The Controversial Reason METALLICA Stopped Writing Thrash Metal

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1. Load was BY FAR more of a controversial departure from their thrash roots.

   When they cut heir hair off, we all lost our goddamn minds.🥸

2. Hooking up with bob rock again after the black album was a mistake and letting him have so much control over the songwriting……he thought he was the faith member and he thought when Jason left he was going to slide right into that spot

3. Not 12th, 11TH! "Garage Inc." is the cover/compilation hybrid.

4. I used to listen to the fans who said that the newer Metallica albums were awful but they were wrong sure it wasn’t thrash but they have some sick ass songs in there

5. I would rather have the Metallica that continued playing thrash.

6. They had another band name? Was it Alcohollica? If so, I thought that was a joke.

   I had no idea.

7. Excellent mix and overall sound plus polished writing on the Black album. It still holds up today. I've been a fan since 1984-85.

8. great times,great memories
   🤟👍👌✌✊✊✊

9. Love this album Yeah Yeah!!!

10. Long story short – they ran out of Mustaines material to palgairize. MegadetH rules.

11. Cliff Burton died and most of Metallica died along with him, that's why their sound changed so drastically. RIP Cliff Burton.

12. Metallica hasn’t released a good album since And Justice. Those first four records are masterpieces. I don’t blame them, how do you follow up a prog thrash album like Justice. That record was a nightmare to play every night. So they went in the opposite direction. There’s selective tracks on every album that are good but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t wish they would go back and thrash again. Testament, overkill, anthrax, death angel all still thrash. Maybe before they hang it up they will put out one more thrash record

13. There was better thrash back then, way better than Metallica. They are just a another sellout band with very average and boring songs.

14. Metallicas original band name was Panic

15. when my 12yo pop loving sister wanted a copy of the black album i was done w/pop-tallica. i regret nothing.

16. Cliff dying isn't controversial.

17. I’m in the third category: I don’t just like the thrash, or the radio rock. I enjoy all eras of Metallica. Well, not so much with St. Anger.

18. Why is there a clip of Super Mario?

19. My wife, who is no metal head at all, loves "Unforgiven", she like the rest of the album too.
    But, throw on Kill, Ride, Master, or, Justice, she'll say… "I don't wanna hear that screaming, head banging, no making sense shit!"
    I still love her though! 🥰

20. The black album was pop metal for the radio.

21. Metallica did Load and Reload. Then they did St. Anger but thankfully not Re St. Anger.

22. Every great man transcends their original great selves. Look at Zep back in the 70s. As great as they were early on they kept getting criticized and sued for ripping off other artists. Later on they became more complex and unique and so did Metallica.

23. Lars Ulrich looks like Martin Hingis in one of those photos.

24. The Black album was the beginning of Metallica's musical descent. BUT it was also when they FINALLY got their sound right. They should re-mix all their older albums using the sound on this album….

    Say what you want about Bob Rock, the sound on the Black album is the best in ALL ROCK AND METAL, PERIOD. I dare anyone to show me a better sounding album…. 💯

25. No buddy, you got that wrong: Metallica didn´t plan the Black Album because of Grunge. The idea came around 89, influenced by Def Leppard´s Histerya and yes, even Thriller by Michael Jackson, as they wanted Crossover success, and those 2 were super big crossover hits. The Black Album was released almost a full year before Nirvana broke big. Also, the hate and obvious fatigue of the Hair metal Glam thing was a factor. Another factor: Guns n roses showed that it was possible to do real heavy music. be successful with the masses and not follow the Glam route.
    Why was it such a success? many factors for sure, but one of them was that this made metal "safe" for consumption by the masses who bought at Walmart, etc. And coming from the band with the impeccable credentials of being the originators of Thrash.

26. I remember clearly when it came out: it made Metal the lord of all media. BUT… I hated it. It felt like your girlfriend sleeping with your best friend, it felt like being punched in the stomach, off guard. It felt like a betrayal. I like that record now but it took me like 5 years to like it. I can understand intellectually why they did that. But man…
    I also resented that every interview they gave during those years, when pressed to comment on the issue, they were obviously evading or lying. Oh well.
    Then they released Load and Reload. Same story.
    I spent the 90s listening to old metallica.
    Metallica didn´t plan the Black Album because of Grunge. The idea came around 89, influenced by Def Leppard´s Histerya and yes, even Thriller by Michael Jackson, as they wanted Crossover success, and those 2 were super big crossover hits. The Black Album was released almost a full year before Nirvana broke big. Also, the hate and obvious fatigue of the Hair metal Glam thing was a factor. Another factor: Guns n roses showed that it was possible to do real heavy music, be successful with the masses and not follow the Glam route.
    
    Why was it such a success? many factors for sure, but one of them was that this made metal "safe" for consumption by the masses who bought at Walmart, etc. And coming from the band with the impeccable credentials of being the originators of Thrash.

27. I was so mad.

28. They knew the scene was dead and got lucky.

29. It was a business after all, these weren't exactly hungry musicians but a well established Thrash Metal band with 4 amazing albums and going mainstream only made sense. They couldn't reinvent what they already perfected and there were other bands ready to take over as there was a shift happening. The Black album is a decent album and I'd put it on once in a while but it was abandoning the longtime fans to gain more new fans. Worked out well for them but 80's Metallica is the real Metallica to me, when I think about Metallica and everything after the Black album is not of much interest to me…genuinely can't even name one song off any of the follow up albums, not counting the title tracks lol

30. What the heck is active rock?

31. I'm 59 and Metallica stopped being Metallica after and justice for all album!!give me lamb of god anyday!!now that slayer retired the only band from that era who still rocks hard is testament!! The first four albums are masterpieces and are the bibles of thrash.miss Jason,he was the fire in Metallica and ruled that stage every show.

32. Yeah when I heard Enter Sandman I laughed and thought it was a bad cover of a 70s song.

33. Nothing Else Matters was their first ballad? What about Fade to Black, Sanitarium (Welcome Home), and One? They've had a slow tempo song on many of their albums.

34. That's funny you're saying that after hearing 72 seasons

35. Metal Militia! Also I love the Black Album! However, Metallica should get flack for continuously selling out after that and not making cohesive albums. I only like a couple songs off of everything else they did afterwards, while the first five, I can listen from front to back with no problems.

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