The Official Metallica - Death Magnetic Thread

Nobody has that crap.

OH SHUT UP YOU!!!

Got a two hour break between classes tomorrow. I'll pick it up then. I'm stoked about it.

WOOHOO!! Just got my password to download the album i'll be listening to this on my way to practice YAY!!!

Local record store here is staying open past midnight to sell this. I might just have to go get it.

7thSecond wrote:

Local record store here is staying open past midnight to sell this. I might just have to go get it.

I hate not having a record store, It would be great to be able to go and just hang out.

7thSecond wrote:

Local record store here is staying open past midnight to sell this. I might just have to go get it.

All we got here is a 24 hr. Wal-Mart and they said they won't put it out on the shelves until 12 p.m. tomorrow.

Just listened to a few songs off of it. Its better than theyve been, but its not this knock out album I was expecting the way its been built up.

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

OH SHUT UP YOU!!!

:hails:

I won't be able to get it until payday (Wed). I'll pick it up on the way home after a 10 hour shift. Enjoy, guys.

7thSecond wrote:

Local record store here is staying open past midnight to sell this. I might just have to go get it.

There was a store doing that here as well. I was thinking of stopping and getting it but when I checked my mail I was surprised to see they sent the download code out early. We used to have a Tower Records here that would always be open well after midnight and I would stop there just about every time I was coming home from band practice. It sucks they had to close that was one of my favorite places to go.

About the album.....I listened to it twice all the way through tonight. I knew most of the album already from the songs they were releasing last week so I was anxious to hear the other 4 songs and now that I got to hear the whole thing all together Its actually quite good. Lars' snare didnt seem so annoying as it was from the mp3s so maybe those were the demo versions or just crapp files? who knows. There is a little bit of a ringing with his dreadful snare but its not unbearable. The bass could have been turned up though i didnt really hear too much of it. I only have 2 complaints and they are the instrumental was totally pointless and very annoying especially at the end cause it seemed to totally fall apart, not that the song was put together any better. It sounded very unorganized. The other complaint is The Unforgiven III. I was very excited to hear what they came up with for this one. Im a huge fan of the first one and maybe a little bigger fan of the second one, but this third one just doesnt do what the other two did to me. When I hear the others they give me goosebumps this one is more of a if you listen to it a couple times maybe you'll like it kind of things. So far with two listens its not happening. Also I was surprised they didnt put that train horn sound in the begining I was actually missing that.

All in all I think this album is great minus the instrumental. If they can keep this momentum going I think the next album will be even better.

Am I the only one who thinks the album was mixed a bit TOO loudly? No matter what I listen with (car, headphones, stereo speakers, so on...) there's always this weird distortiony sound to EVERYTHING. I sound retarded I'm sure since it's supposed to sound like it has distortion...it's metal. BUT! There's just this really overpowering low end or something. You can REALLY hear it on The Day That Never Comes in the big solo part at the end.

Am I the only one that notices this? It seems like they mixed it JUST TOO loud. As though the volume was pushed just over the edge into that distortiony range. It doesn't bother me too much, but it's still weird. It's not EVERYWHERE on the album but there's plenty of parts that I hear this.

I'm not crazy am I??????

The production on this album is pretty bad.

As for the stuff about Megadeth. I've liked ALL of their album except for Risk. Risk isn't terrible. It has some good songs on it, it's just NOT a MEGADETH album. If another band did it, people wouldn't think so horribly of it.

And I won't say they've gone downhill since then. They, just like TONS of other bands, have changed their sound over the years. I WILL say my favorite album of theirs is Rust In Peace though, haha. I don't think that means I have to dislike everything after that, in fact I've loved all but the one album...although there's one song on The World Needs A Hero that I didn't like. I like the other songs on that album, and all of their other stuff. I just wish Mustaine would ask Ellefson back into the band...that'd be the COOLEST thing ever!!! :hails:

Well I'm not saying it sounds terrible, it's just not as balanced sounding as say, a Megadeth album would be. Everything is too in your face and they don't scale back at all to allow more clarity in the all of the instruments.

And there REALLY are some parts where everyone's going crazy on their respective instrument and it just is overly blasting and it distorts it all up. I still like the album though.

Eyesore wrote:

The production on this album is pretty bad.

i disagree, i think it suits the music.

mc666 wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

The production on this album is pretty bad.

i disagree, i think it suits the music.

What is it about the music that calls for such a production? It's not horrible, but it could have been so much better. And with a better production, the album would probably come off ten times better.

I know this is highly off topic but I'm listening to Motorhead's Overkill for the first time ever.....wow. Super coolness!

Eyesore wrote:

mc666 wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

The production on this album is pretty bad.

i disagree, i think it suits the music.

What is it about the music that calls for such a production? It's not horrible, but it could have been so much better. And with a better production, the album would probably come off ten times better.

i think it's a great production, & great music... so great = great for me. nuff said. i have no problem with either.

i am annoyed as my copy that was supposed to come in the post today has not arrived so i am going to download it as i cant wait any longer until the cd comes

"Broken, Beats & Scarred" is awesome! That riff is the first riff to really pull me into the music for like AGES! Smokin'!

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

James Hetfield...fashion model:

Rex wrote:

Yep, I'm one of the few who actually liked Risk (except for Crush 'em).

Wow, I thought I was the only one. I like RISK as well.

Jedilink wrote:

Am I the only one who thinks the album was mixed a bit TOO loudly? No matter what I listen with (car, headphones, stereo speakers, so on...) there's always this weird distortiony sound to EVERYTHING. I sound retarded I'm sure since it's supposed to sound like it has distortion...it's metal. BUT! There's just this really overpowering low end or something. You can REALLY hear it on The Day That Never Comes in the big solo part at the end.

Am I the only one that notices this? It seems like they mixed it JUST TOO loud. As though the volume was pushed just over the edge into that distortiony range. It doesn't bother me too much, but it's still weird. It's not EVERYWHERE on the album but there's plenty of parts that I hear this.

I'm not crazy am I??????

No I hear the same thing as well. Especially in The Day That Never Comes. Through my ipod when I listen to it in my truck when the heavy part comes in the music seems to die out a little because the levels are too high. I'll have to wait til I get the actual cd to see how loud the actual album is. My cd player has a level meter. If that goes up to red that thats why. Something they should have fixed before it was sent out. No matter what you do though you'll never get a cd to sound perfect in every single thing you listen to. I remember when my band was recording and we would take the cd home and see how it sounds in the car, home stereos, computers etc. and just about everywhere we put it it sounded different. So whatever i'll take it for what it is I just wish it had a little more bass. or maybe cowbell?

i would love to hear more cowbell

downloaded the album unitl the cd comes and i really like it