Beyond Magnetic

by Metallica

Overview

Following Death Magnetic by three years and Metallica's Lou Reed collaboration Lulu by a matter of weeks, the Beyond Magnetic EP offers the four completed songs from the 2008 sessions for Death Magnetic, presented in rough mixes that nevertheless sound fairly finished. Like the 2008 LP, this EP -- released digitally in December 2011 with a physical edition appearing early in the new year -- hearkens back to the Metallica of the '80s, emphasizing ever-shifting suites of thrash instead of the heavy mock-boogie of the '90s or the piecemeal floundering of St. Anger, and it doesn't feel like a revival as much as a return, an acknowledgment of the band's core strengths. While the breakneck bookends "Hate Train" and "Rebel of Babylon" command the most attention, any one of these cuts could have fit seamlessly on Death Magnetic without diluting its impact. Taken as its own entity, Beyond Magnetic is a potent shot of old-fashioned thrash. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/24/2013
Label:	Blackened Recordings
UPC:	0856115004835
Rank:	32057

Tracks

1. Hate Train
2. Just a Bullet Away
3. Hell and Back
4. Rebel of Babylon

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Metallica   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Joshua Smith   Assistant
Mike Gillies   Engineer
Anton Corbijn   Photography
Rick Rubin   Producer
Greg Fidelman   Engineer
James Hetfield   Lyricist,Composer
Lars Ulrich   Composer
Kirk Hammett   Composer
Kent Matcke   Production Coordination
Sara Lyn Killion   Assistant
Lindsay Chase   Production Coordination
Vlado Meller   Mastering
Robert Trujillo   Composer
Adam Fuller   Assistant