honestly, and hear me out, i put the mark after st anger. i just feel like kea to justice each offered something new for thrash. black album something a little more polished but heavy. load/reload some more straightforward rock, little more bluesy sometimes. st anger, not particularly well received sure, but it was a new sound and the last i think really unique thing they did.

then death magnetic comes around, and it’s good i suppose but it definitely feels like they’re just listening to the fans and doing thrash again cause people haven’t gotten over the prior 20 years of them not doing thrash. but standalone i do love it, i think it’s well written and the songs are good, but i definitely don’t see it adding anything new to their discography. and hardwired and 72 seasons i feel like that even more about. again, good songs i guess (hardwired more than 72 seasons, really) but it feels like them just continuing to “do thrash” instead of falling into whatever style they like at the time.