Metallica-...And Justice for All
The last truly great Metallica album, this is an album for true metalheads. Long songs, dark and disturbing lyrics and incredible, jaw dropping guitar solos. The agony and horrors of returning war veterans. The devastation of mental illness in a family. Murder and suicide. Existential philosophy. Wrong man accused and ironically, justice not being applied equally and fairly. it goes way beyond the common place metal topics at the time.
It was the first full album to be produced after the death of Cliff Burton, and Jason Newsted will always be the under appreciated brother of the group. He's a musical genius, and much, much more talented than the average fan gives him credit for. Ulrich, Hetfield and Hammet were at their peak and Jason fits in with them just fine-at least musically. It's widely known that the guys in the band never treated him as an equal. Sad.
When a band peaks, it's always a bit sad-because you know there is only way to go from there. But very very few bands achieve this kind of success both musically and commercially, and Metallica should be remembered for who they were rather than what they've become.
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