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METALLICA's 'Death Magnetic' Reviewed In METAL HAMMER's Latest Podcast
- Aug. 29, 2008
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A review of the new METALLICA album "Death Magnetic" is featured in the new Metal Hammer video podcast, which can be viewed at this location. A trailer for the padcast is available below. The Metal Hammer audio podcast, which also features a review of "Death Magnetic", can be downloaded at this location (MP3 file, 42 MB). According to FMQB.com, next week's FMQB Productions broadcast special, "Metallica: The World Premiere Of Death Magnetic", will be hosted by FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl and drummer Taylor Hawkins. The pair will sit down with METALLICA for a live broadcast from 'TALLICA HQ on Thursday, September 4, giving an exclusive look into one of the most anticipated albums of 2008. "The World Premiere Of Death Magnetic" will air on stations across the country starting at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. The 60-minute program will feature James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo giving fans an exclusive look at "Death Magnetic". Keep an eye out at Metallica.com for a listing of stations carrying this program... or call your local rock station and ask them about it. "Death Magnetic" hits the streets worldwide on Friday, September 12.
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COMMENT |
posted by : houde666
8/29/2008 1:52:40 PM
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DEATH MAGNETIC
METALLICA!!!!!!!!!
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COMMENT | ATTENTION EVERYONE!!!!!
posted by :
8/29/2008 1:56:25 PM
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Testicles.
That is all.
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COMMENT | ...and
posted by : chabbar
8/29/2008 1:56:37 PM
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here we go again...
BTW, MetallicA rulz!!!
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COMMENT | Oh no... Metal Hammer loves it
posted by : SweiitConcorkill
8/29/2008 1:56:57 PM
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Incoming! The negative responses should be massive on this one.
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COMMENT | not bad but....
posted by :
8/29/2008 2:02:03 PM
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The songs I've heard aren't that bad but I'm SHOCKED at once again how crappy the production is. Vocals are too loud and the drums sound like the set I got when I was in second grade
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COMMENT |
posted by :
8/29/2008 2:02:16 PM
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hate that homosexual english accent
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COMMENT | THE YEAR OF THE VOYAGER > death magnetic
posted by : Das Schuetzenfest
8/29/2008 2:07:27 PM
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Save your money for one of the best current metal bands from the United States:
NEVERMORE.
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COMMENT | 1 down...
posted by : ThisIsMyUsername
8/29/2008 2:08:12 PM
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2 more stories to go by Midnight.
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COMMENT | It must be so boring at Blabbermouth when there is no Metallica story
posted by : SweiitConcorkill
8/29/2008 2:30:38 PM
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Funny how much they seem to hate the band.
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COMMENT | Coupd
posted by :
8/29/2008 2:46:18 PM
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I heard from several recent reviewers that heard the fuss over sound quality that it sounded great. The guy from Quietus specifically said is sounded very expensively made and the concerns about sound quality he sound were unfounded. The only negative was that the snare in The Day That Never Comes was to loud but otherwise he said it was perfect quality.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
8/29/2008 2:46:20 PM
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FUCK YESSS!!!!!
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COMMENT | To add
posted by :
8/29/2008 2:46:56 PM
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The bad sound is a compressed internet file. The CD will sound much much better.
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COMMENT | tatomajoo what a retarded comment...
posted by : MetalJunkieJay
8/29/2008 2:47:57 PM
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Fair enough to say you don't like his voice but not all English people sound like him. Also the phrase takes one to know one springs to mind.
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COMMENT | tatomajoo
posted by : Blackthorned
8/29/2008 2:50:54 PM
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England owns the language you're speaking.
And your ass.
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COMMENT | Blackthorned
posted by : DocRock
8/29/2008 2:54:53 PM
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I believe you meant "arse".
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COMMENT | DocRock
posted by : Blackthorned
8/29/2008 2:57:16 PM
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If I was talking to a fellow Englishman I would have.
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COMMENT | They should let real people review music
posted by :
8/29/2008 3:01:48 PM
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I bet one magazine or source reviewed it and qouted it sounded like complete shit and I bet Metallimouth (which it needs to be called now) wont post it
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COMMENT |
posted by :
8/29/2008 3:03:57 PM
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Das Schuetzenfest you are the man. Nevermore is worth more than metallica at the moment. If nevermore was on a major record label they would have been a lot bigger than they are right now. Jeff loomis >>>> kirk + james (anyday).
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COMMENT | Notice how they said
posted by :
8/29/2008 3:04:08 PM
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Call you local "ROCK" station not metal station but "ROCK" station...sorry buddy i dont listen to rock...just metal...real mans metal that is
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COMMENT | there is no way
posted by :
8/29/2008 3:07:31 PM
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nevermores riffs dont hold a fucking candle to metallica. especially in the rythym dpt.
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COMMENT | Real Men...
posted by : DocRock
8/29/2008 3:08:36 PM
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...listen to The Jonas Brothers
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COMMENT |
posted by : pigchop
8/29/2008 3:13:34 PM
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I betcha' the cover art 'revealed' is not the final piece.
