Metallica have explained the meaning of their new album title.
Death Magnetic, which is out on September 22nd, is a tribute to dead rock and roll stars. James Hetfield said:
“It started out as kind of a tribute to people that have fallen in our business, like [Alice In Chains frontman] 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…just like a magnet, some people are drawn towards it, [and] other people are afraid of it and push away.”