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06/12/2008 Entry: "BLOGGALLICA"
In the midst of potential PR disaster that included stories throughout the internet and in mainstream press (including but not limited to: G4, Dagbladet, Wired, C Net, Digg, Phoenix New Times, Tech Digest, Idolator, Fark, Ars Technica). The band has taken mattters into their own hands and has brought up the matter of having blogged reviews pulled from the 'net.
From Metallica.com:
However, once we re-surfaced on Tuesday after a few weeks on tour in Europe, we were informed that someone at Q Prime (our managers) had made the error of asking a few publications to take down reviews of the rough mixes from the new record that were posted on their sites. Our response was "WHY?!!! Why take down mostly positive reviews of the new material and prevent people from getting psyched about the next record. . . that makes no sense to us!" So after a few rounds of managerial ear spank and sentencing everyone at Q Prime to 20 push-ups each, we figured why not take matters into our own hands and just post the links here on our site.
And as promised the In The Press area of met.com has been updated with those updates.
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Posted by Joekool @ 06/12/2008 06:08 PM EST
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By the by, I see MM has more letters in the mystery ???. I think the 2 symbols on the ends are just that symbols, almost looking like "U" shaped magnets, with the electrical M's
Posted by Joekool @ 06/12/2008 06:10 PM EST
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Hmmm..... the plot thickens!!!! It's gone from being (D)EI(C) - if the first and last symbols are actually letters - to (D)EETI(C), so, following the pattern, the next reveal should be something like (D)EE_ _TI(C). WTF???? indeed.
Posted by Harvester of Sorrow @ 06/12/2008 06:15 PM EST
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Metallica: Still Heavy After All These Years
Band returns to speed metal on new disc with Rick Rubin
DAVID FRICKE
This is the advice producer Rick Rubin gave Metallica over two years ago, as the band knuckled down to write its next album: "I said, 'Imagine you're not Metallica,' " Rubin recalls. " 'You don't have any hits to play, and you have to come up with material to play in a battle of the bands. What do you sound like?' "
"It was the obvious thing — that we didn't see," says singer-guitarist James Hetfield. Rubin, a longtime friend and fan who was producing a Metallica album for the first time, "gave it a focus, instantly, with that statement."
Set for a September release on Warner Bros., Metallica's still-untitled new album is their first since 2003's St. Anger and their first with bassist Robert Trujillo, who joined in February of that year. It is also a stunning, overdue return to the shock and rush of the band's speed-metal monuments, 1984's Ride the Lightning and 1986's Master of Puppets. The 10 long tracks are all multi-riff blizzards with jolting rhythm swerves, while lead guitarist Kirk Hammett makes up for the no-solos asceticism of St. Anger with vintage bursts of cackling-hyena wah-wah.
"Rick said he wanted to make the definitive Metallica record," says drummer Lars Ulrich, "a step forward that incorporated elements from what he considered our creative peak. Every time there was a fork in the road, we said, 'In 1985, we would have done this.' " One song illustrates Hetfield's lyric hook "Hunt you down all nightmare long" (there are no formal song titles yet) with vicious-staccato guitar riddled with tempo U-turns and Ulrich's double-kick-drum thunderclaps.
Another combines a hard-funk chorus, jarring tempo collisions and a reflective, growling Hetfield ("Suicide, I've already died/It's just the funeral I'm waiting for"). A third song recalls Metallica's 1988 riff avalanche, . . . And Justice for All, but with a steady conqueror's-march beat. "What don't kill ya makes ya more strong," Hetfield sings on that track — and he says he believes it: "It feels like old Metallica to me, but with more meaning now."
Metallica are a changed band from the one that went through group therapy and nearly broke up while making St. Anger, a weirdness captured in the documentary Some Kind of Monster. "I was nervous because of what I saw in that movie," Rubin confesses. "But I found a unified force that had come to terms with all of the stuff that got dredged up." Hetfield, who went into rehab during the St. Anger sessions, remains on "the clean-and-sober path," as he puts it. And Metallica worked on the new album in bursts of several weeks to minimize time away from their families (all four band members are now fathers). "Making records in the Nineties wasn't a lot of fun," Ulrich says. "On this one, we made ourselves a promise: to have as civil an experience as possible."
