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

With its five number one singles

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1977's ROCKET TO RUSSIA is actually a big improvement over the slightly disappointing LEAVE HOME

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Doors-influenced "Gimme Danger" bristle with energy and the kind of sleazy

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