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Sound is ripping through your ears
The deafening sound of metal nears
Your bodies waiting for his whips
The taste of leather on your lips
These lines are from Phantom Lord (1983). It's included in their debut album Kill 'Em All (1983),
which stands as a real masterpiece of the time. Metallica was among the firsts to launch speedy
trash metal in California in the early 80's.
"If you're truly devoted to what you're doing, you'll take on a lot of influence and integrate it
into your own style to make things less boring."
- Kirk Hammett
In the 90's Metallica became perhaps the best selling rock band of all times.
Born into attitude, why cure the fever? I rank the albums Load (1996) and
Reload (1997) on the level of the early eighties.
"When people don't change they get really stuck and they stop living.
I'll go back and see friends from high school or back in the old days.
You look at them and go, 'Fuck, man, you haven't changed one fucking bit.
You're still going to that same liquor store and hanging out at the same
places. God damn, man. How about taking a risk and moving forward a bit?'"
- James Hetfield on Re-Load
"As long as it says Metallica on the record it's Metallica."
- Lars Ulrich
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