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Posted by mahatma chani on 2008-08-05 14:15:14 +0000

Supposedly Rubin forced Metallica to only listen to "Master of Puppets" while writing this one. It's probably sacrilege, but I think that record completely sucks, as does a majority of this band's catalog.

Posted by MF DU on 2008-08-05 14:26:21 +0000

First 4 LPS work just fine for me - not so much after that. Its always fun to speculate with these guys, but like I said, I don't want to hold my breath.

Posted by MF DU on 2008-08-05 16:16:37 +0000

Just realized the swirls around the coffin / grave are those iron filing magnetic swirly patterns. Pretty cool artwork.

Posted by respectless on 2008-08-05 17:16:42 +0000

rick rubin is the ONLY chance these guys have of salvaging their name. hey, it could be good. stranger things have happened, but i am guessing closer to chinese democracy. i was a big metallica fan until like '91/'92, so i will give it it's day in court.

Posted by mr. mister on 2008-08-05 17:44:02 +0000

I hope it's another kill em all but after seeing that Metallica doc I think it's over.

Posted by tgl on 2008-08-05 18:19:55 +0000

Still looks like a va-jay-jay to me.

Posted by loxocele on 2008-08-05 18:50:25 +0000

that was my first thought....

Posted by MF DU on 2008-08-08 11:09:32 +0000

what Hank Rollins refers to as the 'vertical smile' on 'Loose Nut'...

Posted by jbcardinale on 2008-09-05 15:23:30 +0000

Caveat emptor. http://www.komp3.net/topdownloads.html

Posted by MF DU on 2008-09-05 18:46:15 +0000

I heard 'My Apocalypse' the other day off of the 'va-jay-jay' album. I'm not gonna lie: I liked Hammet's lead.

Posted by MF DU on 2008-09-25 14:00:45 +0000

Front Page of the print WSJ today - Metallica fans say its too loud! (Not Very) Mastered of Puppets The side-by-side diagram of 2 30 second soundwaves from...And Justice For All and Death Magnetic is entertaining. This has always been a problem with "Loud" / "Metal" music - you want power, but you give up any of the nuances between instruments in the process. Not that Metallica are the Stooges or anything, but Raw Power comes to mind. I think its kind of sad that a lot of music today is being made to be heard on those shitty clock radio speaker earbuds that come for free with the ipod. The first thing I did when I Opened my Ipod in 2005 was to rid myself of those 'paper cup and a string' sound quality earphones. As far as Death Magnetic and its music, its better than most of the 90's tripe by first listen. They didn't pull a Newstead w/ Trujillo's bass a la ...And Justice For All, but again, even though you have bass in the mix, the mix is anything but dynamic.

Posted by mahatma chani on 2008-09-30 11:50:51 +0000

FWIW, a visual representation of Metallica: Top waveform is "Death Magnet," then "Master of Puppets," then the Black album.

Posted by MF DU on 2008-09-30 12:52:34 +0000

The new album, FWIW, is particularly good i/r/t all the '90's output - It's a shame they didn't have the faith in their material to make a more dynamic recording. In an effort to appear "loud" and "extreme" it loses would could have been an extra dimension. Oh well.