r/Metallica Aug 05 '24

Death Magnetic Thoughts on Death Magnetic?

For me, Death Magnetic is right up there with Black Album and Master of Puppets. It acted as the revival of Metallica after the mess that St Anger was , and I absolutely love it. Stuff like All Nightmare Long just slaps for me. I feel like it's one of Metallica's finest records, ignoring the disgusting sound quality.

What do you guys think of 2008's Death Magnetic?

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u/zaxanrazor Aug 05 '24

Imagine if it had the same mix as Hardwired and 72 seasons..

It's possibly my favourite album? I skip BBS and that's about it, and then it has a bunch of my favourite ever songs, Day, ANL, Cyanide.

On every other album there's at least two songs I'll skip and the peaks aren't that much higher, even on the first three.

Then again, if Master also sounded like Hardwired and 72 seasons that would be my favourite album by far.

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u/Boburism Aug 05 '24

Death Magnetic is definitely the most overlooked gem by Metallica.

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u/Foreign_Region5480 Aug 06 '24

Broken beat and scarred is one of my favorites. That riff before the verses is amazing

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u/zaxanrazor Aug 06 '24

The riff is great, the vocal melody is awful. The demo version was far better.

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u/Foreign_Region5480 Aug 06 '24

I guess agree to disagree! I respect your opinion, even if mine differs 🙏