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Death Magnetic is Metallica's ninth studio album, released in 2008 — the band's first record produced by Rick Rubin rather than longtime collaborator Bob Rock, and the debut of bassist Robert Trujillo. All four members shared songwriting credits for the first time. The album leans into longer, technically demanding compositions: dense riffs that reward patience, a push-pull between aggression and discipline, and the energy of a band actively reassembling its creative identity.
About Death Magnetic
Death Magnetic is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on September 12, 2008, through Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Vertigo Records elsewhere. The album was produced by Rick Rubin, marking the band's first album since ...And Justice For All (1988) not to be produced by longtime collaborator Bob Rock, and with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich as co-producers. It is also the first Metallica album to feature bassist Robert Trujillo, and the second album where all the band's members shared writing credits.
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Metallica: Through the Never
A roadie's backstage errand fractures into surreal chaos against a live Metallica backdrop.
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Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
A band losing a core member enters painful collective therapy to survive as a unit.
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Heavy Metal
An embodiment of pure evil terrorizes a young girl with tales of dark fantasy, eroticism, and horror.
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Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon
A heavy metal kid turns to black magic to resurrect his band, with grotesque consequences.
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The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
Documentary dive into the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles through concert footage and band interviews.
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Heavy Metal 2000
A possessed miner's hunger for power and immortality drives interplanetary destruction and war.
Series like Death Magnetic
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Detroit Metal City
A death metal band's demonic stage persona masks the mundane anxieties of its ordinary lead singer.
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M3: The Dark Metal
Children separated across dimensions reunite to fight monsters born from the same dark void.
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Metallic Rouge
An android named Rouge is tasked with hunting down a violent uprising against human society.
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takt op.Destiny
After music is erased from the world by invading monsters, one composer fights to restore it.
Games like Death Magnetic
Frequently asked
What should I watch after getting into Death Magnetic?
The documentary Metallica: Some Kind of Monster gives an intimate look at the band's creative process, while Metallica: Through the Never pairs a surreal concert film experience with the band's live intensity.
Are there any games that capture the heavy metal energy of Death Magnetic?
Double Kick Heroes is a rhythm game built entirely around metal — you blast zombies to the beat, making it the most direct gaming equivalent of cranking a Metallica record.
Is there a TV show with the same dark, intense vibe as Death Magnetic?
Detroit Metal City is a darkly comedic animated series centered on a death metal band, capturing both the theatricality and the obsessive drive that defines heavy metal culture.