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Death Magnetic is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on 10 September, 2008[4] by Warner Bros. Records, and is the band's first studio album to feature current bassist Robert Trujillo, as well as the first to be produced by Rick Rubin.[5] Death Magnetic also marks the first time in the band's history in which all band members contributed to each song on an album and the first to include an instrumental track since ...And Justice for All. It is their first studio album released through Warner Bros., although they still remain with Warner Music Group, which also owns Elektra Records, the band's previous label. The album is the band's fifth release to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 in the United States, making Metallica the first band ever to achieve five number one debuts.[6]

Since 12 May, 2008, Death Magnetic has been heavily promoted on its specially dedicated website, entitled Mission: Metallica, which features daily updates of exclusive, behind-the-scenes sneak previews with photos and video clips from the studio.[7]

Album title

On 16 July, 2008, James Hetfield commented on the album's title:[8]

Death Magnetic, at least the title, to me started out as kind of a tribute to people that have fallen in our business, like Layne Staley and a lot of the people that have died, basically — rock and roll martyrs of sorts. And then it kind of grew from there, thinking about death… some people are drawn towards it, and just like a magnet, and other people are afraid of it and push away. And the concept that we're all gonna die sometimes is over-talked about and then a lot of times never talked about — no one wants to bring it up; it's the big white elephant in the living room. But we all have to deal with it at some point.

Writing process

As early as 1 January, 2004, Metallica frontman and rhythm guitarist James Hetfield revealed that the band had roughly 18 songs that were not released on their 2004 album St. Anger, and that they may be reworked in the future, if not potentially released as is. Hetfield also said that they had been playing new material during studio jams, but that there was no mention of plans for a ninth studio album as of yet.[9] On 12 March, drummer Lars Ulrich reported that the band had performed thirty-minute jam sessions prior to live performances, and that the jams are recorded for future reference. Select music from the jam sessions may be used on the album, as Ulrich stated, "I definitely look forward to sifting through some of that stuff when we get back to the studio in January."[10] On that note, by October 2004 the band had already compiled nearly 50 hours of pre-set jamming, with hundreds of riffs, chord progressions and bass lines.[11] On 30 September, 2004, Launch Radio revealed from an interview with Hetfield that the band hoped to return to the studio in spring of 2005 to begin recording their ninth studio album for Warner Bros. Records.[12]

On 10 March, 2006, it was reported that the band was planning to use the following six months to write material for the album, in addition to the previous two months they had already been spending writing music. It was also revealed that Ulrich, Hetfield and Robert Trujillo were active contributors in the process at this point; guitarist Hammett was an infrequent contributor due to his wife's pregnancy.[13] Lars Ulrich also stated that the band was getting along much better in the studio than they did during the recording of their 2003 album St. Anger.[14] On 6 April, Lars Ulrich revealed that the band had composed "six to seven" songs, (except for vocals), from their findings of the riff tapes recording during pre-sets of the Madly in Anger with the World Tour.[15] He also said that by this point, the band's new material was reminiscent of "old school" Metallica works, and that it certainly does not feel like a St. Anger "part two".

On 20 May, 2006, Kirk Hammett revealed that the band had 15 songs written and were writing on average two to three songs per week. James Hetfield also praised producer Rick Rubin for his production style in giving the band their own freedom and keeping the pressure at a minimum, despite the sessions becoming sometimes briefly unfocused.[16] On 27 May, Metallica updated their website with a video featuring information regarding the album. Lars Ulrich, who spearheaded the video, said about the new album:[17]

If you're in the studio, everybody presumes you're recording or making a record. Last time there was no real separation between the writing process and the recording process. With St. Anger nobody brought in any pre-recorded stuff or ideas; it was just make it up on the spot, be in the moment. So this time we are doing exactly what we did on all the other albums;— first we're writing, then we're recording. The only difference is that we're writing where we record. So we're writing here at HQ because this is our home, we're writing in the studio.

Recording process

File:Metallica Death Magnetic sessions Yeager 1.jpg
Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield during the Death Magnetic recording sessions.