They started, as usual, with the so-called "riff tapes" — licks and ideas from individual members or recorded during the group's tuning-room jams backstage, then sorted into songs mostly by Hetfield and Ulrich, Metallica's primary writers since they started the band in 1981. It took the quartet all of 2006 to hone hundreds of riff tapes into 26 songs, then pick the half worth recording. Rubin visited Metallica at their San Rafael, California, studio every few weeks to listen to what was working and tell the group what wasn't. "There was so much material," Hammett says, "that James and I regularly had to ask each other, 'Which title was this riff going to?' Riffs moved all over the place."
But when Metallica set up at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, in March and April 2007 to record basic tracks, the band cut everything live, in straight-through takes. "Rick wasn't interested in whether we played the songs perfectly," Ulrich says. "He cared about whether we played together or not. He would say, 'You guys are on fire.' Or 'You guys suck. If you don't get it together in the next two takes, go home.' "
Hetfield finally started recording vocals in February of this year. He says he is not yet sure what his lyrics are about — "The big picture doesn't become clear until a year or two later" — but knows what he's writing is very different from what he sang in mid-Eighties songs like "Damage, Inc." and "Whiplash." "Those things were mainly about playing live," Hetfield says. "Battery" [on Master of Puppets] was from my days on Battery Street [in San Francisco]." He then points to a new song, the frenetic "My Apocalypse." "It fits me now," he says, "whether it's the end of something for me or an end I see coming. I've got kids. I don't want that for them. The warrior aspect, to survive — I'm hooked into that right now."
After more than two years working on this record, Rubin has learned at least one lesson for the future. "There's no reason it can't be much faster," he says, laughing. "Before this one, my favorite Metallica records were the Garage records [the 1987 covers EP, Garage Days Re-revisited, and the expanded 1998 version, Garage Inc.]. They sound the most like a band, and those were made very quickly. That may be the next step we try."
Posted by my apocalypse @ 06/12/2008 07:00 PM EST
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I always said the stuff we heard so far had a little bit of a Garage Inc. vibe to it.
Posted by Nick @ 06/12/2008 07:16 PM EST
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Since we are all bored with no Metallica music why don't ya give some new Offspring a try... I must say I think it kicks ass. Bob Rock did something right! lol jk
http://www.imeem.com/theoffspring
Posted by Nick @ 06/12/2008 07:23 PM EST
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Where's 'Tallica?
Posted by IS-JD @ 06/12/2008 08:07 PM EST
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Yeah, Bob Rock did do something right... he stopped producing Metallica albums.
Posted by Harvester of Sorrow @ 06/12/2008 08:08 PM EST
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No Remorse
Posted by IS-JD @ 06/12/2008 08:28 PM EST
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A while back ago I posted that Managment was to blame for Mission Metallica and for this. Check out the Met on tour for Tucson http://youtube.com/watch?v=b-eMCrztjp4&feature=related that piece of shit Peter Mench, look at that comment to Rob. The guy needs to get fired he contacted those bloggers so he can feel important. FIRE HIS ASS, they got lucky they posted that statement people were getting mad.
Posted by DRUM @ 06/12/2008 09:00 PM EST
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Agreed DRUM, Mensch is a cocksucker for saying what he said to Rob. The band have given up hazing new band members, so now it's Q-Prime's turn. What an asshole.
Posted by EET FUK @ 06/12/2008 09:50 PM EST
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hey JD thanks for the spastik children video! cool shit. umm what else..oh, the new fly on the wall has a duel guitar harmony..what do you guys think? it has that kinda punk nofx/thin lizzy thing...i almost said nutty lol now i know what lars means.
