METALLICA

Release Year: 1996
Artist Origin: USA
Style: expressive melodic heavy metal / rock

five long years without new studio recordings of the most familiar metal band in the world have finally revealed that heavy and menacing approach is not of interest to them anymore: the celebrated San-Fran four-piece plunges straight into the world of rock standards, nevertheless maintaining the basic elements of music - genius riffs and charismatic vocal performance of Hetfield, who has admittedly adopted to an updated direction, bringing new tinges with his clean singing; much like with other recordings of these dudes, blues and country-influenced material should not be looked at just through the black/white spectrum, as diverse compositions still cherish quite revolting and ambitious spark within, complemented by controversial story behind the cover artwork