Call Death Magnetic Kirk Hammett's revenge.
Famously browbeaten into accepting Lars Ulrich and producers Bob Rock's dictum that guitar solos were "dated" and thereby verboten for 2003's St.
Anger -- a fraught recording chronicled on the 2004 documentary Some Kind of Monster -- Metallica's lead guitarist dominates this 2008 sequel, playing with an euphoric fury not heard in years, if not decades.
This aesthetic shift isn't because Hammett suddenly rules the band: powerless to add solos to St.
Anger, he couldn't reinstate them without the blessing of Ulrich and James Hetfield, the politburo of Metallica.
The duo suffered some combination of shame and humility in the wake of the muddled St.
Anger and Monster, convincing these two unmovable forces to change direction.
They ditched longtime producer Rock -- who'd helmed every album since 1991's breakthrough blockbuster Metallica -- in favor of Rick Rubin, patron saint of all veteran rockers looking to reconnect with their early spark.
Rubin may be the go-to producer for wayward superstars but as the producer of Slayer, he's also rooted in thrash, so he understands the core of Metallica's greatness and gently steers them back to basics on Death Magnetic.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That Was Just Your LifeKirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich | Metallica | Play | 07:08 | 16 MB | 58 MB |
| 2 | The End of the LineKirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich | Metallica | Play | 07:52 | 18 MB | 65 MB |
| 3 | The Day That Never ComesKirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich | Metallica | Play | 07:56 | 18 MB | 66 MB |
| 4 | All Nightmare LongKirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich | Metallica | Play | 07:57 | 18 MB | 67 MB |
| 5 | CyanideKirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich | Metallica | Play | 06:39 | 15 MB | 57 MB |
| 6 | The Unforgiven IIIKirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich | Metallica | Play | 07:46 | 17 MB | 56 MB |
| 7 | The Judas KissKirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich | Metallica | Play | 08:00 | 18 MB | 68 MB |
| 8 | My ApocalypseKirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich | Metallica | Play | 05:01 | 11 MB | 42 MB |
| 9 | Broken, Beat & Scarred | Metallica | Play | 06:25 | 14 MB | 54 MB |
| 10 | Suicide & Redemption | Metallica | Play | 09:57 | 22 MB | 83 MB |
| 74 mins | 171 MB | |||||
| 74 mins | 621 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lindsay Chase | Production Coordination |
| 2 | Anton Corbijn | Photography |
| 3 | Greg Fidelman | Engineer, Mixing |
| 4 | Adam Fuller | Assistant, Editing Assistant |
| 5 | Mike Gillies | Engineer |
| 6 | Jason Gossman | Assistant, Editing Assistant |
| 7 | Kirk Hammett | Composer, Group Member |
| 8 | James Hetfield | Composer, Group Member, Lyricist |
| 9 | Kent Matcke | Digital Editing |
| 10 | Metallica | Primary Artist |
| 11 | Dan Monti | Digital Editing |
| 12 | Jason Mott | Assistant, Editing Assistant |
| 13 | Dana Nielsen | Digital Editing |
| 14 | Rick Rubin | Producer |
| 15 | Andrew Scheps | Mixing |
| 16 | Tom Schierlitz | Photography |
| 17 | Joshua Douglas Smith | Assistant, Editing Assistant |
| 18 | Robert Trujillo | Composer, Group Member |
| 19 | David Turner | Photography |
| 20 | Lars Ulrich | Composer, Group Member |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |