Metallica Death Magnetic (2 Lp's) EP they are spared from becoming

they are spared from becoming too self-indulgent and depressing

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Ronnie Van Zant (vocals)

ASSASSINATION DAY 2

With its five number one singles

Metallica Death Magnetic (2 Lp's) EP they are spared from becomingThe 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