Magnetic Death To You Too...

ReD_eYe - Death Magnetic the long awaited album from MetallicA. Being a huge MetallicA fan I bought it the day it was released 12th September 2008. The album is way way way different from St. Anger and to me this album is good.

Lets face it, MetallicA was super awesome in the 80's. You can't deny that. Over the years they 'evolve' and become totally different band. I think its something to do about cutting their hair short. Who knows maybe their hairs was the source of their previous 'Greatness'. That's a mystery no one wants to solve.

Being said that, Death magnetic is the right direction towards that 'Greatness'. Its not like the previous albums in the 80's, like Ride the Lightning or Master of Puppets but its something that head towards that style of metal. The music and lyrics are again similar to their early work.

An example would be the "The Day That Never Comes" which I believe is their first single for the album. The song is great and has that 'One' feel towards it. Maybe its the music video for the song that make me compare "The Day That Never Comes" to "One". The song (The Day That Never Comes) starts slow and has a ballad feel to it but as the song progress it feels upbeat and more heavy. The riffs at the end or the outro sounds like 'One' or something from ...And Justice For All.

Don't get me wrong though, the song is great, one of my favorites in fact. Nice to see there are some instrumental songs in the album. MetallicA may or may not lost the ability to write good lyrics but they sure know their music. The instrumental part was a great and something any MetallicA fan would enjoy. Each riffs and the piano piece (yeah I know! its the first for them I think) was great and heavy at most parts. You would know its a MetallicA riff if you heard it, its that prominent believe me. As for the drums, well lets say Lars Ulrich did a great jobs as always.

Overall this album is a good one. MetallicA fans alike should get it and listen to it. I advise you not to compare it to the older ones and listen to it as it is. You will then understand that they have gone back to the 'essence' of MetallicA.

4 stars out of 5 stars.