Metallica At No 1 For Second Week

Despite harsh competition by artists like Ne-Yo and Nelly, Metallica managed to stay at the top of the Billboard 200 for a second week in a row.

"Death Magnetic", Metallica’s first record since 2003’s "St. Anger" sold over 337,000 copies this week. This brings the album’s total sales in the United States to 827,000 copies.

"Death Magnetic" made an impressive debut in its first week on the charts, selling 490,000 copies and debuting at number 1 even though the album released on a Friday rather than earlier in the week like most albums. This marked the band’s 5th album to debut at number 1, making them the first band in history to do so.

Much of the record’s success can be attributed to the extensive airplay of its first single, "The Day That Never Comes", which topped the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

The album also managed to beat out heavyweights such as Ne-Yo and Nelly, who came in at 2nd and 3rd respectively.

In other Metallica news, the band was recently nominated to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

Report by David Lowe-Bianco.

Comments

[Rokeman]

good as. they deserve it.

[livewire76]

yup, i'll second that.

[Bocob]

No ****ing hip hop artists will top Metallica

Metallica are gods and play true music

[Ryg]

so true.

[MonsterOfRock]

"Heavyweights such as Ne-Yo and Nelly"

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahaha


sorry, couldn't resist.

[cobainAnselmo]

damn

that was goooood
metal back to the track

[Mootallica]

Damn, That's almost 1 million albums in the US alone in it's first week.

This album might top The Black Album in sales Worldwide.

[highwind5150]

Long live the Gods of Metal! Metallica deserve this more than anybody...Ne-Yo and Nelly??? Wow good to know there are some people out who actually know what talent is.

[tim311mahoney]

I could never figure out if billboard calculated worldwide sales or just US. If it doesn't calculate worldwide then I'd be curious to see what the global totals are so far.

[MonsterOfRock]

Mootallica wrote:

Damn, That's almost 1 million albums in the US alone in it's first week.

This album might top The Black Album in sales Worldwide.

its harder to sell records these days, so I doubt... but if it were those days, DM would DEFINITELY outsell Black (no ofence, Black is an amazing album).

[Kelicon]

All of September metal has ruled the charts! Slipknot then Metallica!!!! Fuck yeah baby!!!!! We're BACK!!!

[nolifetilTHRASH]

Kelicon :
All of September metal has ruled the charts! Slipknot then Metallica!!!! Fuck yeah baby!!!!! We're BACK!!!

hell yeah

[BonezShaker]

Ne-Yo and Nelly competition ?

[Ibzman]

BonezShaker wrote:

Ne-Yo and Nelly competition ?

Exactly what I thought. What kind of world do we live in if one of the (if not THE) greatest band ever gets competition from Ne-Yo and Nelly ?..

[desimate]

BonezShaker wrote:

Ne-Yo and Nelly competition ?

and 'harsh' competition at that apparently.

good to see, the album is amazing. thoouuugh, is it just me, or does lars really look like an alien in the pic . . .

[TormentedRx]

This album is epic.

Very good stuff.

[HardRockKid]

Yes rock is coming back finally Ac/dc, metallica and its good to see that metallica, against all odds, os at number one for two weeks in a row! and its sad that nelly and Ne-Yo ar considered competion for music legend such as metallica. well after all metallica was founded to fight pop music back in 83 noe there doing it again... they are truly vetrans of many musical wars.

[Shade7777]

two mumbling guys telling how they 'play bitches' and have loads of gold or ****ing kick ass metal...

I tough choice indeed...

[MonteCristo]

You deserve it METALLICA

[stewiegriffin23]

metallica is kiking all da rappers albums ass....!!
dey are freaking awesome!!

[lilscooter11]

Maybe with this the stupid radio 1 indie lovers will realise that Metal is back and give more airplay, I mean I noticed they've been playing Black Tide on BBC Radio 1, BLACK TIDE!? They've grown huge in like a month, let alone a year :P. Like Jack Black says, "You cannot kill the metal, The metal will live on!"

[JoePerryRulez]

MonteCristo wrote:

You deserve it METALLICA

Exactly!

[K-U-R-e]

They deserve it.
They MUST be no 1 a third week, and a forth, and fifth, and every single f***ing week after...

[Toker420]

Metallica sucks now days. Their new album blew major ass but i guess its better than everything else. Its sad to see all new music is shit.

[MetalInjected89]

I am very proud to know that people are opening there eyes to real music and not letting overrated piles of crap like Ne-Yo take the top spot although metallica will obviously not be on top forever at least we can remember these days when Metallica beat out all these morons that other people call musicians.. LONG LIVE METALLICA!!

[jmetalf]

No one ever thought metal would come back so fast. I bet Kurt Cobain is crying in his grave.

[theotherguy7145]

Just need AcDc to make it in the charts next!

[BigPapi34]

its about time...we need classic rock back into mainstream

[sowhat360]

never heard of Ne-Yo before and nellys a douche.

and it is pretty amazing that it's sold this many copies thus far with the whole download thing. it is an awesome cd.

[mehtalllllica5]

Toker420 wrote:

Metallica sucks now days. Their new album blew major ass but i guess its better than everything else. Its sad to see all new music is shit.

wow you just totally contradicted yourself
and i like that

i like that

[BriGuy7727]

Nelly's a terrible rapper. His new CD won't crack 100K copies. He fell off completely.
Ne-Yo is a very talented musician. He ghost writes for many other R&B artists & does most of his backing tracks personally (playing guitar on Closer, etc). He at least is not a bad #2. Stop knocking him...
Metallica's new album, however, is awesome. I can see why it's #1 still. I ordered it on iTunes the day it came out.

[WildthingJR]

NO ONE can kill the metal.

Jack Black was right after all =D

[Cacophonic]

Much of the record’s success can be attributed to the extensive airplay of its first single, "The Day That Never Comes", which topped the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

Yeeeeep.
That killed it for me.

[O.F.D]

a great album by a great and legendary band. i hate when people criticise metallica.....its not nice picking on old people ^_^ joking aside i think its a killer album for a bunch of guys working there way to fifty fast! still keeping the metallica sound while experimenting with other sounds....nice to see the solo's are back and are as mad as ever.....not necessarily technically briliant as an album but still better than anything else in the mainstream. i also agree lars looks like an alien ..... the older and balder he gets the bigger that forhead is going to grow. eventually it will just be the forhead on tour while lars continues on interplanitary missions to spread the big f***ing word of metallica baby!!!!! Be proud of yourselves guys all your REAL fans are !m! Keep it METAL!!!

[Ktool The Girth]

HardRockKid wrote:

Yes rock is coming back finally Ac/dc, metallica and its good to see that metallica, against all odds, os at number one for two weeks in a row! and its sad that nelly and Ne-Yo ar considered competion for music legend such as metallica. well after all metallica was founded to fight pop music back in 83 noe there doing it again... they are truly vetrans of many musical wars.

