“If this is their 9th studio album, where does it rank?” 

DEATH MAGNETIC, the Rick Rubin produced 9th studio album from Bay Area metal titans METALLICA (and the first studio album featuring Robert Trujillo on bass) is chock full of riffs, tons of ugly chords, a boatload of guitar solos, and loads of twin guitar harmonies that harken back to the thrash metal veterans legendary 80’s output, with a sound that is a true return to their original thrash form which could have easily placed this album being released right after …AJFA.  They brought back all of the classic elements (including their iconic logo!) that made METALLICA awesome to begin with and more than made up for their “Angry Loads” era. 

Remember to always send back the “medium rare chicken tenders” and if you’re using a ride share, make sure to be hammered on at least one part of the journey.

JOIN US for a brief review of a recent local metal show featuring Atlanta’s own Embering Effigy at Sweetwater Live in Duluth (as well as a summary of the “aftermath” that followed), remember that “the Loads of Anger” are always at the bottom, and behold the victors of “The Loudness Wars” with METALLICA’s 2008 return to their thrash metal roots, DEATH MAGNETIC.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “Why not shred management?” / #highschoolmemories / “That was his ‘fuck off’ hour…”/ #guitarclass / “We came up with this song…it’s in my brain…”/ #LMAO / “I can play it on guitar right now…”/ “I left it in there just for you…”/ “I think we should do a toast…”/ ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / “He might get his feelings hurt…”/ #shinydiamonds and #cleantigers / #shinytigers and #cleandiamonds / ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST HERE IN THE DIGITAL BUNKERPOON!!!*** / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode #baconsoda / “Somewhere Russell referenced ‘bacon soda’ and Billiam found a bottle of Bacon Soda…”/ “Tastes like maple bacon snooch…”/ “I need to let Doro taste it…”/ #markthetime / ***IF YOU WANNA SKIP THE NONSENSE AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE MEAT, GO TO #THEDOCKET ***

(07:20): “And I ordered #mediumrarechickentenders …”/ “Matthew…you were fuckin’ trashed!”/ “If you’re doing a rideshare, you really owe it to yourself to be hammered at least on one end of the journey…why take an Uber if you’re gonna be sober?”/ “I must have looked like a hammered 4 year old…”/ #blackoutASMR / “You know that pre-hangover hangover that you get?” / #markthetime / “Okay, so you paid $38 for $8 Chinese food?”/ “It was a lot of wind…and a lightshow…”/ “Let’s go back to the show…”/ #SweetwaterLive #LocalMetalShow #EmberingEffigy / #RussellsReflectionsConcertReview / “It’s not going in there…”/ “My relationship status is…complicated” / #strangerinthetub / “Back to the show…”/ “What kind of beast was he fucking?” / “Here’s what I liked about Embering Effigy…”/ “You don’t have to get hammered…”/ “Have you noticed that Waffle House has changed dramatically…? Now they’ve got cute girls working there…”

(22:44): “How about some #wolfsteak !?” / “We got an email here from Norvyn…”/ EMAIL US at [email protected] / For less than the price of a bottle of lube…you can JOIN US on the #Patreon at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast / PATREON SHOUTOUT!!! / “Wait, what did you say?”/ Speaking of which… #WrathchildAmerica news from #dissonanceproductions / #WrathSAZ / ***IF YOU WANNA GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL YOU CAN DO SO AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / “We could do a whole Atlanta show…” / #metalmemes

(29:20): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: METALLICA – DEATH MAGNETIC!!! / “This one should have come after Justice…they brought their old logo back…”/ “It’s a little bit longer…”/ “When they released it, it was a #brickwalled mix…”/ Produced by Rick Rubin / Released September 12, 2008 / Debuted at Number 1 / #assholecavern / “They had that whole lawsuit thing with #Gibson …”/ “I think I clipped the bird…”/  THAT WAS JUST YOUR LIFE / “That’s a hell of a comeback after St. Anger…”

(39:35): THE END OF THE LINE / “The riff sounds familiar but I can’t place it…”/ “That’s got a little bit of a Load feel to it…”/ “I know it’s rock n roll, bro, but…”/ “He can smoke his guitars, play his guitars, and not give a fuck what I say about Lars…”/ #poetry / BROKEN, BEAT & SCARRED / “Rise, fall down, rise again…”/ “They brought back all the elements that made classic #Metallica awesome…we’re gonna let the #angryloads go…”/ THE DAY THAT NEVER COMES / “It kinda has a Fade To Black cadence to it…”/ “Don’t want no A1 for my #wolfsteak YEAH!” / “Even that riff is kinda like Fade To Black a little bit…”/ “Sounds like #southernrock and #ThinLizzy and #IronMaiden / “That’s the riff from Am I Evil?...” / “One man’s opinion…sometimes I get a little put off…to me, the sound is the same…” / “The Loads don’t sound like this…” / The variation of mixes from earlier albums until later albums across multiple artists / “The mix is completely different…” / “Mix-wise with this and Hardwired…they sound like they could have been recorded at the same time…maybe that was their second dose of Loads…”

(56:13): “This goes out to all the dreamers out there…”/ ALL NIGHTMARE LONG / “In just a few short months…”/ “Luck…runs…out…”/ “He just leans into it…just give us one…”/ “We need to have a #YEAH counter…I’ve got a clicker, I’m bringing it…”/ CYANIDE / “The bass does have a pretty big part in this song…”/ #thickandfullandgirthy / “It’s not overbearing but it’s definitely there…”/ “I’m gonna be a dick about that forever…”/ “Warning for Billiam…”/ “Sorry, that’s #AWavyAdolf …”/ THE UNFORGIVEN III / “That was a good one…”/ #Huh? / “Oh yeah, it’s horny too…it’s horny & stringy…”/ “I can’t hear him play drums anymore without thinking about that dude on #Instagram…”/ “Forgive me…why can’t I forgive me!?” / “That’s fuckin’ rock’n’roll, man…”/ Reflecting on other albums suffering from a #BrickwalledMix

(1:09:37): THE JUDAS KISS / “That’s super ugly…like #butterface notes…”/ “I’ve gotten more impatient as I’ve gotten older…” / “We got spoiled by The Black Album…you can only write so many riffs, right?” / “I’m about to piss on myself…”/ SUICIDE & REDEMPTION / “Is that BASS back there?” / “That sounds like the #Metallica of old…” / #classicmetallica / “Charles is in town…and he brought his horse…”/ MY APOCALYPSE / “C’mon, stand up like Lars…”/ “Almost like Damage Inc. vibes…”/ “It’s been a while since we did a proper Metallica episode…”/ “Is that all you guys do? Metallica and Slayer?” / #Bro / “Nobody said bro that much, bro…”/ “You wanna hold hands?” / THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! / “If this is their 9th studio album, where does it rank?” / “The Loads of Anger is at the bottom…the bottom is filled with Anger and Loads…”/ #untilthenext #outroreel