Well I’ve been looking forward to this album for a very long time now.
And I’m finally sitting here now, on my second listen and trying to digest it all.

The opening notes of “That Was Just Your Life” heighten the suspense to just about boiling point as you try to figure out if this album will be any good. Around a minute in you start to think this is not too bad… and then as the song really starts to kick in you find yourself head banging and thinking wow this is quite the crazy metal song. Lyrics are spat out in the verses oldschool style which starts to get your hopes up and the pre-chorus and the chorus very much impress.

For two reasons this song sounds good: it’s metal. but still reasonably catching, And you can tell from this song alone Jaymz has reclaimed a desirable voice. The song is an early statement of what you’ll find on the rest of this album predominantly metal, with some nice melodies and vocals thrown in.
Matt Sorum of Guns N’sRoses was not joking when he mentioned crazy tempo changes and speed, it is quite noticeable and if we look at ‘One; and ‘And Justice For All’ it can be seen these tempos changes are a part of many a good Metallica song.

The End Of The Line is going to send some moshpits crazy. At around 00.44 sec is a very cool riff to move too. The song is a mix of metal riffs with a catchy load era sounding riff used throughout the song. The lyrics are fast and spat with a genuine anger and menace.

It’s hard to describe these songs accurately as they are all mostly 7minutes+ with the longest coming in at 10 minutes, With many tempo changes, unexpected bits and just genuine unpredictability. Many songs go into 4-5 directions and achieve all satisfyingly.

The End of The Line features a fast an upbeat solo also, and in another surprising turn we have a clean break down at around 6.30, which leads into a heavy section with alternate lyrics, before going to back to the catchy riff and concluding! These songs are epic sounding I'll tell you!

Broken Beat And Scarred is a song that would not exist if the band had not gone back to Jaymz predominantly writing the lyrics. As some of the lyrics deal with a lot of things he is or has gone through “what don’t kill you make you more strong” “show your scars”. I’ll also make note that I find the drumming very enjoyable in this track. The solo is also enjoyable, vintage Metallica. Any Metallica fan could tell this is Kirk Hammet’s solo within a few seconds of listening to it.

The fourth song, The Day That Never Comes has been released for a while now. Has a great video, has great vocals, has strong lyrics, and has a great melody. This song really achieves Rick Rubin’s aim of getting Metallica to sound like Metallica, because everything from the opening notes to the solos and riffage for the last 4 minutes or so you associate with Metallica.

All Nightmare Long: We Have Bass! We also have a very fast thrash metal sounding kind of a song with an unfortunate title. This is one of my favorites at this point “Cos we Hunt you down without mercy, Hunt you down All Nightmare Long” hoping those lyrics are right… but I’m predicting those words will be stuck in a few heads after listening to this song. A catchy chorus a fast and heavy song, A reasonably long and psychedelic solo, other than the title Id find it hard to criticize this song.

Cyanide: is next probably my least favorite, it is reasonably catchy has a nice chorus, nice use of bass (we notice this because there has been a distinct lack of bass in previous releases) and um yeah the chorus is good, the pre chorus a lil disjointed still better than st anger.

The Unforgiven 3: I'm a big fan something very different, Can’t recall much piano happening in Metallica before but combined with the string section it sets the scene for the moody and unexpected song. I must admit when the vocals kick in at 1.36 it does give me a little surprise, a pleasant one.

The song’s chorus is clean and quite powerful, the verses feature distorted guitar in which the tie to its namesakes is apparent, the tie is also apparent in the solo. Id rate the solo better than that of the other two, the chorus in Unforgiven one is still better though in my opinion. In the matter of Unforgiven 2vs3 is a tough one… at this moment three wins. It’s just more accomplished.

The Judas Kiss announces itself and grabs your attention early. Before going into an unusual but cool main riff. This song is another one on the heavy side and further indicates that the ‘metal’ in Metallica is well and truly back. People may remember this song from the first trailer on Mission Metallica the “Bow down sell your soul to me, I will set you free”. Well that is this song, and it sounds a lot better in mp3 than it did in the video clip. It has a similar structure to a lot of the other songs on the album which is:

Reasonably long intro, a verse, a pre-chorus, a chorus, another verse, another chorus and a anything from a bridge to an interlude to a crazy solo … its all there I get lost in the song structures after that.

Suicide and Redemption: Instrumental, 10 minutes long, a nice groove, has changed direction 5 or 6 times so far and features a few nice melodies and cool solos, Kirk is making up for no solos in St Anger in this song, and really letting loose.

