Chula Vista

Does anyone remember that just prior to its release they actually did a small concert venue "tour" where people paid for tickets and filled up arenas just to hear the record played over a PA system? No band members present.

The Metallica hype was that big back then.

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Frownland

Reminds me of Wu Tang and their 'secret album'.

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JiggleMonster

I did not know this. That is idiotic. Why would you pay to stand/sit with a bunch of metalheads and listen to metal. you can do that **** for free, man.

The Batlord

Especially when you can't even mosh to that ****.

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thebeats323

its a decent album. Not all of their material can be fast. You have to stop and catch your breath every once in a while.

Guybrush

I like The Black Album

As for Metallica selling out, they probably wanted to try something else. The Black Album shows versatility, they got to experiment with other ways of working in the studio (less overdubbing), they nailed the new sound they were going for ..

Expecting a band or an artist to do the same thing over and over again is selfish from a consumer point of view. I mean, if you like Metallica, how about giving them an ounce of freedom in their artistic pursuits? I'm sure they like to try different things and if they also consider music a job (which it is to them) in which they want to make more money, isn't that also fair? The Black Album features songs written by members of Metallica, so it's still them.

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Chula Vista

Bob Rock's stamp is all over those songs though. Watch the documentary of the making of it. At various points throughout he's basically telling the guys how and what to play. They brought him on board for a reason.

I like the album for the record.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

The Batlord

You know, if you say his name backwards, it's "Car Bob". Like a used car salesman. Coincidence?

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Janszoon

Only if you have a really weird way of pronouncing "rock".

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The Batlord

You're from Boston. You have no right to criticize how someone else says "car". Do you even pronounce the "r", or is it just "cah"?

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