Metallica for the masses?

Advantages: Some fantastic songs
Disadvantages: Some not so memorable

...Track listing: 1) Enter Sandman 2) Sad But True 3) Holier Than Thou 4) The Unforgiven 5) Wherever I May Roam 6) Don't Tread On Me 7) Through The Never 8) Nothing Else Matters 9) Of Wolf And Man 10) The God That Failed 11) My Friend Of Misery 12) The Struggle Within Purists might argue that this The Black Album, as it has become known, marked the beginning of the end for the original essence of Metallica. I'm not so sure but I would certainly agree that this was the album that took Metallica out of the thrash-metal niche and onto the CD racks of the mainstream masses. Of course, it is natural for a band to sound more polished after playing together for so many years - and there were hints of this refinement on the And Justice For All album - but The Black Album and the band's first offering, Kill Em All, are...

rabidbadger 05.10.2009 · Read review
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Metallica "Enter Mainstream"

Advantages: The album with the songs Enter Sandman, Sad But True, The Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters and oth
Disadvantages: If you dont like Heavy, keep away from sensory organs

...Following the death of original bassist Cliff Burton, the following album "...And Justice For All" must have been a tough album to make. And it showed. Although featuring the bands first ever music video for the song "One", critics universally said the album was otherwise sparse in the song-writting side of things, and lost some of the magic of the bands earlier material. To remedy this, Metallica hit back with this 1991 self titled release. Hiring legendary Rock producer Bob Rock (who they maintained a working relationship with right up to "St Anger") they clearly had a goal in mind to make every song a potential radio success, whilst maintaining the riff-laden heavyness early fans had become accustomed to. Despite being released at a time when the market was generally considered stale (as the band were often unfairly lumped in...

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Metallica - The 'Black' Album

Advantages: Bits of every thing good about metallica
Disadvantages: some tracks sound the same

...The self titled album ?Metallica?, dubbed ?the Black? album by fans for its almost completely black album art is the fifth studio album from heavy metal/ thrash giants Metallica. The album itself has sold over 15 million copies in the US alone and has released 6 singles. Many fans consider this to be the end of Metallica reign as thrash metal kings and instead some see them as sell outs because this fifth album is more listener friendly and appealed to the media a lot more than the others which Metallica had originally stayed away from. I think this is just people who do not appreciate Metallica?s talent and the fact that they don?t go with the flow which is one reason that I love this band. Metallica?s previous four albums have been considered thrash metal where as they now stray into the genre of heavy metal. This album marks...

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Metallica A.K.A The Black Album

Advantages: Immense Riffs
Disadvantages: one song that has begun to get on my nerves

...Metallica: The Black Album So I was with my cousin Sam last month(I don?t get to see him often) and I realised everytime he comes I start listening to Metallica again and I continue listening to them until about 7 weeks after I seen him. So I decided to listen to this album this time, Its originally called Metallica but otherwise known as The Black Album?I don?t know which one I like better. This is one of the heavier albums?but it is indeed amazing Metallica formed in 1981?a good 8 years before I was born, they are a heavy metal band from LA and practically everybody loves them! Except my mom?but she is weird. Band Members James Hetfield- Rhyhtm guitar and Lead Vocals Kirk Hammet- Lead guitar Lars Ulrich- Drums Jason Newsted- Bass Tracks Enter Sandman 5/5 This is probably the bands most...

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Metallica

Advantages: Great sing-along album
Disadvantages: Too commerical for your average metaller

...I've had this album for less then a year but have known the songs from this album for years. This album is widely known as Metallica's last decent album. the commercial success of this album was huge, it propelled Metallica into new heavy metal heights. 'Metallica' incorparated new ideas into the metallica machine, one listen to 'Nothing Else Matters' a classically influenced acoustic piece and you will see that this is not the same meatllica that put out 'Kill Em All' 10 years previous. This is a more polished and mature Metallica, which doesn't mean better just different. 'Enter Sandman' will forever be regarded as a great metal anthem, 'Wherever I Shall Roam' brings an oriental feel to the table and 'Sad but True' has a staright up metal groove anybody can love, BUT thats the main problem with this album it was considered...

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The Saintly Metallica Get Angry.

Advantages: A welcome return with a much rawer sound.
Disadvantages: No Guitar solos.

...2003 was marked with the reappearance of a Metallica studio album after 6 years wait from the previous album Reload. Now as you can expect like any good fan I winged my little way down to the record store on the day of release to pick up my copy and rushed home to see just how loud my new stereo could play this album without causing any major damage to it, me, or the surrounding area. Even though the familiar Metallica sound didn?t burst out at me straight away certainly I could still hear a lot of potential in the opening track and as the album progressed I found myself more initially liking the album rather than outright loving it, but then again the same could be said with the way I felt about the ?Black? album and the ?Load? album as well. A few listens later though and the album was starting to really grow into a winner...

HarryKgh 15.09.2009 · Read review
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Wii get to rock with Metallica

Advantages: One of the greatest bands in the world combines with one of the greatest games series' in the worl
Disadvantages: My hands ache from playing it too much.

...Over recent years there has been one genre of video games that seems to have gained more press and attention in the public eye than another and that would be the rhythm based games. The leading companies in this genre are EA games in conjunction with Harmonix who have brought us the Rockband series and Activision with their partners Neversoft with the Guitar Hero series. Now each game series has its unique little selling points but both are pretty similar, but like most fans of this gaming genre I prefer one over the other and that one would be the Guitar Hero series. (Sorry Rockband fans.) So when Activision announced the release of the new Guitar Hero Metallica I found the wait to be almost unbearable. Since I am a massive fan of the ?Tallica? boys and since the age of 16 I have tried to learn to play as many...

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Metallica - ...And Justice for All

Advantages: Amazingly imense lyrics, very thought envoking
Disadvantages: Bass is barely audable, NO BURTON, dull sound

...?And Justice for All is the fourth studio album released by Metallica on 25th August 1988 and was the first to include bassist Jason Newsted as this was the first album released by the band after the tragic death of former bassist Cliff Burton. The album is infamous for its almost inaudible bass sound (the band had yet to get over Burton?s passing) and to me is duller and less lively than previous Metallica albums but I don?t mean that as boring just that the sound itself has always come across dull to me but this may just be that dark subjects that this album covers (Harvester of Sorrow). Regardless, the album is full of amazing riffs and probably has the most complex track structure of all Metallica albums. The album itself has sold over 8 million copies in the USA alone. It was also nominated for the best hard rock/ metal...

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Metallica

Advantages: great sound
Disadvantages: none

...I really like Mettalica songs so this review is about it! It was already anticipated to be a North American band moved away from the direction it had followed since the Load and return to a sound heavier and hard on larger and more complex songs, as the theme of the album just see the name, Death Magnetic, which revolves around the death. Death Magnetic is clearly one of the candidates the best album of the year, but is not equivalent to the best of all albums of Metallica, it is clear that neither criticism nor the fans wanted "remakes" of the pearls of the band, but you can see that even with better than Load / Reload and St. Anger is not the same guys of the decade of 80/90. Speaking a little of the music itself, can begin by the first single The Day That Never Comes, the criterion for this choice must have been music to be more...

alessandromao 25.01.2009 · Read review
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