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Death Magnetic
Metal · 2008 · 10 tracks

Death Magnetic

A relentless return to high-speed thrash roots. Dense, hyper-compressed riffs meet sprawling eight-minute compositions and blistering wah-soaked solos.

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Return to form

A high-tensile, muscular momentum surges through these compositions, signaling a deliberate return to complex, multi-part arrangements and high-speed fretboard work. Under the guidance of producer Rick Rubin, the band trades the unpolished garage-band experiments of the recent past for a brick-walled digital density that pushes the limits of modern volume.

Death Magnetic · vs · Metallica
Compressed Loud+1.6σ

The production is pushed notably harder into compressed loud than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
That Was Just Your Life
7:08
02
The End of the Line
7:52
03
Broken, Beat & Scarred
6:25
04
The Day That Never Comes
7:56
05
All Nightmare Long
7:58
06
Cyanide
6:40
07
The Unforgiven III
7:47
08
The Judas Kiss
8:01
09
Suicide & Redemption
9:58
10
My Apocalypse
5:01
Moments Worth Waiting For
The album is historically synonymous with the peak of the loudness war, featuring an extremely compressed, high-volume master that sparked widespread audio-clipping debates.
09Suicide & RedemptionThe nearly ten-minute instrumental 'Suicide & Redemption' marks the band's first extended non-vocal composition in two decades.
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