Death Magnetic

My thoughts on the new Metallica album Death Magnetic are all very positive.  From what I have heard so far, the album is really shaping up to be a great one.  The best thing is that this album has direction, focus if you will.  But here's my song-by-song analysis:

The Day That Never Comes - Beautiful song.  It took me a while for the effect to sink in, but this almost has the chills that I get from the beginning of "One".  The only thing I don't really like about it is that some of the riffs don't match up as well as they could have.  But it's not that noticeable to be a huge negative.

My Apocalypse - Solid beginning, really nice hook.  The lyrics are Slayer-esque, which is really kind of bad.  The riffage in this song is awesome, the lyrics really take away from it.  "Dripping bloody valentine"?  Seriously?  But nevertheless, the music is solid as granite.

Cyanide - Better lyrics, much better focus than the song above.  Nice off-tempo stuff in the middle.  That's old Metallica speaking through.  Pretty good overall, although somewhat tiring to listen to repeatedly.

The Judas Kiss - My favorite song so far.  Awesome playing, great lyrics.  The other songs took a while for me to start singing (mentally or actually), this one I was getting into on the first time I listened.  Very nice vocal style by James.  So much power.

The Unforgiven III - Nice break from the style of the rest of the album.  The beginning is done real well.  The transitions are a bit abrupt, but it flowed okay together.  Very beautiful lyrics though.

The other half will come tomorrow.  I'm tired.