Originally Posted by
Luris Blear
Yes. This is by every account a very significant, meaningful and profound album cover. The imagery is magnificient!
To begin, let us examine the field of white. This is a representation of the "blank slate" which James Hetfield has allowed himself after his recent troubles. It also clearly represents the thee pounds of blow he snorted in order to erase every coherent thought he almost ever had.
Likewise, the gray and stylized Ms are a clear indication of the off-white heroin which Hetfield is so fond of injecting into his arms. The patterns of the Ms also represent the extremely prominent veins which were the result of the man's heroin abuse.
Finally, the name of the album. The two words have nothing in common and form no logical concept. Magnetic is appropriate, as it appears the title was written using a Magnetic Poetry Kit found near the cash register of Border's Books, where the band no doubt bought another stack of rock journalism magazines in order to masturbate to their own photographs on the tour bus. The letter "D" is also misformed, indicating once again that Hetfield likely blew away most of his first grade education after Lars goaded him to "snort alone line, dude!"
Yes, again, this is one of the most profound album covers that I have ever seen.