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METALLICA: Early 'Death Magnetic' Review Posted Online

August 25, 2008

Contra Costa Times writer Tony Hicks has posted an "early" review of METALLICA's new CD, "Death Magnetic", which he apparently was privileged enough to hear in its entirety last week. A couple of excerpts from his write-up follow:

"I will tell you that no one, but NO ONE leashes Kirk Hammett on 'Death Magnetic', and the result is some of the best playing of his career. You can hear lots of echoes of their first four albums (not to mention one echo from the kindler, gentler 90s on 'The Unforgiven III'). One leftover from 'St. Anger' is that 'Death Magnetic' features few songs sounding like they were written around a vocal hook, which was how METALLICA got their sneering faces on MTV so much in the '90s. The difference from 'St. Anger' is that the riffs, while still heavy, aren't crashing about searching for a place to settle within the songs. The songs have better structure and just sound better. METALLICA is back to powering fast, central riffs, occasionally breaking ranks and tempo for some IRON MAIDEN-ish breakouts, then building to … you guessed it, the muscley solo from Hammett."

Read the entire review at this location.

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