Musical wars? Get over yourself. Music is music, regardless if you like it or not.

[cky_nick_cky]

by god theve done it again, those crazy bastards, gotta love the one and only...METALLICA cant wait to see the again!

[Curian]

There ya go bout time someone put metal in its proper place!! \m/

[zAg1619]

CoBRaGe wrote:

Who the **** cares about this mainstream junk...

Well you seemed to have read the article...

[eazy-c]

Yay, more pointless Metallica news...

[pogo_punkr]

MonsterOfRock wrote:

"Heavyweights such as Ne-Yo and Nelly"

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahaha


sorry, couldn't resist.

Holy crap that is funny

[axenoob]

NO ONE can kill the metal.

Jack Black was right after all =D

Jack Black is a smart man and one of my heroes for that. The song itself is proof. Just when you think you've got the metal down and out, its back. Perfect.

[Sandon8]

If Someday Hip hop will ever top rock it will be because Ignorancy will have gotten to us all

[Wigert]

Is it just me or are they posting new metallica news 24/7?

[TheWickerMan666]

Much of the record’s success can be attributed to the extensive airplay of its first single, "The Day That Never Comes", which topped the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.


Yeeeeep.
That killed it for me.

But the only reason something's mainstream is because lots of people listen to it. It doesn't (necessarily) mean it's bad. Metallica deserve to be mainstream!

I do think it's bad if an artist/band tries to be mainstream though. Music should be about expression, not popularity or money. I think Metallica have really expressed themselves with Death Magnetic, so they deserve to do well!

[Axlthegreat]

MonsterOfRock wrote:

Mootallica wrote:

Damn, That's almost 1 million albums in the US alone in it's first week.

This album might top The Black Album in sales Worldwide.

its harder to sell records these days, so I doubt... but if it were those days, DM would DEFINITELY outsell Black (no ofence, Black is an amazing album).

death magnetic sucks compared to their self titled album. in my opinion it is a bad album with only a couple worthwhile songs but good to see metal beat out hip hop another week.

[eetfuk58]

BonezShaker wrote:

Ne-Yo and Nelly competition ?

haha yeah what a joke. kinda sad people even buy enough of their sh*t to make them any sort of competition to a band as amazing as metallica.

[eetfuk58]

...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!!!!!

[Jackolas]

Congratulations to the boys!

[Mattallica1]

Despite harsh competition by artists like Ne-Yo and Nelly,

lol....

metallica should be number 1 for a while

[POWERMETAL!]

meh, what tough competition..


however, Metal Church has a new one, the Pyramaze album with Matt Barlow, Iced Earth has a new one with Matt back, and EVERYONE needs to check out the new F5 cd 'The Reckoning'...

great year for metal, metallica should retire now.

[rebornmaster9]

metallicas showing those stupid rap artists whos boss. fuk rap forever, long live metal

[ughhhhhhhh]

this puts a smile on my face.

[dannyloughran]

Mootallica wrote:

Damn, That's almost 1 million albums in the US alone in it's first week.

This album might top The Black Album in sales Worldwide.

Yer only another 13 million to go in the US alone... haha

I think Metallica sold 14 million copies, DM hasnt even reached 1 yet!

[Orion999]

TheWickerMan666 wrote:

Much of the record’s success can be attributed to the extensive airplay of its first single, "The Day That Never Comes", which topped the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.


Yeeeeep.
That killed it for me.


But the only reason something's mainstream is because lots of people listen to it. It doesn't (necessarily) mean it's bad. Metallica deserve to be mainstream!

I do think it's bad if an artist/band tries to be mainstream though. Music should be about expression, not popularity or money. I think Metallica have really expressed themselves with Death Magnetic, so they deserve to do well!

Amen

[this&that]

what in the world is a Ne-Yo?

[Brad_Bassist]

Mootallica wrote:

Damn, That's almost 1 million albums in the US alone in it's first week.

This album might top The Black Album in sales Worldwide.

I hope it does man. It's 10 times better!!!!!

[kirkhammettruls]

Wigert wrote:

Is it just me or are they posting new metallica news 24/7?

good. i hope they dont ever stop

[Jackolas]

Imagine the new album with Garage Inc production though. Man that'd rule.. Though I guess it isn't a million miles away.

[kirkhammettruls]

eetfuk58 wrote:

...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!!!!!

i hear ya

[kirkhammettruls]

POWERMETAL! wrote:

meh, what tough competition..
Noo, you need to shut the **** up


however, Metal Church has a new one, the Pyramaze album with Matt Barlow, Iced Earth has a new one with Matt back, and EVERYONE needs to check out the new F5 cd 'The Reckoning'...

great year for metal, metallica should retire now.

[markojuo]

sigh, another metallica article? Whats the message in this one? "umm, by the way, metallica remain first despite lame rap music." When did Metal ever lose? we're always first, and that crap rap is always 3 steps behind. I do however give this article a thumbs up for giving me a nice laugh. please, heavyweights?! bwahhahahahaaa bwahahahhaaaa hahaa haha... haa. HA!

[DeanESPJackson]

who the fack is "Ne-Yo" ??

[maxxbuckeye54]

remember when it was Master of Puppet's anniversary and they played the entire album live in their set? they should do that with Kill Em All now, i love that album and i think it's slowly being swept under the rug. kinda sad. oh ya, death magnetic owns!

[This1GoesTo11]

Great Hetfield/Hammett interview in Guitar World this month. Highly recommended.

Checked.

[Maniacal_Mikey]

Toker420 wrote:

Metallica sucks now days. Their new album blew major ass but i guess its better than everything else. Its sad to see all new music is shit.

Well, I think you stand alone in this discussion

[Maniacal_Mikey]

maxxbuckeye54 wrote:

remember when it was Master of Puppet's anniversary and they played the entire album live in their set? they should do that with Kill Em All now, i love that album and i think it's slowly being swept under the rug. kinda sad. oh ya, death magnetic owns!

[quote]maxxbuckeye54 wrote:

Yea, and oddly enough, I heard "Jump in the Fire" from Kill 'em All on a classic rock radio station the other day... Which is really kinda weird, considering the heaviest thing I've heard them play is "Crazy Train"

[vIsIbleNoIsE]

MonsterOfRock wrote:

"Heavyweights such as Ne-Yo and Nelly"

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahaha


sorry, couldn't resist.

hey, that's what i was thinking

[ironwolg]

who the hell's Ne-Yo? couldn't come up with a good name :P
MetallicA is awesome

[trendkill-]

The album also managed to beat out heavyweights such as Ne-Yo and Nelly, who came in at 2nd and 3rd respectively.

they aren't heavy wieghts they are mainstream bull shit

[ross1234]

BonezShaker wrote:

Ne-Yo and Nelly competition ?

since they're both big acts, yes i would consider them competition,in fact it wouldn't surprise me if either of these were number one and metallica were 2 or 3. and i agree to whoever said this is a good week for metal in terms of album sales, last i checked disturbed were in there somewhere aswell

[trendkill-]

Maniacal_Mikey wrote:

Toker420 wrote:

Metallica sucks now days. Their new album blew major ass but i guess its better than everything else. Its sad to see all new music is shit.

