While not a masterpiece, but a very good album from Metallica

What I always find very funny that at reviews of particular metal bands always have to serve comparisons with older albums. What's that about? I just guess that the wheel just does not have to reinvent the metal genre or perhaps even must to abzuliefen a good job in the ears of sweet and loyal fans. The toughest contest to metal bands exist in comparison with their past, and bands of the caliber Metallica anyway ... what a conservatism for whatever reason ... but anyway ...
If I want to hear "Ride The Lightning", then I push myself this in my CD player when I want to listen to "Master Of Puppets", then I put up "Master Of Puppets" on ... with "Death Magnetic" will I heard the new Metallica and not necessarily one of their older albums (or their whatsoever copy) ... basta!
"St. Anger" ended (more or less impressive ... that's Geschmachsache) an era of Metallica, with "Death Magnetic" begins a new ... well done!
In particular, the separation of the band Bob Rock seems to be getting much so that I now mean not only technically sound, but above all in terms of songwriting, at which Mr. Rock as we know much had mitgewerkelt when he was technically responsible producers. Of course, you realize the disc at what the boys wanted ... namely a kind of return to the style of the first years of Metallica. But ... Thank God ... it is then not a copy of that time, but a very fresh and creative homage to a vanished Believed "Lex Metallica" ... and this a quasi face jumping playfulness wants to like ...
On "Death Magnetic" is true highlights ("The End Of The Line", "Broken, Beat & Scarred", "The Day That Never Comes" and "The Judas Kiss", "Suicide & Redemption"), are paired with more average songs ("That Was Just Your Life", "All Nightmare Long", "Cyanide") and then, unfortunately, weaker songs ("The Unforgiven III", "My Apocalypse"). Who has counted, which can now the overall rating of "4 stars out of 5" understand ... five real blast, three average and twice failed (almost), the rounding to the fourth star is done more out of sympathy, as if further intermediate steps allowed would, would have been 3 plus a half star more popular ...