Metallica Death Magnetic (2 Lp's) EP With its five number one

With its five number one singles

they are spared from becoming too self-indulgent and depressing

ASSASSINATION DAY 2

Includes liner notes by George Frazier

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Ronnie Van Zant (vocals)

Metallica Death Magnetic (2 Lp's) EP With its five number oneThe world at large got a fly on the wall view of the creation of Metallica's 2003 album, ST. ANGER, via the documentary SOME KIND OF MONSTER, so we know they consciously tried to keep things contemporary at that time by avoiding fleet fingered solos and eschewing the sound of the "old" Metallica. If that hoary old term "return to form" ever applied to a rock album, though, it's ANGER's follow up, DEATH MAGNETIC. In the five years between the two