Maniacal_Mikey wrote:
Well, I think you stand alone in this discussion

no he isnt the new album sucks compared to the black album and back, metallica is crap now

[trendkill-]

The album also managed to beat out heavyweights such as Ne-Yo and Nelly, who came in at 2nd and 3rd respectively.

they aren't heavy wieghts they are mainstream bull shit

[Andras5soul]

As it should be! Metallica for life!

[jetfuel495]

i love hip hop, but there is no way that ne-yo or nelly could ever compete with metallica. ever.

[Mihyaeru]

who the hell is Ne-Yo?

[PanteraBread]

hopefully trivium will be able to do the same, but that's a long stretch.

[prophetsfan]

Kelicon wrote:

All of September metal has ruled the charts! Slipknot then Metallica!!!! Fuck yeah baby!!!!! We're BACK!!!

HOO RAWR! \m/

[maxxbuckeye54]

This1GoesTo11 wrote:

Great Hetfield/Hammett interview in Guitar World this month. Highly recommended.

you're so right!

[ross1234]

PanteraBread wrote:

hopefully trivium will be able to do the same, but that's a long stretch.

i agree, they're new albums on myspace and it sounds ****ing amazing

[tom-the-lawn]

MonsterOfRock wrote:

"Heavyweights such as Ne-Yo and Nelly"

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahaha


sorry, couldn't resist.

All they're saying is that those artists sell a lot of records. But I'm glad to finally see the rappers get knocked off the charts.

[BassmastaRob]

Bocob wrote:

No ****ing hip hop artists will top Metallica

Metallica are gods and play true music

Ehhhhh. I think that T.I.'s Paper Trail is going to take #1 next week.

[strat07]

kirkhammettruls :
Wigert wrote:

Is it just me or are they posting new metallica news 24/7?

good. i hope they dont ever stop

Use google!

[BrainScan]

The new album is ok, nothing great. but, like most other people here, i give congrats to them. i hope the album stays number one for a long time

[VortexOfSouls]

BassmastaRob wrote:

Bocob wrote:

No ****ing hip hop artists will top Metallica

Metallica are gods and play true music

Ehhhhh. I think that T.I.'s Paper Trail is going to take #1 next week.

Yeah, that's what really stinks. Metallica actually plays "music".

[Jondy]

Orion999 wrote:

TheWickerMan666 wrote:

Much of the record’s success can be attributed to the extensive airplay of its first single, "The Day That Never Comes", which topped the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.


Yeeeeep.
That killed it for me.


But the only reason something's mainstream is because lots of people listen to it. It doesn't (necessarily) mean it's bad. Metallica deserve to be mainstream!

I do think it's bad if an artist/band tries to be mainstream though. Music should be about expression, not popularity or money. I think Metallica have really expressed themselves with Death Magnetic, so they deserve to do well!

Amen

imo it isn't so bad that a song by them made their album popular, so much as the song that made the album popular was (imo anyways) the worst song on the entire album. seriously, i almost puked when i heard "love is a four letter word" yeah that's deep. real deep man. they really expect a metal audience to see any significance in a word having 4 letters?

[iamadrummer]

i still need to get this ablum

[TokaiRocker2000]

Metallicas crap streak is well and truly over. They have mainstream popularity, and still thrash harder than any other band has and ever will- welcome back boys.

[ZakkRox90]

**** yea Metallica! album of the year.

nelly and ne-yo.....really? no

[Shredder Guitar]

maxxbuckeye54 wrote:

remember when it was Master of Puppet's anniversary and they played the entire album live in their set? they should do that with Kill Em All now, i love that album and i think it's slowly being swept under the rug. kinda sad. oh ya, death magnetic owns!

they did that in Rock Am Ring. i have the entire concert video on my iPod =D

[Shredder Guitar]

maxxbuckeye54 wrote:

This1GoesTo11 wrote:

Great Hetfield/Hammett interview in Guitar World this month. Highly recommended.


you're so right!

Indeed. theres a good 14 pages of Hetfield, 10 of Hammett, and a 10 page history of the band's first decade.

[MasterStafy]

Toker420 wrote:

Metallica sucks now days. Their new album blew major ass but i guess its better than everything else. Its sad to see all new music is shit.

go die. if your not a metallica fan then dont comment.

[MasterStafy]

TokaiRocker2000 wrote:

Metallicas crap streak is well and truly over. They have mainstream popularity, and still thrash harder than any other band has and ever will- welcome back boys.

oh definetly

[devilsfan30]

nelly an ke-yo... who in gods name is that. Metallica rules. DM rules. They deserve every good thing ther're getting right now! Show those new band how to make REAL music!

[shenanigans]

tim311mahoney wrote:

I could never figure out if billboard calculated worldwide sales or just US. If it doesn't calculate worldwide then I'd be curious to see what the global totals are so far.

Billboard is just the US. So far it has sold about 827,000 copies in the US alone.

[markojuo]

Mihyaeru wrote:

who the hell is Ne-Yo?

i think you mean WHAT the hell is ne-yo?

[euan_soad]

Excellent

[Metalhead817x]

Ne-Yo's songs are all generally about the same thing (meeting a chick in the club,sex,bad relationships,love,you get the point),I dunno how he's popular,he sucks real hard,and I dunno how he got up to the caliber that Metallica is now on the Billboard,because I don't think he can sing or dance,he sounds like he's whining half the time.I bought Death Magnetic,and that album,is worthy of the top position on the Billboard.Welcome back Metallica.

[Metallica5455]

this is some good news....i hope they will stick to that position for a long time to show that rap should disappear of the earth !...i'm glad to see that Metallica is back !

[Inno_a_Satana]

it's nice to see metallica release an album with some balls for the first time in nearly 20 years (their best since ...and justice imho. that's right. i like it better than the black album. suck it:P). and it's selling like crazy on top of that. niiice...

[crocoscar]

"artists like Ne-Yo and Nelly"

LOL WUT ?

[Insomnia57]

yeah, im pretty sure Kings of Leon will beat them very soon.

[Dreaming-V]

metallica

[Demite]

METALLLLIIICUUUUHHH!

[highwaystar240]

Im really happy that metallica is nominated to be inducted into hall of fame,however, i'm sad that deep purple isn't already there.they are a true legend, even more than metallica themselves.

