Death Magnetic is Metallica's first studio album in five years,their last album St. Anger (multi-platinum) , was No. 1 in over 30 countries and has sold nearly six million copies worldwide. Metallica has become one of the most influential metal bands in history.

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James Hetfield commented on the album's title:

Death Magnetic, at least the title, to me started out as kind of a tribute to people that have fallen in our business, like Layne Staley and a lot of the people that have died, basically — rock and roll martyrs of sorts. And then it kind of grew from there, thinking about death… some people are drawn towards it, and just like a magnet, and other people are afraid of it and push away. And the concept that we're all gonna die sometimes is over-talked about and then a lot of times never talked about — no one wants to bring it up; it's the big white elephant in the living room. But we all have to deal with it at some point.

Track Listing:

1. That Was Just Your Life 7:07

2. The End of the Line 7:51

3. Broken, Beat & Scarred 6:25

4. The Day That Never Comes 7:55

5. All Nightmare Long 7:57

6. Cyanide 6:39

7. The Unforgiven III 7:45

8. The Judas Kiss 8:00

9. Suicide & Redemption 9:56

10. My Apocalypse 5:01

Date Location Venue

10/21/2008 Glendale, AZ Jobing Arena

10/23/2008 Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum

10/25/2008 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center

10/26/2008 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena

11/1/2008 Portland, OR Rose Quarter

11/3/2008 Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena

11/4/2008 Denver, CO Pepsi Center

11/6/2008 Omaha, NE Qwest Center

11/8/2008 Moline, IL iWireless Center

11/9/2008 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center

11/17/2008 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center

11/18/2008 Tulsa, OK BOK Center

11/20/2008 Houston, TX Toyota Center

11/22/2008 Little Rock, AR Alltel Arena

11/23/2008 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena

12/1/2008 Seattle, WA Key Arena

12/2/2008 Vancouver, BC GM Place

12/4/2008 Calgary, Canada Pengrowth Saddledome

12/5/2008 Calgary, Canada Pengrowth Saddledome

12/7/2008 Edmonton, Canada Rexall Place

12/12/2008 Ontario, CA Citizens Business Bank Arena

12/13/2008 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center

12/15/2008 San Diego, CA Cox Arena

12/17/2008 Los Angeles, CA The Forum

12/18/2008 Los Angeles, CA The Forum

12/20/2008 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena

1/12/2009 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center

1/13/2009 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena

1/15/2009 Washington, DC Verizon Center

1/17/2009 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center

1/18/2009 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Center

1/26/2009 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena

1/27/2009 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena

1/29/2009 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum

1/31/2009 Newark, NJ Prudential Center

2/1/2009 Newark, NJ Prudential Center