Metallica Back In The Saddle??

Regan Boyce on 04.02.2012

Maybe it was a present for their 30th anniversary, or maybe it was the apology chocolates and flowers for the whole LuLu misunderstanding, either way Metallica’s Beyond Magnetic EP was a gift from heaven. Overlooking the fact that Metallica’s greatest release in the past 20 years is now four songs they chose NOT to put on the Death Magnetic album, the EP is a breath of fresh air for the 80’s die hards who sent death threats to poor old Lou Reed. When the four songs were released, the hype started immediately with youtube and facebook comments claiming that Metallica were back on top, the spirit of Cliff lives on and that Hetfield suddenly remembered how to write a song. I was skeptical at first, being away on holidays I could only read comments and I couldn’t hear the songs for myself. It was almost torturing until I stole my friends iPhone to find them on youtube, when I finally heard the EP all expectations were reached and thensome.