[georgejonez]

first band in history to have 5 albums debut at number 1...damn, metallica is still carving history in the huge chunk of ore we lovingly call,...METAL

[Czechs Mix]

That seems ironic that Nelly is in third, he had a song called "No.1":

"I am number 1. Two is not a winner and three nobody remembers."

I just thought that was kind of funny.

[helvete_og_død]

this&that wrote:

what in the world is a Ne-Yo?

it's that thing that comes marching in, crawls up your leg and bites the inside of your ass

[randyaintdead82]

remember when it was Master of Puppet's anniversary and they played the entire album live in their set? they should do that with Kill Em All now, i love that album and i think it's slowly being swept under the rug. kinda sad. oh ya, death magnetic owns!

yeah the new album is amazing but what about RTL did they play that in its entitrety in 2004? thats their best album imo

[metal_666_man]

helvete_og_død wrote:

this&that wrote:

what in the world is a Ne-Yo?
it's that thing that comes marching in, crawls up your leg and bites the inside of your ass

LOL funny stuff

[kmchipower]

kill'em all is pretty much a metallica-megadeth hybrid album...i dont care if dave only had 4 song credits or whatever it was...listen to the guitar...its all dave mustaine style. so they would never do that. they try so hard NOT to mention dave when asked about that record as it is.

randyaintdead82 wrote:

remember when it was Master of Puppet's anniversary and they played the entire album live in their set? they should do that with Kill Em All now, i love that album and i think it's slowly being swept under the rug. kinda sad. oh ya, death magnetic owns!

yeah the new album is amazing but what about RTL did they play that in its entitrety in 2004? thats their best album imo

[Mihyaeru]

Czechs Mix :
That seems ironic that Nelly is in third, he had a song called "No.1":

"I am number 1. Two is not a winner and three nobody remembers."

I just thought that was kind of funny.

Well that made me laugh!

[riceranger12345]

Toker420 wrote:

Metallica sucks now days. Their new album blew major ass but i guess its better than everything else. Its sad to see all new music is shit.

your an idiot
in fact your the reason why ne-yo and nelly are "harsh competition

[David_Bowie=GOD]

this&that wrote:

what in the world is a Ne-Yo?

a decent R&B artist, I admit he has a little bit of talent, but ne-yo sounds more like a type of yo yo than a person.

[The_Raven]

lol if Death Magnetic tops Black Album

[ghostofhendrix]

lilscooter11 wrote:

Maybe with this the stupid radio 1 indie lovers will realise that Metal is back and give more airplay, I mean I noticed they've been playing Black Tide on BBC Radio 1, BLACK TIDE!? They've grown huge in like a month, let alone a year :P. Like Jack Black says, "You cannot kill the metal, The metal will live on!"

Lol that's true, and Black Tide aren't even that good! They're like a half assed knock off of Megadeth!

[LazyLatinoRocke]

trendkill- wrote:

The album also managed to beat out heavyweights such as Ne-Yo and Nelly, who came in at 2nd and 3rd respectively.
they aren't heavy wieghts they are mainstream bull shit

You can tell what what artists have talent. When you become a mainstream artist you almost automatically start at the billboard while metal doesn't. Yet the metal artists climb to the top slaughtering all that were there before and the others fall.

[ovation08]

All Nightmare Long you mother tokin pothead Toker420...smoke another joint so you can burn up some more brain cells! Fuck 420 and all druggies!

[rattlehead924]

PanteraBread wrote:

hopefully trivium will be able to do the same, but that's a long stretch.

seeing as trivium wishes they were metallica i wouldn't be too suprised if it happened

[AFrozenFlame89]

ovation08 wrote:

All Nightmare Long you mother tokin pothead Toker420...smoke another joint so you can burn up some more brain cells! Fuck 420 and all druggies!

That will teach 'em.


That aside, the new album is pretty good. Deservedly number 1.

[krgan]

They really deserve number 1 spot. Respect to them

[Strato-Massacre]

metal will never die.

[NecroMaster]

Actual musicians on the charts these days. shit is looking good! Metallica do deserve it, still going strong after all these years!

[bloodbath519]

This album got boring after 1 weekend. Can see why its #1. Typical mainstream crap.

[JPetrucci25]

Mootallica wrote:

Damn, That's almost 1 million albums in the US alone in it's first week.

This album might top The Black Album in sales Worldwide.

truth be told, this album is better than the black album and deserves to sell more albums. and metallica isint back, they were never gone!

[JPetrucci25]

bloodbath519 wrote:

This album got boring after 1 weekend. Can see why its #1. Typical mainstream crap.

typical mainstream crap? what do you like? underground death metal bands that no1's ever heard of? get real. nothing being released these days compares to this album. idc what people say about children of bodom, arch enemy, all those crap bands. that sisint true music. metallica is

[zapatista89]

thats four days in a row weve had a metallica headline

[billweiser]

maxxbuckeye54 wrote:

remember when it was Master of Puppet's anniversary and they played the entire album live in their set? they should do that with Kill Em All now, i love that album and i think it's slowly being swept under the rug. kinda sad. oh ya, death magnetic owns!

I went to the £5 O2 Arena gig in London and they played quite a lot from Kill Em All, well 3 or 4 songs, but still... not being swept under the rug as you might think!

[Gnluser383]

Decent album. Certainly exceeded my expectations haha. Getting tired of all this Metallica news though...

[MasterStafy]

Czechs Mix wrote:

That seems ironic that Nelly is in third, he had a song called "No.1":

"I am number 1. Two is not a winner and three nobody remembers."

I just thought that was kind of funny.

hey thats irony if i ever heard it.

[courtkid1012]

It goes on.... everytime Metallica sneezes they get an article...

[MasterStafy]

Gnluser383 wrote:

Decent album. Certainly exceeded my expectations haha. Getting tired of all this Metallica news though...

I am fine with it. I live metallica so this isn't new for me. everyday I look for something about metallica.

[goon316]

The new album is alright. It definatley blows St. Anger out of the water but it is nothing compared to Master, Ride, Justice, and Metallica (black). I'm glad to see them selling albums though, they deserve it for giving us so much great music over the years.

[Exxol]

this is a good album.. im so glad Metallica came out with something like this... St. Anger would have been a terrible cd to leave on.

who the **** is Ne-Yo and how are they competition?

[mitch311]

Definitely deserved it, they have no competition haha

[iksero]

what you metalli-heads fail to see is that there are other genres of "music" and people who like those genre's of music. Although R&B and rap music aren't as guitar oriented, it is still music in it's own right. The fact off the matter is; most of the time, R&B singers are often more technically talented vocally than metal singers. I am quite aware that i am going to get flamed for this. Give credit where credit is due. Metallica put out a decent album. However, saying that Ne-yo and Nelly isn't music is pathetic, pretentious ****. I am not a fan of them(ne-yo or nelly)personally, but that's what's wonderful about our opinions! It's just that: OUR OPINIONS!

