METALLICA - ...And Justice for All... LP (1988

1988. Cliff Burton had been gone two years, and Metallica responded by making an album so dense, so angular, and so relentlessly long that it practically dared you to keep up.And Justice for All is the sound of a band processing grief through sheer technical brutality, and it remains one of the most uncompromising records in heavy metal history, remastered bass and all.

This is the album that gave the world One, the song that introduced an entire generation of suburban kids to Lars Ulrich's double kick and the concept of anti-war cinema. It's a slog in the best possible way, a nine-track, sixty-five-minute argument that thrash metal could be progressive without losing its teeth. The production is notoriously dry and guitar-forward, a flaw that became a fingerprint. You either hear it as a masterpiece or a lesson in what happens when you don't turn the bass up. Either way, it belongs in your collection.

180g vinyl LP remaster. Full length album. Origin: USA. Genre: Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal.

Fans of: Slayer, Megadeth, Pantera, Judas Priest.