Thirty Year Thursday – METALLICA “MASTER OF PUPPETS”
[Welcome to Thirty Year Thursday, the weekly series on my favorite albums of 1986, which now shifts to the releases I didn’t discover until after 1986] Artist: METALLICA Album: MASTER … Continue reading →
METALLICA Part 4 – Symphony, Anger And Death / In Conclusion
The concept of rock band + orchestra wasn’t a new one when Metallica recorded S&M (1999) with The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, but I’ve rarely heard the two entities combine … Continue reading →
METALLICA Part 3 – The Memories Remain…But Not The Long Hair
Following up a successful album can’t be an easy task, and when that album is one of the biggest sellers of all time (1991’s Metallica, aka The Black Album) the … Continue reading →
METALLICA Part 2 – Justice And Black, Binging And Purging
With their first three albums, Metallica attracted a loyal army of fans who made them one of the top metal bands in the world, but with the next couple of … Continue reading →
METALLICA Part 1 – Thoughts On An Artist / From Whiplash To Battery
I should begin this series by confessing that for many years I wasn’t a Metallica fan, and even though I now own nearly everything in their discography I’m still only … Continue reading →