I think the following might ummm 'better' suit:
http://www.hostanimage.com/files/rkoopruzq5p1nykdhr98.jpg
Ah, whatever - hopefully the album will contain at least a few good tracks.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
8/29/2008 3:18:56 PM
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Every review so far is positive, there is two more that blabbermouth hasnt posted yet, "Thrash hits" review for example.
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COMMENT | Reviews are shite...
posted by : DocRock
8/29/2008 3:35:14 PM
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We are all hoping for a return to the glory days of Metallica, even if it's only in spirit. But what concerns me is that there was this exact same hoopla and hype before St. Anger came out. Before the album's release, most reviewers were giving it all sorts of praise and got the metal community all excited about it and when it was released, it was totally not what we all expected. Many were extremely disappointed, fewer were happy with it, and some were just plain confused. But regardless, the common reaction among those three groups of people is that it wasn't like anyone expected it to be based on all the pre-release reviews that came out...
So I'm not really gonna read too much into the reviews. I'm just gonna sit and wait until Sep 12th. Who's with me? Sitting and waiting. For five years we have been.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Jailbait
8/29/2008 3:39:52 PM
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this album will rule!
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COMMENT | DocRock
posted by :
8/29/2008 3:45:33 PM
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St.anger did get positive reviews, but also bad ones, terrorizer who gave Death magnetic a top notch review yesterday totally butchered St.anger when they reviewed that one.
Death magnetic has ONLY gotten postive reviews. That was not the case with St.anger.
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COMMENT | Someone tell me
posted by :
8/29/2008 3:50:19 PM
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why does metallica even bother with music videos anymore?
i remember when music videos were to get bands known better by getting them seen and heard on tv. metallica doesn't need that anymore. They're the worlds biggest metal band!
metallica should retire, and put together that parody metal band they made back in the '80s.
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COMMENT | trailblazer
posted by : DocRock
8/29/2008 4:57:46 PM
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Thank you for that info! I was speaking of course only of the reviews I had read prior to St. Anger. It's definitely great to hear this, especially since it was a credible rag in the metal universe...
I'm ready to Magnetized by Death.
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COMMENT | Correction...
posted by : DocRock
8/29/2008 5:00:14 PM
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I realize my last statement didn't make sense. Semantics are a bitch...
I'M READY TO BE MAGNETIZED BY DEATH
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COMMENT |
posted by :
8/29/2008 5:02:50 PM
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COMMENT | there is no way
posted by : dismembertheinnocent
8/29/2008 3:07:31 PM
nevermores riffs dont hold a fucking candle to metallica. especially in the rythym dpt.
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Mm, no way. As much as I'd rather have a root canal than having to listen to Warrel Dane, Jeff Loomis is a ace guitar player. He could write riffs better than Hetfield nowadays with just his pinky finger.
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COMMENT | I'M WITH DOC ROC...
posted by :
8/29/2008 5:05:35 PM
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It's time to wait it out and judge for ourselves. I'm not too excited based on passed albums, but I have to admit that MY APOCALYPSE is growing on me. I'm looking forward to hearing it on disc.
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COMMENT | ONE MORE THING...
posted by :
8/29/2008 5:07:50 PM
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What the fuck is this about Nevermore? Who gives a fuck. We're talking about Metallica. Go back to your game of D&D.
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COMMENT | Lars
posted by : ScortoftheNort
8/29/2008 5:16:02 PM
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His real name is Leonard Rockstein and he used to sing for Zazz Blammymatazz.
He did c-c-c-c-c-c-cocaine!
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COMMENT | WTF(sorry)
posted by : ScortoftheNort
8/29/2008 5:20:14 PM
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I swear I was reading the story about Lars and Oasis and cocaine and I posted and my comment appeared here.....I'm baffled, I read this thread like 2 hours ago. Apologies.
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COMMENT | I have a feeling
posted by :
8/29/2008 6:43:48 PM
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...that the production will be better than anyone thinks. From what I hear, there are some real dynamics, including loud drum snare, that I haven't heard in a long time in the era of the loudness wars. I think the sound problems are the streamings and mp3 files that may of been compressed by means of airwave marketing. My first impression upon the first 2 minutes of TDTNC was suprise at the separateness of the insturments. Then the crackling came in when it got heavy. I don't think this will be the master on the CD.
In my opinion, it still won't sound as amazing as Load, sonicaly. Say what you want about the music. It was a production masterpiece.
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COMMENT | HOLY FUCK
posted by :
8/29/2008 8:16:33 PM
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To the people complaining about the production THE ALBUM ISNT OUT...YOU HAVENT HEARD IT...JUDGING THE QUALITY OF AN UNRELEASED ALBUM BY THE QUALITY OF THE PRECEEDING SINGLE IS LUDICROUS AND YOU ARE ALL UNINTELLIGENT/IGNORANT
Fuck.