Posted by sean @ 06/12/2008 11:34 PM EST
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I agree with Ruin regarding doing the records faster. I'd like to see Metallica do what quite a lot of other bands do and only spend, say, 2 months in the studio (pretty sure most of their earlier records were done relatively quickly). That'd be quite interesting; surely some sort of pressure like that would be good.
Posted by caspian @ 06/13/2008 03:42 AM EST
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Rob will get his respect on this album. This is a big thing that we haven't discussed on here. He has to be chomping at the bit to get his first record out.
Posted by Nick @ 06/13/2008 05:36 AM EST
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METALLICA performed a "secret" show earlier tonight (Thursday, June 12) at The Basement in Nashville, Tennessee in front of an estimated 175 people.
The group's setlist was as follows:
01. No Remorse
02. Fuel
03. Harvester Of Sorrow
04. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
05. For Whom The Bell Tolls
06. Master Of Puppets
07. Sad But True
08. Motorbreath
09. Seek And Destroy
In addition, there were a few impromptu jams, including "2x4", "Slither" and "Frayed Ends of Sanity".
Posted by Nick @ 06/13/2008 05:45 AM EST
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I was thinking the "symbol" is a radio tower and the N's are for Bonnaroo since they are written similar to the Bonnaroo logo. They are advertising it will be broadcast live and that new Metallica will be played. I think the words will "New Metallica" and the three ?'s are for New Metallica Song??? The letters for new metallica are there so far. Everyone concentrates on the letters being in the middle so far, but that could be to throw us off. Any thoughts?
Posted by Mark @ 06/13/2008 11:10 AM EST
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Mark, thats a good theory. The only downside is that at the rate they are going for revealing new letters, the whole thing won't be spelled out until sometime next week, yet Metallica plays in mere hours!!! I REALLY hope they play something new tonight... Certainly not expecting it, but it would also up the anticipation as we would have to wait a whole month to see what they do next.
Posted by D-J @ 06/13/2008 11:22 AM EST
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I'm hoping they pull out something special tonight. A new song is probably asking too much, but maybe they can do one of the early albums straight through, or pull out a few songs they haven't done in years, or this being the "jamming" festival, bring somebody else who's playing up on stage for a song or two. Or play a little longer than they have been. Or hell, just come out and start the set with Enter Sandman. I don't know what, exactly, just do something different than the fairly standard setlist that we've been seeing so far on this tour. Just a hope.
Posted by Trace @ 06/13/2008 11:40 AM EST
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True DJ, why do you always have to point out the obvious!!:)
Posted by Mark @ 06/13/2008 12:10 PM EST
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My true identity is Captain Obvious!
Posted by D-J @ 06/13/2008 12:12 PM EST
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This is absolutely hilarious! I am so intrigued by all those people out there that hate, and I mean HATE Metallica. Its soooo amazing. These people need to get a life... I just had to share the laughs with you guys. There's a lot of people out there that need some Metallica Anger Management. Five Reasons Why Metallica Will Doom Bonnaroo Forever http://www.esquire.com/the-side/feature/metallica-will-doom-bonnaroo
Posted by D-J @ 06/13/2008 01:50 PM EST
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Sad sad sad individuals. Who even let this guy publish this shit in a magazine like that? Laughable.
Posted by Nick @ 06/13/2008 03:13 PM EST
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Logo is updated. I am soo confused....
Posted by Nick @ 06/13/2008 03:21 PM EST
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New Album Title = Demagnetic
Posted by Ice Nine @ 06/13/2008 03:32 PM EST
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Yeah, that looks like that is the best theory thus far. I was kinda hoping for an album title with more than one word in it... You know, something new for a change... But thats a cool name, I suppose.
Posted by D-J @ 06/13/2008 03:36 PM EST
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maybe will be dead magnetic , its also a theory
Posted by kotrinio @ 06/13/2008 03:51 PM EST
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OOOOH! I like that! But better than that, Deadly Magnetic. If we get an L sometime soon, I am going with that. Until letters not in Deadly Magnetic appear... heheheh...
