new metallica song - day that never comes

Zardon · Aug 21, 2008, 08:46 PM

Ok ill be the first to admit im not the biggest metallica fan. I loved their early days material but have hated 90% of the things they have released in the last 10 years+

I just heard their new song however on metallica.com - "The Day That Never Comes". and its absolutely kick ass. loads of meaty riffs, nice melody and good guitar work from hammett. Return to form. Quality isnt wonderful but im guessing thats intentional........

check it out.
Metallica.com

cozumel · Aug 21, 2008, 09:01 PM

I like the track but I do feel sorry for the original hardcore fans that were around when the band first started. Compared to their original sound this is like listening to Kylie or Take That. They are thrash metal no longer. But they are very good. Reminds me of Iron Maiden...

Zardon · Aug 21, 2008, 09:06 PM

I dont know, I thought it was pretty heavy later in the track. Not trash metal obviously but bear in mind they are maturing. I think its their best track in a very long time tbh.

cozumel · Aug 21, 2008, 09:12 PM

Yeah. I turned the volume right up for the second half of the track. Nice n heavy n loud.

LukeK · Aug 21, 2008, 09:19 PM

wow, that is good. I thought metallica had gone limp entirely. thats certainly like the old stuff but in a more melodic "we are getting older" kinda way.

Looking forward to hearing the new album now.

Chaos · Aug 21, 2008, 09:22 PM

Pretty decent tune compared to much of their recent stuff I do say

To bad Lars is such a chocolate starfish

this CD is due to release the same day as the new Guitar Hero and will be available as downloadable content for the game

Zardon · Aug 21, 2008, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaos

To bad Lars is such a chocolate starfish

Yeah he is hard to like. bit of a tw@t

Falstaff · Aug 21, 2008, 10:09 PM

its listenable, but like lots of Metallica, it has to grow on you a bit.
what can you say about a band that really could call a genre their own.
Its got that 80's grind that was missing from their later stuff.
I would like to see if the rest of the album redeems itself equally as well.

H82LUZ · Aug 21, 2008, 10:59 PM

reminds me of ride the lighting days

**Mousey** · Aug 21, 2008, 11:05 PM

If you want Thrash Metal go get some Korn or Slipknot lol.
It's a pretty good track, i'm not a metallica fan at all though.
*Cranks Drowning Pool*

Judas · Aug 21, 2008, 11:58 PM

the "black Album" was the last album of metaltical that i could enjoy track one to the last track.

everything since has been nit pick.

And thier St anger just was horrible imo.

But i'll give this song a listen... see what i think.... It would be nice to listen to metallica like they once were.

Zardon · Aug 22, 2008, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mousey

If you want Thrash Metal go get some Korn or Slipknot lol.

Neither of them are thrash metal, thats nu metal.

Anyway can someone actually listen to the full song before posting in here? would be nice guys.

**temeteus82** · Aug 22, 2008, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

Anyway can someone actually listen to the full song before posting in here? would be nice guys.

I did listen it last night few times over and I'm still pondering what to say about it... Perhaps it's just me that is used to the old songs and the more "madder" metallica...

Zardon · Aug 22, 2008, 10:31 AM

eh? you mean the more "madder" metallica like "nothing else matters"? come on guys lets get real, the dudes are middle aged men. I don't really understand why people always want a band to be playing exactly the same material they were 20 years ago. That would bore me to tears.

I think its a nice thing for a group to mature and change style a little, if you listen to any of the metallica stuff in the last 10 years its virtually pop music, I thought this was a serious return to form with the pretty complex timings in the 2nd section of the song, its melodic yet quite tasty.

Nevermind, ill let you all get back to your true hardcore metal like "korn" (no more thrash than bloody twisted sister!). Why is everything classed now in some kind of "metal group"? in my days it was just f'ing rock n roll.

**temeteus82** · Aug 22, 2008, 10:46 AM

You are spot on the "nothing else matters" part Z. Yeah I realize that they aren't young anymore. But perhaps I need to hear the album to make my mind. So I can see where they are going now. One song can't do that for me. But I do agree that the melody, riffs and the guitar work from Hammett are good.

cozumel · Aug 22, 2008, 11:19 AM

I used to hate their original sound and felt it was just noise for the sake of nose. For me, that was not rock n roll so I'm glad that they have got 'wiser'.

As far as labels are concerned, hasn't everything got a label? The fact that I felt Metallica was not originally playing rock n' roll made it easier for me to accept their music (if it was musoc at all). It was handy that that the label 'thrash metal' sprung up out of nowehere to save my conscience.

