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Generally favorable reviews- based on 715 Ratings
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Positive: 578 out of 715
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Mixed: 58 out of 715
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Negative: 79 out of 715
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DeanSep 12, 2008I never give an album a 10, but i had to with Death Magnetic, Because this is truly Metallica best album since "The Black Album".
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ArcariS.Sep 12, 2008Welcome back Horsemen!!!!!
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MattW.Sep 12, 2008
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BeethySep 12, 2008Metallica's best album since the 'Metallica' (black album) Very impressed.
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TomCSep 12, 2008
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JCL.Sep 12, 2008the best of the old and the newest metallica mixed in one album. Even do some people might have been disappointed by the three previous metallica albums (I never was), this chapter add a new dimension to Death Magetic, great album!
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NicoD.Sep 12, 2008Excellent album, rating an album with a 10 is very unlikely but i am looking at thrash metal in this day and age and this album is seriously the best thing out there right now. Since the 80's no good thrash metal has come out.
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JackS.Sep 11, 2008This is easily their best effort since AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. Though perhaps not better than any of the 80s albums, it is a combination of everything that the band is now. Better than I ever hoped for and perhaps an indication where the band will go next. The high rating is for the sheer suprise of the quality of this album.
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MarcF.Sep 11, 2008Now they finally are using more Dynamics, Key/Time Changes, different Rythms, tempos, and style that balances of what Music real is at a professional Level 6. Don't get me wrong I love their old Music, but the today is more complete. This is a Masterpiece Album!! The CD should have a Label: WARNING: Songs are highly addicting, please listen at your own risk!!
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PeteSep 11, 2008Overall a very solid album, and a return to form. Would seem to be the missing link between ...And Justice for All and the Black Album.
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WilliamSep 11, 2008This is not Metallica's first four albums. Get over it. The best music the band has put out since 1990, in my humble opinion. Very good metal (albeit with a few glaring hiccups) that should put a smile on the face of any old school Metallica fan.
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JohnN.Sep 11, 2008Best Metallica Album in 20 years!
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MattSep 11, 2008After my very first listen, I decided that this CD was in the upper echelon of Metallica's albums, right up there with RTL, Master of Puppets, and AJFA. A few songs here stand out as some of the best metallica songs ever, bar none.
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JasonB.Sep 11, 2008Brilliant return to form.
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Awards & Rankings
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Sometimes the album's mini-epics come off as we've still got it! stunts. But when it's working, the effect is like ceding your senses to a particularly well-engineered roller coaster in the dark.
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The best ones spit in the face of death; this album instead finds aging men trying to reclaim their youth.
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The musicianship feels thrillingly live throughout, and nimble new bassist Robert Trujillo helps, even though he's mostly heard as a distant, ominous rumble.