The Official Metallica - Death Magnetic Thread

When I first heared "The Day That Never Comes" I was dissapointed, it sounded like a lame effort to recreate "One", but every time I listen to it I begin to like it a bit more, I'm begining to think that it might be a classic. :bangyerhead:
BTW, the drums sound fine to me.

metalmaniac122 wrote:

When I first heared "The Day That Never Comes" I was dissapointed, it sounded like a lame effort to recreate "One", but every time I listen to it I begin to like it a bit more, I'm begining to think that it might be a classic. :bangyerhead:
BTW, the drums sound fine to me.

you have a point about it sounding like one with the acoustic intro and thrashy ending

I'm starting to look forward to this release.

troublezone wrote:

I'm starting to look forward to this release.

I think quite a few people are I know I am

ThrashedOutCobra33 wrote:

troublezone wrote:

I'm starting to look forward to this release.

I think quite a few people are I know I am

And quite a few have said they are not.

troublezone wrote:

ThrashedOutCobra33 wrote:

troublezone wrote:

I'm starting to look forward to this release.

I think quite a few people are I know I am

And quite a few have said they are not.

And thats ok they can not look forward to it.

I PREDICT IT WILL BE AN INSTANT CLASSIC - THE NEXT BACK IN BLACK....MAYBE NOT!

TheGooch wrote:

I PREDICT IT WILL BE AN INSTANT CLASSIC - THE NEXT BACK IN BLACK....MAYBE NOT!

Are you being sarcastic and not funny?

Eyesore wrote:

TheGooch wrote:

I PREDICT IT WILL BE AN INSTANT CLASSIC - THE NEXT BACK IN BLACK....MAYBE NOT!

Are you being sarcastic and not funny?

who said anything about being funny. not me, i dont see anything funny at all

although your face is pretty funny

I really didn't like it, I fell asleep during the 5 minute mark, it kinda reminded me of soad. and the other song "cyanide" is pretty boring too.

sam wrote:

I really didn't like it, I fell asleep during the 5 minute mark, it kinda reminded me of soad. and the other song "cyanide" is pretty boring too.

i see no Soad influence at all in there IMO

SOAD

serioulsly how does it sound like SOAD. it doesnt thats why

I dont think it sounds like soad thats just retarted

yeah i know you dont think that it was the other guy.

i aint gonna rag on what he sayed but i am curious to hear where it sounds like soad

ThrashedOutCobra33 wrote:

I dont think it sounds like soad thats just retarted

Sorry to ask a stupid question...but, WHAT THE HELL IS SOAD?

Great Band--Musically.. not all the fired up a the name... but I'm sure it will contain some shreddin tunes...

detuned wrote:

Sorry to ask a stupid question...but, WHAT THE HELL IS SOAD?

System of a Down. Great band, but they sound nothing like this new Metallica song. I think it was meant as an insult, the person assuming we all hate System of a Down so comparing them makes Metallica's new song even worse. Sort of the same mentality that people use when saying a band uses "nu-metal riffs."

I only dislike system of a down I dont hate them due to the fact that two of my friends would listen to them everyday and talk non-stop about em.. other then that they're decent..

mms://wm.elektra.com/metallica/metallica_com/2008/de/My_Apocalypse.wma

Who mixed this damn album?

Pretty badass tune! Lars is really struggling now, though. He's just so simple. There's no life there at all, no flare. Might as well be a drum machine.

the new song My Apocalypse sounds awesome.

*an honest, and unbiased opinion is to follow, after 5 listens*


It sounds slightly.................... senile in some places I think...the jerky 'so we cross! that! line!' ..you're almost crossing into 'St Anger' territory there.

It still seems a little lost here and there, but not as much as the other song. It isn't meandering around in feces-land...

Something interesting about this song is that I think if it wasn't Hetfield's southern-y voice over it, I don't think people would be able to identify it as a Metallica song. It actually seems to be going for, as absurd as it sounds, more of a stripped down, 'true thrash' kind of style. Very little theatric feel, much more of a shouting or yelling approach to the vocals, et al.

The more dissonent riff that appears at 1:54 and merges with the palm muting sounds especially good when put under the solo.

A riff that is actually pretty good is introduced around the 3:00 mark and sort of makes the oddness and sameness of some of the surrounding parts make sense a little bit, adding some needed dynamic as well.

The mix sounds more final than the other song, where there was a lot of horrible snare sound and some clipping happening.

Approaching it totally neutral, with no rabid fanboyism that would make me OMGGZZZZZZ all over the presence of anything resembling 'fast', and also putting away my opinion of much of their early work (overrated), seeing the band as another metal band without hype, level with the scene: I would give the song a solid 7 out of 10. Could be bumped up to a 7.5 if the lyrics are good, would need to have a look at them.

TheGooch wrote:

ps im a donkey

You finally got something right.