A horas de tener el noveno disco de METALLICA en mis manos, sólo puedo escribir que es un disco fantástico, hacía años que esperaba un disco tan brillante como este de METALLICA, ya es la tercera vez que lo hago girar en la compactera, a esta altura me parece que mis vecinos me estarán maldiciendo en varios idiomas.
Diez temas que pasan por varias etapas de la banda, ciertos riff me traen reminicencias de Load, Metallica, cosas de And Justice for all... METALLICA se ha despachado con un gran album, con temas con distintos climas, temas largos como en los viejos tiempos.
Es un lujo que me pude dar, haber comprado otro disco más de METALLICA, el día de su lanzamiento mundial, hice lo mismo con LOAD(1996) y RELOAD(1997)
Ya que estoy dejo data del disco:
On January 17, 2007, Lars Ulrich stated in an interview with Revolver that the band would be conceiving the album much like they did their albums prior to working with ex-producer Bob Rock; they would sit down, write a select amount of songs, then enter the studio to record them. He also quoted current producer Rick Rubin by saying Rubin doesn't want them to start the recording process until every song that they are going to record is as close to 100 percent as possible.[14]
On March 5, 2007, Lars Ulrich revealed that the band had narrowed a potential 25 songs down to 14, and that they would begin recording those 14 songs on the following week. He also expanded on Rick Rubin's style of production, saying,
| “ | Rick's big thing is to kind of have all these songs completely embedded in our bodies and basically next Monday, on D-Day, just go in and execute them [...]. So you leave the creative element of the process out of the recording, so you go in and basically just record a bunch of songs that you know inside out and upside down, and you don't have to spend too much of your energy in the recording studio creating and thinking and analyzing and doing all that stuff. His whole analogy is, the recording process becomes more like a gig — just going in and playing and leaving all the thinking at the door.[15] | ” |
On March 14, 2007, the band's official website issued a statement: "Metallica left the comfort of HQ this week to descend upon the greater Los Angeles area to begin recording their ninth original album. This is the first time they've recorded outside of the Bay Area since they spent time at One-on-One Studios recording The Black Album in '90 and '91."[16] This was confirmed on July 24, 2008 on Mission: Metallica, as a video surfaced showed the crew moving into Sound City Studios of Nirvana fame.[17]
On June 4, 2007, bassist Robert Trujillo revealed that only select portions of the two new songs debuted in Berlin and Tokyo respectively would be featured on the album.[18] To the surprise of fans, Metallica played "The Other New Song" once again on June 29, 2007 in Bilbao, Spain.
On July 1, 2007, Lars Ulrich stated that all backing tracks were done in May. He said that all that the album was missing were vocals and overdubs, which were to be recorded in August. They hoped to have the album finished by October or November, when the album would be mixed.[19] He predicted the album would be out in February 2008. He also revealed that the songs they are working with are quite long. By December 2007, it was reported by Rolling Stone, that overdubs and Hetfield's vocals still had yet to be recorded. On January 21, 2008, through pictures on Metclub.com's "Top Secret" section, it has been revealed that Hetfield began recording vocals for the album.
On February 29, 2008, according to Sterlingsound.com, it was discovered that Ted Jensen from Sterling Sound Studios would be mastering the new record. Supposedly, he signed on to do it on August 24, 2006. Their name has since been removed from Ted Jensen's list of projects, however.[20] According to Blabbermouth.net and other sources, Greg Fidelman, who has served as a sound engineer, has also been tapped to mix the album.[21]
Lars Ulrich confirmed on May 15, 2008 that Metallica recorded 11 songs for Death Magnetic, although only 10 would appear on the album due to the constraints of the physical medium.[22]
Release
In January 2008, a statement was made by Stereo Warning that the album would be delayed until September of 2008,[23] but was quickly denied by Metallica's management since an album without a defined release date can not be "delayed." The album, which was since completed on August 10, 2008,[24] is now scheduled for release on September 12, 2008, and was be issued in a variety of different packages. On September 2, 2008, a French record store began selling copies of Death Magnetic, nearly two weeks ahead of its scheduled worldwide release date,[25] which resulted in the album being made prematurely available on peer-to-peer clients. This prompted the band's United Kingdom distributor, Vertigo Records, to officially release the album two days ahead of schedule, on September 10, 2008.[1] It is currently unconfirmed whether Metallica or Warner Bros. will be taking any action against the retailer, though drummer Lars Ulrich who was questioned about the leak on a San Francisco radio station responded, "Listen, we're ten days from release. I mean, from here, we're golden. If this thing leaks all over the world today or tomorrow, happy days. Happy days. Trust me. Ten days out and it hasn't quote-unquote fallen off the truck yet? Everybody's happy. It's 2008 and it's part of how it is these days, so it's fine. We're happy."[26] He later told USA Today, "By 2008 standards, that's a victory. If you'd told me six months ago that our record wouldn't leak until 10 days out, I would have signed up for that. We made a great record, and people seem to be getting off on it way more than anyone expected."[27]
Release versions
- Experience 2
- Digital download of Death Magnetic at 320 kbit/s, ringtones, two live shows, additional two hours of exclusive "making of" footage, 250 photos. Also includes exclusive Mission: Metallica footage of the writing and recording of Death Magnetic, as well as riffs and excerpts from it, exclusive photos and live tracks.
- Experience 3
- A physical copy of Death Magnetic CD. Also includes the same extras as Experience 2.
- Experience 4
- A set of Death Magnetic on five vinyl LP albums, in a 180-gram box, with five individual sleeves and a Mission: Metallica lithograph. Also includes the same extras as Experience 2 and 3.
