DEATH MAGNETIC ALBUM
Not gonna lie, I like this album. More than the albums that most people would say are Metallica's classics. Yeah, I can practically feel the metaphorical rocks being thrown in my direction. But hey, I think there are plenty of good thing about this album.
Let's start with the fact that it follows on from 'St. Anger'. Can't get much worse than that, right? So that's instantly a boost to this album's ratings. No, but seriously, this isn't bad at all. It has more of a heavy metal feel to it than thrash, but that's not really too bad. It's really one of the heaviest things I've listened to (kind of odd considering that I've heard a lot of death metal, which is meant to be heavier). Every track has at least some crunching riffs and plenty of drums being beat in Lars' trademark primal fashion. The hooks are solid throughout, James' vocals are pretty much how you'd expect them to be. When you hear Rob's bass it's pretty solid as well.
'Broken, Beat & Scarred' is one of my favourites from this album, heavy riffs coupled with a nice general melody to go with the pounding drums. I can really get into this type of Metallica. The solo is as good as ever as well. The length of the songs on this album are pretty long, but for once that doesn't actually seem to matter too much to me. When the music is that good, the length isn't too important as long as it doesn't end too abruptly or last twenty-odd minutes.
I also like 'All Nightmare Long', which kind of follows along the same lines of hard beating drums and heavy riffs. The opening is great as well, I like the mix of seemingly delicate guitar chords and heavy riffs. Then when the song launches into the heavy hooks that you'd expect, it just fits so well. I don't know how people can manage not to like this song in all honesty, it combines everything you need to make a good metal song. At nearly eight minutes long this song does feel like maybe it's starting to get stale at the end, but it does end in time to stop the song being ruined. Besides, after listening to longer songs that are far more boring, this one is still pretty fresh by the end.
Basically the whole album is pretty much full of the same kind of songs, from the "short" 'My Apocalypse' (still five minutes long) to 'Cyanide' and the instrumental 'Suicide & Redemption', the album is filled mostly of heavy headbanging tracks. However, there are two songs that don't follow this pattern, 'The Day That Never Comes' and 'The Unforgiven III'. Both of them are a lot slower and despite featuring heavy electric guitars they both feel slightly lighter than the other songs. They do add a bit of variety to an album that otherwise follows the same layout though, which is good.
The last song I want to describe is the only instrumental, 'Suicide & Redemption'. At ten minutes long it is the longest track on the album, and with no vocals you might think that it'd get boring. It does no such thing. The general riffs sound like they're from a classic metal or rock track track, they just have that kind of quality about them. Then the solos that haunt the song also have that kind of feel about them. Really, if it had lyrics to it then I'd have thought it was one of the most well-known tracks from the eighties or nineties. You can't help but join in with the song in some way, whether it's tapping your feet or headbanging or playing the air drums.
Really, the Metallica haters should listen to this album. They can say what they want about 'St. Anger' or any other of their mediocre albums (I'm going to leave that up to you to decide which ones fall into that category), but 'Death Magnetic' is like they've been reborn better than before. The whole thing is an excellent example of why not to write a band off after a bad album. Five years later, they might come out with something like this.
