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Metallica’s ninth accomplishment has arisen, “Death Magnetic,” contains ten killer intense tracks of pure metal you won’t believe your ears. Americans heavy metal giants Metallica have indeed returned and this is what has to be said about their newest unveiling…. This album will be the band’s first release to feature their current bassist Robert Trujillo, and the fist to be produced by Rick Rubin. Also noted is that this will mark the band’s first time in history in which all band members contributed to each song on the album, and is the first album in twenty years to feature an instrumental track since their killer record ‘And Just for All.” A lot of “firsts” for Metallica but will those first stages conquer all? Opener “That Was Just Your Life,” brings out the mellow drifting side of old school Metallica’s album “The Black Album,” bringing to mind “Enter Sandman,” having the soft mellow introduction then thundering in having the guitars do what they do, tearing through everything in sight. The drums are hard and fast pounding and jump directly at you giving you a heart attack, the guitars and drums combined together as one, as James Hetfield (Vocals/Guitar) brings back the rocking juice bringing the heavy screaming vocals are loved to hear off “Kill’em All,” to and “Master Of Puppets.” Kirk Hammett (Guitars) displays a killer solo that explodes and expresses itself to the core, blowing their passed creations out of the water. Robert Trujillo (Bass), and Lars Ulrich (Drums) bring the opener home backing up everything that hasn’t fallen to the floor, building up the excitement and energy that has already been soaring through your body and soul. “The End of the Line,” exposes itself bringing again another classic tune to the mix, “Creeping Death,” having the same pacing fastness heavy metal juice that explodes with full ripping force! Metallica has brought home the classic stylings so far can they keep it coming? And indeed they do keep bringing on the classic callings of their older releases, “Broken, Beat & Scarred,” and “The Day That Never Comes,” of which we’ve heard, both back to back is an interesting combination. “Broken, Beat & Scarred,” brings the thunderous force yet again having the drumming pieces of Lars’ work keep a blast beating rhythm you can defiantly bang your head too. James’ vocal skills are to the extreme and bring the classic screams and clean cut lyrical abilities of the old school Metallica force. When it comes down to “The Day That Never Comes,” it seems like that day we’re expecting to arrive never really comes, this mellow metalatic riffs takes Metallica down a level bringing to mind “Sad But True,” except has a more melodic vibe to it with a faster tempo. After listening to the first set of tracks off “Death Magnetic,” I found myself falling asleep but knew I was slipping into a spiraling dream entitled “All Nightmare Long,” which dozy title is not what it says. The thunderous force keeps on headbanging us making us want to edge in ever so close to the pure aggression that has been reborn thanks to James and Kirk’s combining pressure on this aggressive solo dueler. Lars has his in put having a non-stopping force of blast beats that do a bouncing feel making you jumping in and out of your seat, leaving you whispering “luck runs out,” according to James. Now when ‘Cyanide,” was first introduced at this year’s Ozzfest were fans excited to have a listen at the new Metallica sound wave? According to the video floating online they were very pleased, and this crowd pleasing tune, brings the rough sounding blasting beating tunes mixed together with the powerful aggression delivered from the guitar melodies and growling screaming tones from James bringing on the Metallica feel instantly. Speaking of an instant Metallica feeling, haven’t we already listened to the other parts of “The Unforgiven” series? Guess they wanted this series to be brought to a close, when its round off “The Unforgiven III,” which brings a whole new introduction by the piano, then breaks down into the heaviness but maintain The Unforgiven essence. James commented on the album’s title, saying it basically deals with the many deaths the music business has brought upon Metallica and other musicians. Stating the following; “Death Magnetic, at least the title, to me… started out as kind of a tribute to people that have fallen in our business, like Layne Staley and a lot of the people that have died, basically — rock and roll martyrs of sorts. And then it kind of grew from there, thinking about death… some people are drawn towards it, and just like a magnet, [and] other people are afraid of it and push away. And the concept that we’re all gonna die sometimes is over-talked about and then a lot of times never talked about — no one wants to bring it up; it’s the big white elephant in the living room. But we all have to deal with it at some point.” This point being said leaves the rest of “Death Magnetic,” in pure amazement. “The Judas Kiss,” sends out the kissing end to the album breaking down all the roughfulness that has been brought upon us with such force we cannot control ourselves. “Suicide & Redemption,” Metallica’s first instrumental tune takes a whole another turn, having this record mellow down and draw to an end which brings us to “My Apocalypse,” that conquers all the rest and brings the aggression and heaviness back more heavier than ever, wrapping up this chaos mater in one easy way out, through death.

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