Metallica's new single is here!
Posted by: Lex on 21/08/'08 23:06
Source: Blabbermouth.net
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Metallica's new single, "The Day That Never Comes", is available for streaming right now:

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A five-minute video clip containing behind-the-scenes footage from the video shoot for "The Day That Never Comes", which took place last month in Acton, California (about an hour's drive north of Los Angeles), can be viewed below.

Metallica guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield told Mtv.com that the clip won't be making any lofty political statements about the war in Iraq. Instead, it's a statement on humanity, helmed by acclaimed Danish director Thomas Vinterberg, who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking. Hetfield said that when he was writing the song's lyrics, he never envisioned the video would look anything like this.

"That's the beauty, I think, of writing vague but powerful lyrics ? that someone like a movie director can interpret it in his own way and obviously, someone creative is able to take the metaphors and apply them to whatever he needs in his own life," the frontman explained to Mtv.com. "The main [theme of the video] is the human element of forgiveness and someone doing you wrong, you feeling resentment and you being able to see through that in the next situation that might be similar and not take your rage or resentment out on the next person and basically keep spreading the disease of that through life."

He added, "The one thing that I wasn't keen on here was Metallica plugging into a modern war or a current event [that] might be construed as some sort of political statement on our part. There are so many celebrities that soapbox their opinions, and people believe it's more valid because they're popular. For us, people are people ? you should all have your own opinion. We are hopefully putting the human element in what is an unfortunate part of life. There are people over there dealing with situations like this, and we're showing the human part of being there.

"It's the forgiveness part ? that is key," he continued. "Metallica has never plugged into any current event visually, but this one is kind of a hotbed. People have very high opinions about this war, and we're trying to cut through all of that. The politics and the religion tend to separate people, and what we're trying to do is bring it together with the common thread of resentment and forgiveness."

Metallica's new album, "Death Magnetic", is scheduled for release on September 12.

Metallica debuted a new song called "Cyanide" during its headlining set on August 9 at Ozzfest, which took place at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. This marked the first time that the band has performed any material in concert from "Death Magnetic". The rest of Metallica's 17-song Ozzfest set featured a number of the band's classic tunes as well as a medley of songs from underground metal act Mercyful Fate, for which they were joined onstage by that Danish act's singer, King Diamond.

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21-08-2008 23:06 - Lex
to expand on the discussion elsewhere on the site:

I quite dig the song. You have to get used to it, I agree. But it does sound like a Black Album - Master of Puppets medley, which I find a great concept (if it is).

I have three points of criticism:

1. The beginning sounds like a Happy Hardcore song
2. The end sounds like someone walked in to the studio and shouted 'LUNCH!'
3. Some parts don't seem to be really natural. I found the same problem when listening to Cyanide for the first time.

Now I'm not a mega Metallica fan, but I do like this stuff. It's trademark material if you ask me. Could be better? Well yes, but then again this is the one Metallica album that will be listened to with the most critical ears ever.

Judging on Cyanide and The Day That Never Comes, Death Magnetic is an album I want to hear. That's a lot more than I expected to say a couple of weeks ago.
22-08-2008 00:17 - joker000
Listening to the beginning of the song if feel like singing: I have lost the will to live, simply nothing more to give... etc. It's got that vibe.
 And on the whole song, it sounds like indeed they've gone back to the whole Master of Puppets area....and finally: long guitar-solo's just in the vain of that time, and a some sort of thrashy second part of the song.   I like it.
A thousand times better than the crap they launched the last couple of years. Cheers!!!!!
22-08-2008 13:01 - Neurotic
Master Of Puppets sound-a-like? I must disagree on this. Black Album-like, yeah I can understand it. Though it's still too bad that James keeps trying to sing and because of that, the song has some Load influences also IMO.
22-08-2008 14:39 - Lex
I do find the second part of the song to sound quite a bit like the Puppets era, yes. The vocals don't bother me really.
22-08-2008 20:10 - Neurotic
well, to be honest even if this single was complete shit and the album would suck donkey balls, I will still buy it. Big Metallica fanboy can't help it....
23-08-2008 22:18 - Angel
Dudes; I like this tune a lot! It is the first time in 17 years that I'm enthousiastic about a new album from Metallica!!