... AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

Metallica are highly regarded as very important thrash metal pioneers, and it'd be hard for me to disagree with that notion. They are a very important and popular band even today, but since the release of "... And Justice for All" they've not created such a fantastic thrash metal album of the progressive variety.

I personally am not a big Metallica fan by any means, but I do feel that his is their most creative album and definitely their most progressive and complex. The music here is heavy, fun, bouncy and full of galloping riffs. The songwriting here is much more fluid than on their other albums, though they've never had a problem with that. It just seems that the longer tracks like the title track and the hit "One" are full of emotion that has before never been present on a Metallica album.

Anyone interested in hearing what early progressive metal sounded like with a strong thrash base should definitely check out this album, and anyone already a fan of progressive metal should experience this album at least once.