[LD_Luke D]

NO ONE can kill the metal.

Jack Black was right after all =D

+1, by the way whats the hell's a ne-yo, sounds like a yo-yo gone wrong

[danrawkz]

1 million people embracing shitty production

[wolfhowl11]

Paper Trail by T.I is gonna wipe off this shit record foh sho

[curmudgeon7]

This is great news, hope Metallica stays on top for a long time and rock can take over these charts.

[Ktool The Girth]

eetfuk58 wrote:

BonezShaker wrote:

Ne-Yo and Nelly competition ?

haha yeah what a joke. kinda sad people even buy enough of their sh*t to make them any sort of competition to a band as amazing as metallica.

Yea, its sad that people have a different taste in music than you, isnt it?

[Ktool The Girth]

VortexOfSouls wrote:

BassmastaRob wrote:

Bocob wrote:

No ****ing hip hop artists will top Metallica

Metallica are gods and play true music

Ehhhhh. I think that T.I.'s Paper Trail is going to take #1 next week.

Yeah, that's what really stinks. Metallica actually plays "music".

Every band/artist/singer plays music.

[thedekker]

a freaken dog with a note could outsell nelly

way to go metallica you rock

[GMPX]

I read in the paper here in Australia that people are now buying up the old albums now as well, and KEA, RTL, Puppets and Justice are back in the charts down in #23, #30 etc. Crazy! But I am really glad if these are new Metallica fans discovering the old (best) stuff.

[pootoob]

Mootallica wrote:

Damn, That's almost 1 million albums in the US alone in it's first week.

This album might top The Black Album in sales Worldwide.

Doubt it. It's not unusual for huge bands to sell that kind of amount in opening week. Coldplay's new album sold like 700,000 in first week, and back in the day, Pearl Jam's Vitalogy opened with like 800,000 and that only sold like 7 million.

It'll probably get like 5,000,000 tops, since a lot of people who bought Black bought it cos of the singles 'Nothing Else Matters' and 'Enter Sandman', and this album lacks a killer single like that.

[noodlegts]

METALLICA!!!!!

[alnicoV]

jmetalf wrote:

No one ever thought metal would come back so fast. I bet Kurt Cobain is crying in his grave.

why do we always have to drag grunge into this, hes probably saying how much of a tool you are anyway.

[markazord]

iksero wrote:

what you metalli-heads fail to see is that there are other genres of "music" and people who like those genre's of music. Although R&B and rap music aren't as guitar oriented, it is still music in it's own right. The fact off the matter is; most of the time, R&B singers are often more technically talented vocally than metal singers. I am quite aware that i am going to get flamed for this. Give credit where credit is due. Metallica put out a decent album. However, saying that Ne-yo and Nelly isn't music is pathetic, pretentious ****. I am not a fan of them(ne-yo or nelly)personally, but that's what's wonderful about our opinions! It's just that: OUR OPINIONS!

thankyou, im neither a fan of metallica or nelly/neo, but people denying they are'nt heavyweights seems very elite-ist, trying to deny sales just because they don't appreciate another genre of music.

I'm pretty shocked at UG, it usually has quite a balanced opinion in these stories, but it seems overuled with 'no, metallica is real music' and even a few 'go die if you don't like the new album'

you just seem petty, (sorry for high horse rant)

[samerika]

MonsterOfRock wrote:

"Heavyweights such as Ne-Yo and Nelly"

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahaha


sorry, couldn't resist.

i know just awesome xD

[spikedemon!]

its funny how ppl give them SO MUCH SHIT when they make a so-so album and praise them so hardcore when they make a brilliant album. Two-faced ****ing metal lovers.

[RUSTDOGG666]

this album deserves to be at number 1 forever until they release another one.

[HostileFTW]

Kelicon wrote:

All of September metal has ruled the charts! Slipknot then Metallica!!!! Fuck yeah baby!!!!! We're BACK!!!

Slipknot isn't metal.

[Sound Mind]

Bocob wrote:

No ****ing hip hop artists will top Metallica

Metallica are gods and play true music

First of all, who are you to judge true music? And second, hip-hop artists could top them, Lil Wayne managed to go platinum in a week so I'm sure some other rapper could as well.

[HostileFTW]

iksero wrote:

what you metalli-heads fail to see is that there are other genres of "music" and people who like those genre's of music. Although R&B and rap music aren't as guitar oriented, it is still music in it's own right. The fact off the matter is; most of the time, R&B singers are often more technically talented vocally than metal singers. I am quite aware that i am going to get flamed for this. Give credit where credit is due. Metallica put out a decent album. However, saying that Ne-yo and Nelly isn't music is pathetic, pretentious ****. I am not a fan of them(ne-yo or nelly)personally, but that's what's wonderful about our opinions! It's just that: OUR OPINIONS!

Phil Anselmo would like to have a word with you on the r&b vocals are more talented subject... btw, most of R%B vocals are generic and have been heard 500 times before.

[fcukinghostile]

METALLICA!!

[Thyrfing]

At least they got rid of constipated Lars on every Metallica headline.

[wilson 595]

Ibzman wrote:

BonezShaker wrote:

Ne-Yo and Nelly competition ?
Exactly what I thought. What kind of world do we live in if one of the (if not THE) greatest band ever gets competition from Ne-Yo and Nelly ?..

we live in a really ****ed up world of trends, where people dont know what real music is.

glad to see real music at #1 like it should

[radiofriendly]

and they shall stay there for a while

heavyweights nelly? ne-yo?
hahahhahahahahahahhahahahaha

[Imperial]

spikedemon! wrote:

its funny how ppl give them SO MUCH SHIT when they make a so-so album and praise them so hardcore when they make a brilliant album. Two-faced ****ing metal lovers.

Hey man, not all of us metal lovers are like that. Me for one.

On subject, Death Magnetic sounded good. Some songs were average though, but there's a good handful that stick out.

[Aftertime]

this is awesome! only metallica can take thrash metal and take it to number 1 beatng those "heavyweights" rnb artists

[A3r0sm1th]

Metallica Rocks! The Day That Never Comes is there best track from the newest album!

[Mr. Skull]

nobody's pimpin out ho's or hustlin dope this week. metallica is king!!!

Checked

[Jazzmandtk]

Not a big Metallica fan but I am happy to hear this. They deserve it very much

[curmudgeon7]

DIE MU-FU GANGSTERS!!!!! ROCK IS BACK!!!!!

[ozzynator]

This is a great day for Metalheads, a proof that we are here to stay , Metal slaughtered all those crap artists and reclaimed the throne again, hopefully for a long time.
\m/ \m/

[Set-Abominae]

Wait, who the hell is Ne-Yo?