- The Box Magnetic
- A collector's edition white coffin-shaped box, available in three different sizes (M, L, or XL), which includes a Death Magnetic CD in a special carton box, an additional CD with 10 demos of the songs from the album,[28] a DVD of additional "making of" footage not seen on Mission: Metallica, an exclusive t-shirt with the Death Magnetic logo, a flag, guitar picks, a fold out coffin-shaped poster with the members of Metallica,[28] and a collector's credit card with a code for a free download of a performance in Europe in September.[29]
First songs performed
During their Escape from the Studio '06 tour, the band debuted two songs, temporarily titled "The New Song"[30] and "The Other New Song".[31] "The New Song" debuted on the European leg in Berlin, Germany on June 6, 2006. The song, as performed, is approximately eight minutes long. The title was rumored to be "Death Is Not the End" as Hetfield repeatedly sings the line throughout the song.[30] This song would appear again in multiple Fly on the Wall videos on the Mission: Metallica website, showing the band partway through the song's recording, as noted by the slower tempo and lack of lyrics. "The Other New Song" debuted August 12, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan, and is much shorter, taking just below four minutes to perform.[31] Though both of the "New Songs" do not appear on the album themselves, "The End of the Line" and "All Nightmare Long" both contain segments of "The New Song".
On August 9, 2008, Metallica debuted the first album track, "Cyanide," at Ozzfest, in Dallas, Texas, and on August 22 at the Leeds Festival, they debuted the first single, "The Day That Never Comes." In early September 2008, the band performed six songs from the album in San Rafael, California, during "The World Premiere of Death Magnetic".[32]
Digital premiere through video games
In an October 2007 interview with the creators of the Rock Band video game, it was stated that Metallica has given rights to MTV Games, the game's publisher, to have the first single off Death Magnetic available for playability on the game before the album's release.[33] The band have since revealed the first album's first single to be "The Day That Never Comes."
On July 14, 2008, it was revealed at the Microsoft E3 demonstration, that the entire Death Magnetic album would be made playable for the game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock at the time when the album is released, and later in October, in the new Guitar Hero game, Guitar Hero World Tour.[34]
Track listing
All lyrics written by James Hetfield, all music composed by Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo.
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "That Was Just Your Life" | 7:08 |
| 2. | "The End of the Line" | 7:52 |
| 3. | "Broken, Beat & Scarred" | 6:25 |
| 4. | "The Day That Never Comes" | 7:56 |
| 5. | "All Nightmare Long" | 7:57 |
| 6. | "Cyanide" | 6:39 |
| 7. | "The Unforgiven III" | 7:46 |
| 8. | "The Judas Kiss" | 8:00 |
| 9. | "Suicide & Redemption" | 9:57 |
| 10. | "My Apocalypse" | 5:01 |
Reception
In a 2007 interview with Rolling Stone, Velvet Revolver drummer Matt Sorum described his impressions of the unfinished songs:
| “ | Lars is a good friend of mine. He played me the demos from San Francisco, and I turned and looked at him and I said, 'Master that shit and put it out.' It's ridiculous. The demos were sick. Eight-minute songs, all these tempo changes, crazy fast. It's like, 'Dude, don't get slower when you get older, but don't get faster!? How are you gonna play this live?' And then me and Lars were out partying all night, and he had to go in the studio the next day and do this stupid like nine- or ten-minute song, and I was laughing at him — because he played me the demo of it, and it was [sings really fast drum part], so fast. I called him, and said, 'Dude, how are you feeling?' He was like, 'Dude, I'm hurting.' They're cutting everything to tape, no fuckin' Pro Tools — live, no clicks.[35] | ” |
Six of Death Magnetic's ten tracks were revealed to members of the UK music press at a listening party on June 4, 2008, where it was confirmed that there are two eight minute songs present on the album.
The album's first single, "The Day That Never Comes", is described as the most downbeat track on the album, and is said to be reminiscent of their 1990 Grammy-winning epic breakthrough single "One;" Rock Sound has also compared it to the likes of Thin Lizzy.[36] The band have abandoned the solo-free approach that they followed on St. Anger, returning to complex, multi-layered arrangements such as those typically found on the band's fourth album ...And Justice for All.[37]
Thrash Hits was one of the first websites, along with The Quietus to comment on Death Magnetic,[38] suggesting "it is a vast improvement on 2003 album St Anger." Metal Hammer has noted on Death Magnetic's "sharp riffs" and "uncharacteristic bouncing grooves," and compares the band's sound throughout these six tracks to other bands including Slayer, Led Zeppelin and even Rage Against the Machine.[39]
While Metallica was on the first leg of their 2008 tour in Europe, a third party at their management Q Prime demanded that media impressions and blogs be taken down for reasons undefined. However, when notified upon their return to the United States, the band was reportedly angered by their management's demands, and drummer Lars Ulrich rectified this issue by posting as many links as Metallica could find on their official website, along with an apology.[40]
Personnel
- Metallica
- James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Kirk Hammett – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Robert Trujillo – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Lars Ulrich – drums, percussion
- Production
- Rick Rubin – producer
- Greg Fidelman – mixing
- Andrew Sheps – mixing
- Ted Jensen – mastering
Una vez más se contará con la presencia de una película para toda la familia: la encantadora Zora la Pelirroja (Die rote Zora) de Peter Kahane. También se proyectará el documental: Al límite (Am Limit) del director Pepe Danquart, que nos hará sentir un poco de la misma adrenalina que viven dos expertos alpinistas, y además se podrá disfrutar de una selección de cortometrajes “Next Generation” como muestra de los diversos talentos de este país.