Gearheads of War

I came across some of the new songs from Metallica's new album on Youtube and they weren't all bad. I liked Metallica back in the day but was not a hard core fan at all. I didn't own albums except one and once Lars started his crusade against Napster I wrote them off. But I'm on the fence now about the new album. Songs are around 7 minutes long with some long solo's and dueling guitars that sound bad ass. I have listened to 3 songs maybe but I'm considering buying. Anyone else going to pick it up?