Long-awaited 2008 album from the mighty METALLICA follows up the critically panned ST. ANGER in an excellent, critic-silencing manner. Sure, they're never going to recapture their "Master of Puppets" or "And Justice For All" glory days, but when a band has been around for 20+ years, you've gotta' look to the future, not the past. "Death Magnetic" is a good, riff-heavy (the shortest song is over six minutes), metal/hard rock album. There's thrash elements, but again, these guys aren't going to top the speed of "Battery" or "Blackened" in 2008. What they will do is pummel you into submission with solid hook after solid hook. RICK RUBIN has proved his worth to the music industry once again by getting a great performance out of a band that could have very easily phoned it in. RECOMMENDED!!!

Do you have this album? Do you consider yourself a fan of music? Listening to these ten slabs of pure adrenaline is enough to make you forget all about their post "And Justice For All" output. Just bring this to the counter right now and go home happy.

the debut of of Jason Newsted on bass ----> ----> .... and you can't hear the bass! D'OH!