METAL MILITIA (Various Artists) A Tribute To Metallica 3 (2000) CD

By 2000, Metallica had already gone through the Black Album, Load, and ReLoad, and the internet was busy deciding which version of the band it was allowed to mourn. Meanwhile, the tribute album industry was in full swing, and someone had already made two of these.

This is volume three of the Metal Militia series, which tells you there was enough demand, or enough bands willing to take a swing at the Hetfield catalogue, to fill three separate compilations. Thrash metal acts covering Metallica is exactly what it sounds like: loud, earnest, occasionally better than you'd expect, and completely unapologetic about existing. For fans who want to hear Master of Puppets interpreted by bands who still think the riff is the whole point, which is the correct opinion.

Format: Full Length Compilation CD. Genre: Thrash Metal.

Fans of: Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer, Testament.