Metallica - ...And Justice For All

Do you want what I want?
Desire not a thing
I hunger after independence, lengthen freedom's ring

I'll start with an already well known gripe about this era of Metallica's recordings... There is no bass anywhere on this album. I know Jason Newsted was the new guy, but it wouldn't have hurt to crank him up to an audible level. As a result, the album is incredibly thin sounding, which is a shame because there are some really great songs on this, the last of the golden age of Metallica, album. I can also say that I would not have wanted to be in this band because there's no way I'd have ever been able to remember all the tempo changes in every song. James Hetfield's rhythm work is amazing on songs like "Eye of the Beholder" and Kirk Hammett is the most melodic lead guitarist in all of metal music as evidenced on "One".

4/5
Favourite Track - The Frayed Ends of Sanity