METALLICA

Release Year: 1989
Artist Origin: USA
Style: intense energetic expressive thrash metal

highly acclaimed monument [1986] of flawless thrash metal from heavy music glory hall has received unprecedented for extreme metal attention back in the day, and has been sold over ten million times already: eight timeless tracks of this legendary album are united by antiwar theme, effectively laid down in lyrics by James Hetfield, masterfully relating it to intense, cinematic music of epic, vulnerable proportions, whose influence on later generations of metal became immense, while the structure of its compositions is still regarded as a benchmark of thrash metal; absolute domination of sound, will and malice has granted the Californian four-piece the highest marks for this milestone, and it was the last studio recording with genius bass player, the late Cliff Burton; recent European edition comes with authentic design