Metallica - Lords of Summer

     It's Monday, and for better or for worse I have cause to do another Metallica Monday. The cause? A demo version of a new Metallica song, that's what. I'm still not quite sure what to think about it, so you're going to have to come to your own conclusions.

      Metallica debuted "Lords of Summer" live maybe a week or so ago, and then had the good sense to provide a better-quality demo version a few days later. The track is reminiscent of the band's material for Death Magnetic, in the sense that it feels like it's trying to be reminiscent of Golden Age Metallica.

     But faster and longer songs/riffs do not a classic Metallica song make, and the band's latest attempt at recapturing some of the fire of their youth ends up coming off a little repetitive and artificially convoluted. If you haven't heard it yet, have a listen to the new song "Lords of Summer" and see if you think the boys are still masters of their metal domain.