My Apocalypse: Another product of Jaymz’s writing again, shortest song, one of the coolest riffs in my opinion. The song reminds one of battery and damage inc but… um in 2008. Not many bands really make songs like this. “Into the crypt total eclipse” Is quite catchy this song gets better for me with every listen.

Conclusions
-Anything you expect won’t happen. You expect solo? You get heavy riffage, you expect riffage? You get clean breakdown. You expect clean verse and heavy chorus… you get opposite.
-Guitar solos back with force.
-Fast lyrics and heavy fast riffing.
-Anger lots of it.
-Much better than St Anger.
-The album comes in at something like 80 minutes.
Is a return to metal, standard tuning, and better songs from Metallica
-Its not very radio friendly other than the first single. The songs are just to heavy and long. Not that this even bothers me some may be wondering though if there is any possibly radio hits.
-Good singing and standard tuning
-Get out your guitar, prepare for an assault of heavy infection riffage (I know that’s not a word but it is in this journal)
-I’m enjoying and am looking foreword to it growing on me even more. Metal music often takes numerous listening to understand and enjoy





MetallicaMegadethIron MaidenBlack SabbathAvenged SevenfoldPanteraOzzy OsbourneJudas PriestVan HalenGuns N' RosesColdplayRadioheadFall Out BoyMotörheadKiss VenomDream TheaterMötley CrüeRammsteinIced EarthBlack SabbathOpethMegadethAnthraxTool Dream Theater[Enter SandmanNothing Else MattersThe Unforgiven 1The Unforgiven 2LoadDeath MagneticReloadSt AngerRide the LightningAnd Justice For AllThe Black AlbumKill Em AllGarage IncThat was just you lifeThe End of the LineBroken, Beat & ScarredThe Day That Never ComesAll Nightmare LongCyanideTHE UNFORGIVEN 3The Judas KissWarner BrothersSuicide & RedemptionMy Apocolypse

3 Inches of Blood
400 Blows

Abysmal Dawn
The Acacia Strain
Airbourne
Albert Hammond, Jr.
Amadou & Mariam
Amon Amarth
Ankla (2x)
Another Shade of Hate
Arch Enemy
Army of Freshmen
Art Brut
As Blood Runs Black

Behemoth
Beneath The Massacre
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Black Lips
Bleeding Through
Blue Man Group
Bob Log III
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Brian Regan
Broken Social Scene

Cake (2x)
Cat Power
Cephalic Carnage
Chimaira
ChthoniC
Circus Diablo
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
clinging to the trees of a forest fire
Commerce of Cadavers
CSS
Cyrusrex

Daath
Darkest Hour
Das EFX
The Decemberists (2x)
De Novo Dahl
The Devil Wears Prada
DeVotchKa
Diecast
Distrakt
Disturbed
DJ Mudwulf
DJ Starscream
DragonForce
Dream Theater
Dropkick Murphys
Dying Fetus (2x)

Earl Klugh
Editors
Elvis Perkins
Emmylou Harris
Every Time I Die
Eyes Caught Fire (2x)

Fiction Plane
The Flaming Lips
Flobots
Flogging Molly
Frozen Eternity
Fuck the Facts

Gaza
The Ghost Inside
Goatwhore
Gogol Bordello (2x)
The Great Redneck Hope
GWAR

Hatebreed
Heavy Heavy Low Low
Hella
Hells Eden (2x)
Hemlock
Hesperion XXI
Holy Fuck

Incubus (2x)
In Death We Rise
In This Moment (2x)
Into Eternity
Iron & Wine

James Taylor
Jessica Lea Mayfield
Job for a Cowboy
The John Butler Trio
John Prine
Jon Stewart
Josh Blue

Kings of Leon
Kinski
K'naan

Lamb of God (2x)
Leer 43
Left To Vanish
Lewis Black
The Little Ones
Lordi
Lords of the Underground
Louis XIV
Love and Rockets

Machine Head
The Manhattan Transfer
Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
Marilyn Manson
The Mars Volta (2x)
Mastodon (2x)
Mates of State
Matt & Kim
Meese
Megadeth
Meshuggah
Ministry
Misery Index
Modest Mouse
Mouth of the Architect (2x)
The Murder Formula
My Brightest Diamond
My Morning Jacket

The National (2x)
Necrophagist
Neil Hamburger
The Nicotine Fits
Nile (2x)
Nine Inch Nails
The Number Twelve Looks Like You

