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Monday, September 22, 2008
Metallica returns to form with Death Magnetic
Posted by Wade Tatangelo on Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 7:33 PM
People who suffer from acute anxiety are often stalked in dreamland by a faceless marauder. The victim awakens breathing hard, clutching sheets wet with their own cold perspiration. Metallica brilliantly chronicles these perils in “All Nightmare Long,” the 8-minute linchpin of the metal gods’ spectacular comeback album Death Magentic.
It's similar in theme to “Enter Sandman,” from the band’s 1991 self-titled commercial breakthrough; however, “All Nightmare Long’s” sonic thrust recalls the heavy artillery majesty found on the band’s 1980s thrash classics Kill ‘Em All, Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets. On “All Nightmare Long,” a slow, foreboding intro hastily gives way to a bunker-busting assault of thwack, thwack, thwack. Then James Hetfield’s beastly growl surfaces, sounding as authoritative and dangerous as it did decades ago. Unlike the majority of today’s metal frontmen, Hetfield makes his declarations decipherable, with the pulverizing rhythm pausing as he drills home a decisive chorus like: “Feel us breathe upon your face/Feel us shift, every move we trace/Hunt you down without mercy/ Hunt you down all nightmare long.”
The Rick Rubin-produced Death Magnetic revisits the mesmerizing speed, shred and staccato vocals template that defined thrash twenty-five years ago. The start-stop dynamic results in the aural equivalent of whiplash. There are no nods to prog via tricky time signatures or keyboard flourishes. The only time when the band slightly loses its way is on the post-grunge-leaning “The Unforgiven III.” Despite a string of lackluster albums, inner turmoil and piss poor fan treatment in the years following 1991’s Metallica, Death Magnetic finds the band bringing down the sonic sledgehammer with all the ferocity that made them rock ’n’ roll anti-heroes during Reagan’s reign. Could the sins of Hetfield, guitarist Kirk Hammett and even drummer Lars Ulrich be forgiven?
Metallica has comforted legions of disenfranchised youths by exploring timeless themes of mortality, anxiety, fear and desire. With vintage Metallica, the listener rides shotgun with the devil, laughs along with the horned bastard as he deals death and destruction. Ride the lightning, Metallica said, acknowledge the worst in this existence and the pain of being a man will lessen. The band endured undue criticism for their melodic, acoustic-tinged, multi-million-selling ’91 album. But the string of shit releases that followed, compounded by the band’s (Ulrich’s) attack on file-sharing sites like Napster, made them a hard act to love. Death Magnetic, though, is first-rate penance. 4 out of 5 stars.
"All Nightmare Long"
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good review but i have to disagree with the reviewers comment on "piss poor fan treatment"...Metallica have always treated their fans very well...they have one of the best run fan clubs and spend an hour before every show meeting and greeting with fans...a friend of mine has met all band members in public and they took the time to chat and sign autographs and very generally down to earth compared to most of todays primadonna pop star...they always put on an amazing live show and give every last ounce of sweat every night on stage....could you please back up your statement with some examples of piss poor fan treatment....and spare us the napster episode as this was the band standing up for what they believe in and as a life long fan of many bands i never expected anything free form any artist that i have enjoyed over the years.
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I would also have to say the napster thing is ridiculous. How can you blame them or be mad that they wanted to protect their copyrighted material? I just dont get it. I would be upset if people were stealing my things as well.
I agree with both statements, Metallica has been an is an American Icon as far as American heavy metal. they have a great new Record that kicks butt and I bet they have a live show is slated to be a great as well.
Metallica and its fans: A band makes its name by advocating anarchy and then, after becoming millionaires, bitches about young fans file sharing their music? That's "piss poor" treatment. If Metallica had played it smart, like others, they would have encouraged "illegal downloading," knowing that it would greater build their fanbase and lead to even higher profit margins via concert ticket sales and all those $30 black T-shirts. Incidentally, I'm eagerly awaiting a Metallica stop in Tampa and will post the date here as soon as it becomes official.
$a 30 t-shirt would be a steal. Tom Petty's were selling for $45! For a damn shirt! Also, Wade, how can you say, "There are no nods to prog via tricky time signatures"? The album is chock-full of time shifts and rhythm changes. Nearly every song is a sum of its parts. The kids think Mastodon invented that stuff...
Completely agree with your comments on this - thanks for taking the time to post.
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