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| Death Magnetic | 
 enlarge | Artist: Metallica
Label: Warner Bros.
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  871 reviews
Sales Rank: 39
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 508732
UPC: 093624986188
EAN: 0093624986188
ASIN: B00192KCQ0
Release Date: September 12, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | That Was Just Your Life | | • | The End Of The Line | | • | Broken, Beat & Scarred | | • | The Day That Never Comes | | • | All Nightmare Long | | • | Cyanide | | • | The Unforgiven III | | • | The Judas Kiss | | • | Suicide & Redemption | | • | My Apocalypse |
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Product Description
One of the most influential bands in music, ranked eighth on the list of the biggest-selling groups in history, Metallica unveils its ninth studio album, Death Magnetic. The band's
first album in five years, Death Magnetic is also its first with renowned producer Rick Rubin (Danzig, Slayer, System Of A Down,
Slipknot), first with bassist Robert Trujillo, and first on Warner Bros. Heavy and thrashy, unafraid to embrace the band's past yet move
into the future.
Album Description
Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 866 more reviews...
 One of the best albums ever January 4, 2009
I have been a long time fan of Metallica but was let down by there last album Saint Anger. It was not Metallica and made me wonder what was happening to one of my favorite bands. Death Magnetic has since restored my faith. This album rocks!!! I feel like there are not enough words to describe how great they sounded on this album. I had heard "the Day That Never Comes" on the radio and at first I was a little let down. But after hearing it a few times it quickly grew on me so when the album came out I made sure to buy it the day it came out, and quickly put it in my car. Death Magnetic only left my car stereo long enough to be moved to my ipod and then right back in. Death Magnetic was played non stop for a month and I still love every minute of it. My wife is not a fan of heavy metal and only likes Enter Sandman by them. But I made her listen to it when we were in the car and she loves it as well. Metallica has gone back to basics and given Long time fans like myself something to be excited about. If they decided to make another album down the road I will wait excitedly because they have found what works and still make music that tops anything else.
A great album from a "newer" Metallica fan. January 4, 2009
So many people have reviewed this so I'm not going to go in depth with all the songs, etc. I'm just going to focus on my first thoughts after listening to the album once all the way through.
It was definitely worth the money! I enjoyed half the songs I heard and I think after a few more listens I'll appreciate some more of the songs.
I will say that I became a fan at the "black album" and have enjoyed some of their newer albums since then. I know that those who have been Metallica fans from the beginning are not as thrilled with their new stuff, but I look at it this way it's better to enjoy them now then never at all! And this album can do that for you by giving you a little mix of "old Metallica" and "new Metallica" in my opinion.
Enjoy!
A few measurements for true geeks January 3, 2009
I've written some responses elsewhere about my feelings about this album. Basically I think the music is 95/100, after listening to it about 10 times I think it will be one of my favorite Metallica albums.
That said, I can't ignore the bad sound. I know there is a lot of argument about this since, let's face it, "bad sound" is a very subjective judgement. So I decided to present some of my measurements of three different versions of one of the songs (just to simplify things) just as a point of departure in order to show that the problems with this release are not just peoples' personal biases.
Unfortunately, I don't have the actual CD to measure, for which I apologize. However, I do have the 256kbps MP3 which I bought from Amazon.
A quick note about that. The 256kbps mp3 is a pretty good representation of the original file. As a experiment, I took track 6 of ..and justice for all which I do have the CD of, and ripped a WAV file and created the 256kbps MP3. I then used Ableton Live to import both files, invert the phase of the MP3, mix them together, and export the result. The RMS value is a measure of the average energy of a track, and for a normalized track is an indication of its dynamic range. The higher the number, the more energy in the whole track. This isn't a perfect measure but it's a good thumbnail.) I also have ReplayGain values and have looked at waveforms. I used Sony Media Software Sound Forge v8 for all measurements, and Ableton Live 7 to do the MP3 vs WAV experiment.
The WAV file had an RMS value of -16.5/-16.9 dB (L/R), the MP3 -16.6/-17.0 dB and the difference file was -44.667/-44.761 dB and sounded like just a bunch of the high frequency info from the original (as you would expect). Looking at the waveforms in the editor confirmed that the shapes were as you would expect as well.
So here are the comparisons of the three released versions of The end of the line (all values L/R channel)
1. 256kbps mp3 purchased from Amazon
Minimum sample value (dB) -0.000/-0.195
Maximum sample value (dB) -0.000/-0.454
RMS level (dB) -9.612/10.808
2. Version from 2-LP vinyl set, digitized and normalized to -0.5dbFS
Minimum sample value (dB) -0.500/-0.697
Maximum sample value (dB) -0.595/-0.733
RMS level (dB) -13.267/-13.764
3. Version exported from Guitar Hero 3, converted to 44.1kHz from 48kHz, normalized to -0.5 dbFS
Minimum sample value (dB)-0.500/-0.563
Maximum sample value (dB)-0.744/-0.868
RMS level (dB) -17.304/-18.482
In (1) and (2) you can easily see clipped waveforms throughout this and most of the other loud parts of the album. I have plenty of screen shots of comparisons of all three formats. The GH3 formats do not show the square wave distortion. This is different from the intentional distortion from the amplifiers that occurs before the sound hits the microphones.
This last RMS number basically says it all. And listening, to me confirms it: the GH3 version sounds infinitely better than the LP or MP3 (and presumably) CD version. The LP version is slightly easier to listen to, but that may be because it's not possible to reproduce a square wave via a mechanical stylus whereas you theoretically can via a laser pickup.
It's a pity, but apparently, the Metallica management and most of their fans either don't care or think the album sounds fine or even good.
I know that I am oversimplifying a lot of technical issues here, but I hope the gist is accurate enough for what I'm trying to convey. The whole point is to try to assign some actual objective data to this discussion.
 meh January 2, 2009
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It could have been worse . . .
The original Metallica energy was fresh. Now it's microwaved. Somewhere after the Black Album, a switch went off, and all that was great about Metallica fled into the darkness.
Maybe the band should take a few years off and hunt for that greatness. I know, that would cost them millions of corporate dollars, but at least they could regain their musical integrity.
 This mix should NOT have left the mastering room in this condition January 2, 2009
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Metallica, this is by far the worst mixed album I have ever TRIED to listen to. I've heard 12 year olds learn how to master and EQ their mixes better than this.
It's simple, you OVERCOMPRESSED and LIMITED the s*** out of your recording. So basically what I am hearing is overclipped, distorted, digital noise!
How this recording left mastering room in this condition for mass-production, I have no idea. But it deserves a 1 star just for that reason alone... i mean come on now, seriously.
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