I'd like to hear a couple of songs before I buy. The only song I've heard ,don't know the name but, Jame's voice sucks. On a positive note ,that same song, Kirk Hammett's riffs are reminicent of some of the old stuff.
I can't tell much about the new bassis. I think it's Robert Truillo, I saw him on a tour with ozzy and Zack Wylde. Any time you're playing Rudy Sarzo live, you're kicking ass. He's good so hopefully it will show up on some of the other songs.
Someone mentioned ''they'll never be a Ride the lighning or Master of Puppets'' . Sad but true. Drug induced music versus the new cleaned up bands, no comparison, not even close. Some how they can't seem to regain what they lost throughout the cleaning up process. I don't know what it is, but it is a constant for pretty much every band.