I'm a little behind on pop music.

[2113]

funny how you would celebrate your favorite band being used as a tool for Billboard, Hot Topic and major record labels.

They'll probably just chase after piracy with this money, both Metallica and the record labels.

[Centurion]

Good album, and I'm definitley glad they're doing so well after the St. Anger travesty...

[satriani343]

i dont give a shit if its not as good as there old albums, as long as it keeps beating nelly and ne-yo this is my favorite metallica album ever, **** rap, metallica have more talent in there pinkies then most of the shit topping the charts these days

[Shimekiri]

This confuses me. Death Magnetic is NOT good album and yet it sells like crazy!

[AmpleSteak]

To everyone that think Nelly and Ne-Yo aren't compeition is just stupid. Sure Metallica is a much better band but with the incredibley stupid popularity of Rap and R&B it is technically competition.

[curmudgeon7]

satriani343 wrote:

i dont give a shit if its not as good as there old albums, as long as it keeps beating nelly and ne-yo this is my favorite metallica album ever, **** rap, metallica have more talent in there pinkies then most of the shit topping the charts these days

you're damn right !

[insatyrguitar]

spikedemon! wrote:

its funny how ppl give them SO MUCH SHIT when they make a so-so album and praise them so hardcore when they make a brilliant album. Two-faced ****ing metal lovers.

no... its called NOT being overloyal

would you buy every toyota that came out if you thought half of them sucked?

exactly, shut up

[UnorganizedKaos]

lilscooter11 wrote:

Maybe with this the stupid radio 1 indie lovers will realise that Metal is back and give more airplay, I mean I noticed they've been playing Black Tide on BBC Radio 1, BLACK TIDE!? They've grown huge in like a month, let alone a year :P. Like Jack Black says, "You cannot kill the metal, The metal will live on!"

Grunge tried to kill the metal, but they failed and were smashed to the ground!! HA! LONG LIVE METALLICA!!!!

[Mr. Skull]

Shimekiri wrote:

This confuses me. Death Magnetic is NOT good album and yet it sells like crazy!

it makes sense if you figure that rap and shitty hip-hop usually top the charts haha
Metallica!!!

[dvd_dq]

this is all very predictable with such a massive amount of fans, and this being released 8 years after total crap.

[Mootallica]

dannyloughran wrote:

Mootallica wrote:

Damn, That's almost 1 million albums in the US alone in it's first week.

This album might top The Black Album in sales Worldwide.

Yer only another 13 million to go in the US alone... haha

I think Metallica sold 14 million copies, DM hasnt even reached 1 yet!

DM has been out for 1 week.
Metallica (album) has been out for 17 years.

[thedarkblues06]

eetfuk58 wrote:

...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!!!!!

No, Death Magnetic. Ne-Yo competition, huh? Put them in a ring and let's see who's competitive, because I can guarantee you any member of Metallica (even Lars Ulrich) can kick the SHIT out of that talentless no hack wannabe rapper.

[Victoria-R]

I bet you all hate MTV, VH1, and whatnot. The mainstream. Yet your favorite band is on the top charts. How awesome.

MetalInjected89 wrote:

I am very proud to know that people are opening there eyes to real music and not letting overrated piles of crap like Ne-Yo take the top spot although metallica will obviously not be on top forever at least we can remember these days when Metallica beat out all these morons that other people call musicians.. LONG LIVE METALLICA!!

Wrong. Just because Metallica is up there in the charts doesn't mean that people have "opened themselves up to real music". Metallica is just one of the many talented (arguable) musicians out there that people decide to selectively listen to. So according to your argument, and I refute, theoretically people are not musically saved.

And, god, I've said this many times: metal (as much I may not show much appreciation towards it) is not dead. Nor is rock. Nor is the f*cking "real music", as you say it. You have to look out to more than what's projected on TV, the radio and whatnot. Don't expect the Music to always come to you.

Actually, f*ckers, guess what? There are rap and r'n'b artists that DESERVE their title as an "artist". Of course, I'm not specifically talking about Ne-yo or Nelly, but you cannot say that rap artists are untalented or shitty unless you've listened to Public Enemy and Nas' "Illmatic".

[metal2thebone]

I love the album. Best rock/metal album of 08 IMO

[curmudgeon7]

Victoria-R wrote:

I bet you all hate MTV, VH1, and whatnot. The mainstream. Yet your favorite band is on the top charts. How awesome.

MetalInjected89 wrote:

I am very proud to know that people are opening there eyes to real music and not letting overrated piles of crap like Ne-Yo take the top spot although metallica will obviously not be on top forever at least we can remember these days when Metallica beat out all these morons that other people call musicians.. LONG LIVE METALLICA!!

Wrong. Just because Metallica is up there in the charts doesn't mean that people have "opened themselves up to real music". Metallica is just one of the many talented (arguable) musicians out there that people decide to selectively listen to. So according to your argument, and I refute, theoretically people are not musically saved.

And, god, I've said this many times: metal (as much I may not show much appreciation towards it) is not dead. Nor is rock. Nor is the f*cking "real music", as you say it. You have to look out to more than what's projected on TV, the radio and whatnot. Don't expect the Music to always come to you.

Actually, f*ckers, guess what? There are rap and r'n'b artists that DESERVE their title as an "artist". Of course, I'm not specifically talking about Ne-yo or Nelly, but you cannot say that rap artists are untalented or shitty unless you've listened to Public Enemy and Nas' "Illmatic".

Why are you so mad?
You are not a nice person. I don't like anymore. And I definitely do not agree with your primitive way of thinking.

[silent caution]

thats awesome, its a very good album....great job fans keep on buying the rock/metal albums

[Victoria-R]

curmudgeon7 wrote:

Victoria-R wrote:

I bet you all hate MTV, VH1, and whatnot. The mainstream. Yet your favorite band is on the top charts. How awesome.

MetalInjected89 wrote:

I am very proud to know that people are opening there eyes to real music and not letting overrated piles of crap like Ne-Yo take the top spot although metallica will obviously not be on top forever at least we can remember these days when Metallica beat out all these morons that other people call musicians.. LONG LIVE METALLICA!!

Wrong. Just because Metallica is up there in the charts doesn't mean that people have "opened themselves up to real music". Metallica is just one of the many talented (arguable) musicians out there that people decide to selectively listen to. So according to your argument, and I refute, theoretically people are not musically saved.

And, god, I've said this many times: metal (as much I may not show much appreciation towards it) is not dead. Nor is rock. Nor is the f*cking "real music", as you say it. You have to look out to more than what's projected on TV, the radio and whatnot. Don't expect the Music to always come to you.