The Octopus Project
The Offspring
Only Thunder
Operator
Opeth
Origin
Otto von Schirach
Overkill
Ozzy Osbourne

Paramore
Peter White
Point One
The Police
Priestess
Primus
PsyOpus

Radiohead
Ray Parker Jr.
The Red Chord
Redemption
Reel Big Fish
R.E.M.
The Right Aways
Rotting Demise
Russian Circles

Sawed Off
Sevendust
Shadows Fall
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
The Showdown
Simon Dawes
Six
Skeletonwitch
Slayer
Slipknot
Sonic Vomit
Sophie Milman
Spoon
Static-X (2x)
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Steve Tyrell
Stick To Your Guns
Suburban Legends
Suicide Silence (2x)
System of a Down

Tenacious D
Toby Keith
Tool (3x)
Tracy Bonham
Trans Am
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Try Redemption (2x)

Underoath
Unexpect
Unsane

Veil of Maya (2x)
Venetian Snares
A Verse Unsung

Warbringer
War from a Harlots Mouth
Winds of Plague
Worst Days Endure

Year Of Desolation
Yeasayer

Zebra Junction
Zombie Slumber Party

1.Ian Gillan

2.Freddie Mercury

3.Sebastian Bach

4.Bruce Dickinson

5.Robert Plant

6.Iggy Pop

7.James Hetfield

8.Steven Tyler

9.Jim Morrison

10.Axl Rose

11.Perry Farrell

12.Layne Staley

13.Dio

14.Eddie Vedder

15.Ozzy Osbourne

1. What's your favorite song by 15?
Radiohead; Karma Police

2. How did you get into 20?
HIM; lmao i dont know. i dont like them anymore.

3. Who is your favorite member in 1?
Ben Folds; hmm.. ben folds!

4. Whats your favorite lyric bit by 29?
Red Hot Chili Peppers; well any lyric bit from Tell Me Baby

5. Have you ever seen 22 live?
Kaiser Chiefs; nopee

6. What's your favorite album from 10?
The Magnetic Fields; definitely 69 Love Songs

7. Do you own any merchandise from 3?
Muse; well i bought concert tickets if that counts.

8. What is a good memory you have of 7?
Ben Kweller; watching his cute music vids.

9. Is there a member of the same age as you in 2?
R.E.M.; ahaha no. they're all like 50.

10. When did you first get into 8?
Say Hi to Your Mom; a few weeks ago when my dear friend karina moy burned a couple of their CDs for me.

11. Who likes 4 along with you?
Silverstein; umm i don't like them anymore. but caleb williams does. and whoever else.

12. Which song did you first hear from 16?
Nirvana; i dunno, probably Smells Like Teen Spirit

13. What song made you fall in love with 5?
AFI; i guess Silver and Cold

14. Which song do you not like by 18?
MGMT; i like all of them :)

15. Why do you like 14's songs?
Saves the Day; cause they cover a lot of different genres in different albums- alternative, emo, punk, lotsa stuff. they're unique.

16. Where did you first hear 6?
Tilly and the Wall; last.fm! ahaha.

17. How long was 19 a singer before you liked them?
Saosin; lmao. cove suckss. a long time.

18. Does 13 have a song that gives you a bad memory?
Weezer; The Good Life, ironically

19. When did you get into 17?
Guns N' Roses; at least two years ago.

20. How long have you been into 9?
Queens of the Stone Age; i don't listen to them anymore but i found them a few months ago

21. If 11 had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
Cake; well i don't drive. if i did, i wouldn't. but they are having a concert soon that i might go to...

22. How many CDs do you own of 12?
The Beatles; 13. but not all of them are complete albums

23. Does 21 have a song that makes you cry?
Belle and Sebastian; I Don't Love Anyone i think made me cry once but im not sure.

24. Does 27 have a song that makes you happy?
Pink Floyd; ahhh. theyre all kind of sad. but Young Lust is fun to listen to

25. Does 23 have a song that makes you smile?
Def Leppard; ohh yes. Pour Some Sugar on Me brings memories. XD

26. What's the last song you've listened to from 28?
Simon & Garfunkel; The Boxer. great song

27. Is there a song by 32 that you've listened to more than 30 times?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs; nahs. i don't even like them that much.

28. What is a song from 50 that you've only listened to once?
Misfits; nope.

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by 24?
The Dresden Dolls; honestly, all of them.

