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They should have called it quits over a decade ago. Death Magnetic was the best thing they've released since Justice, true, but that speaks more to the lack of quality in between said releases. Death Magnetic was not a good album, it was average, with this new release slated to be "Black Album II" I wouldn't get my hopes up mate.

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We all know St. Anger was the disappointing ablum of the 00's but I really did enjoy DM it sounded like they wanted to bring back their sound from the justice era, and I enjoyed every track from that album. It wasn't a very fast paced thrash album but it was somewhat respectable in their catalog. For their next album I'm not going to have really high hopes, I don't expect this album to be amazing but it's something and I love everything metallica has done. To me it's not just about the music, metallica was my childhood and what I grew up with.

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I live in the past when it comes to Metallica. I broke up with them a long time ago. The Black Album was catchy but when Load came out I figured they were trying to appeal to a different demographic. I truly don't feel like I've been missing out on anything by not listening to what they've released in the last 20 years.

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Pumped I am looking forward to the new album - I don't see why they should hang it up and call it a day. Hopefully they will put out an awesome album Metallica was one of the first bands that introduced me to metal. They've had their ups and downs with their albums, in my opinion, but who knows? Maybe this album will be the first another future metalhead hears.

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I am looking forward to the new album - I don't see why they should hang it up and call it a day. Hopefully they will put out an awesome album Metallica was one of the first bands that introduced me to metal. They've had their ups and downs with their albums' date=' in my opinion, but who knows? Maybe this album will be the first another future metalhead hears.[/quote'] Yeah but they are a million miles away from being the band you first heard however many years ago. It's been one massive down since "And Justice For All" and if they had split after that record they'd be gods now. There is a lot to be said for knowing when your race is run.
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I don't think they will ever be as good as they were but it is always good hearing fresh new music from a great band, Kirk's solo's are still top notch in my opinion. Death magnetic was still a sick album, even though hetfields vocals will never be the same as they once were, they are still enjoyable to listen to.

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Yeah but they are a million miles away from being the band you first heard however many years ago. It's been one massive down since "And Justice For All" and if they had split after that record they'd be gods now. There is a lot to be said for knowing when your race is run.
They are never going to be as good as they once were - but then again, it is pretty hard to stay as amazing as they were. I still like to listen to the newer stuff when I have my music on shuffle. Do I prefer the older? Of course, but I am still looking forward to a new album
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Whoever said Ride The Fanbase has got that shit right. I was looking forward to it when they first began talking about it but between collab albums with Lou Reed, an EP of death magnetic castoffs, a 3D movie that made no sense and countless live DVDs of basically the same setlist... I'm losing interest fast. I'll see how the first single goes, if it's another "day that never comes" ... "Begging for some meh-eh-edsah, save me from the song that never eh-eh-ends yeah yeah yeeaaah" ... I ain't buying it.

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