Actually, f*ckers, guess what? There are rap and r'n'b artists that DESERVE their title as an "artist". Of course, I'm not specifically talking about Ne-yo or Nelly, but you cannot say that rap artists are untalented or shitty unless you've listened to Public Enemy and Nas' "Illmatic".

Why are you so mad?
You are not a nice person. I don't like anymore. And I definitely do not agree with your primitive way of thinking.

I'm not mad. This is not a primitive way of thinking, I take it more of a "realist point of view". Mine.

So let me try to understand this... I'm not a nice person because I'm saying what I feel is right? But incidentally, everyone else who expressed their opinions similar as mine aren't?

I'm interested to hear why you are in discordance.

[Victoria-R]

I mean, "they are?"

[kemo1121]

nelly.... what a joke

[maleathe]

Congrats to Metallica. Although I'm happy to see a metal group at #1, I just can't get into Death Magnetic. The album does rock, but none of the songs really have a hook that sticks with me. Most of it sounds pretty generic. Still, a much better album than anything they've put out for a while.

[SlipKn0t005]

lmao i couldn't agree more with mosterofrock....ha!

[BonjoviPatte]

jmetalf wrote:

No one ever thought metal would come back so fast. I bet Kurt Cobain is crying in his grave.

Well Kurt was in fact a fan of Metallica. Kirk recently told about when Kurt was in the front row of a Metallica concert and asked them to play Whiplash.

[DamagedWill]

They still got it.

[Metallicaloveu]

I love the "harsh competition" - I continue to dream fights between Metallica and 50 cent with is gorilla unit...

[hmtsme]

MonsterOfRock wrote:

"Heavyweights such as Ne-Yo and Nelly"

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahaha


sorry, couldn't resist.

Although I find the statement also a bit funny, he's right. They are heavyweights; I mean, they're mainstream, and Metallica's not. That actually makes Metallica's achievement worth even more :o

[purebredmutt]

well, like the did with puppets they should do a justice concert for their 20th anniversary of their best album. oh god i'd be creaming my pants for days on end if they did

[purebredmutt]

HostileFTW wrote:

Kelicon wrote:

All of September metal has ruled the charts! Slipknot then Metallica!!!! Fuck yeah baby!!!!! We're BACK!!!

Slipknot isn't metal.

i hear you on that one. as much as this pains me to say they are metal. although they are the shitty genre of metal: nu-metal. go die in a hole, maggots!

[Last_In_Line44]

finally! reall music is back!

[condarkis]

Anyone pick up on the horrid mixing job?

There is no dynamics - The sound level of one guitar alone, is the same as when the whole band comes in, the sound is just fatter...

and the distortion on the drums - particularly the snare, it clips almost everysingle time it is played, esepcially in "the day that never comes"

""If you love the songs on Metallica's new album, Death Magnetic and think the band has written some of its best material in years, but were very disappointed with the CD's sound/production, then this is for you," reads an e-mail apparently sent to several members of Metallica's forum including mastering engineer Ian Shepherd, who helped uncover the mastering issue many say plagues the CD version of the album. "A 'name' metal producer who has worked with some of the top bands in the genre has put together this version of Metallica's 'Broken, Beat & Scarred' using only six separated/extracted tracks from Guitar Hero.""

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/09/name-metal-pr od.html

The worst part, is that SOMEHOW - metallica signed off on the tracks and mixing - Ted Jensen who mastered it takes no credit for it, and blames it all on the producer.

"has anyone heard the new Metallica CD?
Wow, whats with the distorition all over the CD? Full Scale most of the time.
I wonder who mastered it,there is no mention of the mastering engineer on the CD."

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/mastering-forum/32778 6-death-magnetic.html


just a few thoughts...

[rayq78]

Metallica!! mabuhay!! hehehe....=P

[Wilkesy1000]

thats the way it should be

[GoldSoundzUKNZ]

the only time you'll see ne-yo and nelly mentioned on ug... are we going to get this update each week that metallica stays on the top 200 charts? because it'll be there a while!

[Lvt36]

desimate wrote:

BonezShaker wrote:

Ne-Yo and Nelly competition ?

and 'harsh' competition at that apparently.

good to see, the album is amazing. thoouuugh, is it just me, or does lars really look like an alien in the pic . . .

haha so true. especially the bit about lars. i lol

[7stringuzr]

BriGuy7727 wrote:

Nelly's a terrible rapper. His new CD won't crack 100K copies. He fell off completely.
Ne-Yo is a very talented musician. He ghost writes for many other R&B artists & does most of his backing tracks personally (playing guitar on Closer, etc). He at least is not a bad #2. Stop knocking him...
Metallica's new album, however, is awesome. I can see why it's #1 still. I ordered it on iTunes the day it came out.

ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks, ne-yo sucks,

[Lvt36]

Victoria-R wrote:

curmudgeon7 wrote:

Victoria-R wrote:

I bet you all hate MTV, VH1, and whatnot. The mainstream. Yet your favorite band is on the top charts. How awesome.

MetalInjected89 wrote:

I am very proud to know that people are opening there eyes to real music and not letting overrated piles of crap like Ne-Yo take the top spot although metallica will obviously not be on top forever at least we can remember these days when Metallica beat out all these morons that other people call musicians.. LONG LIVE METALLICA!!

Wrong. Just because Metallica is up there in the charts doesn't mean that people have "opened themselves up to real music". Metallica is just one of the many talented (arguable) musicians out there that people decide to selectively listen to. So according to your argument, and I refute, theoretically people are not musically saved.

And, god, I've said this many times: metal (as much I may not show much appreciation towards it) is not dead. Nor is rock. Nor is the f*cking "real music", as you say it. You have to look out to more than what's projected on TV, the radio and whatnot. Don't expect the Music to always come to you.

Actually, f*ckers, guess what? There are rap and r'n'b artists that DESERVE their title as an "artist". Of course, I'm not specifically talking about Ne-yo or Nelly, but you cannot say that rap artists are untalented or shitty unless you've listened to Public Enemy and Nas' "Illmatic".

Why are you so mad?
You are not a nice person. I don't like anymore. And I definitely do not agree with your primitive way of thinking.

I'm not mad. This is not a primitive way of thinking, I take it more of a "realist point of view". Mine.

So let me try to understand this... I'm not a nice person because I'm saying what I feel is right? But incidentally, everyone else who expressed their opinions similar as mine aren't?

I'm interested to hear why you are in discordance.

It takea a ****load more skill to shred like kirk does then string words that rhyme....

[cj10schmelzer]

Broken, Beat and Scarred... Probably one of the best metallica songs ive heard in a while.

[ihavenoname93]

tomorrows hedlines:'KIRK HAMMETT TAKES 1,000,000TH SHIT.

oh well, metallica deserves it, metal is back!

