But whereas tracks like “One,” “Master of Puppets,” and “Seek & Destroy”-songs that not only defined Metallica’s sound, but the sound of ’80s metal in general-foregrounded complexity as proof of the band’s stamina and ambition, the music here is streamlined and the performances natural. They wanted precision, and by precision they meant technical mastery-a superlative in a world where the goal is to play as hard, fast, and complicatedly as possible without slipping.Īnd it isn’t that the Black Album isn’t complex. And while the Black Album’s win didn’t constitute acceptance, per se, it acknowledged what fans of the band had understood for going on 10 years: Metal was the vanguard of hard rock, and Metallica was the vanguard of metal.ĭrummer and cowriter Lars Ulrich says they used to labor for hours over the perfect take, Frankenstein-ing together fragments of drum parts, punching in riffs, blending and overdubbing until every wrinkle was ironed flat. Tull had infamously won the award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance in 1989-a reflection of both the Academy’s disconnect with metal culture and how uneasily it sat in the mainstream. Not because of their inordinate influence on Metallica, or even because Metallica felt a kinship with them-but because Jethro Tull hadn’t put out their own album that year to stand as competition.

Metallica will next be seen playing the UK’s Download Festival on June 8 and 10 as part of the four-night series, with Bring Me The Horizon and Slipknot headlining the other two nights of the annual event.The first people Metallica thanked when they won a Grammy Award in 1992, for what became known as the Black Album, were the progressive rock band Jethro Tull. Launched with the lead single, “Lux AEterna”, the project was produced by Greg Fidelman and band members James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. Hamburg marks the third city on the two-year live series in support of Metallica’s latest album, “72 Seasons”, which sees the band continue their “No Repeat Weekend' concept by featuring completely different setlists without repeats between the two events. The tune from the group’s self-titled fifth studio record (aka ‘The Black Album’) made its M72 world tour debut during the second of two concerts at the city’s Volksparkstadion. Metallica is streaming pro-shot video of a performance of their 1991 track, “Through The Never”, from a May 28 show in Hamburg, Germany.

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