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Artist: MetallicaBrand: Metallica
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1991-08-12
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Enter Sandman
- Sad But True
- Holier Than Thou
- The Unforgiven
- Wherever I May Roam
- Don't Tread On Me
- Through The Never
- Nothing Else Matters
- Of Wolf And Man
- God That Failed
- My Friend Of Misery
- Struggle Within
Music reviews of Metallica
Music Review: Leatherface, what the #$#@ are you talking about?!
Rating: 5 Stars
With that said, I now go onto the review: Metallica: the Black Album!m A truly awesome album! Metallica's first diamond selling album: 15 million strong today. How did they do it you ask? Well, it all begins with a change in style; they couldn't stay thrashy forever and expect to become gods, come on people: thrash is great but it will not get any band to godhood. Just look at Slayer, they have been doing thrash for 20+ years now and their greatest album went 4+ platinum and they think cursing is awesome and that saying: "oh! god hates us all!" they are living in a van down by the river compared to Metallica!
Track Listing:
1.Enter Sandman: What alot of people consider Metallica's trademark song, putting this track first best shows Metallica's evolution from crashy thrash since Dyer's Eve on ..And Justice for All. Even though this track is hard and heavy anybody who is anybody will dig this track. 10/10
2.Sad But True: You know how great a song is when even crappy rock posers like Kid Rock use the riffs in their songs (I still think "American Bad@ss" or whatever that track is called sucks, dont get me wrong). Kirk's riffs are outstanding, they are not like the overly heavy riffs from Justice, it sounds like hard rock guitar. If you could look up hard rock sound in the encyclopedia, this would be right next to it. 10/10
3.Holier than Thou: Even though they were no longer thrash, the transition isn't always a good thing. Take Holier than Thou for example: its a hard rock track but it is also obviously filler material. The guitar on here sounds too much like Scott Ian rhythm (which isn't bad, but this is Metallica) and the lyrics aren't really great ("No more, the crap rolls out your mouth again"? WTC!!) 6/10
4.The Unforgiven: Metallica's first true power ballad. I wouldn't call Fade to Black or Sanitarium power ballads, they are more darker songs, of subject material that is frightening while this song is about.... wait, what the crap is it about? It makes no friggn sense! The lyrics are inspired, Hammetts guitar work is moving, but I still don't know the message behind it! Unlike other so called "old metallica fans", I actually like this song better than their previous efforts; it shows real evolution for a band to go from "ahh, F#$k you!" to "want to join us at Borders?" 9.5/10
5.Wherever I may Roam: Another Tallica classic, the guitar work form Kirk on this track is ART. Thank god Lars and James finally let him wear the pants for at least this track or who knows how long he would have been doing thrashy riff after thrashy riff. If I learned anything from this track it is that if it weren't for Kirk's artistic playing in this album and the ones before it Metallica would sound like every other overtly heavy thrash band. 10/10
6.Don't Tread on Me: Unlike the whole Justice album, at least this song doesn't leave the listener thinking: "its about justice, ladefriggn DA!" Its a short song for Metallica in this age and time but the lyrics actually make freedom sound good. I think Kirk has a great guitar piece in this, which he probably picked up from lessons with Joe Satriani when he just joined Metallica. 10/10
7.Through the Never: This song sometimes seems like they added it just to make an album over an hour in length. First, the guitar work is weird, so almost everything else on this. Sounds like they were TRYING TO MAKE FILTER. Fluff: 6/10
8.Nothing Else Matters: This track is what I would call the centerpiece of the album. Sure, Enter Sandman may be the biggest single from this album and Unforgiven may be Tallica's first power ballad, but this is hard rock classic defined. Everyone is like:" Man, One is Metallica's best ever!" Whatever! One is nowhere near their best! It's great but not the best. The string arrangement adds a whole dimension to Metallica's playing and enriches Kirks playing. Kirks guitar spots are almost reminiscent of Randy Rhoads' spots in "Diary of a Madman" or "Revelation (Mother Earth)". Just when I though we would never hear what Kirk always called his "Rhoads influenced guitar playing", not only does the song sound great, but it ends up being what many call Metallica's greatest work. 11/10
9.Of Wolf and Man: Loud, Heavy, straight-out metal. The intro bang drum assault and loud tempo rings are stringing to the soul. Also, these lyrics scream "James Heitfeld!" so loud it isn't even funny. 10/10
10.God that Failed: A good song, not filler but not "Wow!" 8/10
11.My Friend of Misery: Long, complex songwriting with a bit of zucato instument work. Not very impressive, I think it is a little overated. 8/10
12.Struggle Within: It is really hard to write reviews for albums with more than 10 tracks, that is why these latter track reviews suck like crap, so I will try as hard as I can to do a good job on this one. This is the fast paced allout rocker on this album, the vocals are fast paced and aggressive, the drums and bass loud, but the standout on here is definitely Kirks solo: it is pure awesomeness. It sounds like classic VH virtuoso mixed with with heavy Motorhead-like tempo, the first obvious virtuoso guitar work i have heard from Kirk. 10/10
Anyone who calls this album a sell-out are idiots. Just because a band makes an album that goes diamond and get a ton of air time on the radio does not make it a sellout. If that were the case then Led Zeppelin would have 'sold out' after Led Zeppelin fourth, or the Eagles after Hell Freezes Over, or Van Halen after their first album(how can they sell out if it is their first album, dum@sses?)! If anything, Metallica got better after this album. Thrash is good, but did anyone actually think for one second that Metallica could become icons by remaining in the tharsh zone? no friggn way! In order for one to prosper in the music biz they must obtain art, and thrash is not art, it is extremely heavy bass, loud drums, and really distorted guitar noise. I'm not saying that everything before this album sucked, it just wasn't art. I am also not justifying St. Anger's existence, I think it was a stupid piece of crap that is only exceeded by Nevermind. If you guys want to call any Metallica album the sellout, choose Load; at least it makes sense because they cut their hair and wore mascera! But don't blame the Black album, which is by far their greatest ever.
Metallica album ranking:
1.Master of Puppets
2.Ride the Lightning
3.Black Album
4.And Justice For All (even though the production is crappy as hell)
5.Live S#$% and Purge!
6.Kill em' All
7.S&M
8.Reload
9.Load
10.Garage Days, Inc.
That piece of crap album St. Anger doesn't deserve to be on here! It doesn't even deserve to be in the toilet or a cup coaster.
Description of Metallica
The self titled 'Metallica [aka the Black Album],' the band's fifth studio album, became one of the biggest selling albums in history. Though a step away from the thrash metal the band pioneered the album was nevertheless heavier than anything the band had yet recorded. 'The Black Album' is now be reissued as a standard Vinyl edition in honor of the 25th anniversary of 'Kill em All', Metallica's debut album.Called "the Black Album" by many (due to its monochrome cover), Metallica marks the group's entrance into the mainstream, with shorter songs, simpler song structures, and slower tempos overall. That said, this is an excellent album, featuring some of the best songwriting Metallica has ever done. "Enter Sandman," "Wherever I May Roam," and "God That Failed," despite being slower and more groove-oriented than the band's earlier work, feature the same heavy riffs and heavier rhythms that have always been a feature of Metallica's music. The band goes introspective with "Unforgiven," and proves that they can write a ballad with "Nothing Else Matters," which succeeds better than one might expect. Overall, this is a high-energy album despite its laid-back approach, and is in many ways superior to the previous . . . And Justice for All, which was weakened by overly complicated song structures and mediocre production. -- Genevieve Williams
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