My alltime favorite band Metallica recently released their 9th studio album Death Magnetic.  Coming off a hugely disappointing 8th album, St. Anger, there was quite a bit of nervousness surrounding their latest release.  As the due date came, Metallica eased and mostly erased the fear that many fans were experiencing.  Song snippets and full length song pre-releases settled the fact that Metallica was in fact, back.

I’m glad Metallica was able to reinvent themselves this far into the game… they formed in 1981.  I’ll even be attending my 2nd Metallica concert in November.  I’m excited to see them again.  Last time, and the first time I saw them, was during the Summer Sanitarium tour in 2003.  That was at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis along with other bands, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, and a few other smaller bands.  Their current concert tour is an Arena tour so we’ll be seeing them at the Scottrade Center (formerly Savvis Center).  I’m not too excited about the introduction bands, Down and The Sword, but oh well, I’m sure the 2 hour Metallica portion will more than make up for that!