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#WHATDONTKILLYAMAKEYAMOSTRONG The thrash is back people, but was that the absolute right move for the band? Episode 22 covers the 2008 album “Death Magnetic” by the Bay Area trash/heavy metal band Metallica.
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Quick Reviews
Mark Track lengths on this album are like making content for the old YouTube ad algorithm – after 10 minutes you get more ads. I guess they figured 8 minutes of Metallica was what everyone wanted to hear. Maybe in 1983.
Chris Uninspired, back to basics. Return to something they haven’t explored or embodied in decades, and it sounds like it.
Alex If you can get past the slammed mastering, I think it’s quite strong.
Kevin Good in small doses.
Love It or Flush It
| M | C | A | K | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "That Was Just Your Life" | 7:09 | L | L | L | L | |
| 2 | "The End of the Line" | 7:53 | L | F | L | F | |
| 3 | "Broken, Beat & Scarred" | 6:26 | B | B | L | B | |
| 4 | "The Day That Never Comes" | 7:57 | L | L | L | F | |
| 5 | "All Nightmare Long" | 7:58 | L | L | B | L | |
| 6 | "Cyanide" | 6:40 | F | L | L | L | |
| 7 | "The Unforgiven III" | 7:47 | F | F | F | F | |
| 8 | "The Judas Kiss" | 8:01 | F | T | L | F | |
| 9 | "Suicide & Redemption" | 9:58 | T | L | T | T | |
| 10 | "My Apocalypse" | 5:01 | L | F | T | L |
Love It or Flush It Legend
L = Love. As many as you like.
F = Flush. Must flush at least one track per album.
B = Buy. Purchased for the ultimate LTS “Best Of” playlist for each of us. One per album.
T = Terminate. Should have never even existed. One per album.
The Rules
Each of us must Love, Flush, Buy, and Terminate AT LEAST ONE track on an album, no matter how great or terrible the album is. Whoever wins the “7 for the Buy” section gets an extra Buy or Terminate to use on the album. Because Chris hosts this section and thus cannot win, he gets an extra Buy or Terminate every 4 albums.
Album Information
Death Magnetic is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on September 12, 2008 through Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Rick Rubin, marking the band’s first album since …And Justice for All (1988) not to be produced by longtime collaborator Bob Rock. It is also the first Metallica album to feature bassist Robert Trujillo, and the second to share writing credit to all of the band’s members.
Musically, Death Magnetic is a radical departure from Metallica’s previous album, St. Anger (2003), and is considered a return to the band’s thrash metal roots,[4] with more complex compositions, standard guitar tuning on most songs and long guitar solos from Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield. It also includes the band’s first instrumental (“Suicide & Redemption”) since “To Live Is to Die” from …And Justice for All.
Death Magnetic made Metallica the first band to achieve five consecutive number-one studio albums on the U.S. Billboard 200.[5][6][7] The album received positive reviews, but its production was criticized as overcompressed and cited as a product of the loudness war. The album and its songs were nominated for six Grammy Awards (five in 2009 and one in 2010) and won three, including Best Metal Performance for “My Apocalypse”. In support of the album, Metallica embarked on the World Magnetic Tour from October 2008 to November 2010. The album was also made available as downloadable content for the Guitar Hero video game series without the over-compression associated with the loudness war.
