Metallica Death Magnetic (2 Lp's) EP 1977's ROCKET TO RUSSIA is

1977's ROCKET TO RUSSIA is actually a big improvement over the slightly disappointing LEAVE HOME

Ed Sheeran 11 Not Afraid 12 Venom 13 Lighters - Bad Meets Evil Ft

Doors-influenced "Gimme Danger" bristle with energy and the kind of sleazy

Betts acquits himself well on the opening "Ain't Wastin' Time No More

Includes liner notes by George Frazier

Metallica Death Magnetic (2 Lp's) EP 1977's ROCKET TO RUSSIA isThe world at large got a fly on the wall view of the creation of Metallica's 2003 album, ST. ANGER, via the documentary SOME KIND OF MONSTER, so we know they consciously tried to keep things contemporary at that time by avoiding fleet fingered solos and eschewing the sound of the "old" Metallica. If that hoary old term "return to form" ever applied to a rock album, though, it's ANGER's follow up, DEATH MAGNETIC. In the five years between the two