Metallica Gets Magnetic, Heroic

Haha, Im so tired of people proclaiming Metallica is dead. And Ryan, theres a reason theres a Unforgiven trilogy, its a saga the band has been working on ever since the Black album. And in my opinion the Unforgiven III is one of the best songs since Justice For All. So suck on those potaters.

All songs should have sequels... and also Master of Puppets? Seriously?... that was cool when I was 12.....

Great, another CD from most overrated metal band of all time.  Well, can you even consider them metal anymore?  God they suck...

I think he was being sarcastic about "Unforgiven II". Reguardless, listen to the Kill Em All album.

Meh. Only time I'm going to invest in Guitar Hero is if/when they release some Iron Maiden. The Number of the Beast and The Trooper were awesome[even though the vocals on The Trooper sucked],, I wanna play songs like Hallowed Be Thy Name, Flight of Icarus, Heaven Can't Wait, etc.

You should have done some research before talking nonsense, Ryan...
Looking at your mustache one would think that you were a Motorhead or Metallica fan (like someone else said).
In reality you like The Killers and some other pop rock (mainstream) here and there.  But I still like you as a reviewer... except for that condemned 2 review.

I forgive you Ryan...

"Metallica fans are funny." - Jeff

No need to get in this Jeff, you know we love you... don't push it.

Oops...forgive me for that blunder.  The crappy live recording on their MySpace for "Cyanide" didn't give me a chance to really tell what the lyrics were.  I just remembered seeing something about a song called "Suicide & Redemption" and automatically put the two together.

i'm not too picky...kinda kinda enjoyed listening to all their albums...

i'm being kind of hypocritical though, since i hated St. Anger :\

friday couldn't come any sooner though...i already listened to the album through "alternative means" that i know fully well everyone here knows about, and for what it's worth Death Magnetic is exponentially better than St. Anger...good enough reason for me to want to buy it.

jakob187: "Yeah, they are putting two versions of one song out...I think it's the one where James is saying retarded lyrics like "Suicide, I've already died, and something blah blah why don't you shut the door?""

No, the one they're releasing multiple versions of is Suicide & Redemption, the instrumental track on DM. The one you were thinking of is Cyanide (which does suck).

this is going to be amazing. The album is shaping up to be one of metallica's classics.

Good job Ryan you pissed off all the metalheads. lololol

Will wait for Guitar Hero World Tour then buy it, theres a few sweet songs on the album so it should be good.

Any metallica before and including ...and justice for all are awesome. Anything after, sucks hard (save for the black album, that only kinda sucked). Supposedly the new one is like old-school metallica, which i want to check out. But the new track packs sound pretty cool.

Metallica ROCKS 4 ever!

i have the album and it's actually pretty kick ass

Kill em all, Ride The Lighning, master of Puppets, and justice for all own all. YIKES. 20 bucks? you can buy Death Magnetic 2 Times at stores almost!

Yup, they have three unforgiven songs now, I personally like all of them. I have heard the album, and I like it, but I don't know if I will download it on GH3, I am kind of done with that game. Now, if the album was on Rock Band, I would defintely buy it.

Yeah, they are putting two versions of one song out...I think it's the one where James is saying retarded lyrics like "Suicide, I've already died, and something blah blah why don't you shut the door?"  I don't know, it didn't interest me much for more than a laugh.  Either way, the other version just has an extended solo.  I think it's pretty crappy that...ya know...they are putting out this album, and then they are like "Hey, Kirk wrote this extended solo on this song just for the Guitar Hero crowd...so if you are a REAL Metallica fan, you gotta buy all six editions of our album, the digital download, and the GH III download!!!"

Ugh.  Stupid money...

Either way, just wanted to say "Kids, go back to school and learn to spell with some real grammarz..."

Yes, there was an The Unforgiven III.

Personally, Master of Puppets is the greatest Album Metallica'll ever release.

But this Death Magnetic is the most promising since The Black Album

First off Ryan, if that is your real name, The Unforgiven III is a very good song. Maybe if you take a listen to the new album (it's all over YouTube and Metallica's own website) your Metallica needs can begin and end with Death Magnetic.

I actually liked The Unforgiven II and Death Magnetic is a great album in my opinion.

Unforgiven II was pretty much greatness.

The Black Album is overrated. There. I said it.

1. And Justice For All
2. Master of Puppets
3. Ride The Lightning

What's a Metallica?

lol

Whatever.  I think album downloads were a bad idea in the first place...I crave variety.

Obviously it all depends on personal taste, but I can tell you, as a 25 year metallica fan, that the band was in turmoil for the last 10 years, trying to be "new & different" in the then-recent metal scene (Korn, Linkin, System of a Down, Disturbed, etc)... The fact is that metallica was trying to emulate younger bands that were, in fact, trying to continue the work the original metallica did in the 80's... Fortunately all that shit is over, Bob Rock is nowhere to be seen (Thank GOD), and now they have their BEST ALBUM in over 15 years... As it has been stated in early reviews, this is the missing link between "And Justice For All..." and the "black" album... If you know metallica just from their "mainstream" phase (As Ryan apparently does) you will probably not like it, but if you've been a real metallica fan, disappointed by their last decade,  you NEED to hear this record. 