Posted by D-J @ 06/13/2008 03:52 PM EST
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Genetic Death?
Posted by Mark @ 06/13/2008 04:13 PM EST
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demagnetic tic tic tic tock
Posted by sean @ 06/13/2008 04:16 PM EST
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What time do the guys play tonight?
Posted by The Thing that should not be @ 06/13/2008 04:45 PM EST
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9pm central time, so I guess it will be 10pm est. They also have a link called the AT&T blue room on the left side that will take you to a live broadcast that's already going on right now, of course, right now, some bluegrass band is on. I know most of you guys may not be into that sort of thing, but I have watched a few of the earlier acts and I felt like my ears were raped earlier, so this bluegrass band is helping to repair the damage.
Posted by D-J @ 06/13/2008 05:02 PM EST
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I just noticed that this webcast isn't going to have Pearl Jam tomorrow night. That sucks. Oh well, at least they've got Metallica tonight, which matters more than anything. I definitely think this code is the album title and they'll probably a few more clues before it's announced next week sometime.
Posted by Trace @ 06/13/2008 05:29 PM EST
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I doubt we'll hear a new song tonight, but we might hear some unfamiliar riffs or a little medley a la Cunning Stunts/Bad Seed, but who knows with these guys. Thanks for the time info, D-J.
Posted by The Thing that should not be @ 06/13/2008 05:59 PM EST
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no new song tonight. it would kill the hype. its not like amon amarth where you know what you're getting. they have everything riding on this new album.
Posted by sean @ 06/13/2008 07:11 PM EST
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james said to some kid in the Mett and Greet that they probably won't play a new song until the "second leg"... when does that start??
Posted by NoCreativeNameGuy @ 06/13/2008 09:26 PM EST
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Les Claypool is playing right now at Bonnaroo. That guy is fucking cool - he lives in his own world. He is playing Electric Funeral right now. Awesome.
Posted by D-J @ 06/13/2008 09:37 PM EST
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The second leg starts on July 16th. I wouldn't expect anything new to be played live until August, which should be right about the time that the new single comes out.
Posted by Trace @ 06/13/2008 09:55 PM EST
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something that occurred to me is that the fly on the walls seem to be sort of in order chronologically, so we're going to see the early stages of the songs and not get to hear the more finished until closer to the single release. (I've promoted myself to Master of the Obvious to bring you this update.)
Posted by Azrael @ 06/13/2008 09:58 PM EST
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watching les claypool is like watching alice in wonderland on acid while a korean midget squeezes your testicles.
Posted by sean @ 06/13/2008 10:09 PM EST
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ahh...feels good now...
Posted by Bleeding @ 06/13/2008 10:21 PM EST
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Metallica is playing but the blueroom is having problems with Kirk. Cant hear the solos!!
Posted by metal in ar @ 06/13/2008 10:35 PM EST
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Lars sounds pretty lame playing RTL tonite.
Posted by EET FUK @ 06/13/2008 10:39 PM EST
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Sound is realy good here..
Posted by Bleeding @ 06/13/2008 10:39 PM EST
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The only problem I'm having right now is that I can't get the full screen feature to work. Oh well. No big deal.
Posted by Trace @ 06/13/2008 10:42 PM EST
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I like the fuck napster shirt. Rob was a beast @ the beginning of Lightning!
Posted by The Thing that should not be @ 06/13/2008 10:42 PM EST
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Fuck Napster shirt??? I'm at work right now and can't watch it!! Who was wearing the shirt?
Posted by NoCreativeNameGuy @ 06/13/2008 11:19 PM EST
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NCNG, it was some dude in the crowd @ the beginning.
Posted by The Thing that should not be @ 06/13/2008 11:23 PM EST
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The only problem I am having is i cant find my damn cable to hook my computer up to my tv, so all i get is this damn 19" screen in my computer chair instead of relaxing on my couch. I bet i find it as soon as the concert is over. Oh well, at least I got my beer. Great show so far.
