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Metallica album cover art

The original Thrashers return!

I, probably like many other Metallica fans, gave up following the bands new efforts after the Black album of 1990. It was a combination of my new found love of Indie/Grunge music that I got over exposed to in University, and the fact that the subsequent albums were really quite weak for a band of their calibre.

But the boys are back, with a new Bassist (Robert Trujillo), and a leaner, meaner, stripped back sound under the guidance of Rick Rubin. People are saying it’s the best work they have done in 20 years, and I’m not surprised. If Rubin can make Neil Diamond cool and popular then he was always going to succeed in bringing something special back to Metallica.

I haven’t yet downloaded the album, but the initial snippets I have heard sound good..and I like the album cover art, which was actually produced by Coca Cola’s design agency.