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Back to Black: Remembering Metallica’s ‘Black Album,’ 25 Years Later
Yahoo ^ | August 11th, 2016 | Jon Wiederhorn

Posted on 08/13/2016 8:53:11 AM PDT by Mariner

Twenty-five years after the release of “The Black Album,” Metallica are still struggling to recapture lightning in a bottle.

For the first seven years of their career, Metallica’s main objective was to be the loudest, heaviest, fastest, and most mind-blowing band on the planet. They had no commercial aspirations and sought to rail against what they perceived as the vacuous, frivolous mainstream radio rock poisoning the airwaves.

Then, after touring for their fourth album, 1988’s …And Justice for All, Metallica had a change of heart and underwent a striking, abrupt transformation. The disc that followed, which featured a jet-black cover, barely visible coiled serpent, and the band’s logo, would thereafter be known as “The Black Album,” even though its official name was Metallica. And it would cause major waves within and outside of the music industry. For Metallica, the eponymous release was filled with mid-paced songs that relied on simplicity, atmosphere, and groove — and symbolized a new beginning.

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To: Mariner

“The Unforgiven” IMO is the BEST Metallica song. They really wrote some amazing songs for this album. I never was into thrash or speed metal. This stuff has great melodies & the heaviness in the music was still there. Really great music.

Vote Trump 2016


21 posted on 08/13/2016 9:49:07 AM PDT by TheStickman (Trump will be the 1st Pro America president since Reagan)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

I’ll bet you’re tons of fun at parties!...


22 posted on 08/13/2016 9:51:36 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Ransomed
Hetfield said the album was catharsis after getting out of rehab and sober for the first time in 30 years.

And still sober today.

23 posted on 08/13/2016 10:01:32 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

It might have been, for him. For the fans and the rest of the band, the documentary that showed the making of St. Anger and the ‘band therapist’ or whatever that weirdo was supposed to be that actually sat in on the creation of the songs, it looked like a GIANT slow speed train wreck. Hetfield was the coolest, and man he comes off like a whiney weirdo. Which is fine, he had his demons, we all do. But he showed it to everyone, and he made the band sit through it, they had absolutely no say in the stupidity!

Lars actually comes off as way more level headed and down to earth, if you can believe it. And he has always been half a flake or so.

Freegards


24 posted on 08/13/2016 10:38:55 AM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Mariner

I have a very difficult time listening to anything after Puppets ... I was raised on the first three thrash and was sorely disappointed with And Justice - and everything since.


25 posted on 08/13/2016 10:55:28 AM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: Mariner
I bet one of their riffs is in your head now, vying with that Beatles song.

Or Black Sabbath.

You would bet very, very wrong.

26 posted on 08/13/2016 11:25:23 AM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Mariner

Through the Never and No Leaf Clover: First songs that came to mind.


27 posted on 08/13/2016 11:36:58 AM PDT by patro (Phrogs Forever)
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To: Mariner
Metallica are still struggling to recapture lightning in a bottle.

Did the author not listen to their work after the "Metallica" album??? Their work on Load and Reload was fantastic. This reminds me getting my ass chewed when I was a kid and borrowed some Metallica cassettes. Good days. Good days.
28 posted on 08/13/2016 11:46:57 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Hillary Clinton, the elderly white woman's version of "I dindu nuffins.")
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To: Mariner

I know,it was kind of like Tool videos.


29 posted on 08/13/2016 12:16:10 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: EEGator

No, but I do have an idea why the young generation that grew up listening to music dedicated to the devil are establishment hacks and brain-dead democrats.

Frankly, I don’t care how good the music is (which it isn’t in my opinion) . . . the message is just as important as the melody.

But then, I suppose Satan is just a figment of one’s imagination to those that enjoy this stuff.

Sorry I clicked . . . sorry I posted - but that is my opinion which I suppose is just as valid as anyone else’s.


30 posted on 08/13/2016 2:25:29 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

What kind of music do you listen to, Mr. Progress?


31 posted on 08/13/2016 2:55:13 PM PDT by patro (Phrogs Forever)
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To: Spacetrucker

Losing Cliff Burton was a huge blow.


32 posted on 08/13/2016 3:08:14 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: patro

Beatles, pretty much exclusively.


33 posted on 08/13/2016 3:11:48 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: dfwgator

“Kill ‘em All”


34 posted on 08/13/2016 6:07:47 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck (EAT THE YOUNG! 100 million guppies can't be wrong.)
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To: West Texas Chuck

Of course their biggest mistake was getting rid of Dave Mustaine.


35 posted on 08/13/2016 6:08:38 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
Kill em All is my favorite - that album just rocks so hard - it's so raw.....you want to turn it to 11. I had forgotten Mustaine was in the lineup.....just incredible.

Seek 'n Destroy, Hit the Lights, 4 Horsemen, Whiplash....

36 posted on 08/13/2016 6:30:18 PM PDT by DrJeff
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To: Mariner

I quit listening when they attacked their fans via Napster. Going after computer dowloaded songs is like going after people that taped off the radio. Poor taste for marketing. One person was sued for over a million dollars for it. Listening to the radio and internet swayed me into buying or rejecting certain groups or albums.


37 posted on 08/13/2016 6:46:43 PM PDT by Conservative4Life (I'm not too worried, I've read the book and know how it all ends...We win)
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To: dfwgator

Dave Mustang would tell you himself he needed to go, he had major substance abuse issues at the time.


38 posted on 08/14/2016 1:03:20 AM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: Spacetrucker

True. But just think what could have been. Metallica would have ruled the world with that lineup.


39 posted on 08/14/2016 1:04:22 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Spacetrucker

Damn auto correct ... Mustaine


40 posted on 08/14/2016 1:04:25 AM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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