Posted by Robert @ 06/13/2008 11:40 PM EST
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I just realized that Kirks backup vocals are starting to get a little stronger. At times I swore I heard Jason. Not bad Kirk.
Posted by Robert @ 06/13/2008 11:49 PM EST
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Still hoping they pull out a surprise before they close things out. Great show so far, though.
Posted by Trace @ 06/13/2008 11:57 PM EST
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I really like the little fills here in there that kirk and james are adding... gives texture and color to the songs!
Posted by Bleeding @ 06/14/2008 12:02 AM EST
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No new shit tonite..FUCK!
Posted by EET FUK @ 06/14/2008 12:14 AM EST
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Is that a Schenker V Kirk is playing?
Posted by EET FUK @ 06/14/2008 12:15 AM EST
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From about Fade on they were flawless and really go into a groove. Sounded great, alot of energy.
Posted by MArk @ 06/14/2008 12:27 AM EST
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The boys are on fire! James is more active on stage than we've seen in a very long time. Too bad no new shit tonight, but I'm not complaining, really.
Posted by Scott @ 06/14/2008 12:27 AM EST
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it also appears that james has a couple of ballsy new tattoos... a metallica M on his right hand and an A on the left. i guess there are about 98724987324932 people with metallica tattoos. now james has one too, heh.
Posted by Scott @ 06/14/2008 12:38 AM EST
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I'm glad Woodstock is dead and I think it's awesome Metallica did it
Posted by Yukoner @ 06/14/2008 01:05 AM EST
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"Demagnetic"? I really, really hope that isn't the name for the new album.
Posted by caspian @ 06/14/2008 07:41 AM EST
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Every album title has been great, with the exception of Re-load but considering it was part of the same sessions, then it makes sense..but yeah every title they've chosen has ruled the world, so i'm not worried.
Posted by Tony @ 06/14/2008 08:25 AM EST
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I think that the ??? thing has to do with the single and not the album title.Now that the first part of the summer tour has ended there's a month until the next live show.Maybe that's the time that the first single gonna hit the stores and we listen to some new shit!
Posted by Jesius @ 06/14/2008 09:58 AM EST
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I don't think they'd tell us the name of the new single prior to telling us the name of the new album. Also, don't expect the single to come out so far in advance of the album.
Posted by Trace @ 06/14/2008 12:59 PM EST
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"DemonDiurectic" Nope. "Denostalgetic" Hmmm. Nope. Sorry kidz. The D and the C look like horseshoe magnets, someone thinks the M's look like magnetic flux, and yep, it's gonna be Demagnetic. Wheee. The good news is that we've got several months of further disappointments in creative direction to convince us that the album will suck and really drive our expectations down, at which point even a "just good" album will seem like a godsend. Liked some riffs on today's FotW vids, so I guess I shouldn't be so down on this process. I need to go freeze myself until the album comes out so I don't have to go through this anymore. Anyone know how to freeze-dry cheesy-poofs?
Posted by Azrael @ 06/14/2008 02:12 PM EST
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New fly on the wall posted. Sounds like James is strumming C and G chords in standard tuning.
Posted by Dave @ 06/14/2008 02:17 PM EST
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I loved that Esquire article! Metallica is not a Disney feel good, happy go lucky thing. They're bad asses... It's great if they kill Bonnaroo (which they won't) and they guy who wrote is probably pissed off at them because his girlfriend in highschool fucked a football player who listened to Damage Inc. to get fired up before a football game. I know Caspian named about a hundred "better" bands than Machine Head, if it weren't for Caspian they wouldn't have an album sold. Anyway, Rob Flynn posted a very cool diary about our beloved band... here's the link! http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=98934
Posted by MOTORBREATH666 @ 06/14/2008 02:20 PM EST
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Hmm, if its magnetic flux coming into it, why would it be De-magnetic? Seems that whatever it is is magnetic if thats the case. I do not think the next update is just gong to be an M anyway. Who knows though.
