This is the best selling metal album of all time is 30 years old – having sold in excess of 37 million copies! Yeah I know, it blew my mind as well! Metal fans are a funny bunch, and I remember the outcry that the band had “sold out”, and gone – heaven forbid – corporate. The main difference to me is it’s the first time they had worked with a real producer in Bob Rock, who brought the best out of the band and brought out that huge live sound.
You can’t put this album on and tell me it’s not heavy! Just because every song is not 100 mph does not mean it’s not heavy. Just listen to Sad But True – the tone alone is crushing. The God That Failed is as heavy as too much cheese on your burger. The drum sound is epic, and mix that with the huge sounding guitars and the in your face vocal, it’s the sound the band were looking for all along. What a killer tune Enter Sandman is – every musician wishes they could write something as good.
I love this record and so should any fan that says they like metal. Every band evolves and Metallica are the same. Sure they made some wrong turns along that path, but I think they are back to their best.
10/10 from The Grooveman.