Their stuff they played in their middle years was way too 'poppy' and middle-of-the-road. And this new track does appear to be proper rock which means that I do quite like it!

Zardon · Aug 22, 2008, 11:22 AM

If you dont think there are many "classifications" of metal,

Heavy metal music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

read the list on the tables in the right....... quite hilarious.

SFOSOK · Aug 22, 2008, 05:08 PM

It seems too simple for them, also seems like their isn't too much thought put into the words. Damn you rehab!

Slipknot is coming out with a new cd too.

Judas · Aug 22, 2008, 09:18 PM

well hearing it..

they definitely got thier orginal sound back. It doesn't seem nearly as caculated as st. anger was. I could definitely enjoy thier tunes once again.

Zardon · Aug 22, 2008, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SFOSOK

Slipknot is coming out with a new cd too.

Yeah they have new masks too, makes them play better apparently.

Falstaff · Aug 22, 2008, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

Neither of them are thrash metal, thats nu metal.

Anyway can someone actually listen to the full song before posting in here? would be nice guys.

I certainly did, just as I said, it has to grow on you.
I does sound like some older material.
not bad, just very recognizable.

Vikingod · Aug 22, 2008, 11:11 PM

Not bad, much better than the "metal country" of the last 8 years. Sounds like it could have been on "the black album". You can tell their getting older though, the drums aren't quite at poppy and the guitar isn't quite as intricate.

Falstaff · Aug 23, 2008, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vikingod

Not bad, much better than the "metal country" of the last 8 years. Sounds like it could have been on "the black album". You can tell their getting older though, the drums aren't quite at poppy and the guitar isn't quite as intricate.

you know, I lift to certain metallica songs
and I do aerobic to certain metallica songs.
but the older metallica, is most fondly remembered from
the adult entertainment clubs in Canada and Korea and Thailand.
It seems that no matter where you go, there is a pole dancer entertaining to the rapturous harmonies of Metallica and of course, a brass plated pole, LOL
I want to something new from Megadeth soon, but that is another thread I suppose.

wiskerbizkit · Aug 23, 2008, 02:10 AM

Sounds kinda like they tried to reinvent Fade to Black. Its listenable but its too simple for metallica. they also need to use their old equipment, it sounds like they inherited rage against the machines instruments.

Knight_Breed · Aug 23, 2008, 02:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

Ok ill be the first to admit im not the biggest metallica fan. I loved their early days material but have hated 90% of the things they have released in the last 10 years+

I just heard their new song however on metallica.com - "The Day That Never Comes". and its absolutely kick ass. loads of meaty riffs, nice melody and good guitar work from hammett. Return to form. Quality isnt wonderful but im guessing thats intentional........

check it out.
Metallica.com

I am not a fan of Lars either the whiny lil biatch

This tune sounds like older stuff and sounds good

Dark Lord · Aug 23, 2008, 04:39 AM

i beats the hell out of saint anger, ill say that much.

i used to be a huge metalica fan, but i dunno, this new stuff seems to be something that resembles the old stuff, but its just missing something. the last CD of theirs that i really liked was S&M. ill probably piss off a lot of people by saying this, but i still think S&M is some of the best symphonic metal out there. maybe it had to do with having the San Francisco orchestra playing with them.

Rayder · Aug 23, 2008, 02:17 PM

I understand they are getting older. I am too. Still, their first 5 albums rocked and everything that has come after that has failed to impress me. The first five albums kicked my ass right from the first note, they didn't have to "grow on me" for me to like them.

I remember way-back-when I was at a park with some friends and I had my boombox blasting out the old radio station called Z-Rock. "The Four Horsemen" came on and I was like, "Who is that? I'm buying their album!" That tune kicked my ass from the very first moment I heard it. And I did just what I said I would do. I bought every album they produced (and loved them) up to and including the black album. But with the black album, I noticed a disturbing change.....their music was starting to lose the intensity. I haven't bought any of their albums since. Oh, I have them all, I just haven't "bought" them, if you know what I mean.

Day That Never Comes sounds like they were trying to do fan service to their original fans, but it just doesn't have that special sound to it. The catchy rhythms they used to come up with just aren't there anymore. The raw rending sound of the distortion seems muted.

It used to be that there was only a song or two per album that I didn't like, now it's quite the opposite....there is only a song or two per album that I do like....if I like any of the tunes at all. As far as I'm concerned, their music took a turn for the worse the day Cliff Burton died. For me, their last great album was ....And Justice For All. I think Cliff Burton was the true heart of the band.

