Last night I pre-ordered my copy of Metallica's new album Death Magnetic. :):)

I don't really care for the title, no problem. In general, I like the singles that have been released. And seeing that I pretty much have every Metallica album, and listen to them about 60% of the time, I knew I needed to go ahead and pick it up on Amazon.

Plus I got it for only $9.99, not bad. Of course there is the Free Shipping if you order at least $25 of merch. Would be $3 of shipping otherwise.

So I picked up an album I had come across last year called Sword's Song by Battlelore. They are a 'Tolkien Metal Band' or fantasy metal. Whatever. :) I've only heard a sample of the 1st song on the album called 'Sons of Riddermark.' It sounds awesome.

GAMING NEWS

I've resumed my attack of Forza Motorsport on the XBOX. I've almost wrapped up the Arcade portion, with only the full Nurburgring track to complete. I've been using my little souped-up Audi TT (D1) on most of the tracks. And after suffering badly on the "Blue Mountains Raceway" I grudgingly turned on the Suggested Line feature. Not sure if that effects my rewards after winning a race in Arcade mode, but it sure does help with my braking points.

My favorite track so far has been the "Maple Grove Raceway" in Series 8. It was great fun and I had a bit of bad luck at the beginning and spent 3 of the 4 laps tracking down the leader. Really satisfying. I did the same on the 4 lap race on the Rio De Janeiro track and I caught the leader on the next to last turn before the finish.

Of course, the Nurburgring is the mack-daddy. At just over 13 miles and 2 laps it will be a challenging race and require much concentration. Sounds like Yoda. :D

Later.

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