Metallica basalungisa i-albhamu yabo elandelayo, ngemuva kwe-'Death Magnetic' eminyakeni eyisikhombisa edlule. U-Kirk Hammett, oshaya isiginci, ubelokhu enikeza imininingwane ku-Billboard mayelana nokuthi baqhubeka kanjani ekuqopheni le albhamu entsha: “Sinezingoma eziningi ezimnandi. Izingoma zihlala zishintsha njengamanje, akukho okubekwe etsheni. Sinezingoma eziyishumi nambili kanye nama-riff angamakhulu amabili noma amathathu, ngakho-ke kunzima ukusho ukuthi sikuphi. Angicabangi ukuthi sesiphakathi nendawo. Ngingathi singamaphesenti angu-25, mhlawumbe angu-30. Sisebenza ngakho, zikhona izingoma, futhi senza izinhlelo zokubhala izingoma eziningi futhi siqophe..
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umshayi wezigubhu u-Lars Ulrich wakhulumela i-Rolling Stone, echaza ukuthi ibhendi okwamanje isebenza cishe izingoma ezingamashumi amabili: “Nakanjani sikhona. Sinezingoma eziningi futhi silungisa kahle futhi siyalungisa. Sisondelene impela. Izakhi zokudala ziyahlangana futhi sezizophela. Uma ngisho lokho siseduze lokhu kusho inyanga ezayo noma kunjalo. Ziningi izinto ezenzekayo njengoba impilo iqhubeka ngezindaba zomndeni nezomuntu siqu. Kodwa sibhala okuningi nsuku zonke ".
I-Metallica nayo ihlelile uchungechunge lwamakhonsathi kweminye imikhosi eYurophu -ngaphandle kwanoma yiluphi usuku eSpain okwamanje- nase-Rock e-Rio USA -Las Vegas- ngoMeyi ozayo. Iqembu kulindeleke ukuthi limangaze ngezinye zezingoma zalo ezintsha kula makhonsathi.