The intensity that used to flow from their fingertips is gone and just sounds forced now. I think they are drowning in their own fame and fortune anymore and are just producing albums for the sole purpose of making money, not for the love of metal they once had.

The day they covered "Turn the Page" was the day any last vestiges of faith I had for them died. I mean that was a freakin' country song for god's sake! NO! NO! NO! DO NOT WANT!

Metallica, the TRUE Metallica, is dead to me now.

Vehicon · Aug 23, 2008, 03:21 PM

I was shocked at first, i was lookin for something different i guess. BUT after hearing it a few times, yes its a pretty kickazz song.

Falstaff · Aug 23, 2008, 04:21 PM

I would download the content of the next album if there were good workout songs on it, otherwise..but I am more interested in anything by Megadeth, or Paul Rogers, Frank Marino, Satch, Dream Theater, Brian May, Jimmy Page...
you get the picture.

Rayder · Aug 23, 2008, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Falstaff

I would download the content of the next album if there were good workout songs on it, otherwise..but I am more interested in anything by Megadeth, or Paul Rogers, Frank Marino, Satch, Dream Theater, Brian May, Jimmy Page...
you get the picture.

Ah, a man after my own heart.

Aug 21, 2008, 08:46 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	new metallica song - day that never comes Ok ill be the first to admit im not the biggest metallica fan. I loved their early days material but have hated 90% of the things they have released in the last 10 years+ I just heard their new song however on metallica.com - "The Day That Never Comes". and its absolutely kick ass. loads of meaty riffs, nice melody and good guitar work from hammett. Return to form. Quality isnt wonderful but im guessing thats intentional........ check it out. Metallica.com

Aug 21, 2008, 09:01 PM	#2
cozumel I'm dangerous but cute... Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Under the waves... Posts: 3,577 Rep Power: 60 System Specs	I like the track but I do feel sorry for the original hardcore fans that were around when the band first started. Compared to their original sound this is like listening to Kylie or Take That. They are thrash metal no longer. But they are very good. Reminds me of Iron Maiden... __________________ Don't worry about money - Be a beach bum! Scuba Rocks

Aug 21, 2008, 09:12 PM	#4
cozumel I'm dangerous but cute... Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Under the waves... Posts: 3,577 Rep Power: 60 System Specs	Yeah. I turned the volume right up for the second half of the track. Nice n heavy n loud. __________________ Don't worry about money - Be a beach bum! Scuba Rocks

Aug 21, 2008, 10:09 PM	#8
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	its listenable, but like lots of Metallica, it has to grow on you a bit. what can you say about a band that really could call a genre their own. Its got that 80's grind that was missing from their later stuff. I would like to see if the rest of the album redeems itself equally as well. __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Aug 21, 2008, 10:59 PM	#9
H82LUZ HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cobourg ,Ontario ,Canada Posts: 114 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	reminds me of ride the lighting days __________________

Aug 21, 2008, 09:06 PM	Thread Starter #3
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	I dont know, I thought it was pretty heavy later in the track. Not trash metal obviously but bear in mind they are maturing. I think its their best track in a very long time tbh.

Aug 21, 2008, 09:19 PM	#5
LukeK DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 158 Rep Power: 61	wow, that is good. I thought metallica had gone limp entirely. thats certainly like the old stuff but in a more melodic "we are getting older" kinda way. Looking forward to hearing the new album now.

Aug 21, 2008, 09:22 PM	#6
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	Pretty decent tune compared to much of their recent stuff I do say To bad Lars is such a chocolate starfish this CD is due to release the same day as the new Guitar Hero and will be available as downloadable content for the game

Aug 21, 2008, 11:05 PM	#10
Mousey Synth's Long Lost Bro Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Web Design Hell Posts: 7,189 Rep Power: 245 System Specs	If you want Thrash Metal go get some Korn or Slipknot lol. It's a pretty good track, i'm not a metallica fan at all though. Cranks Drowning Pool __________________

Aug 22, 2008, 10:31 AM	Thread Starter #14
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	eh? you mean the more "madder" metallica like "nothing else matters"? come on guys lets get real, the dudes are middle aged men. I don't really understand why people always want a band to be playing exactly the same material they were 20 years ago. That would bore me to tears. I think its a nice thing for a group to mature and change style a little, if you listen to any of the metallica stuff in the last 10 years its virtually pop music, I thought this was a serious return to form with the pretty complex timings in the 2nd section of the song, its melodic yet quite tasty. Nevermind, ill let you all get back to your true hardcore metal like "korn" (no more thrash than bloody twisted sister!). Why is everything classed now in some kind of "metal group"? in my days it was just f'ing rock n roll.

