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Did Metallica Make A Comeback?
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Author:  Tompa [ Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Did Metallica Make A Comeback?
(I think I'm saying that right)

Now that the album officially is out, I thought it'd be interesting to compare the poll from the Do You Think Metallica Can Make A Comeback?-thread with the results.

I say "hell yes".
Author:  Cú Chulainn [ Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:32 pm ]
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Add a "somewhat" option.
Author:  Mintrude [ Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:39 pm ]
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Yeh, it was a solid album in my opinion.
Author:  Tompa [ Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:58 pm ]
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FrigidSymphony wrote:
Add a "somewhat" option.


I'd rather not have an option like that, unless people insist. I find them to be uninteresting since they don't really say anything. It's like saying 'maybe'.
Author:  Thomas [ Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:08 pm ]
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of course they made a comeback... This is a huge step up from st. anger.
Author:  Legacy Of The Night [ Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:57 pm ]
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It's not a classic, but it's a lot better than the past few albums they put out. I'd call that a comeback.
Author:  Goat [ Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:35 am ]
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It's not an amazing album, but they've guaranteed themselves commercial attention, plus there'll be lots of postive reviews, so yes all in all.
Author:  noodles [ Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:09 am ]
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i haven't heard it and probably won't but pitchfork's review seems to get the general reaction to it right:

Quote:
The anticipation for Death Magnetic has split along two lines: hope for a return to form, and schadenfreude.

The album fulfills neither expectation. It tries mightily to recapture Metallica's former glory, but only does so partially.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/r ... h-magnetic
Author:  The Silent Man [ Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:18 am ]
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For me they have. Its been a looooooooooooooong time since Ive been excited for a Metallica album and even longer since I wanted to listen to it more than once.
Author:  traptunderice [ Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:58 am ]
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Zad wrote:
they've guaranteed themselves commercial attention.
They've been doing that for the last 20 years.

I want to put "somewhat" too since this one isn't a complete return to form but the next one if it continues to progress should be amazing.
Author:  grandbazaar [ Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:53 am ]
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well if by comeback you mean returning with a good album ( I rate it around 78%), then I say yes.
Author:  Eternal Idol [ Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:39 am ]
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Sure, it's a pretty catchy, and while not spectacular, solid album. I do plan on purchasing it, and have liked every song I've heard from it,which is just about everything but The Unforgiven III. Sirius Satellite Radio promoted it pretty heavily, so I got to hear a good chunk of it. It's not 80's Metallica by a longshot, but if you're still expecting that maybe you should awaken from your coma.
Author:  Cú Chulainn [ Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:39 am ]
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It is a decent album, but as someone else said, they haven't recaptured the respect that metal fans could have for Metallica. If they had released something like "The Formation of Damnation", I would have said, "fuck yes". But while they abandoned the path of suckiness they were on before, they haven't quite returned to form. The next album should be better.
Author:  5/3/// [ Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:54 am ]
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What about that?
http://www.gopetition.co.uk/petitions/r ... netic.html
I do agree they made a comeback but the compression and saturation within the final release is a disappointment.
Author:  RedHawk [ Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:11 pm ]
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As I mentioned in the other thread, I think they definitely made a comeback with this record. Id rate it 85/100.
Author:  Seinfeld26 [ Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:55 pm ]
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Yes. Even though, being that I'm been a fan of everything they've done up to St. Anger, it wasn't necessarily a HUGE comeback. Nonetheless, with Death Magnetic, they definitely bounced back after St. Anger quite nicely.
Author:  doublewhat [ Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:42 pm ]
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yes... 86/100.
Author:  Caligula_K [ Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:44 pm ]
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Its a comeback in that its better than St. Anger, but sorry... Making an average album, even if your last album sucked incredibly, is not a comeback, no more than Slayer's latest was a comeback, or The System Has Failed.
Author:  doublewhat [ Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:25 pm ]
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oh come on there really isn't anything wrong with this sound. Isn't thrash metal soppose to be raw and slightly undermastered. You can pick up any old-school thrash album and notice how horrible the mastering sounds compared to everything else but black metal. i don't hear anyone complaining about other thrash bands that come out with new albums with lower ended mastering. If you really want to remaster or redo an album, write a petition for St. Anger. Replace the drums with real ones.... oh and how about adding a bass guitar to ...And Justice For All.
leave Death Magnetic alone....
Author:  5/3/// [ Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:50 pm ]
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doublewhat wrote:
oh come on there really isn't anything wrong with this sound. Isn't thrash metal soppose to be raw and slightly undermastered. You can pick up any old-school thrash album and notice how horrible the mastering sounds compared to everything else but black metal. i don't hear anyone complaining about other thrash bands that come out with new albums with lower ended mastering. If you really want to remaster or redo an album, write a petition for St. Anger. Replace the drums with real ones.... oh and how about adding a bass guitar to ...And Justice For All.
leave Death Magnetic alone....


fanboy... :rolleyes:
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