On 1 January, 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.[18]

On 5 March, 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,[19]

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.

On 14 March, 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."[20] This was confirmed on July 24, 2008 (2008-07-24) on Mission: Metallica, as a video surfaced showed the crew moving into Sound City Studios of Nirvana fame.[21]

On 4 June, 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.[22] To the surprise of fans, Metallica played "The Other New Song" once again on June 29, 2007 in Bilbao, Spain.

On 1 July, 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.[23] 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 (2008-01-21), through pictures on Metclub.com's "Top Secret" section, it was revealed that Hetfield began recording vocals for the album.

On 2 February, 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 (2006-08-24). Their name has since been removed from Ted Jensen's list of projects, however.[24] According to Blabbermouth.net and other sources, Greg Fidelman, who has served as a sound engineer, has also been tapped to mix the album.[25]

Lars Ulrich confirmed on 15 May, 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.[26]

Release

In January 2008, a statement was made by Stereo Warning that the album would be delayed until September of 2008,[27] 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 10 August, 2008,[28] was released on 12 September, 2008 and issued in a variety of different packages.

On 2 September, a French record store began selling copies of Death Magnetic, nearly two weeks ahead of its scheduled worldwide release date,[29] 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 10 September.[4] 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,[30]

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.

He later told USA Today,[31]

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.

A notable happening took place on 15 September, 2008, after a reviewer for Swedish daily Sydsvenskan admitted that he preferred an illegal download of Death Magnetic to the official release, a scheduled interview was duly cancelled by Universal Music Sweden. Its president, Per Sundin said:[32]

The reviewer is referring to a BitTorrent where someone has altered the original songs. The reviewer explains exactly where one should go in order to download the file that totally infringes on a copyright. It's not only an illegal file, but an altered file. The reviewer also writes that this is how the album should have sounded. File-sharing of music is illegal. Period. There's nothing to discuss. That fact – that Sydsvenskan has a writer that has downloaded this music illegally and then makes mention of an illegal site in his review – is totally unacceptable to us.

On the day of the release FMQB radio broadcast The World Premiere of Death Magnetic, which was heard on more than 175 stations across the United States and Canada. The live program from Metallica HQ featured all four members of Metallica talking with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and drummer Taylor Hawkins. Originally scheduled for a 90 minute broadcast, the show ended after two hours.[33]

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.
  • 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. This set was limited to 5,000 copies.[34]
  • 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,[35] 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,[35] and a collector's credit card with a code for a free download of a performance in Europe in September.[36] This set was limited to 2,000 copies.[34]

First songs performed

During their Escape from the Studio '06 tour, the band debuted two songs, temporarily titled "The New Song"[37] and "The Other New Song".[38] "The New Song" debuted on the European leg in Berlin, Germany on June 6, 2006 (2006-06-06). 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.[37] 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 12 June, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan, and is much shorter, taking just below four minutes to perform.[38] 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 9 August, 2008, Metallica debuted the first album track, "Cyanide," at Ozzfest, in Dallas, Texas, and on 22 August at the Leeds Festival, they debuted the first single, "The Day That Never Comes.[39]

Digital premiere through Guitar Hero

On 14 July, 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.[40]

Free streaming

Contrasting with their earlier struggles with online distribution, the band has made the whole album available for listen on their official website, from the day of its release.[41]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by James Hetfield; all music is composed by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo

No.TitleLength
1."That Was Just Your Life"7:10
2."The End of the Line"7:50
3."Broken, Beat & Scarred"6:25
4."The Day That Never Comes"7:55
5."All Nightmare Long"8:01
6."Cyanide"6:41
7."The Unforgiven III"7:47
8."The Judas Kiss"8:02
9."Suicide & Redemption"10:02
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:[42]

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.

