Wednesday 3 September 2008

Fans welcome new Metallica single

Fans have welcomed the release of�the first new�single from concentrated rock behave Metallica in five geezerhood, but reviews have been mixed.



The single The Day That Never Comes was released all over the weekend, the first single from the band's highly anticipated new�album Death Magnetic.


Fans were ecstatic at the new seven-minute data track, which discards the bludgeoning rock embraced on the band's�last album St Anger and harks back to their mid-80s sound�shown turned on breakthrough�single One.


"That was pure old school alloy," said poster Deinaylz066. "Reminds me of garage years with that raw, lacing energy. They are the Gods of metal."


Another poster, Forsurelakers, aforementioned: "If you don't wish this song, then you don't like Metallica."


Reviewers were mixed around the single.


"New Metallica is derivative of old Metallica. But what did you expect?" aforementioned music blog site Stereogum.


RollingStone.com said: "Call it The Unforgiven meets Bleeding Me with a dash of Am I Evil? thrown in for the faster section, and don�t retrieve too hard when James Hetfield reminds us that 'love is a four-letter word'."


Death Magnetic is due for release on September 12.


* What do you think of The Day That Never Comes? Watch the tV then put up your comments below.








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