…And Justice for All

So little movement or variety. I felt little to no emotion. Sure it sounds hard, but it wasn't interesting

Dit album heeft de pech direct na Rush te komen. Als je na de creativiteit van Rush Blackened hoort, dan is dat toch ineens 'gewoon rammen'. Ook niet altijd wat mis mee. Maar je merkt toch dat je bij One opveert. Dan besef je dat de nekspieren tot die tijd prima bediend werden, maar dat er weinig hersengymnastiek werd geboden.

Het album is zeker een bovengemiddeld schijfje en One tilt het zelfstandig nog wat verder. Maar mijn voorkeur gaat overduidelijk naar Rush.

Strangely it is a very thematic, coherent album. I was expecting more of a random assortment of Metallica songs, but this was quite nice. I have to say though - James Hetfield's voice gets too much after listening to an entire album of his growling. But One is a masterpiece, and I definitely will give this album a revisit.

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Somit war das nix für mich, da es in jedem Lied vorkam. War leider nie Fan von Metallica. Hat mir am Anfang gut gefallen, bei 4 Sterne gestartet, dann wurd es mir zu viel und bin bei 3 Sternen gelandet. Im Endeffekt 2 Sterne mit ein paar Highlights.
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Man oh man was ...And Justice For All a great album. I have always heard from various different sources that this album was not very well produced but other than the bass not being very hearable (for lack of a better word)(and even then, it's common to not be able to hear the bass unless you listen closely in most metal tracks) it was pretty well mixed with it sounding as crisp and clean as you can get. Every song, of course, was incredible with them ranging from fast and ferocious thrash metal, to slower and more melodic technical metal. I absolutely love this album so much.
Best Song: One
Worst Song: To Live Is to Die

If it’s not 6+ minutes is it even a song? Not according to Metallica. At least until they made their radio record that is. There’s two songs on here that clock under six minutes and they’re both over five minutes. It’s not always a bad thing, I’m in no way against long songs. In fact I’ve said in the past that if a song is over 8 minutes it’s probably a good song. The thought is that if a song is that long it’s probably for a good reason and if you’re patient it will probably be rewarding. This is not a set in stone rule. I don’t think any of the 9+ minutes songs on here absolutely needed to be that long, but I don’t think they necessarily suffered from the length either. Some songs on here could definitely have been made better if they trimmed them down a tad. Still there’s some awesome stuff on here, even if you can’t hear the bass in the final mix. Blackened may be my favorite Metallica song, although Creeping Death is up there too. This is definitely the weakest of their big three albums. Puppets is number one, followed by Lightning. That being said, the weakest of those three is better than a lot of bands best. I think this is the last great Metallica album. After the 80s they really went for a more alt rock sound that is not what drew me to them in the first place. So even if some of the songs are too long it’s because they are ambitious, and I applaud them for that. After this one it seems like they were just trying to get on the radio and the music suffered for people like me who love the hard, fast, and complex Metallica of the 80s.

One of the big 4 for a reason. One of their best albums and a banger all the way through. 5/5

Going into this, I have always felt that this was the weakest album of the Metallica golden age, but lets see. I have to agree that the bass is almost inaudible and the mix is pretty dry. but the intro on And Justice For All is excellent guitar work. Eye Of The Beholder has a nice gallop intro and is pretty consistent. One is a real landmark of a song. Harvester Of Sorrow reminds me a lot of Pantera's Walk. Dyers Eve is fun.

I'll always think of this album as so much wasted potential unfortunately. The way James and Lars nuked the bass just to fufill their massive egos really sours it for me. If I'm able to set that aside though there are some fantastic songs here.

Even more Metallica, this must be the 3rd or 4th now in 320 odd doing this challenge! My gut reaction is not another album and its a long one at 1 hour and 5 minutes for 9 tracks.

This is all a bit meh and sounds like all the others. There is nothing new and different.

Favourite song: I enjoyed eye of the beholder and the opening guitar riff to one.
Least favourite: The rest of the album
Album artwork: Cool cover

Metallica's huge popularity baffles me. I feel like they suck all the thrill and the joy out of metal.

80s metal. Not my thing. I do enjoy 90s Metallica

I get that there are huge fans out there, but Metallica is just not my thing. The vocals always feel forced and fake to me.

Usually not my cup of tea, but I tend to enjoy older Metallica. 3.5/5

musica longa e chata, musica longa e chata, aquela música do guitar hero 3 que não dá pra passar na manete e mais umas musica longa e chata.

tipo assim. trash metal não nasceu pra ter mais de 5 minutos não (e eu to sendo generoso aqui, 5 minutos é longo já)

This was really good. My highlight is "To Live Is To Die".

Not my jam. Sorry metalheads.
Some very cool guitar work, and I like the intro to One, but the growling vocals are too much of a turn off.

one is such a great song, love it for 15 years and counting...

definitely their weakest from the ones i've got so far, but still good.

someone said they're good at hyping crowds and not too good to listen to alone and i kinda agree, not the kind of stuff i would listen randomly on my own (except for a few outliers) but yeah great music!

These are some of the best metal compositions ever but the lack of bass keeps the album from being truly great.

Favourite songs: Dyers Eve, Blackened, Harvester of Sorrow, One, ...And Justice for All, The Frayed Ends of Sanity, To Live Is To Die

Least favourite songs: none

5/5