Metallica Death Magnetic

Previous album St. Anger was crap, only 2 songs where barely ok to listen to. You need to see the DVD Somekind of Monster to understand why it sounds so crappy. They were not Metallica they where employers going to work each day and their boss was Bob Rock.

Having listened to My Apocalypse and Cyanide on Youtube, the anticipation was great with Death Magnetic. So on September 12th I got my copy for 5$ hehe.

First the box is really nice with the coffin cut out. But that pretty much stop there.

The sound?… Well you can read the thousands of threads on the Loudness Wars and my own article from 2006 (didn’t I told you about that long time ago?) Why the RIAA can suck my dick while I shit!. It sounds like crap like all other CD for the past 15+ years. I already felt rip off of my 5$.

If you still doubt it’s not the recording company fucking you good, below is the waveform of song My Apocalypse, in a comparison: top is the regular CD version, bottom is the downloadable version for Guitar Hero III. So yes they can do CD that sound like they are supposed to, but they think you are dumb shit that can’t buy decent audio gear or won’t care how it sounds on their iCrap mp3 player.

Metallica Waveform

Bands have been businesses since the 70s with the Rolling Stones and Kiss. Don’t forget Lars was one of the assholes that told you that copying his music is stealing. And because of us the will all starve and become poor. While they and many others like U2 and the Stones where incorporating their bands in fiscal paradises making sure they won’t pay more than 1% or 2% in taxes on their cd, merchandises and shows revenues. So no I don’t feel bad not buy albums that sound like craps that can’t be played loud because you think it will help you sell more albums and make you richer if you sound louder.

Nice box and shitty mastering, what’s next…? SOLO oh yes they got guitar solos, and maybe too much of them: on My Apocalypse solo is over one minute and totally screw-up the beat of the song. It’s like Kirk thought he had something to prove. Man your good, solos are nice when they fit on a song.

It was supposed to be And Justice For All with new modern touches, well it sounds more like St Anger redone with a couple of old riff and solos. Some songs changed so often of beat, riff and tempo you simply don’t know what song you are listening to.

It was supposed to be a complete return to their roots though I think they simply used a few old riffs on some new shitty songs. There are elements in their songs of the Old days with a new sound to them or maybe a sort of mixture of everything they’ve done. It gets confusing and let’s faces it: NO ONE LIKE THE NEW SOUND AND SHIT!

In resume it sounds better than the previous 3 albums but it’s a melting pot of old and new riffs more often inside the same songs that sound like a jamming sessions of peoples that want to sound old Metallica but can’t resist playing their new riffs. It’s some kind of monsters that want to wake up but have been asleep for so long that he can’t stand up. Rock and metal are feeling you don’t create a song based on the trend of the moment like a pop star its feeling and expressing what you are, a Rocker! Please James call Dave Mustain and ask him how he have been doing so many albums that sounds good while you still can’t make a decent one in 5 years.