METALLICA - Death Magnetic 10 Song Preview, 30 Second Audio Clips Available
August 30, 2008, 16 years ago
A 10 song preview of METALLICA"s new album, Death Magnetic, is available below.
In addition, 30 second clips of each song are available at the links provided:
As previously reported, The Quietus has issued the following report:
So, after all the fussing and fighting, we finally get to hear Metallica's tenth album. Was it worth the wait? Yes, says a surprised and pleased John Doran.
‘That Was Just Your Life’
"The album is heralded by the sound of a heartbeat pounding in the listener's ears. But is this the sweaty pulse of millions of rockers anticipating the tenth studio album by the world’s biggest metal band? Or is it the caffeine throbbing temples of the armies of backroom record company people who have been working on the cataclysmically large marketing campaign – officially dubbed Mission: Metallica - for this release? Or is it the high blood pressure of Metallica Ltd. itself, four musicians who have been through more public ignominy of late than probably any other group? The pounding gives way to a guitar line that could have been pilfered from their commercial high point, the self titled ‘Black Album’. This is soon augmented by the kind of crunchy riffola that would have been straight at home on . . . And Justice For All. This is a bold statement of intention that declares: "We are going to rock; rock hard; and rock hard with plenty of units shifted."Initially though the first thing that strikes you is how expensive this album sounds compared to the last effort. By comparison this sounds like it was recorded on a space ship. Or at the very least it sounds like it was recorded on instruments in a studio rather than on bales of hay in a shed. (Full disclosure: I actually like St Anger and find it exciting enough by its own merits to judge as difficult rather than just shit and it definitely is a compelling snapshot of a disintegrating band. Although it could have done with being much shorter.) At five minutes the first of Kirk Hammett’s shredding hoves into view. It pretty much just lunges out of the speakers at you, like he’s been coiled like a spring waiting for this moment for nearly the last decade."
Read more at The Quietus.