Posted by Tim @ 06/14/2008 02:27 PM EST
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Speaking of bad asses, I loved that intro by Chris Rock last night. "The baddest motherfuking band in the world......"
Posted by Trace @ 06/14/2008 03:28 PM EST
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good show last night. coulda done without all the baby and feels great to be alive stuff. lol im glad your happy james but put on your angry face for a couple hours. whiplash baby, infanticide baby lol it just doesnt go together.
Posted by sean @ 06/14/2008 05:32 PM EST
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DEATH MAGNETIC is the new name of the album.
TALLICA RULE THE WORLD
Posted by Waverley73 @ 06/14/2008 06:54 PM EST
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Metallica - Death Magnetic
FUK YEAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Posted by Juztice @ 06/14/2008 07:11 PM EST
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pretty cool i dig it.the riff is cool too.
Posted by sean @ 06/14/2008 07:58 PM EST
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Death Magnetic? Works for me.
Posted by Trace @ 06/14/2008 08:13 PM EST
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In other Bonnaroo news, according to Billboard, Kirk joined My Morning Jacket for a rendition of their song One Big Holiday during their midnight set. And then Later, Kirk joined Les Claypool and members of Gogol Bordello in one tent for, as Billboard termed it, the festival's annual "Super Jam."
Posted by Trace @ 06/14/2008 09:56 PM EST
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Death Magnetic? mmmmmmyyyyeeeeeehhhhhhh. O.k. I guess..... What in the world does it mean or imply though.....
Posted by Dave @ 06/14/2008 10:12 PM EST
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It's all about how it sounds, not what it means. Death Magnetic, sounds pretty good. Better than Dead Magnetic, or Deadly Magnetic.
Posted by booglypoo @ 06/14/2008 10:40 PM EST
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Oh thank god.
Posted by Azrael @ 06/14/2008 11:38 PM EST
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Not feelin' it...but that's just my opinion.
Posted by Ice Nine @ 06/14/2008 11:39 PM EST
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Death Magnetic.....
sounds more like a rejected title from the "Ride the Lightning" days.... That would be an okay song name... but album title? "Buy Metallica's new album Death Magnetic, in stores September 2008!"
I don't know... it's better than St Anger.
Posted by Tipper @ 06/15/2008 12:03 AM EST
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Being a huge fear factory fan i think it kicks ass. It has that modern futuristic concept thing going on like fear factory does. and the riff..the tightness and the drums following it reminds me of FF too...or meshuggah. its what i personally want as a fan..something fresh and new..i can go 3 lifetimes with never hearing half there catalogue again. i always been in this for the present. with that being said..its still 2 words and a 10 second riff
Posted by sean @ 06/15/2008 01:01 AM EST
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Death Magnetic...I think it sounds kind of cool. I'm digging the riff. Kind of reminds me of Frayed Ends of Sanity. Man, this is going to be a long wait 'til September!
Posted by The Thing that should not be @ 06/15/2008 01:06 AM EST
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"Death Magnetic"? You've got to be kidding me. I really hope that's the name of the single. Who picks these sort of names? Metallica were on a real role with album titles until St.; this one is probably their worst yet... to be honest I don't care that much, though; I'll take good songs over a good album name. Motorbreath: one day, when you're no longer 12 years old, I like to think that you'll understand that Machine Head aren't that good.
Posted by caspian @ 06/15/2008 01:10 AM EST
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Songs make great albums, not titles. Demagnetic was gonna hurt a bit, I can live with this if the Title track rocks. Remember the first time you heard the St. Anger intro riff before we heard the production and the ridiculous repetitive thing and the inexplicably slow section? I was so stoked, then the song didn't live up to that intro. If it had, we'd all be talking about the follow up to the "great St. Anger." Death Magnetic it is. Ok. Now let's see what the music does to make that a great title.