30. What song got you into 40?
Led Zeppelin; House of the rising sun

31. What is your favorite single by 25?
We Are Scientists; well i don't know if it's a single but Selective Memory is my fav song by them

32. If 49 hated you, what would you do?
Bright Eyes; well Conor Oberst hates everyone and everything so i guess it wouldn't matter much.

33. What would you say if 42 or one of the members from 42 asked you out?
Lamb of God; i would be intrigued and say yes just for the experience. but sorry guys, i doubt it would ever work out. :p

34. Would you care if 41 had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
The Format; uhm. not really. actually i'd prefer if they did cause then maybe it would inspire them to make more good music

35. Who has the best voice in 46?
Sum 41; rofl. none of them.

36. Do you think 26 is/are good looking?
My Chemical Romance; gerard is good lucking but i can't get over how he used to be fat. frank is ugly as hell, sorry frank. mikey is a hottie. bob is okay, i liek his hair. ray is bleh.

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by 36?
Bob Dylan; 22 times.

38. How many CDs do you own of 30?
Modest Mouse; 4 complete albums.

39. Is there a song from 38 that makes you mad?
Ozzy Osbourne; lol Crazy Train gets me pumppped if that counts?!

40. Which member from 31 do you want to see go solo? If 31 is only one artist, what would you do if they joined a group?
Ramones; oh gawd.

41. What does your favorite song from 48 remind you of?
AC/DC; this is annoying to say but Back in Black, it reminds me of my old best friend ariel and how we used to play guitar together.

42. Did you hate 43 at first?
Rasputina; i didn't hate them but i didn't exactly like them i think.

43. Does your best friend also listen to 33?
Iron & Wine; i dont have a best friend. but i do have one friend who listens to them. CALEB! awesome.

44. Do you think your parents would like 37?
Caribou; my dad would think they're too mellow and my mom would find SOMETHING to complain about. =\

45. Does 47 have a song that makes you want to dance?
VH1; well that's not exactly an artist. but the comedians make me want to dance! *_*

46. Have you ever seen 34 in person?
Leonard Cohen; magod. i wish. he's almost dead though.

47. Do you like 44's name?
The Killers; i like the name but it does not fit the band. it should be for a metal group or something.

48. Is there someone in 45 that you want to go out with?
Linkin Park; uhm. i dunno not really. i always thought mike shinoda was kinda cute. i met them though! hehe.

49. Do you know anyone that hates 39?
Atreyu; im sure i have friends that do. i dunno, theyre ok.

50. Have you ever danced to a song from 35?
Vampire Weekend; YESSSS.

Total number of tracks: 24,051
Total Length of Music: 66 days, 6 hours, 40 minutes, 51 seconds.
Total gigs of space: 93.93


Sort by Song Title:
-First Song: "À part" by La Laque (never listened to it)
-Last Song: "***" by Regina Spektor (never listened to it either)

Sort by Time:
-Shortest Song: "And there was Light" by Illnath (0:00)
-Longest Song: Actual song: "i used to live... here" by Demogorgon (38:10), actual longest track is "Vicious Circle" by Dane Cook (1:34:28)

Sort by Album:
-First Song: "The Time Warp" by Alvin & The Chipmunks (The A-Files)
-Last Song: "Guard the Isle Eternally" by ChthoniC (9th Empyrean), and before iTunes changed it to numbers being at the end, it would've been "Heru Ra Ha- Let There Be Mïght" by Behemoth (Zos Kia Cultus)

Sort by Artist:
-First Song: "Christmas in Hollis" by The A.K.A.s
-Last Song: "Jhazmyne's Lullaby" by 7 Angels 7 Plagues , and before the iTunes number switch nonsense, it would've been "Skinned and Endangered" by Zyklon

Sort by Genre:
-First Song: "Boxing Day" by AFX (Acid)
-Last Song: "Love Will Tear Us Apart (Permanent mix)" by Joy division (80's goth)

Top 10 Most Played Songs:
1. "Thy Horror Cosmic" by The Black Dahlia Murder (69 plays)
2. "Fixation on Plastics" by The Red Chord (61 plays)
3. "A Cold Logistic Slaughter" by Aborted (56 plays)
4. "No One Wins" by The Berzerker (56 plays)
5. "Big God/Raped Souls" by Fear Factory (55 plays)
6. "I'll Buy That for a Dollar" by Prosthetic Cunt (54 plays)
7. "Knee Deep" by Job for a Cowboy (53 plays)
8. "Whoa! Shut It Down" by The Acacia Strain (49 plays)
9. "Criminals" by Katatonia (49 plays)
10. "Face of Destruction - Deep Hit of Death" by The Crown (46 plays)

Restricting it to one song per artist:
Same list. (You're supposed to do 10 again, in case you want to copy this for yourself.)

