Death Magnetic - Metallica Reviews

Being a rocker and a guitarist, Metallica were a huge band for me personally back in the nineties, especially their black album which to this day remains their all time classic. Their subsequent releases, Load and the follow-up Re-Load, saw the band shift into a much rockier mode which was good, but it certainly wasn't initially recognizable as ...  Read the complete review

This album is the answer to the prayers of more Metallica fans than I think I would be capable of counting. For years countless Metallica fans, myself included, have dreamed of the days of Master of Puppets, Battery and Fight Fire with Fire and have slowly been loosing hope. However on the 2nd of September 2008 a French retailer put up ...  Read the complete review

There is no doubting their talent and this album only enhances their superiority. Metallica are back as some would say, but in my opinion, they never left. This album attacks you from the moment you hit that play button and there isn't much let up. Renowned for their aggressive guitar treatment and 7 minute songs, Metallica know how to get ...  Read the complete review

Metallica to me have always been a band where you don't have to be a massive heavy/thrash metal fan to enjoy them. I'm not personally, but Metallica just stand out for me. They can smash out hard rock/metal classics but at the same time, can produce beautiful songs like 'Nothing Else Matters', 'Hero for a Day' and the continuing 'Unforgiven' ...  Read the complete review

As the heart beats at the beginning of the album, so too beats the heart of the beast that is Metallica. A return to their former thrash-driven style, Death Magnetic is a breath of fresh air from the San Fransico-based band. A follow-up to 2003's St. Anger, this album sees the return of the solos and riffs that made Metallica achieve Metal Gods ...  Read the complete review

It's been six years since Metallica's last studio album, have they returned to old form? Metallica frequently create 'heated discussions' within communities regarding their different albums. It has been suggested that they departed from their roots and toned down their song for the more mainstream audience. I'll make no secret of saying ...  Read the complete review

Death Magnetic is the album Metallica needed to make. St Anger was the first album of theirs that I bought (aged 12) and after all the hype around these God's of metal it was a huge let down. Thankfully I gave them a second chance and I was very much rewarded. Metallica are most defenitely back and although there is no Enter Sandman or Master of ...  Read the complete review

This is a fantastic album! I've loved Metallica for quite a few years now and although some seemed to think they sold out with albums from the Black Album onwards, I thought all of those albums were great too. St Anger was then the only album which i did not really appreciate and it remains that way! Their latest offering is no St ...  Read the complete review

This album has been eagerly awaited since St.Anger. Pure and simple! When St. Anger came to be everyone believed metallica were becoming a has been band, Filled nostalgic tours playing their classics til the cows come home. Metallica honestly made me feel short changed with St. Anger, but i never stopped believing in them. My mere ...  Read the complete review

With Death Magnetic, Metallica finally returned to the style of music they undoubtedly do best - good old school thrash, and most of the stuff that made them kings of the genre back in the 80's is once again present here too. The complex riffs, the snarling vocals of James Hetfield, and the blistering solos from Kirk Hammet. You feel however that, ...  Read the complete review

Although i am a big fan of Metallica , i was only able to buy DEATH MAGNETIC in January this year. In their new album Metallica is back to their original music which they last made in 1991 . After making way too polished and melodious records "load" and "reload" and "st. anger "with a strange direction , its DEATH ...  Read the complete review

Have had this album since the day of release and for some reason have only just started to listen to it,probably fearful that it was going to be as rubbish as load,re-load etc. This is evertyhing those albums should have been and in my opinion it is the follow up to the black album,and is some respects eclipses the black album as it is ...  Read the complete review

If you have ever read my other metallica reviews then you know that I am a big metallica fan, but that I have been very disappointed with the last 3 albums, but with the latest album "Death Magnetic" they have redeemed themselves in my eyes. Going back to their roots this album sounds more like a mix between "...And ...  Read the complete review

With the poor critical responce to St. Anger, many saw 2005 it as the final nail in metallica's coffin. they had been in steady decline after selling out from their origional headbanging, beavis and butthead style fanbase by relacing their fast, melodic songs with slower, blusier tracks, by suing jampster, and each bandmember had spent time in ...  Read the complete review

At first i wasnt expecting ANYTHING from this album, as Metallica's last album St Anger was amazingly terrible in my opinion! So I went in with an open mind, as a fan of Metallica I was hoping and praying for an another excellent album. So they could recover from the last awful album. So, I gave it a listen and can say ...  Read the complete review

It might not have been difficult to better Metallica's 2003 album St Anger, but after 5 years Metallica's Death Magnetic is certainly one of, if not their best album yet. Despite having just 10 tracks they each last a minimum of about 6 minutes and certainly have variety within each song. Death Magnetic has gone back to classic Metallica with the ...  Read the complete review

After hearing Metallica's last album St Anger I was not expecting to hear anything more good to come from the band - But on hearing it I was quite taken aback. I was instantly struck by the almost return to form - Striking introductions, powerful lyrics, epic guitar solos and intense riffage! Considering in their last album there ...  Read the complete review

Metallica Death Magnetic: 11 Tracks Heavy Metal Released 12/09/2008 In my honest oppinion this is an amazing album, ive not been a fan long but i have heard all of their albums they are simply an amazing band. When i first listened to this album i wasnt so sure how i felt but it grew on me now i listen ...  Read the complete review

The new Metallica album 'Death Magnetic' is the long awaited follow up to 'St. Anger'. This album reminds of return to metallica of old with heavy guitar riffs combined with some great drumming from Lars and amazing solo's from kirk. With a few songs throwing in some melodic harmonising solos enough to make you pull out your air ...  Read the complete review

I very rarely make money on music reviews on review sites such as this... this is because when I finally get round to writing a review, someone else has already done it! Unless, of course, I write a review on a less 'popular' band. So... knowing I will probably make about 8p on this review, here goes... Since Metallica's 'Black' album ...  Read the complete review