked Metallica or that they should learn to play guitar and start a Metallica tribute band to play the old rubbish that they crave!

Overall, an outstanding album. I've been an enormous Metallica fan, since I was a kid, when they were an under ground phenomenon and this is the finest album they've made, since the black album. The songs are all really strong and stand on their own. This is the 1st time, in 17 years, that I will want to listen to each and every song, each and every time I play this album. During the Load-era and St. Anger, that wasn't the case. I was skipping songs here and there.

Once again, 2 thumbs up!!

Death Magnetic overall is the best album they have made in years way better than St. Anger and all the other albums they've made this decade and hopefully they'll stick with.