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albummaster
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- #1
- Posted: 10/15/2015 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1781): Death Magnetic by Metallica
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Today's album of the day
Death Magnetic by Metallica (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 2008.
Country: 
Overall rank: 1,162
Average rating: 67/100 (from 296 votes).
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Tracks:
1. That Was Just Your Life
2. The End Of The Line
3. Broken, Beat & Scarred
4. The Day That Never Comes
5. All Nightmare Long
6. Cyanide
7. The Unforgiven III
8. The Judas Kiss
9. Suicide & Redemption
10. My Apocalypse
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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- #2
- Posted: 10/15/2015 20:11
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A pretty underrated Metallica album, I'd put it up there with Ride The Lightning
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Applerill
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Gender: Female
Age: 31
Location: Chicago 
- #3
- Posted: 10/15/2015 20:16
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If you think this is better than St. Anger or Lulu, you are officially a rockist.
In fact, this album almost is rockism incarnate. The whole point of it is to say, "Hey, it's not new, and it's not very good, but it's hard, just like Ride the Lightning".
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- #4
- Posted: 10/15/2015 20:30
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Not listened yet, but i will soon, as i'm going on with Metallica's discography. I recently listened to "Load" and it annoyed me a lot, but i'll give it another chance.
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- #5
- Posted: 10/15/2015 21:57
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Song wise a return to them writing good metal songs. Yes very long, often drawn out songs, but good for the most part nonetheless.
I really loved it when it came out aside from, you know, one of the shittiest mixing jobs of all time. Not as good as Puppets or Lightning, but not anywhere near as bad as St Anger.
EDIT: And certainly not 67/100 bad as the site has it as of now.
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Graeme2
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Location: The Upside Down 
- #6
- Posted: 10/16/2015 08:57
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This is easily the worst offender in the "loudness wars" (though the Raw Power reissue was quite bad) Almost unlistenable due to that. It's the mastering though eh, not the mixing. Still a good album though and the only one I'd entertain after the Black Album. Not in the same league as their 80s albums obviously.
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Applerill
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Location: Chicago
- #7
- Posted: 10/16/2015 11:23
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| Graeme2 wrote: | | (though the Raw Power reissue was quite bad). |
That raw power reissue is punk incarnate. Just like with The Woods, they were able to use the artistic compression to add to the artistry of the album.
Also, if you still measure how good an album is by its dynamic range in 2015, you are very probably a rockist.
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Graeme2
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- #8
- Posted: 10/16/2015 13:41
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| Applerill wrote: | That raw power reissue is punk incarnate. Just like with The Woods, they were able to use the artistic compression to add to the artistry of the album.
Also, if you still measure how good an album is by its dynamic range in 2015, you are very probably a rockist. |
Pushing everything "into the red" on raw power is definitely fitting what the band were about, so I get that about it being a punk statement. But it just sounds like the media it's on (cd) can't cope and to me not fun. Its a very old topic granted. Still, how an album is mastered can make a big difference to your enjoyment and the raw power version I have is a let down for that reason.
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- #9
- Posted: 10/16/2015 15:38
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I just don't think it's an excuse for an album to sound as bad as the Raw Power reissue. Calling it punk incarnate still doesn't make it listenable.
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Decurso
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Age: 53
Location: Sao Paulo, SP Brazil 
- #10
- Posted: 10/16/2015 20:42
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Definitely an above average album, but these days I mostly find it a sad reminder of how long it's been since they've released anything new (I don't count Lulu).
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