Posted by Azrael @ 06/15/2008 03:04 AM EST
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Like it!!!!
Posted by Tim @ 06/15/2008 03:50 AM EST
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sounds strange for me, maybe because i'm french but because lyrics were written by James, i'm sure he had his word on the title so i'm kind of curious to see the where is going with his lyrics with that kind of album title. In a fly of the wall or something he explained what were is mood when writing but he was still not sure of how it will sound at the end!
Posted by Bleeding @ 06/15/2008 10:42 AM EST
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I should have reviewed before posting... i'm so tired that i can't write sentences that makes sense...
Posted by Bleeding @ 06/15/2008 10:45 AM EST
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Death Magnetic is going to be a single, it's not the new album title.
Posted by $trangeR @ 06/15/2008 11:55 AM EST
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I am pretty sure it is the Album Title as on the video it say Metallica: Death Magnetic: September. I am sure the single will be released before the Album. Of course it could be both.
Posted by Tim @ 06/15/2008 12:33 PM EST
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hey general where u at the secret show??
Posted by xino @ 06/15/2008 12:45 PM EST
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MetallicA fuckin' rules. If you're going to nit pick an album title... Go get laid. I like it!
Posted by MOTORBREATH666 @ 06/15/2008 12:53 PM EST
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death magnetic for you for sure, now there's nothing you can do!!!!
Posted by Tony @ 06/15/2008 01:41 PM EST
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Just checked out that riff...........fuckin awesome. It does sound a little like frayed ends with a bit of disposable heroes with chug part. I think its great and can't wait to hear more. If the rest of the songs have that sound & feel, then we're gonna get a great album. And if that's the abum title, i think it's cool too! Different than there other titles, but it definitely sounds metal. 3 months is a long time to wait to have the album in my hands but little pieces here & there and even a single soon should tie me over.
Posted by MONSTER @ 06/15/2008 02:04 PM EST
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LOL at the crying on the metallica boards.
Posted by sean @ 06/15/2008 04:18 PM EST
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The way it makes sense is by Magnetic being a NOUN, not an ADJECTIVE.. so that a Death Magnetic is an actual thing.... it's not meant to describe death... GET IT?
Posted by Tony @ 06/15/2008 04:28 PM EST
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basically it's way fucking deeper than anyone is realizing
Posted by Tony @ 06/15/2008 04:29 PM EST
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Thanks for the video kotrinio, fantastic!!
Posted by Tim @ 06/15/2008 06:39 PM EST
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The word Magnetic can't be used as a noun. It is an adjective. But it does make complete sense if you think of it as describing death as magnetic - i.e. especially with the substance abuse and subsequent rehab that Jaymz has just been through, would it not make complete sense that he can look back at that time in his life as being a magnet pulling him towards death...??? The feeling that I get from this album is that a lot of the material written by Jaymz will be very personal and based on his experiences and subsequent life changes. Therefore, does it not also make sense that the title of the album should reflect the same theme? Just my thoughts, anyway.
Posted by Harvester of Sorrow @ 06/15/2008 08:43 PM EST
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The word Magnetic can't be used as a noun. It is an adjective. But it does make complete sense if you think of it as describing death as magnetic - i.e. especially with the substance abuse and subsequent rehab that Jaymz has just been through, would it not make complete sense that he can look back at that time in his life as being a magnet pulling him towards death...??? The feeling that I get from this album is that a lot of the material written by Jaymz will be very personal and based on his experiences and subsequent life changes. Therefore, does it not also make sense that the title of the album should reflect the same theme? Just my thoughts, anyway. Either way, I like it. I reckon it's a kick-arse title and I reckon it'll be a kick-arse record.
Posted by Harvester of Sorrow @ 06/15/2008 08:44 PM EST
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Oh yeah; based on the samples this is going to be one hell of a record. As far as I'm concerned they could call it "turd in an eggcup" and as long as there are huge riffs (and lots of them) then it really doesn't matter at all.
