The 9th studio album from Metallica sees the band go back to their roots with complicated riffs, awesome guitar solos and inspired vocals. This album is a return to form and the bands best work since the late 1980′s. Each of these songs could easily have fitted into any of their 1980′s albums. Having ditched producer Bob Rock for the veteran Rick Rubin Death Magnetic reinstates many of Metallica’s early motifs–searing riffs, shredding solos, pounding drums–and even updates them with a huge, 21st century sound. James Hetfield’s vocals and the pounding rhythms of Lars Ulrich are as powerful as ever, Kirk Hammett’s solo’s are back and better than before while Bass player Rob Trujillo appears on a studio recording with the band for the first time having joined the band after St. Anger had just been recorded. Death Magnetic is Metallica’s first album in five years and it is a long-awaited return to form for the Californian quartet.

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