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The last album that arrived in my hands with such expectation as Death Magnetic was months ago - Justice in fact. Metallica really jumped backed into our good books a few years back when they played the entire of Master of Puppets at Download Festival, after years of being out in the corporate cold with their Napster mission and the whole St Anger debacle. Mondya night at the O2 Arena, Hetfield jokes 'Frantic'  is off the "very popular" St Anger album, to a giant groan from the audience. Hetfield laughs: "It still rocks".

Pleased that the album arrived before the show, nothing is under five minutes and only one under six. This isn’t the The Ramones, but it's just as fast. A few details seem to indicate this album will be great.

1. Rick Ruben (the lost member of ZZ-top) at the helm of buttons. Whom I would've thought cut through their rock star indecision: "Just make it like this, Ulrich, and shut up. I am taller then you have a beard and produced Licensed to Ill, Reign in Blood, Blood Sugar Sex Magic and Johnny Cash's last record - so listen up midget".

2. Every magazine that has had the album already has said 'return to form', but then every album since Master of Puppets has said that, every magazine wants the interview don't they?

3. It has the old logo on it.

The album opens with very distinct Metallica sound - it just couldn't be anyone else - and if it was, everyone would accuse them of sounding like Metallica. This album is so big it won't work on your crappy computer speakers. Throw it on the Tannoy Speakers, that’s better.

The single: 'The Day That Never Comes'. Big and anthemic, six minutes into it I'm starting to wonder how these old guys can remember the arrangement. I mean, I can't remember the password to my computer that I change a few weeks' back. I want listen in on the internal monitors they all wear. I bet there are arrangement prompts on it. Has to be. Of course, there there is a heavy argument that they are seasoned professionals, and they are playing the O2 Arena while I'm just watching. But have you seen Some Kind of Monster? If they were that good, surely Lars Ulrich would be a better drummer.