First five songs that come up on Shuffle:
1. "Claws of Death" by Mortician
2. "Play Some Skynyrd" by PsyOpus
3. "Facing Hell" by Ozzy Osbourne
4. "Touch Too Much" by AC/DC
5. "The Girl Nextdoor is Always Screaming" by Ion Dissonance

Search...
Sex, how many songs come up? 144
Love, how many songs come up? 428
You, how many songs come up? 1,657
Death, how many songs come up? 819
Hate, how many songs come up? 396
Wish, how many songs come up? 87
Monkey, how many songs come up? 29

Eu só quero você

Não existem portas que não podem ser destrancadas
Não existem guerras que não podem ser vencidas
Não existem erros que não podem ser consertados ou canções que não podem ser cantadas
Não existem conflitos invencíveis
Não exitem Deuses acreditáveis
Não existem nomes não nomeados
Quer que eu diga novamente?
Sim

Não existem sonhos impossíveis
Não existem costuras invisíveis
Toda noite quando o dia termina,
Eu não peço muito
Só quero você
Só quero você

Não existem crimes não criminosos
Não existem rimas que não podem ser rimadas
Não existem gêmeos idênticos ou pecados perdoáveis
Não existem mals incuráveis
Não existem emoções que não podem ser destruídas
Uma coisa e você sabe que é verdade
Eu não peço muito

Só quero você
Só quero você
Só quero você
Só quero você

Estou de saco cheio de estar de saco cheio
Costumava ir para a cama ligadão
Sim - sim - sim
Acho que vou comprar água plástica
Creio que deveria ter me casado com a filha do
Lennon
Sim - sim - sim - sim

Não existem metas que não podem ser alcançadas
Não existem almas que não podem ser salvas
Não existem reis ou rainhas legítimos
Você sabe o que quero dizer?
Sim

Não existem verdades indiscutíveis
E não existe a fonte da juventude
Toda noite quando o dia termina
Eu não peço muito

Só quero você
Só quero você
Só quero você
Só quero você
Só quero você
Só quero você
Sim, sim, sim

Só quero você
Só quero você
Ei sim
Só quero você
Sim, sim, sim
Só quero você
Ei
Só quero você
Só quero você

Ozzy Osbourne

Title says it all, though I don't quite remember all. Here is a start:

Iron Maiden
Megadeth
Black Sabbath (as Heaven and Hell)
Judas Priest
Motörhead
Dream Theater
Anathema
Placebo
Deep Purple
Porcupine Tree
Avenged Sevenfold
HIM
Ozzy Osbourne
Black Label Society
The Climb
Blind Guardian
MFÖ
Kraftwerk
Garbage
Dio
Opeth
Rotting Christ

I Just Want You Ozzy Osbourne

Nie ma drzwi nie do zamknięcia
Nie ma wojen nie do wygrania
Nie ma złych błędów
Ani piosenek nie do zaśpiewania

Nie ma różnic nie do wybicia
Nie ma bogów, w których nie da się wierzyć
Nie ma imion nie do nazwania
Mam to powiedzieć jeszcze raz?

Nie ma niemożliwych marzeń
Nie ma niewidzialnych blizn
Każdej noc gdy dzień minął
Nie pytam wiele

Ja tylko chcę ciebie
Ja tylko chcę ciebie

Nie ma niezbrodniczych zbrodni
Nie ma nierymowanych rymów
Nie ma identycznych bliźniąt
Albo grzechów do zapomnienia

Nie ma bólów nie do uleczenia
Nie ma dreszczy nie do zabicia
Jedna rzecz i wiesz, że to prawda
Nie pytam wiele

Ja tylko chcę ciebie
..

Jestem chory i zmęczony byciem chorym i zmęczonym
Zwykłem chodzić do łóżka tak podniecony i niespokojny
Yeah..
Myślę, że kupię sobie trochę plastikowej wody
Zgaduję, że powienem poślubić córkę Lennona
Yeah..

Nie ma goli nie do osiągnięcia
Nie ma dusz nie do uratowania
Nie ma królów i królowych z pochodzenia
Wiesz, co mam na myśli?
Yeah

Nie ma prawd nie do zaprzeczenia
I nie ma fontanny młodości
Każdej nocy gdy dzień minął
Nie pytam wiele

Ja tylko chcę ciebie
Yeah


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