Did you say something? I can't hear you.....

I think I blew a speaker in the Ol' Pontiac going to work this morning. You just can't beat head bang'n going down I-85 with no traffic at five in the morning. The reason my hearing will be out for awhile is:

I know I'm late on my posts! I was off at CWF's house for the release of the new Metallica CD. The long wait was worth it. The new cd not the new post. For those who got the "Death Magnetic" cd you already know. If you did not get the cd then this post is waste'n your time.

Overall, I give the cd 4.8 out of 5 stars. It rocks hard from the start to the finish. I did not hate St. Anger (last Metallica cd) it just did not head bang enough to have the Metallica name on it. Death Magnetic makes up for it and then some. I did take off .2 for two reasons.

Reason one: the first 96 seconds of "The Unforgiven III"!!! Guys really?? A piano?? It takes every bit of adrenaline from the first five tracks to make it thru the 96 seconds of you wanting to be "ARTISTIC". I have no idea if that came from Rick Rubin or some sort of "St. Anger" flashback you guys were having.

Reason two: the fade out at the end of "Suicide & Redemption". Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammet, and Trujillo that was just plain LAZY!!! It's an instrumental song fellows. You rock the whole song and at the end you fade it out. WTF??? You guys were flawless at the end of the other nine tracks. I know, I know, you were just trying to be "ARTISTIC" again. Did you not learn from "St. Anger"?

Everyone is a critic and I am the best critic on this blog. I know that ain't saying much. Let me know what you thought of the cd. I will be reading a good bit til' my hearing comes back.....