OT: Metallica - The Day That Never Comes

[texafana]

Jesus....the drum sound and the drumming is pure shit. Dam Lars...you suck on this one. Gawd awful....

[Greg]

Alright, I didn't realize the single was released to iTunes, so I purchased a copy. First of all, if you have basically only listened to Metallica for their Black Album stuff, then you're probably not going to appreciate this album. Because, you're not going to like the production, the drumming, the length of the songs..etc. You're not going to like the fact that this album is trying get Metallica back to their days of ...And Justice For All (and hopefully) earlier, and not so much for their "glory" years of commercial success. While I doubt this album will come close to any of the stuff Metallica did during the 80's, it will beat anything they have ever done from the Loads and ESPECIALLY St. Anger. It might not be as polished as the Black Album, but honestly, long time Metallica fans aren't looking for that anyways. Kill 'Em All wasn't perfectly produced, neither was Lightning, Puppets, or Justice. They all had their flaws in production, but all were excellent albums. In fact, Master of Puppets is a masterpiece!

But, in regards to this single, it rocks! It will probably be the most radio friendly song from the album. If so, that's fine by me! Metallica has finally gotten it right, and apparently, hiring Rick Rubin to produce this album was the best thing they could've ever done! BTW, I've listened to The Day That Never Comes about six times already, and it gets better and better with each listen. Definitely a return to Metallica's classic sound, and definitely something that will win back the fans who chucked them after the Black Album.

[brywool]

Ever since Lars' little tirade about file sharing, I've hated him and this band. While they may have been justified, they were also extremely hypocritical.
That band was MADE from tape traders, and fans, etc. They should've had their record company doing the dirty work rather than that dickhead Lars acting like such a f'head. That band lost more credibility with its fans and the general public because Lars doesn't know when the hell to shut up. I can't believe James didn't just kick the crap out of him. "Thanks for ruining the band asshole!" Smack! Bam! Flush!

Can't stand these guys. Their movie also illustrated whatta bunch of f'ups and crybabies these guys are. Seriously embarrassing. I'm in the minority, I know, but I think they suck.

[larryfromnextdoor]

Ever since Lars' little tirade about file sharing, I've hated him and this band.

money good.......fire BAD!

[brywool]

oh man, those were the funniest things on the internet for a while.

[Rick]

Ever since Lars' little tirade about file sharing, I've hated him and this band.

money good.......fire BAD!

[Greg]

To each his own. I didn't care for the tirade that Lars had over the file sharing either, but aside from that, the band rocks.

[larryfromnextdoor]

Ever since Lars' little tirade about file sharing, I've hated him and this band.

money good.......fire BAD!

ahahhahahhaha ..oh yea...

[Just Mindy]

There's a bunch of you tube clips up now from the DVD, 'making of death magnetic'.

Here's just one but this user has more up there. Watch them now because Warner yanked down others that were posted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnx8G2OpYag&feature=related

[wastingbeerz]

New song, decent quality (for YouTube)......I'm loving the shit out of it! Further proof of the return of 'tallica, though I never thought they left!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UNfNpjWz-Y

It's hitting the radio all over now......

I'm noticing their Diamond Head influences really showing on this one... ESPECIALLY towards the end of the song... almost like Kirk's solo is taken from one of their songs note-for-note. Oh yeah, Metallica definitely still owe their career to Diamond Head & also Cliff Burton & Dave Mustaine for the early shit!!!

[mikemarrs]

this album is easily some of the best stuff they've done since justice/black.way better than load or anger.they seem have to thave that fire back plus the thing about metallica is they can be heavy as hell and still be melodic and lots of bands doing this heavy stuff can't do that.the first single is epic and reminds me of 'one' both in the video and audio aspects.if this first single is the weakest then this album is going to be huge......

[finalfight]

The so called production stinks - that drum sound, and barely any bass in the mix! I have yet to warm to the songs too and am even finding Hetfield's voice annoying. This long time fan would currently take Load or St Anger over anything on Death Magnetic. Hell I got more excited about the latest New Kids on the Block album...seriously!

