That was a good quality recording.
The song definitely had potential. It was a bit bloated in the intro riffing, and the vocal melodies were back to very simplistic, but it had some really good riffing, and the instrumental section sounded very AJFA to me, with the guitar harmonies followed by the solo.
And I was impressed with their performance. Lars was downright solid, so the riffing was super tight, Hetfield was sounding good, and Hammett's soloing was ok too.
It sounds like the album might be going in the right direction. But what is a lord of summer? That doesn't sound very threatening or metal. It sounds like someone's about to throw a beach party.