Seriously Ryan, I love you like a brotha from a notha motha, but if you only like the Black album, then you don't really like Metallica.  You like over-produced studio Metallica, and while I can enjoy that these days, that is not even near the best of their music.  But maybe Metallica just isn't your taste?  I'd rather you said you didn't like them than say the start of their decline was their best music.

Whatever Ryan the album is awesome!!!!

God ryan pisses me off

Is there a Metallica forum that we can shove all these fanboys into? I mean MY GOD!

i have the copy for death magnetic and is of the hook it feels great to have the old school metallica unforgiven III by far is my faborit song of the album and i cant wait to plait and the day that never comes, cyanide, all night long, judasd kiss, my apocalypse

and metallica day on there wepside there will be 2 difren vertions of one song some buddy know somthing abud that>?

Ryan not a fan of Metallica? That's fucking surprising since it seems that's where he gets his style from.
Well maybe Motorhead as well.

I hope that in the future we have more to look forward to in the gaming world than the next musical game add-on.  Thank God Gears 2 comes out this year.  I can buy it instead of Guitar Hero: Rock The Millenium Edition part 18 of 1000.

I got an early preview copy of "Death Magnetic" last week (I was assigned the review of said album for the local rag I write for), and I have to say I enjoyed it. It isn't 100% old-school Metallica like some are claiming, but it is much better than the last few Metallica albums. Bottom line: good, but not great. I'm not going to pick it up for GH III, but I probably will pick up a few individual songs for GH: WT whenever the hell it hits.

Zzzzzzz  I can't see a point to even writing this article other than riling up Metallifans. Why is it necessary to write an article about Metallica specifically and not any other band found in these guitar games? Metallica hasn't been relevant since 1991. We know. But the peeps out there can like whatever they want. Give us some news about Dead Space or something.

You see, Ryan, this is why you should stick to reviewing games. Why would you go and say stuff like that? It's like Metallica coming on and reviewing Super Mario Galaxy.

"Another sequel? C'mon, it's been what, 15 years? Gee Wizz. Move on. When it comes to Mario, it stops and ends at Super Mario World, call me ignorant, but that's my misinformed opinion!"

I'd KILL for this to be on Rock Band... please ask me to kill for it!

People, including Ryan, can like any Metallica album(s) they want. People have different tastes. I find certain Metallica fans to be incredibly intolerant of other people’s tastes while they like to proclaim how they are “true” fans who ONLY listen to [insert album name here]. I’ve been to two Metallica concerts and seen people kicking the crap out of others who liked an album they didn’t. All that over personal opinion.

Rant over. On to this news story; I’d be much happier if I was provided with a code to download an MP3 version of the album if I purchased it for Guitar Hero, I feel that way with DLC for Rock Band too. I bought the song so why can’t I listen to it elsewhere. Or allow me to be able to pay a small additional fee to get the music as an MP3. Still, providing full albums as DLC especially so close to release is an interesting move and all a step in the right direction.

People sure dont like metallica i guess im just one of those metallica faithful that has found value in all their albums and ryan atleast do a lil research man.

Metallica fanboys LOL 

The stuff BEFORE The Black Album was the good stuff.

I actually really like St Anger (no ballads, no solos, drums are loud - awesome!), but then again i'm not a huge fan of Metallica.

I have no Metallica knowledge at all, so I don't care about any of this. Felt the need to share that with everyone. Now if someone had exclusive "Rush" rights or something, then I'd have an opinion.

wow

Metallica fans are funny.

Heh, I had the same reaction when I saw "Unforgiven III." It was a good song but come on. Write a different riff.

My Metallica knowledge starts with "Black Album", jumps to "ReLoad" and stops with "St.Anger" with spots of "Kill 'em all", "One" and what I've read about "Death Magnetic" in between.

I'm hoping that GH:Metallica, actually has good Metallica songs in it, unlike GH: Aerosmith which had 3 Aerosmith songs I've never heard and other non-Aerosmith songs that I've also never heard of either.

Oh and I thought "St.Anger" was an excellent album too. 

You know, I love people that hate on St. Anger and Load.  Load was a fresh breath of air in the middle of a bunch of nu metal bullshit, and you folks wanna complain?  Go back and listen to that album, but in terms of attitude, that album was all Metallica, and the riffs are classic...just like all Metallica albums should be.

As a big Metallica fan, I have to say after hearing Death Magnetic, that playing it on GH would probably be one of the best experiences one could have if a fan. I've heard the whole album already, and it's madness (in an awesome way). Granted, the Unforgiven III is probably, in my opinion, the weakest song of the bunch, but the remaining 9 songs just kill from start to finish. Before you knock it, discount it, discredit it, or bock at the band for past mistakes, listen to it. I'm sure any fan of ...And Justice and The Black Album will surely find this CD to be a treat for your ear drums!

If the song is good, I don't care if it is a sequel or how old the original is.  Heck I don't care who the band is.