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1. That Was Just Your Life 07:07
Like a siren in my head that always threatens to repeat
Like a blind man that is strapped into the speeding driver’s seat
Like a face that learns to speak, when all it knew was how to bite
Like a misery that keeps me focused though I’ve gone astray
Like an endless nightmare that I must awaken from each day
Like Conviction, a premonition, not worthy of so I deny, I deny
I blind my eyes and try and force it all into place
I stitch them up, see not my fall from grace
I blind my eyes, I hide and feel it passing me by
I open just in time to say goodbye
Almost like your life, almost like your endless fight
Curse, the day is long, realize you don’t belong
Disconnect somehow, never stop the bleeding now
Almost like your fight, and there it went, almost like your life
Like a wound that keeps on bleeding to remind me not to think
Like a raging river drowning when I only need a drink
Like a poison that I swallow, but I want the world to die
Like a release from prison that I didn’t know I was in
Like a fight to live the past I prayed to leave from way back then
Like a general without a mission until the war will start again, start again
I blind my eyes and try and force it all into place
I stitch them up, see not my fall from grace
I blind my eyes, I hide and feel it passing me by
I open just in time to say goodbye
Almost like your life,almost like your endless fight
Curse, the day is long, realize you don’t belong
Disconnect somehow, never stop the bleeding now
Almost like your fight, and there it went, almost like your life
Like a touch from hell to feel how hot that it can get if you get caught
Like a strike from heaven turns that key that brings you straight down to your knees
Like a touch from hell to feel how hot that it can get if I get caught
Like a strike from heaven to reprieve that brings you straight down to your knees
Almost like your life, almost like your endless fight
Curse, the day is long, realize you don’t belong
Disconnect somehow, never stop the bleeding now
Almost like your fight, and there it went, almost like your life
That was just your life
2. The End of the Line 07:51
Need more and more, tainted misery
Bleed, battle scars, chemical affinity
Reign, legacy, innocence corrode
Stain, rot away, catatonic overload
Choke, asphyxia, snuff reality
Scorch, kill the light, incinerate celebrity
Reaper, butchery, karma amputee
Bloodline redefined, death, contagious deity
Oh wey! Hooked into this deceiver, need more and more
Into the endless fever, need more and more
New consequence machine
You burn through all your gasoline
Asylum overtime, nevermind
You’ve reached the end of the line
Time, choke the clock, steal another day
Die faithfully, narcissistic fade away
Twisted, jump the rail, shatter the crowd below
Breakout, chase the ghost, the latest high to all-time low
Hooked into this deceiver, need more and more
Into the endless fever, need more and more
New consequence machine
You burn through all your gasoline
Asylum overtime, nevermind
You’ve reached the end of the line
Drop the hourglass of time, spilling sand we will not find
As we gather here today, we bid farewell
The slave becomes the master
The slave becomes the master
The slave becomes the master yeah
The slave becomes the master, need more and more
Right now and ever after, need more and more
New consequence machine
You burn through all your gasoline
Asylum overtime, nevermind
Dead hourglass of time
Sand we will not ever find
We gather here today to say goodbye
‘Cause you’ve reached the end of the line
The end of the line
The end of the line
The end of the line
You’ve reached the end of the line
3. Broken, Beat & Scarred 06:25
You rise, you fall, your down then you rise again
What don’t kill you make you more strong
You rise, you fall, your down then you rise again
What don’t kill you make you more strong
Rise, fall down, rise again
What don’t kill you make you more strong
Rise, fall, down, rise again
What don’t kill you make you more strong
Through black days, through black nights, through pitch black insights
Breaking your teeth on the hard life a’coming, show your scars
Cutting your feet on the hard earth a’running, show your scars
Breaking your life, broken beat and scarred
But we die hard!
The dawn, the death, the fight to the final breath
What don’t kill you make you more strong
The dawn, the death, the fight to the final breath
What don’t kill you make you more strong
Dawn, death, fight, final breath
What don’t kill you make you more strong
Dawn, death, fight, final breath
What don’t kill you make you more strong
They scratch me, they scrape me, they cut and rape me
Breaking your teeth on the hard life a’coming, show your scars
Cutting your feet on the hard earth a’running, show your scars
Breaking your life, broken beat and scarred
But we die hard!
