They give "Death Magnetic" a stone cold F (4.9/10), which is to be expected: The list of "Most Read Reviews" on their site includes no other heavy-/thrash-metal acts. Others are more generous, including Rolling Stone, the Associated Press and The Telegraph. "Death Magnetic" will be in stores on Friday.
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the review is obviously well-informed and from a (early) metallica fan. Pitchfork covers (indie) heavy metal and heavy music - see the Show No Mercy Columns. Metal bands routinely make their "Best New Music" and "Recommended" lists, although they are usually indie metal bands like Mastodon, Opeth, etc. i understand that people like to diss Pfork for being snarky or unfair, but it seems to me they are spot-on a lot of the time. Rolling Stone lost its way in about 1983.
Posted by: indie snob | September 09, 2008 at 09:41 AM
I haven't heard enough of the album to agree or disagree with the review. But you make a good point; so I should clarify: Metallica is also mainstream, which is the bigger sin in P'forkland.
Posted by: Tim Finn | September 09, 2008 at 10:25 AM
Pitchfork gives anything that's on the radio a lackluster review. If it ain't "dance punk" or "freak/neo folk", then the elite hipsters at Pitchfork get butthurt and give it a completely random low review. A 4.9 review is like a 4/5 from Rolling Stone. Oh, wait a minute...
Click my name for my KC-Based heave metal blog!
Posted by: mankvill | September 09, 2008 at 02:23 PM
Metallica are the best, they are back!!!
Posted by: Andrés | September 25, 2008 at 06:04 PM
Metallica are poop, listen to Opeth
Posted by: Graat | January 17, 2012 at 07:59 AM
Metallica sucks indeed.
Real Metal is Death, Blind Guardian, Opeth... Metallica sounds to me so much like commercial crap.
Posted by: Alcest | January 18, 2012 at 01:26 PM
Fuck Metallica
Posted by: Charizard | January 20, 2012 at 03:05 PM
The guy named after Alcest is talking about real metal. Classic...
Posted by: Remedy4me | January 20, 2012 at 04:13 PM
Metallica is shit
Posted by: Flesh | January 21, 2012 at 03:21 PM
I fucking hate metallica, glad to see I'm not the only one
Posted by: Death | January 22, 2012 at 05:42 AM
metallica is the most boring, overrated band ever
Posted by: malkoz | January 22, 2012 at 08:37 AM
Metallica sucks
Posted by: Night's Blood | January 23, 2012 at 06:01 AM
Metallica is poop
Posted by: REC | January 29, 2012 at 05:51 AM
Metallica is pussy metal for people who don't like the genre at all
Posted by: Radio | February 02, 2012 at 11:02 AM