REVISIT: Metallica - "Death Magnetic", as ripped from Guitar Hero 3

Released: September 2008
Format: audio tracks ripped from the soundtrack to the game "Guitar Hero 3"

Songwriting: 7
Performance: 9
Recording: 6
First Impression: 7
Staying Power: 8

No; I haven't run out of content.  I just thought it would be worth following up on a previous blog entry (http://rahkoss.blogspot.com/2010/01/metallica-death-magnetic.html).

It's taken some time, but this album has really grown on me.  Every time I've purged old stuff from my MP3 player, I've thought "no; wait; I gotta listen to it one more time!"  Maybe it's the expert, veteran wordsmithing.  Maybe it's the flawless performance.  Whatever it is, almost a year later, my fondness of it has not waned.

Suggested sample track: "The Day That Never Comes"

Recommendation: listen to the "proper" version of this album (look for "GH3" in the album name on Grooveshark).  Though it is certainly different, I dare you to tell me that it's not as good as the "classic" Metallica, to which many people banged their heads in the 1980's!