Posted by caspian @ 06/15/2008 08:54 PM EST
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Turd in an eggcup... that has a certain ring to it.
Posted by Harvester of Sorrow @ 06/15/2008 09:26 PM EST
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MNEMIC had some good words and praise for metallica on the tour. and props to james ..he asked them if they were gonna play dreamstate emergency..I love that song..glad he knows his shit.
Posted by sean @ 06/15/2008 09:36 PM EST
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Yeah, on further reflection "Turd in an Eggcup" would be a pretty excellent album name.
Posted by caspian @ 06/15/2008 09:45 PM EST
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I kinda like Death Magnetic... it grows on you. Never would have guessed it.
Posted by Nick @ 06/15/2008 11:15 PM EST
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Harvester, look it up in the dictionary... it is also a NOUN...and i'm pretty sure that if they wanted to use it as an adjective they would have grammatically made sense by calling it Magnetic Death, but it is reversed, hence, the use of Magnetic as a Noun.
Posted by Tony @ 06/15/2008 11:38 PM EST
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I just formed a new band... We're called Turd in an Eggcup. We've got backing tracks done, and just a little work left to do on our album, so you should look for it in stores sometime in 2011....
Posted by Azrael @ 06/16/2008 03:05 AM EST
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What is an egg cup? Actually, I've always thought a GREAT band name would be T.P. For My Bunghole. I mean, that has a seriously cool ring to it. We could have shirts with it abbreviated TPFMB on them. Sounds waaaaaaaay better than Bullet For My Valentine. Who wants to see Bullet For My Valentine when you can go see T.P. For My Bunghole!!! Our fans could even be called Bunghoolios!!!!
Posted by D-J @ 06/16/2008 09:03 AM EST
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Oh, we are opening for Turd in an Eggcup on Saturday night! Hmmm... I have a feeling our two bands could have a pretty good tour together. I REALLY hope that riff Lars and James improved midway through the above video makes it on the album. Thats one of the coolest riffs I've heard them play yet.
Posted by D-J @ 06/16/2008 09:09 AM EST
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Don't know what an eggcup is? You Americans and your lack of vocabulary. It's something that you put an egg on when you've finished boiling it and what not; I guess you guys call it something else. THIS TOPIC IS NOW ABOUT EGGCUPS AND VARIANTS THEREOF
Posted by caspian @ 06/16/2008 09:33 AM EST
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My band will simply be called "Human Waste"
Posted by manguy @ 06/16/2008 05:51 PM EST
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Tony, I DID look it up, in 3 different dictionaries, just to be sure. It's an adjective. The word MAGNET is a noun, the word MAGNETICALLY is an adverb, and the only way the word MAGNETIC can be a noun is if it's followed by another word, eg. MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC NORTH etc. So, my new band is going to be called "MAGNETIC IS AN ADJECTIVE". LOL. I'm with you caspian.
Posted by Harvester of Sorrow @ 06/16/2008 07:39 PM EST
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yeah xino I was at the secret show, just posted a write up on it. Talk about a cool show to be at. Still not sure what to think about this new album title. At first I was hoping it was the first single. Its starting to grow on me, death magnetic. Don't care to much for death in the title of anything, sounds a little un-original.
Posted by The General @ 06/17/2008 05:33 PM EST
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"Death Magnetic" is an original and perfect album title. It's very dark and very real. The album title is a huge dose of reality and reminder, that life is short. Whether your living as a king or as peasant or living a clean and sober life or not, in the end, all roads lead to death for us all. One way or another, we all die. We're no match for death's magnetic pull...death wins every time. Metallica brothers and sisters, take care and make the best of the life your living. Life on earth is a gift...celebrate it....with Metallica.
Posted by One Minute Closer To Death... @ 06/17/2008 11:39 PM EST
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Harvester, I'll hate to say i told ya so
Posted by Tony @ 06/18/2008 09:15 PM EST
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