I saw that awhile back when it was first posted and I didn't think much of it... There's no gaurantee that it will sound anything like that on the album. Plus, it sounds like Hettfields voice is wrecked. I'm sure he'll have his vocal chords in much better shape to lay down good vocals. I more or less compared it to the version of "Fuel" that they played on the Cunning Stunts DVD... The DVD was shot on the tour that was promoting "Load" and they played a version of "Fuel" to start getting the fans hyped about "Reload"... At the time of them playing it they didn't even have a title for it and it sounded almost nothing like the final album version.

I guess I'm just trying to be an optimist. But it sounds like a decent start to something.