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25 years ago today : Metallica's Black Album is released
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Kaji AF16
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Not Metallica´s best album (after two decades and a half listening to them, I still can´t decide between Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and And Justice for All...), but incredibly influential and era-defining. It change the lives of many kids from my generation (born in ´82).
I do not agree with Homer Simpson: the rock I prefer attained perfection not in 1974, but in 1991 (Metallica´s Black Album, Pearl Jam´s Ten, Nirvana´s Nevermind, Hermética´s Ácido Argentino, Motörhead´s 1916, Use Your Illusion 1&2 from Guns ´n Roses, Sepultura´s Arise... Megadeth was in a masterpiece period and Pantera was finishing its transformation into the beast we know).
I do not agree with Homer Simpson: the rock I prefer attained perfection not in 1974, but in 1991 (Metallica´s Black Album, Pearl Jam´s Ten, Nirvana´s Nevermind, Hermética´s Ácido Argentino, Motörhead´s 1916, Use Your Illusion 1&2 from Guns ´n Roses, Sepultura´s Arise... Megadeth was in a masterpiece period and Pantera was finishing its transformation into the beast we know).
Unforgiven is an all around great song I think. The solo isn't as good as it probably could be, but it's fine. I'd say Unforgiven III is the only one in the trilogy with a great solo, but otherwise musically it's great. Also, although James Hetfield isn't the greatest lyricist, he does the job for the most part and his voice carries the songs enough that I'm generally alright with whatever he's snarling, but I think Unforgiven is one of his better works
To Far Away Times
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Amazing album. The production values are insane. I've never heard drums sound that good before.
Which is funny, because the production values are terrible on the more recent Metallica albums.
Which is funny, because the production values are terrible on the more recent Metallica albums.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Some people will say Enter Sandman, but before Enter Sandman Metallica's first music video (One from ...And Justice For All) was a Hot Top 40 hit in 1989 thanks to heavy MTV play and great sales. The 7 1/2 minute epic may have been a surprise top 40 hit, but once Metallica was that big a name there was no stopping a more commercial album. Heavy songs don't have a chance at the Top 40 at the moment but it was a different ballgame when "the black album" was releasing.
Killer Queen
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Don't think that was the operation. Pretty sure that was of his own volition. He asked for help mimicking a certain artist on Black Album and then it only went further.The last great Metallica album.It's crazy how much Hetfield's voice changed after the operation. He started to sound more like a country singer
Really? Didn't know that. I thought it was because he couldn't do his old voice well anymore and decided to go in another direction.
Andrew Korenchkin
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Still the end of Metallica for me. Justice was their last good album.
Killer Queen
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http://ultimateclassicrock.com/james-hetfield-sing-like-chris-isaak/
This was making rounds a year ago.
Chris Isaak is known for rockabilly music from what Wikipedia tells me.
Mind blown.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
That's true but it's only partially so. He still used some of his old voice on the black album.
By 1993 after 2 full years of constant stadium touring he was struggling with certain songs.
MetallicA - Sad But True (live in Moscow 1991) AUDIO UPGRADE - This was so fucking good
Metallica Sad But True Live Mexico City 1993
You can really hear the strain in the latter and he was having trouble with the later high notes. He was done with trying to match his original roar entirely after 1995. It's fine, people age, and James Hetfield's gone through a lot of voices, but trying to mimic Chris Isaak is only part of the story. He just couldn't roar like the 80's anymore.
Meh. I thought they peaked around Master of Puppets. Black seemed a welcome change of pace to me. I also dig Load and Reload which are quite different again.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Outlaw Torn and Bleeding Me are absolutely better on S&M than the studio version. For Nothing, I still absolutely love the elevator version. Link, in case you've never heard it. It's a studio version with the symphony and mostly just acoustic guitars from the Black Album sessions.
There's something off about how James says "matters" in the S&M version. Otherwise I like it.
Fallout-NL
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Think this was the first or second album I ever got. The other one being GnR's Spaghetti Incidident. Not too bad considering I wasn't even ten years old.
Listening to some of these songs takes me back. Waaaay back. Great album.
Listening to some of these songs takes me back. Waaaay back. Great album.
I have a friend that to this day plays this so much in his car it's not even funny. Drop the Elvis and keep the black album and that's not the worst musical year you could have
His voice hit its peak around 89 IMO, he had that well-rounded roar. The Live Shit Binge and Purge vocals were fucking insane.
quik killa
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This was was the album that introduced me to Metallica back in the mid-90's. I still enjoy it, but RTL is the best.
Killer Queen
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You're right
quik killa
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Killer Queen
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I wouldn't judge you. But RTL doesn't have Disposable Heros or Damage Inc, Master of Puppets and Battery so it can't be the best.And Orion could be my favorite Metallica song.
quik killa
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Haha, well there can be only one. I love Master of Puppets as well!
Edit: I just noticed the edit of your earlier post, lol.
Mighty Chin
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August 12, 1991
I love this album. Enter Sandman, Wherever I May Roam, Through The Never, Struggle Within, Of Wolf And Man.....shit, the whole record is classic.
It's got amazing staying power. As of February this year it was selling an average of 5,000 copies each week.
Amazing for an album 25 years old.
Fun fact : My first online username was Sandman, djsandman and Mr. Sandman at various places in tribute to Enter Sandman.
What is your favorite track?
Fuck I'm old
Killer Queen
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Junior Asparagus
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Hahaha, one of my friends was the same way, but it was this one and Megadeth's Countdown to Extinction. Repeat forever.
Ha! I went an entire summer and then some on Countdown to Extinction alone.
Memory is an odd thing. Strider seems like 30 years ago to me while the Black album seems like 15.
Strider technically amazed me back then. I just watched a Youtube video and it brought back a lot of great memories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYfs6_CeQzA
This play through is 20 minutes long so you could have beat the game three times while listening to the Black album.
CitizenCope
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This is when "They sold out".
Bullshit! Amazing album!
Bullshit! Amazing album!
what the..?
where is Peace Sells?
their best with Rust in Peace.
and I really like So Far, So Good… So What!
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