State of Metal

So finally after 14 or so years G N' R finally comes out with their new album Chinese Democracy. I know it has been a couple of months since the albums release but I didn't really start getting into this blogging thing until recently. At any rate, I didn't even bother buying the new CD; I just listened to it in its entirety on their official My Space page. I'm glad I saved my money. I was pretty disappointed to say the least. Axl just needs to swallow his pride and put aside his arrogance and just kiss and make up with Slash and the other old band mates in order to put out a proper G N' R album.

Thank goodness for Metallica coming to the salvation of Rock and Metal yet again. They totally redeemed themselves with Death Magnetic. I was glad to see that it was a far departure from the bad old days of Load and ReLoad, and what the hell was with St. Anger? That album had some potential if they had just put a little bit of production value into it. I know they were trying to prove that they were at their roots a "Garage Band", but come on this a world class metal band they don't need to put out low-fi crap like St. Anger to prove they are still hard. Metallica finally went back to their roots of speed metal with Death Magnetic. This album is truly a nod to the old school. You can hear the shades of ...And Justice for all and Ride the Lightning in this CD. Death Magnetic seems like it should have been the album that came after ...And Justice for All and right before the Black Album. Oh well at least Metallica didn't wait 14 freagin' years to release this material.

Now we just need to wait and see what the other Metal masters, Iron Maiden will come out with next. I know that Steve Harris and Dickinson are always working on new material, so we can only hope that they come out with an effort that keeps the momentum of Matter of Life and Death going which in itself was simply classic Maiden at their best. Hey well that is all the rambling I have for now. Up the Irons and keep waiving the Metal Flag proudly and loudly.