The album's first single, "The Day That Never Comes", was 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.[43] The band has 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.[44]

Thrash Hits was one of the first websites, along with The Quietus to comment on Death Magnetic,[45] 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.[46] Death Magnetic has been praised by fans as well as critics as a comeback for Metallica after the widely panned St. Anger. Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy has praised the album as well saying "Death Magnetic is hands down the best Metallica album in 20 years. This is the CD I've been waiting for them to make since …And Justice for All. And thumbs up to them for doing the first real Metallica instrumental in 20 years since 'To Live Is to Die'. Welcome back, boys."[47]

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.[48]

Criticism regarding production

The album has been criticized for having compromised sound quality and being compressed "past the point of distortion".[49] Sean Michaels of The Guardian explains that "the sound issues are a result of the "loudness war" - an ongoing industry effort to make recordings as loud as possible". Fans have noted that these sonic problems are not present in the Guitar Hero version of the album.[50][51] MusicRadar and Rolling Stone attribute a quote to the album's mastering engineer Ted Jensen in which he claims that "mixes were already brick-walled before they arrived" for mastering[52][53] and cite a petition from fans to remix or remaster the album.[54] Another Rolling Stone article[55] lays blame for the album's sound on Rick Rubin saying that he was "overseeing mixes in Los Angeles while the band is in Europe, headlining shows" and only communicated with him by conference calls.

Sales

Death Magnetic debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 490,000 copies in just three days of availability. It is the band's fifth album to debut at number one, making Metallica the first group with the most albums to open at number one, surpassing The Beatles, U2, and The Dave Matthews Band. The album also had the highest first week sales of any Metallica album since 1996's Load.[56][6]

According to Billboard Magazine, in the week of September 20-27, Death Magnetic landed at number one on the following nine charts: Billboard Top 200, Billboard Comprehensive Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Hard Rock Albums, Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums, Top Digital Albums, Top Internet Albums, Top Tastemakers, and Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks ("The Day That Never Comes").[57] In addition, nearly 60,000 copies were sold digitally, making it the week's number one Digital Album.[58] The album debuted at number one on the official United Kingdom albums chart after just three days of availability.[59]

Personnel

Metallica
Production

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog #
United Kingdom[4] 10 September, 2008 Vertigo Records Compact disc, digipak, deluxe carton box, 2LP (33 rpm), 5LP box (45 rpm 180-gram vinyl) 1773726
Australia[60] 13 September, 2008 Vertigo Records/Universal Compact disc, limited edition die-cut deluxe digipak 00602517737280
Austria[61] 12 September, 2008 Mercury Records Compact disc —
Finland[62] Mercury Records Compact disc, digipak, deluxe carton box —
Germany[61] Mercury Records Compact disc —
Japan[63] Universal Music Japan[64] Compact disc, deluxe carton box UICR-1077
North America[61][65] Warner Bros. Records Compact disc, deluxe carton box —
Poland[35] Mercury Records Compact disc, deluxe carton box —
Switzerland[61] Mercury Records Compact disc, deluxe carton box —
Canada Warner Bros. Records Compact disc 2-508732
Europe Vertigo Compact disc 00602517737280
United States Warner Bros. Records Compact disc 508732-2

Chart performance

Album

Chart Peak
position 		Certification
Canadian Albums Chart 1 [66]
Swedish Album Chart 1[67] Platinum
German Album Chart 1 Gold
U.S. Billboard 200 1[56] Gold
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Comprehensive Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Digital Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Tastemakers 1
UK Albums Chart 1
Australian Albums Chart 1
Polish Album Chart 1 2xPlatinum

Singles

Single Chart Peak
position
"The Day That Never Comes" U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 1[57]
"The Day That Never Comes" U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks 7
"The Day That Never Comes" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 31
"The Day That Never Comes" U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs 18
"My Apocalypse" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 67
"My Apocalypse" U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 38
"My Apocalypse" U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs 30
"Cyanide" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 50
"Cyanide" U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 35
"Cyanide" U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs 22
Preceded by UK Albums Chart number-one album
September 14 2008 – present 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by Billboard 200 number one album
September 27, 2008 – present 		Succeeded by
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