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[–] wildcardology 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

My metal head friend said that Metallica became a pop band when they released the black album.

[–] Skkorm 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Your metalhead friend was correct. I personally think that that "Metallica" died with Cliff Burton. No hate to Jason Newstead, but Cliff was the one in the band with musical integrity.

[–] TempermentalAnomaly 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Justice was really important to me. It was the first album I ever loved at the age of eight. It introduced me to the rest of their catalogue and, of course, fell in love with Burton and bass guitar. Too bad they did Newstead dirty on that album. But Justice sparked some political consciousness in me. And musically, I think they stretched as far as they could. With Burton, it would have been farther, but still farther than those three had stretched before. The same is not true for the black album.

[–] Skkorm 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I agree completely. There are versions of Justice that can be found online where the bass is mixed back in, and I highly recommend them. Newstead put in work on that album.

[–] qpla 1 points 6 months ago

Yeha I think they're called "And justice for Bass" or "And Justice for Jason"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

When the black album came out, Metallic instantly went from legit thrash band to top 40 hard rock and was on the radio all day everyday... and somehow they still are and it's baffling.