Metallica - The new albulm

A select group of people were given a chance to hear a few tracks from Metallica's new albulm. The lucky folks who were given this opportunity were: Bob Mulhouse of The Quietus, and representatives from Rock Sound, Kerrang! and Metal Hammer. This listening session took place in London on June 4th, where they were given a chance to preview 6 of the 10 tracks from the upcoming METALLICA album.
One of the songs has a working title of 'Flamingo' and is going to be the first single. It is a modernised version of their 1988 song 'One'. The next song is approximatly 6 minutes long and starts off with Robert Trujillo bass intro. Going from riff to riff quickly, this song is full of energy. James Hetfield repeatly shouts 'Luck runs out!' and plays some excellent riffs which sounds like they could have been borrowed from their 1988 album '…And Justice For All'. Kirk Hammett, the lead guitarist explodes into awesome riffs which he is so well known for. The third song sounds very similar to'…And Justice', a long, unhurried session which revolves around the line 'Bow down / Sell your soul to me / I will set you free,'. There is alot of soloing from Kirk Hammett. The forth one can be labelled as 'We Die Hard' since James Hetfield repeatly barks this phrase. This song starts real slow but jumps halfway through into an all stop-start riffs and a clever time signature. The fifth track is a combination of riffs of 'St. Anger' and Load. The final song is the best. In this final song, they have gone into thrash metal mode. It is alot like it's older and slower cousin - Battery, and has the ability to keep the older fans fully satisfied.
Overall, I think it is a good albulm with alot of solos and old style music with some new stuff thrown in. It is a mixed bag. But the older listeners of Metallica will be happy. The album is expected to hit the stands in Sep-Oct 2008 period.