Finally something too hard to play on KPOP (or WPOP for you easterners). This album finds a way to creatively grind and knarl through 75 angry minutes. Nice to know Lars isn't just playing back-up once again. Other than the occassional overlay of voices, it seems like Metallica has gone back and made this album simple, clean, technically outstanding (which they've always been), and raw. Delightful and refreshing to see a band that has been so damn successful for so many years willing to kick half of their current fans out on their backside in exchange for pushing their own musical boundaries. One Bay Area local to the band--ROCK ON MOFOs!!