I like the Black album as well, as for selling out, metal up to that time had always been about corporate rock and big arenas so most of the big thrash bands were putting out something more commercially accessible at this point.
Metallica saw an opportunity and they took it. They just happened to be more successful than Megadeth or Anthrax. After that they became soft millionaires who lost their edge.
Anyhow good review, cheers.
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