Really great packaging though.

[Greg]

The so called production stinks - that drum sound, and barely any bass in the mix! I have yet to warm to the songs too and am even finding Hetfield's voice annoying. This long time fan would currently take Load or St Anger over anything on Death Magnetic. Hell I got more excited about the latest New Kids on the Block album...seriously!

Really great packaging though.

There is no way one can be a fan of New Kids on the Block and consider him/herself a Metallica fan!

This album blows anything from St. Anger and the Load albums away. Best album since Justice.

[wastingbeerz]

The so called production stinks - that drum sound, and barely any bass in the mix! I have yet to warm to the songs too and am even finding Hetfield's voice annoying. This long time fan would currently take Load or St Anger over anything on Death Magnetic. Hell I got more excited about the latest New Kids on the Block album...seriously!

Really great packaging though.

The production on St. Anger is soooo much worse. Death Magnetic isn't the greatest production-wise... but it's definitely better than St. Anger. The only other album that comes to mind with this sort of production is the original release of Nevermore's "Enemies Of Reality". Killer album by the way. Actually, everything Nevermore has ever done has been absolutely amazing. It's really a shame that they're not bigger than they are here in the States. They truly deserve it.

[wastingbeerz]

The so called production stinks - that drum sound, and barely any bass in the mix! I have yet to warm to the songs too and am even finding Hetfield's voice annoying. This long time fan would currently take Load or St Anger over anything on Death Magnetic. Hell I got more excited about the latest New Kids on the Block album...seriously!

Really great packaging though.

And as far as Hetfield's voice being annoying... its a HELL of a lot less annoying than anything on St. Anger.

[S2M]

Metallica, IMHO, has always been lucky....I DO like a few of their songs, but they are in no way even in the top 200 all time bands.....

[finalfight]

The so called production stinks - that drum sound, and barely any bass in the mix! I have yet to warm to the songs too and am even finding Hetfield's voice annoying. This long time fan would currently take Load or St Anger over anything on Death Magnetic. Hell I got more excited about the latest New Kids on the Block album...seriously!

Really great packaging though.

The production on St. Anger is soooo much worse. Death Magnetic isn't the greatest production-wise... but it's definitely better than St. Anger. The only other album that comes to mind with this sort of production is the original release of Nevermore's "Enemies Of Reality". Killer album by the way. Actually, everything Nevermore has ever done has been absolutely amazing. It's really a shame that they're not bigger than they are here in the States. They truly deserve it.

But we were prepared for St Anger to sound raw as that was the intention.

Death Magnetic apparently had uber producer Rick Rubin at the helm and likely millions of dollars pumped into it but sounds underpowered.

[finalfight]

The so called production stinks - that drum sound, and barely any bass in the mix! I have yet to warm to the songs too and am even finding Hetfield's voice annoying. This long time fan would currently take Load or St Anger over anything on Death Magnetic. Hell I got more excited about the latest New Kids on the Block album...seriously!

Really great packaging though.

There is no way one can be a fan of New Kids on the Block and consider him/herself a Metallica fan!

The same could be said about Journey.

[Indyjoe]

The so called production stinks - that drum sound, and barely any bass in the mix! I have yet to warm to the songs too and am even finding Hetfield's voice annoying. This long time fan would currently take Load or St Anger over anything on Death Magnetic. Hell I got more excited about the latest New Kids on the Block album...seriously!

Really great packaging though.

There is no way one can be a fan of New Kids on the Block and consider him/herself a Metallica fan!

The same could be said about Journey.

Danzig and Journey are quite different.

Are you the artist?

[Greg]

The so called production stinks - that drum sound, and barely any bass in the mix! I have yet to warm to the songs too and am even finding Hetfield's voice annoying. This long time fan would currently take Load or St Anger over anything on Death Magnetic. Hell I got more excited about the latest New Kids on the Block album...seriously!

Really great packaging though.

There is no way one can be a fan of New Kids on the Block and consider him/herself a Metallica fan!

The same could be said about Journey.

Maybe so....but New Kids on the Block?? WTF??

