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(Well, they all are, but especially this one.) This polished thrash metal bar-brawler has Hetfield pointing fingers at the haters: “Before you judge me, take a look at you/ Can’t you find something better to do?/ Point the finger, slow to understand/ Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand.” Didn’t your mom tell you never point fingers? “Struggle within, it suits you fine/ Struggle within, your ruin/ Struggle within, you seal your own coffin/ Struggle within, the struggling within!” Hammett then unleashes another out-of-this-world riff that sparks fire.Īttention headbangers: This one is for you. The album closer opens with marching drums and Zelda-style guitar heroics that turn into a thrash metal speed demon, with Ulrich’s drumming leading into twists and turns. Which makes the lyrics more fitting: “So be it/ Threaten no more/ To secure peace is to prepare for war.” If only CDs and stereos existed in the Middle Ages. “Don’t Tread on Me” is a triumphant battle cry with marshal drumming and distorted guitar riffage, which certainly sounds like the war song for a band of Vikings preparing to invade and plunder a foreign land. It was the album that made “Metallica” a byword for “metal.”īuckle up - let’s revisit the album’s 12 tracks, ranking ’em all from worst to best. For that matter, so was Otto from The Simpsons. Beavis, of Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head, was certainly a fan. The band’s creepy music video for “Enter Sandman,” then omnipresent on the channel, won best rock video at the ’92 VMAs. MTV played a role in its ubiquity and success.

It won for best metal performance at the 1992 Grammys - the band’s third consecutive win in that category. The number of records it holds is long it’s become the fourth release in American history to enter the 550-week milestone on the Billboard 200, and is now the second longest-charting title in history. It has since become one of the best-selling albums worldwide, ever, going 16 times platinum. 1 in 10 countries and spent four consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard 200. By the end of its debut week, Metallica reached No. “Enter Sandman,” released as the lead single on July 29, fanned the flames. 12, 1991, headbangers around the globe lined up at their local record stores to join in a true musical event. Recorded at One on One Studios in Los Angeles over eight months, Metallica ushered in a new, cleaner, fuller sound, far more focused than the progressive thrash of their four previous releases. Which is exactly what a Metallica album should sound like, even if every song isn't the best (or most appropriate) in the band's catalog.Metallica Is Celebrating 'The Black Album's 30th Anniversary With a Reissue & Star-Studded Covers… Overall, the symphony adds a macabre, ghoulish atmosphere - it all sounds like a Broadway freak show or a revved-up Danny Elfman nightmare. James Hetfield maintains his madman persona from beginning to end, laughing maniacally and grunting and growling at all the right moments. S&M definitely has its moments, and not just with the pre- Black Album material: "Fuel" surpasses the furious pumping energy of the studio version, "Hero of the Day" stays poignant throughout, and "Until It Sleeps" has a wonderfully sinister feel. "Master of Puppets," "Call of the Ktulu," "One," and "For Whom the Bell Tolls" sound richer and fuller with violin, trumpet, clarinet, harp, trombone, and flute accompaniments, but "Sad but True," "Devil's Dance," and especially "Of Wolf and Man" range from haphazard and melodramatic to uninspired. Overall, the album successfully pairs violin strings with guitar strings, but it's no surprise that the best tracks here are the older songs their multi-layered, compositional style works well with symphonic arrangements. In April 1999, the group performed two concerts with the San Francisco Symphony, and the result was S&M, a two-disc collection of the concerts. By the end of the decade, Metallica was established as the pioneer of modern metal, but the band hadn't done anything innovative, arguably, in ten years. During the '90s, the band's studio releases grew slicker and more produced, resulting in mostly radio-friendly, good ol' boy metal. And Justice for All, Metallica pared down its progressive, heavy metal sound.