The album to rock, also looking forward to ACDC, and Malmsteen.
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COMMENT | Metallica - The Undisputed Champs!
posted by :
8/29/2008 9:01:11 PM
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YEAHH!!! GET READY FOR DEATH MAGNETIC!!!!
Lars = Metal
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COMMENT |
posted by : eufonius
8/29/2008 9:35:07 PM
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I don't see how people could get their hopes up on the sound quality. When the tracks posted so far sounds this shitty, I doubt the actual CD would sound any better, unless the mixing or mastering or whatsoever is re-done.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
8/29/2008 9:55:25 PM
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I would rather here some good, creative, tasteful songs with little technical precision than these fucking bands that are all technical and write shit songs anyday! Now it's all cool to say that some technical band is better than Metallica? Fuck that. Anyone who writes that shit is lying and trying to sound cool. Who cares about shredding and blast beats now that everyone does it and has done it and could do it if they wanted. What you hear on an album isn't necessarily all that the composer is capable of.
James has ALWAYS been an awesome rhythm player and Kirk's leads are quite memorable, melodic and with feeling. Once again, I'll take a great emotive, cool song above any of these technical bands, of which I like plenty of. The fast riffs and leads were the first things I learned to do as an insecure kid who thought that music was another sport. WRONG! When someone is trying too hard to be technical then that just isn't cool to me. Subtlety is key. When called for, speedy playing is great. Once again, I'd rather hear a song that is simple but good over these technical freaks who always seem to be lacking in the songwriting dept. Death, of course, is an exception, along with the mighty RUSH and the technical prowess of Danny Carey with Tool, amongst some other bands.
BTW, what does Nevermore have to do with Metallica? Almost totally different in style. Like comparing Overkill to Godsmack. People always name a more underground band on these threads to let us know how "cool" and underground they are. Whatever.
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COMMENT | Metallica rules the world
posted by : RiotAct666
8/29/2008 10:22:28 PM
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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COMMENT | i agree with the last post,
posted by :
8/29/2008 10:57:10 PM
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honestly who gives a flying fuck about nevermore?
the only good thing they have going for them is jeff loomis; but when you have a shitty/annoying ass singer to start with, its hard to have anything anyone gives a shit about past the instrumentals.
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COMMENT | "frontmanford"
posted by : Das Schuetzenfest
8/30/2008 6:18:08 AM
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I love these 20 something (or even younger) bedwetters coming out of the woodwork and spewing their juvenile "wit". D&D? Yeah, sure.
Why did I come up with Nevermore? Because I'm in my mid 30ies, I'm listening to metal for 25 years now, I know my music - and I tell you right here that Metallica do not deserve the exposure they still have - not from an artistic standpoint.
Not after this shoddily written, produced and pieced together Pro Tool disaster that was St.Anger, which followed a string of less than amazing alternative rock albums that lacked any bite and direction.
Metallica used to be one of my two favourite bands, but nowadays they are just overrated.
Artists like Nevermore, Opeth or Devin Townsend are carrying the torch now. And they deserve much more success and exposure. If I can inspire just a couple of younger blabbermouth readers to listen to Opeth's Blackwater Park, Nevermore's Dreaming Neon Black, Devin Townsend's Ocean Machine or Grip Inc.'s Power Of Inner Strength, than - fine. That's my aim.
And as far as riffs are concerend: The first riff of Nevermore's self titled debut alone blows away anything Metallica came up with post 1988. And quite many Nevermore (and Sanctuary) songs match those of classic Metallica.
It goes without saying that Jeff Loomis is twice the guitarist that is Kirk Hammet, a riff writer as good as James Hetfield, even back in his day - and Warrel Dane a much better lyricist than Hetfield is at this point in his life. Same with visionary guys like Mikael Åkerfeldt and Devin Townsend.
Why all this apathy and laziness? Why do so many people refuse to delve into the vast sea of non-mainstream music? Experience and learn and maybe then you'll be able to acknowledge that classic Metallica were indeed groundbreaking, but that they're not the "gold standard" anymore.
Pearls before swine I guess.
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COMMENT | Das Schuetzenfest
posted by :
8/30/2008 4:08:16 PM
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thanks man for explaining the things like they really are.
I totally agree with all you wrote.
Nevermore is a great band and so was metallica in the old days.
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COMMENT | Fire face
posted by :
8/30/2008 6:40:52 PM
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You NAILED in my man, I have heard several people comment on the "production quality" of the recent ,INTERNET releases and I am blown away that this was not considered in those posts.
Eufonius.......take notes.
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COMMENT | frontmanford
posted by :
8/30/2008 6:49:35 PM
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You say much that makes sense, however go listen to "the godless Indeavor" and then compare it to "Master of Puppets" , or even "Garage days" (You know, the actual original , not the one with their cover tunes on the other side)
You may find your answer there.
By the way Chris Broderick is an FUCKING AWSOME replacement for Glen Drover with MEGADAVE, to lend some credence to your point.
EVILE!!!!!
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