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Posted by: Antonio23 Sep 12 2008, 07:02 PM
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Metallica_-_Death_Magnetic_Review
Posted by: Emir Hot Sep 12 2008, 07:05 PM
great, I hope they sound closer to what they used to be in their hey days.
Posted by: Lian Gerbino Sep 12 2008, 07:16 PM
cool, nice review man!
Posted by: sigma7 Sep 12 2008, 07:22 PM
no offense to women but when I first saw the album cover, it was really small and i thought it was a female body part haha i think u no wut i mean. again no offense
Posted by: Iron King Sep 12 2008, 11:42 PM
I think it's a good album but there is 1, maybe 2 thrash songs... and those are pretty tame
Posted by: Trond Vold Sep 12 2008, 11:58 PM
Nice review 
I've listened through it today and i thought it was really good.
The solos sound a bit uninspired and repetative though. Sounds like he's just focusing on speed.
But other than that i'm quite impressed
Posted by: Young Guitarist Sep 13 2008, 08:53 AM
Sigma, you perv 
Just joking 
Yea, i agree like, what where they thinking?
Posted by: Toni Suominen Sep 15 2008, 08:29 PM
Nice review dude, Metallica is back!
Posted by: Mark. Sep 15 2008, 09:01 PM
The first song I heard of the album was "That Was Just Your Life" ( probably because its the first song on the album ), I think the title suited the song perfectly. What a waste of these 7minutes
Some songs have some nice parts though but other then that I think it's a rather average and boring album, imo:P
Posted by: Nemanja Filipovic Sep 15 2008, 10:14 PM
Nice review,I just watch a bunch of clips from there youtube channel,and I cant wait to buy it.
I agree with Trond on solos.I am kind hearing a bit to much phrases from the old albums.
Posted by: Praetorian Sep 17 2008, 08:10 PM
I agree 100%! I got the CD yesterday and I LOVE it!!!! \m/
Posted by: SEANCD2005 Sep 17 2008, 08:15 PM
i agree this album is realy good i cant stop listening to it
Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Sep 17 2008, 08:26 PM
It's better than St Anger but still doesn't blow me away like the first 4 records. Best since the Black Album though.
Posted by: Trond Vold Sep 17 2008, 08:28 PM
I think it gets better for every listen. Now i love it!
But there's 2 things i dont like about it:
1. The production! I've never heard a CD with this much clipping and compression! I thought at first it was just the online mp3's that sounded like this. But the actual CD is the same. Some seem to like it, but i miss the absolute perfect production the Black album had. I would say the black album still today has one of the the best recorded drumsounds ever.
2. As i mentioned earlier, i'm not a fan of the solos. And i'm still not. They still sound uninspired and repetative with a serious overuse of the wah.
Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Sep 17 2008, 08:30 PM
But there's 2 things i dont like about it:
1. The production! I've never heard a CD with this much clipping and compression! I thought at first it was just the online mp3's that sounded like this. But the actual CD is the same. Some seem to like it, but i miss the absolute perfect production the Black album had. I would say the black album still today has one of the the best recorded drumsounds ever.
2. As i mentioned earlier, i'm not a fan of the solos. And i'm still not. They still sound uninspired and repetative with a serious overuse of the wah.
I agree with this and I think too many bands are doing this. The guy that did the final mastering of the new album said it was too compressed and had too much clipping but by that stage it was too late for him to do anything. He said he hoped they'd remix the album and remaster to get it sounding better at an earlier stage of production.
Posted by: superize Sep 17 2008, 08:30 PM
Not really a fan of metallica but i relly liked listening to Cyanid
Posted by: Harris Sopovic Sep 17 2008, 08:51 PM
Im a big fan of metallica. But it sounded like they used autotune on the vocals, it made them sound pretty dry and too clean in my opinion. Theres a few cool riffs here and there, but sounded ok overall.
Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Sep 21 2008, 01:40 PM
I listened only the song "day that never comes" for now and can only review that song. To tell you the truth I didn't like it, sounds like a bunch of grooves stacked on top of each other. Yeah it's trash, but it is far away from Metallica best trash work. It's just lame and weak, no matter how hard and tight they play it:
Hetfield's singing is weak, and riffing is strong, but annoying after a while.
Kirk's solos were biggest disappointment of all: fast, uninspiring and lame.
Ulrich's grooves are the best part of the song, he plays them great, but again, too much groove changing can be annoying to the listener.
the video is terrible, classic american war propaganda, metallica should know better.
Posted by: Guitarman700 Sep 21 2008, 02:19 PM
Hetfield's singing is weak, and riffing is strong, but annoying after a while.
Kirk's solos were biggest disappointment of all: fast, uninspiring and lame.
Ulrich's grooves are the best part of the song, he plays them great, but again, too much groove changing can be annoying to the listener.
the video is terrible, classic american war propaganda, metallica should know better.
i have to go with Ivan here, he pretty much summed it up. i tried to like this album, i really did, but its just not very good, and its not a thrash album either. a big dissapointement.
Posted by: midnight Sep 27 2008, 08:20 PM
But there's 2 things i dont like about it:
1. The production! I've never heard a CD with this much clipping and compression! I thought at first it was just the online mp3's that sounded like this. But the actual CD is the same. Some seem to like it, but i miss the absolute perfect production the Black album had. I would say the black album still today has one of the the best recorded drumsounds ever.
2. As i mentioned earlier, i'm not a fan of the solos. And i'm still not. They still sound uninspired and repetative with a serious overuse of the wah.
Yeah, the clipping is bad. I don't know how they could miss this. The excuse I read is that the band insisted on recording it so loud that nothing could be done to fix it after. I'm not a studio guy so I only understand very little.
The album is damn good and it does grow on you the more you listen to it, which is says a lot.
As for the solos, It sounds like he was going for attitude more than composing strictly musical sounding solos...almost like the solo itself is more of an effect for the song. In some instances I think it works really well, others not as much. Overall, it works for me with the agressive vibe of most of the tunes....Kirk does love the wah though.
Posted by: Antipolitik Sep 27 2008, 11:54 PM
I think the tracks are great! I love Hetfields voice even if there is some autotune. He is old, give him a break! 
I love the riffs but not the solos. One more thing that is annoying is the mastering.
It's really like you want to decrease the volume when playing it at normal volume.
When listening to Metallica you should feel like increasing so it's way overcompressed and clipping.
Your ears gets tired pretty quick, if you listen to the album loud with headphones it's NOT very nice
for your ears compared to other mastered albums.
They should really make another release ... for free because they got money, lots of money...
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