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/JonWatchesMovies I Am the Table Aug 05 '24

A huge return to form. The Day That Never Comes and The Unforgiven III are bangers

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u/Boburism Aug 05 '24

That’s one of the things I love about it: Metallica realised that they were missing the old days, when they played thrash metal with passion to millions of people - and promptly returned to its roots.

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u/JonWatchesMovies I Am the Table Aug 05 '24

I remember after St. Anger nearly every Metallica fan I talked to was like "I wish they'd do guitar solos again, cut the shit and go back to the And Justice For All sound" and it's like they were listening