[finalfight]

The so called production stinks - that drum sound, and barely any bass in the mix! I have yet to warm to the songs too and am even finding Hetfield's voice annoying. This long time fan would currently take Load or St Anger over anything on Death Magnetic. Hell I got more excited about the latest New Kids on the Block album...seriously!

Really great packaging though.

There is no way one can be a fan of New Kids on the Block and consider him/herself a Metallica fan!

The same could be said about Journey.

Danzig and Journey are quite different.

Are you the artist?

True, I like all sorts of music. This weekend I discovered Lou Gramm and am loving Long Hard Look. What a great album.

And yes, that's one of my paintings. I recently left a career in management to pursue life as a 'starving' artist!

[finalfight]

The so called production stinks - that drum sound, and barely any bass in the mix! I have yet to warm to the songs too and am even finding Hetfield's voice annoying. This long time fan would currently take Load or St Anger over anything on Death Magnetic. Hell I got more excited about the latest New Kids on the Block album...seriously!

Really great packaging though.

There is no way one can be a fan of New Kids on the Block and consider him/herself a Metallica fan!

The same could be said about Journey.

Maybe so....but New Kids on the Block?? WTF??

The Block is a great album as was Face the Music. I'm not talking about the early work although I would take anything thy have done over the likes of Nickleback and Daughtry.

[Indyjoe]

The so called production stinks - that drum sound, and barely any bass in the mix! I have yet to warm to the songs too and am even finding Hetfield's voice annoying. This long time fan would currently take Load or St Anger over anything on Death Magnetic. Hell I got more excited about the latest New Kids on the Block album...seriously!

Really great packaging though.

There is no way one can be a fan of New Kids on the Block and consider him/herself a Metallica fan!

The same could be said about Journey.

Danzig and Journey are quite different.

Are you the artist?

True, I like all sorts of music. This weekend I discovered Lou Gramm and am loving Long Hard Look. What a great album.

And yes, that's one of my paintings. I recently left a career in management to pursue life as a 'starving' artist!

You are very talented!

[Greg]

The Block is a great album as was Face the Music. I'm not talking about the early work although I would take anything thy have done over the likes of Nickleback and Daughtry.

I've never been a boy band fan and probably never will be, so I can't comment on those albums. I just think it's a bit of a stretch to compare New Kids music to a band like Metallica. The production is going to be different because it's completely different music.

[Greg]

But we were prepared for St Anger to sound raw as that was the intention.

Death Magnetic apparently had uber producer Rick Rubin at the helm and likely millions of dollars pumped into it but sounds underpowered.

The album was supposed to have sounded raw, but not amateurish...which is exactly how it sounded. The tracks sounded as if all the loops were just pieced together....like someone taking loops and loading them into their $125 music editing software. No guitar solos, Hetfield sounding horrible, no interesting song structure at all in any of those songs, and there's no way you could complain about the drums on Death Magnetic and not think the drums on St. Anger sounded like they were played on a bunch of oil pans underwater. I'm a hardcore 'Tallica fan, and I can tell you that St. Anger was clearly the worst album ever made by Metallica. I can only listen to a couple of those songs from that album, and even then, I can only take those two songs in small doses. Horrible, horrible album! I really learned to appreciate the Load albums from Metallica after St. Anger came out!

But getting back to Death Magnetic, it's a thrash metal album. That type of music is what Metallica was famous for before Bob Rock turned them into a commercial band with the Black Album. When that album came out, everybody and their brother and sister suddenly became Metallica fans. Not saying you're in this category because I have no idea. I'm just saying there were a lot of new Metallica fans because of the Black Album. There were also a lot of long time Metallica fans who stopped listening to them because of the Black Album. Before that album was released, it was never about production, but about how aggressive the music was. That is what 'Tallica is trying to get back to with Death Magnetic, and I think they exceed expectations. Kill 'Em All wasn't a very highly produced album, but that album was killer! Same could be said for all of their albums before the Black Album. Like I said before, Master of Puppets is a masterpiece and it didn't have the high quality production nor did radio even think about touching the album!