Aug 22, 2008, 11:19 AM	#16
cozumel I'm dangerous but cute... Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Under the waves... Posts: 3,577 Rep Power: 60 System Specs	I used to hate their original sound and felt it was just noise for the sake of nose. For me, that was not rock n roll so I'm glad that they have got 'wiser'. As far as labels are concerned, hasn't everything got a label? The fact that I felt Metallica was not originally playing rock n' roll made it easier for me to accept their music (if it was musoc at all). It was handy that that the label 'thrash metal' sprung up out of nowehere to save my conscience. Their stuff they played in their middle years was way too 'poppy' and middle-of-the-road. And this new track does appear to be proper rock which means that I do quite like it! __________________ Don't worry about money - Be a beach bum! Scuba Rocks

Aug 22, 2008, 11:22 AM	Thread Starter #17
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	If you dont think there are many "classifications" of metal, Heavy metal music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia read the list on the tables in the right....... quite hilarious.

Aug 22, 2008, 05:08 PM	#18
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	It seems too simple for them, also seems like their isn't too much thought put into the words. Damn you rehab! Slipknot is coming out with a new cd too. __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Aug 22, 2008, 11:11 PM	#22
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Not bad, much better than the "metal country" of the last 8 years. Sounds like it could have been on "the black album". You can tell their getting older though, the drums aren't quite at poppy and the guitar isn't quite as intricate.

Aug 23, 2008, 02:10 AM	#24
wiskerbizkit DH ***** hobo Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Columbia SC Posts: 467 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Sounds kinda like they tried to reinvent Fade to Black. Its listenable but its too simple for metallica. they also need to use their old equipment, it sounds like they inherited rage against the machines instruments.

Aug 23, 2008, 04:39 AM	#26
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	i beats the hell out of saint anger, ill say that much. i used to be a huge metalica fan, but i dunno, this new stuff seems to be something that resembles the old stuff, but its just missing something. the last CD of theirs that i really liked was S&M. ill probably piss off a lot of people by saying this, but i still think S&M is some of the best symphonic metal out there. maybe it had to do with having the San Francisco orchestra playing with them. __________________

Aug 23, 2008, 02:17 PM	#27
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,161 Rep Power: 73	I understand they are getting older. I am too. Still, their first 5 albums rocked and everything that has come after that has failed to impress me. The first five albums kicked my ass right from the first note, they didn't have to "grow on me" for me to like them. I remember way-back-when I was at a park with some friends and I had my boombox blasting out the old radio station called Z-Rock. "The Four Horsemen" came on and I was like, "Who is that? I'm buying their album!" That tune kicked my ass from the very first moment I heard it. And I did just what I said I would do. I bought every album they produced (and loved them) up to and including the black album. But with the black album, I noticed a disturbing change.....their music was starting to lose the intensity. I haven't bought any of their albums since. Oh, I have them all, I just haven't "bought" them, if you know what I mean. Day That Never Comes sounds like they were trying to do fan service to their original fans, but it just doesn't have that special sound to it. The catchy rhythms they used to come up with just aren't there anymore. The raw rending sound of the distortion seems muted. It used to be that there was only a song or two per album that I didn't like, now it's quite the opposite....there is only a song or two per album that I do like....if I like any of the tunes at all. As far as I'm concerned, their music took a turn for the worse the day Cliff Burton died. For me, their last great album was ....And Justice For All. I think Cliff Burton was the true heart of the band. The intensity that used to flow from their fingertips is gone and just sounds forced now. I think they are drowning in their own fame and fortune anymore and are just producing albums for the sole purpose of making money, not for the love of metal they once had. The day they covered "Turn the Page" was the day any last vestiges of faith I had for them died. I mean that was a freakin' country song for god's sake! NO! NO! NO! DO NOT WANT! Metallica, the TRUE Metallica, is dead to me now.

Aug 23, 2008, 03:21 PM	#28
Vehicon The Cable Guy Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA IL. Posts: 466 Rep Power: 62 System Specs	I was shocked at first, i was lookin for something different i guess. BUT after hearing it a few times, yes its a pretty kickazz song. __________________

Aug 23, 2008, 04:21 PM	#29
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	I would download the content of the next album if there were good workout songs on it, otherwise..but I am more interested in anything by Megadeth, or Paul Rogers, Frank Marino, Satch, Dream Theater, Brian May, Jimmy Page... you get the picture. __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."