Reviews
Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's.", Included in Q's "Best Metal Albums Of All Time" - "...Transformed them from cult metal heroes into global superstars....bringing a little refinement to their undoubted power...", "This record's diamond-tipped tuneage stripped the band's melancholy guitar excess down to melodic, radio-ready bullets and ballads.", Ranked #16 in Melody Maker's list of the top 30 albums of 1991 - "...In a committed move away from their thrash roots, METALLICA was slower, less complicated, and probably twice as heavy as anything they'd done before...", "The Album That Propelled Them Out of the Metal Ghetto to True Mainstream Global Rock Superstardom.", "...Rock's preeminent speed-metal cyclone...Metallica may have invented a new genre: progressive thrash..." - Rating: B+, 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Several songs...seem destined to become hard-rock classics....They effectively bridge the gap between commercial metal and the much harder thrash of Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth...", Highly Recommended-"...A Burnished Black Gem...", Ranked #52 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."