Breaking your teeth on the hard life a’coming, show your scars
Cutting your feet on the hard earth a’running, show your scars
Raiding your soul in a hard luck story, show your scars
Spilling your blood in a hot sun’s a’glory, show your scars
Breaking your life, broken beat and scarred
We die hard, we die hard, we die hard
4. The Day That Never Comes 07:55
Born to push you around
Better just stay down
You pull away, he hits the flesh
You hit the ground
Mouth so full of lies
Tend to black your eyes
Just keep them closed
Keep praying, just keep waiting
Waiting for the one
The day that never comes
When you stand up and feel the warmth
But the sunshine never comes, no
No, the sunshine never comes
Push you cross that line
Just stay down this time
Hide in yourself, crawl in yourself
You’ll have your time
God I’ll make them pay
Take it back one day
I’ll end this day
I’ll splatter color on this gray
Waiting for the one
The day that never comes
When you stand up and feel the warmth
But the sunshine never comes
Love is a four letter word
And never spoken here
Love is a four letter word
Here in this prison
I suffer this no longer
I’ll put an end to this, I swear
This, I swear the sun will shine
This, I swear, this, I swear, this, I swear
5. All Nightmare Long 07:57
One, two
Luck runs out
Crawl from the wreckage one more time
Horrific memory twists the mind
Dark, rutted, cold and hard to turn
Path of destruction feel it burn
Still life, incarnation
Still life, infamy
Hallucination, heresy
Still you run, what’s to come, what’s to be
‘Cause we hunt you down without mercy
Hunt you down all nightmare long
Feel us breathe upon your face
Feel us shift, every move we trace
Hunt you down without mercy
Hunt you down all nightmare long yeah
Luck runs out, you crawl back in
But your luck runs out
One, two
Luck runs out
The light that is not light is here
To flush you out with your own fear
You hide, you hide but will be found
Release your grip without a sound
Still life, immolation
Still life, infamy
Hallucination, heresy
Still you run, what’s to come, what’s to be
‘Cause we hunt you down without mercy
Hunt you down all nightmare long
Feel us breathe upon your face
Feel us shift, every move we trace
Hunt you down without mercy
Hunt you down all nightmare long yeah
Luck runs out, you crawl back in
But your luck runs out
Out!
One, two, three, four
Then you crawl back in
Into your obsession
Never to return
This is your confession
Hunt you down without mercy
Hunt you down all nightmare long
Feel us breathe upon your face
Feel us shift, every move we trace
Hunt you down without mercy
Hunt you down all nightmare long yeah
Luck runs out, you crawl back in
But your luck runs out
Your luck runs out!
6. Cyanide 06:39
Sleep and dream of this
Death angel’s kiss
Brings final bliss
Completely
Empty, they say
Death, won’t you let me stay?
Empty, they say
Death, hear me call your name
Uh! Call your name
Suicide, I’ve already died
You’re just the funeral I’ve been waiting for
Cyanide, living dead inside
Break this empty shell forevermore
Wait, wait patiently
Your death black wings
Unfolding sleep
Spreading o’er me
Empty, they say
Death, won’t you let me stay?
Empty, they say
Death, hear me call your name
Uh! Call your name
Suicide, I’ve already died
You’re just the funeral I’ve been waiting for
Cyanide, living dead inside
Break this empty shell forevermore
Say, is that rain or are they tears?
That stained your concrete face for years
The crying, weeping, shedding strife
Year after year, life after life
An air of freshly broken ground
A concrete angel lit right down
Upon the grave which swallows fast
It’s peace at last, oh, peace at last
Uh, empty, they say
Death, won’t you let me stay?
Empty, they say
Death, hear me call your name
Call your name
Suicide, I’ve already died
You’re just the funeral I’ve been waiting for
Cyanide, living dead inside
Break this empty shell forevermore
Forever more, forever more
It’s just the funeral I’ve been waiting for
7. The Unforgiven III 07:45
How could he know this new dawn’s light would change his life forever?
Set sail to sea but pulled off course by the light of golden treasure
Was he the one causing pain with his careless dreaming?
Been afraid, always afraid of the things he’s feeling
He could just be gone
He would just sail on
He’ll just sail on
How can I be lost if I’ve got nowhere to go?
Searched the seas of gold, how come it’s got so cold?
How can I be lost in remembrance I relive?
How can I blame you when it’s me I can’t forgive?
