Metallica Reveal Magnetic New Album | Pitchfork

Titled Death Magnetic, release will be September 12.

Hopefully this one is less of a turd than St. Anger *shudders*

They used to be one of my favorite bands. I never would have imagined getting to a point where I barely care anymore, but that day has arrived.

Same here, couldn't care less about it.

Renton: You get old, you cannot hack it anymore, and that's it? That's your fucking theory?

Sick Boy: Beautifully fucking illustrated!

My expectations are low.

I'll do my best to go in with an open mind.

Even if by some miracle the music is original, the mastering will no doubt blow. I'll probably buy it anyway.

I stopped caring about Metallica after Load and Reload (with the exception of Hero of the Day).

I actually thought Load was ok. But not ReLoad. Not up to the old standards, but not awful either. More blues based, and different.

I can tell you one thing for damn sure, there's no way they'll get me to pay for this one without listening first. St Anger remains one of the few CD's that I listened to once and then never again. It was truly terrible.

I never even made it through the entire album.

I never heard it, I just heard it was bad so I didn't bother checking it out for myself. I might just have to now to see how bad it is.

I never heard it, I just heard it was bad so I didn't bother checking it out for myself. I might just have to now to see how bad it is.

That would be a mistake: don't listen to it.

I heard it (St. Anger) in a store without knowing what it was, and didn't mind it as much as other people did. It is not -- contrary to popular belief -- universally despised. Just mostly so. I actually believe that Load and Another Load* were worse, music-wise.

I'd love to hear what Luis could do with it. Now that would be a test of his ...erm... mettle.

*as in "dropping"

Edited August 5, 200817 yr by Dusty Chalk

heh. He worked wonders for The Black Album, for me

Though it was from the vinyl.

How could you guys not care? I am very fascinated to see if they can make an even more awful album than what they've been doing for almost the last 20 years. The decline has been steady and linear, so I can't even imagine what this will sound like. How does Lars top the trash-can sound? By beating rocks together? And will they coin an even more moronic lyric than "frantic-tic-tock", which is might as well have been the heavy version of "mmmmbop"?

See how much we have to look forward to?

If nothing else, the release of a nu Metallica album is at least a chance to laugh your butt off for a few minutes solid.

How could you guys not care? I am very fascinated to see if they can make an even more awful album than what they've been doing for almost the last 20 years. The decline has been steady and linear, so I can't even imagine what this will sound like. How does Lars top the trash-can sound? By beating rocks together? And will they coin an even more moronic lyric than "frantic-tic-tock", which is might as well have been the heavy version of "mmmmbop"?

See how much we have to look forward to?

If nothing else, the release of a nu Metallica album is at least a chance to laugh your butt off for a few minutes solid.

Decline from a very low starting bar height

Lars... greatest drummer evah

I think my favorite metallica is from the 1st of 3 vhs tapes of the Live Shit: Binge + Purge box set. I wish I would have bothered to export the audio to digital. Then again, I haven't heard it in years, so maybe it wasnt much better than the albums.

From my Gmail:

Acoustic Sounds New Arrivals

August 6, 2008

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Can you believe these titles? And mastered by Kevin Grey at AcousTech?

We know how long you've waited for Moondance. Well, we hope these additional titles will have made your wait worthwhile.

Metallica - Death Magnetic - 45 RPM Vinyl LP

Warner Brothers LPs

Metallica

Death Magnetic (Deluxe Edition)

AWAR 512119 - $114.98 (5 LPs)

(45 RPM - 180 gram)

Is that good or bad?

Is that good or bad?

My first thought was that all the mastering in the world won't fix crappy material.

Is that good or bad?

It's

$115? fuck that

The new single isn't completely awful musically, but it may be the new hotness reference, at least the download I've got. Really want to know the source for this, because it's just a massive wall of digital clipping.

Replaygain regards it as 13.75 dB over its reference, peak at 1.12. The thing is it sounds good for the much quieter first half and then becomes unlistenable. I'd like to comment on the guitar solo, but just can't.

it may be the new hotness reference

Agreed, I listened to the new track this morning and I've never heard so much clipping in a single song.