Death Magnetic!!

So on July 17th, Metallica, one of my all time favorite bands, released the album cover to their latest studio album Death Magnetic. It seems that most people have a love/hate relationship with Metallica. After the Load and Reload albums released in the mid 90's, many of their fans seemed to think Metallica sold out. They cut their hair, the music seemed less metal and more radio friendly and many other things. I think this is a load of crap! I am not going into this long ass discussion on this subject, but bands evolve and right now Metallica are exactly where they want to be. I just can't wait for this new album. Many people thought they had lost it completely with their last album St. Anger. My thoughts are the songs were good songs, some better than others, but the sound quality of the record was sub-par. Metallica has said they wanted it to sound like they were in the studio jamming on these songs and that it should sound like a more "live" feel. The band has released a new website where their fans can check out the making of Death Magnetic and listen to some riffs and watch videos of them inside the studio. I have a great feeling like this record will blow people away for a couple of reasons. 1- Rick Rubin is producing it! Name one record that Rick Rubin has produced that wasn't good. 2- All of the early reviews of the record have said that it mixes old Metallica (Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning) with the new stuff. The riffs are fast, Kirk Hammett's solos are kick ass, and the songs include many tempos changes and are quite long in length. I can't wait.

Tim