Oh yeah...Death Magnetic is soooo much better than Saint Anger that I can't even begin to describe. It's worlds away. I agree with a lot of what you're saying. To me DM has become one of my fav metallica albums - although I still think it suffers from cut and paste a bit - like all the modern tallica albums seem to - like too many riffs before the real catchy one kicks in. I know they love to make it complex on guitar and that's why they're good...but at times it's like a song has three intros before it starts. Don't get me wrong great album though!

Anyway...i hear ya...i just can't compare...it's kinda like tits vs ass to me - they're for different things

I love CD and Death Magnetic...can't even get into what is better because they are so different. DM is awesome when you need riff based killer guitar licks and to bash your head to drums in that "fuck yeah" kinda way. It's just great at what it does. But then Chinese is an amazing album to me on so many levels...such deep songs that touch me and whatever else. I love guns and metallica! Each is for a different mood, but each hits the spot exactly.

Yeah I dunno what the problem with it is anyway. I guess people see it as overkill having two drummers, but it's no worse to me than 3 guitars and 2 keyboards..lol...this band works like a giant orchestra now...and while its unorthodox...it sounds pretty good.

I think it's a good solution. Brain can do the CD stuff that's got his signatures on it...and frank rocks out hard on the older stuff. I like frank...i saw him live in 07 and he gave the old songs a lot of the traditional rock kinda feel that they'd been lacking in recent times. He's a good fit.

As the risk of getting more and more fan boy, I think Frank, Ron, and DJ has the potential to sound VERY cool. I'm excited.