Better known as “The Black Album”, the black of course was to signal the death of Metallica’s credibility. The rebirth of the band brought with it a success as stadium rockers and for a while earnest young thrashers forgave them for the giant sell-out because it meant there was a bigger interest in metal and it was suddenly okay to own Iron Maiden album…
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