I laughed for about ten minutes because the new Pokemon and this album are releasing on the same day. That fact alone is more metal than Metallica.
That said...it's kind of sad to think that I'm kind of just not into Metallica anymore. The song did nothing for me, and it wasn't like a "omigosh I am /valleygirlvoice SO OVER /valleygirlvoice this". But I was just indifferent. I agree with some others in that it was a bit boring, all too similar to Death Magnetic riffs and all around uninspired. I'm just kind of done with the thrash metal scene. Which is fine. Metallica got me into music, I listened to them religiously throughout my early teens into my college years and have seen 'em multiple times in concert; I definitely had my time with the dudes but with DM doing not much for me and this new song doing even less... It's just one of those sad things in life that isn't really sad, but cause nostalgia it is.
Anyway, I hope the album does well because it does "sound" (sonically) a whole shit ton better than the past couple albums.
Also still can't get over Poketallica day. No... Metallimon. Yes. November 18th. Metallimon day.