[Zero_Mike]

I'll take Metallica over Ne-Yo and Nelly any day of the week.

Thrash > rap.

[Smithsc]

This is great, finally some real f**kin music instead of this rap sh*t at number 1!!

[emkaybee]

MasterStafy wrote:

Toker420 wrote:

Metallica sucks now days. Their new album blew major ass but i guess its better than everything else. Its sad to see all new music is shit.


go die.

no u.

I've never been a big fan of Metallica.. but, eh... they're better than Nelly.

[emkaybee]

Lvt36 wrote:

Victoria-R wrote:

curmudgeon7 wrote:

Victoria-R wrote:

I bet you all hate MTV, VH1, and whatnot. The mainstream. Yet your favorite band is on the top charts. How awesome.

MetalInjected89 wrote:

I am very proud to know that people are opening there eyes to real music and not letting overrated piles of crap like Ne-Yo take the top spot although metallica will obviously not be on top forever at least we can remember these days when Metallica beat out all these morons that other people call musicians.. LONG LIVE METALLICA!!

Wrong. Just because Metallica is up there in the charts doesn't mean that people have "opened themselves up to real music". Metallica is just one of the many talented (arguable) musicians out there that people decide to selectively listen to. So according to your argument, and I refute, theoretically people are not musically saved.

And, god, I've said this many times: metal (as much I may not show much appreciation towards it) is not dead. Nor is rock. Nor is the f*cking "real music", as you say it. You have to look out to more than what's projected on TV, the radio and whatnot. Don't expect the Music to always come to you.

Actually, f*ckers, guess what? There are rap and r'n'b artists that DESERVE their title as an "artist". Of course, I'm not specifically talking about Ne-yo or Nelly, but you cannot say that rap artists are untalented or shitty unless you've listened to Public Enemy and Nas' "Illmatic".

Why are you so mad?
You are not a nice person. I don't like anymore. And I definitely do not agree with your primitive way of thinking.

I'm not mad. This is not a primitive way of thinking, I take it more of a "realist point of view". Mine.

So let me try to understand this... I'm not a nice person because I'm saying what I feel is right? But incidentally, everyone else who expressed their opinions similar as mine aren't?

I'm interested to hear why you are in discordance.


It takea a ****load more skill to shred like kirk does then string words that rhyme....

You can't measure skill.

But, I'd accept your almighty wisdom if you're adept at both rapping and shredding... But I really just think you just seem like some obnoxious prat (could be wrong).

[Skirvy]

Im not even a big fan of metallica, and dont enjoy metal but,

Metallica > Nelly & Ne Yo
any ****ing day of the week.

[dlw]

metallica (metal) will always be better then this ne-yo and nelly. but just because metal hasn't been at the top for ages doesn't mean it died. if you really do feel that strongly about rnb sh** then you wouldn't care because you should know other bands and metals been in other places not including the mainstream f**ks views. mtv, vh1 suck. scuzz gets slightly shit even. everyone knows bands like metallica, maiden, sabbath, but not bands like thrudvanger , exodus, bathory, alestorm.

btw...whoever said that ne-yo does his own guitar for closer, what is that three f**cking chords. f**king idiot.


metal ftw....

[magimintage]

hmtsme wrote:

MonsterOfRock wrote:

"Heavyweights such as Ne-Yo and Nelly"

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahaha


sorry, couldn't resist.

They are heavyweights; I mean, they're mainstream, and Metallica's not. :o

Mainstream; Metallica's not

Wat.

[NecroMaster]

I laugh at all these people that seem angry at Metallica for actually get in the charts...so ****in' what? Just because other people like it other than a small population of metalheads doesn't mean they 'sold out' get over it. Your elitist views on music are stupid.

[Victoria-R]

Lvt36 wrote:
It takea a ****load more skill to shred like kirk does then string words that rhyme....

Did you ****ing read what I wrote?

emkaybee wrote:
You can't measure skill.

But, I'd accept your almighty wisdom if you're adept at both rapping and shredding... But I really just think you just seem like some obnoxious prat (could be wrong).

Your point? It's kind of contradicting everyone else's persepective of this whole thing.

That's how people turn out to be when you debate with them- whether you're witty or not.

[Metalhead817x]

Not Saying Ne-Yo or Nelly don't have talent,obviously they wouldn't have made it far if they didn't,but I don't have a tolerance for new R&B and rap music,I'd rather listen to polka or country music over rap and R&B.

[estranged_g_n_r]

MetalInjected89 wrote:

I am very proud to know that people are opening there eyes to real music and not letting overrated piles of crap like Ne-Yo take the top spot although metallica will obviously not be on top forever at least we can remember these days when Metallica beat out all these morons that other people call musicians.. LONG LIVE METALLICA!!

I disagree. Whether you like it or not, Ne-Yo and Nelly ARE musicians and play REAL music. Open your eyes and stop being so close minded.

[Victoria-R]

Metalhead817x wrote:

Not Saying Ne-Yo or Nelly don't have talent,obviously they wouldn't have made it far if they didn't,but I don't have a tolerance for new R&B and rap music,I'd rather listen to polka or country music over rap and R&B.

Metalhead817x wrote:

"...not letting overrated piles of crap like Ne-Yo take the top spot..."

LOL this is not serious. I don't think you know what you're saying.

It's called marketing- appealing to mediocrity. Anyone these days have "talent". I could've said I was a talented guitarist years ago when I only knew the chords and stuff, transitioned into them easily, while I didn't know my theories and whatnot. I can write a piece of shitty music talking about love and/or depression and anyone who can relate to that crap will say I'm talented. Just look at "emo" today.

It's just hard to maintain your status as a "great artist". Are you saying you don't value country as well? Bob Dylan, no?

This is sad.

And having no tolerance for them? You're f*cking brainwashed by media, buddy. GTFO the TV go see the good side of it before you make a uniform bias on what country, rap or r'n'b is.

[estranged_g_n_r]

Last_In_Line44 wrote:

finally! reall music is back!

....You're an idiot

[grandmetal90]

pogo_punkr wrote:

MonsterOfRock wrote:

"Heavyweights such as Ne-Yo and Nelly"

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahaha


sorry, couldn't resist.

Holy crap that is funny

yea neyo and nelly are both fags and shouldnt even be in considered in the same leage as Metallica

[CRroker!!]

METALLICA are BACK!!!! thank fuk and about time!!

bought the album the week it came out and as soon as "that was just your life"!!! started ringin threw ma ears a knew it!!

god bless metallica gods of metal!! and they deserve it!!

long live cliff burton, james hetfield, kirk hammet (HERO!), robert trujillo and for all u folk who h8 lars go fuk uresel, if u h8 lars u h8 metallica!! GOD BLESS LARS!!

p.s hope they tour scotland or at least england which they will!!