Unforgiven III

[Aedes]

This is the only song that's really grabbed me on Metallica's new album, though I'm not really much of a metal fan these days (really haven't been in about 20 years).

But this is a really good song, and I like the previous two Unforgivens.

For those familiar with them, do you think these three songs are directly connected, or that they are just parallel meditations on the subject of blame and forgiveness?

[Joe]

I'm a flimsy Metallica fan at best, but Banging my head with my hardcore friends to Master of Puppets and Fuel are some of my best memories. When it comes to the new album I think it is decent with some hard playing. The unforgiven songs are cool. Not my taste but when Metallica breaks into harmony type playing they do it very well.

Turn the page is one of the best cover songs in history, they did with some grit.

[Aedes]

Yeah, they did a great cover, though the original is still my favorite. Their best covers were done early in their career, like Am I Evil? Their best stuff, hands down, is from their first 2 or 3 albums -- it was just fresher and the playing was more virtuosic.

[avatar6v7]

Mettalica is one of my favriote bands for sure, and the unforgiven songs have to be some of their best songs. But 'some kind of monster' is still my favorite

[Bonaventurian]

Originally Posted by Joe

I'm a flimsy Metallica fan at best, but Banging my head with my hardcore friends to Master of Puppets and Fuel are some of my best memories. When it comes to the new album I think it is decent with some hard playing. The unforgiven songs are cool. Not my taste but when Metallica breaks into harmony type playing they do it very well.

Turn the page is one of the best cover songs in history, they did with some grit.

How do you put "Master of Puppets" and "Fuel" in the same sentence?

[Bonaventurian]

Anyways, my favorite song off of Death Magnetic is either...

this:

YouTube - Metallica - The End of the Line

or this:

YouTube - Metallica: The Day That Never Comes from Death Magnetic

This song is certainly close behind, though:

YouTube - Metallica - That Was Just Your Life

The first reminds me of "Creeping Death." The second reminds me of "One" and "Fade to Black." The third reminds me of "Am I Evil" and "Blackened."

[Aedes]

Don't really care for any of those three. The Day that Never Comes is ok, but it feels like a patchwork of different songs, i.e. no consistency. And the line "love is a four letter word" is a bit cliche and banal.

Bonaventurian, you know that Metallica didn't write Am I Evil, right?

[Bonaventurian]

Am I Evil? was a Diamond Head cover. Either way, the song still reminds me of Am I Evil. The way that the Metallica song begins and the way that the Diamond Head song begins are very similar.