These days drift on inside a fog , it’s thick and suffocating
This seeking life outside its hell, inside intoxicating
He’s run aground like his life , water’s much too shallow
Slipping fast, down with the ship, fading in the shadows
Now a castaway
They’ve all gone, away
They’ve gone away
How can I be lost if I’ve got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold, how come it’s got so cold?
How can I be lost in remembrance I relive?
And how can I blame you when it’s me I can’t forgive?
Forgive me, forgive me not
Forgive me, forgive me not
Forgive me, forgive me not
Forgive me, forgive me, why can’t I forgive me?
Set sail to sea but pulled off course by the light of golden treasure
How could he know this new dawn’s light would change his life forever?
How can I be lost if I’ve got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold, how come it’s got so cold?
How can I be lost in remembrance I relive ?
So how can I blame you when it’s me I can’t forgive?
8. The Judas Kiss 08:00
When the world has turned its back
When the days have turned pitch black
When the fear abducts your tongue
When the fire’s dead and gone
So, what now?
Where go I?
When you think it’s all said and done
When you are the ostracized
Selfish ridden dead goodbyes
Twisting on the tourniquet
When the pieces never fit
So, what now?
Where go I?
When you think it’s all said and done
Bow down, sell your soul to me
I will set you free, pacify your demons
Bow down, surrender unto me
Submit infectiously, sanctify your demons
Into abyss
You don’t exist
Cannot resist
The Judas kiss
When the Storm has blacked your sky
Intuition crucify
When the ego strips your reign
Assissinate the living flame
So, what now?
Where go I?
When you think it’s all said and done
Venom of a life insane
Bites into your fragile Vein
Internalize and decimate
Patronize and complicate
So, what now?
Where go I?
When you think it’s all said and done
Bow down, sell your soul to me
I will set you free, pacify your demons
Bow down, surrender unto me
Submit infectiously, sanctify your demons
Into abyss
You don’t exist
Cannot resist
The Judas kiss
Judas lives, recite this vow
I’ve become your new god now
Followed you from dawn of time
Whispered thoughts into your mind
Watched your towers hit the ground
Lured your children never found
Helped your kings abuse their crown
In the heart of evil man
Plant the seed of my own plan
The strong and powerful will fall
Find a piece of me in all, inside you all
So, bow down, sell your soul to me
I will set you free, pacify your demons
Bow down, surrender unto me
Submit infectiously, sanctify your demons
Into abyss
You don’t exist
Cannot resist
The Judas Kiss
Oh… Judas
9. Suicide & Redemption 09:56 instrumental
10. My Apocalypse 05:00
Claustrophobic, crawl out of this skin
Hard explosive, reach and pull that pin
Fear thy name extermination
Desacrate, inhale the fire
So we cross that line
Into the grips, total eclipse
Suffer unto My Apocalypse
Deadly vision, prophecy revealed
Death magnetic, pulling closer still
Feel thy name annihilation
Desolate inhale the fire
So we cross that line
Into the grips, total eclipse
Suffer unto My Apocalypse
My apocalypse… Go!
Crushing metal, ripping skin
Tossing body mannequin
Spilling blood, bleeding gas
Mangle flesh, snapping spine
Dripping bloody valentine
Shattered face, spitting glass
Split apart, split apart, split apart, split, spit it out!
What makes me drift a litter bit closer?
Dead man takes the steering wheel
What makes me know it’s time to cross over?
Born to repeat until I feel
See through the skin, bones they all rattle
Future and past they disagree
Flesh falls away the bones they all shatter
I start to see the end in me, see the end in me…
Clautrophobic, climb out of this skin
Heart explosive, waiting for that pin
Violate, annihilate, all wounds unto my eyes
Obliterate, exterminate, as life itself denied
Fear thy name as hell awakens
Destiny, inhale the fire
But we cross that line
Into the crypt, total eclipse
Suffer unto My Apocalypse
Tyrant awaken My Apocalypse
Demon awaken My Apocalypse
Heaven awaken My Apocalypse
Suffer forever My Apocalypse
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