......AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ALBUM

.......AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ALBUM

Metallica's legendary fourth album, entry point to thrash for many people through its amazing songs, the epitome of thrash metal, and a very good example for songwriting and structure. You guessed it, And Justice For All. Undoubtedly, Metallica's best album and also one of the best albums in thrash, rivalled only by a select few masterpieces. This time they're here to take off that green paint from the halls of justice and distribute it to all. I just wish they left it at this and called it a day after their renowned live performance in Seattle.

The only people you find calling this album shit with a shit rhetoric themselves are the people who think hating Metallica is cool while listening to the worst that thrash has output themselves. Because it's coool!

Metallica was a band that was not only thrash but above thrash, rivalled by almost none in this genre. This album only solidifies that position they used to have. It doesn't fall into any of the potential traps that plague nearly the entirety of the genre, whether it's generic, unoriginal songwriting or soulless, "look at how tough I can sound with my stupid high-pitch voice" kind of vocals. Not only that, but this also beholds some of the most emotional and meaningful pieces Metallica has ever written, namely "One," "Harvester of Sorrow" and "Dyers Eve."

The instrumentation is beyond this world, especially the guitars. The riffs are heavy, technically complex, very original and incredibly powerful. James Hetfield and Jason Newsted make wonders in songwriting here, especially when thrashing hard in Blackened and Dyers Eve. The guitars also sound incredible with a unique, low-end leaning tone, which should be an example for any modern band. Not only that, but most of the solos are also listenable and not random pentatonic garbage (or Dave's "look at how fast I can shred" stuff) unlike those in the records prior to this. The clean sections are unique and sound great thanks to their highly progressive elements. It's also great that you can hear the bass in those.

Regarding the foundational instruments, the drums and the bass, they're the only problematic parts of this record. There's the massive problem of the bass not being present, and on a smaller scale, the drums being a tad bit too loud. I can understand why they'd cut out the bass since their guitar tone here already sounds like it's supplemented with bass, but it still creates a major hole when listening to this, especially as a musician. It's just ironic there's no justice for the bass in a record that's named And Justice For All. The drumming on the other hand sounds tight and is Ulrich's finest. While chaotic just like Ulrich's previous efforts, it's chaotic in a good sense here. A highlight to the bone-crushing drums in Dyers Eve.

I cannot overstate how amazing Hetfield's vocals used to be. They were decent in Kill 'Em All, great in Ride The Lightning, an example for thrashers in Master Of Puppets and is a very good example for any musician in this record. The vocals are passionate, angry, perfectly placed in the mix, and sound amazing. He sounds pissed off at all times, and his calmer singing profound in One is also mesmerizing. His voice really sets the atmosphere for this record. It's almost perfect. His lyrics are also excellent, poetic and make good points regarding real issues that are still relevant. And no "just a rhyme without a reason" unlike the previous album.

The songwriting is great, the tones are amazing, and the sound is great. The bass is the only problem regarding the sound.

I often only talk about uniquely good or otherwise notable tracks in albums instead of going over all of them one-by-one, but this album is full of classics. Here goes.

The album begins with the hypnotizing, unique intro of Blackened instantly thrashes you up without mercy around thirty seconds in. With its powerful primary riff, fast verses, strong chorus, exciting bridge and one of the best solos Kirk Hammett has ever written, the opening track Blackened is the best song in this album and best Metallica song overall. The follow-up tracks And Justice For All and Eye of the Beholder are slow and not that energetic, but they're okay and very cool to listen to the first few times. "One" is a half-ballad that gets very heavy halfway into the song. Its clean sections are beautiful and well-written, choruses are powerful and the first two solos are great. It only gets better after it gets heavy. The Shortest Straw is a cool thrasher, nothing much to say about it. Harvester of Sorrow, one of the slower tracks here is a real banger, with its powerful clean sections that blend in perfectly with the rougher sounds, overall heaviness of the track and the emotional music. To Live Is To Die is Metallica's either best or second-best instrumental, rivalled strongly by Orion. Dyers Eve is the album's second highlight after Blackened, with its fast, powerful, unique with its double-kick drumming, which is something Lars never does again, and filled with anguish through Hetfield's voice. The album ends quite abruptly with this, but it's a powerful ending regardless.

It's amazing. It shouldn't even be a debate, this is Metallica's best album.

Highlights: Blackened, One, Harvester of Sorrow, Dyers Eve.

Daftar Lagu

1.Blackened 06:41  

Blackened is the end, winter it will send
Throwing all you see, into obscurity
Death of Mother Earth, never a rebirth
Evolution’s end, never will it mend

Never!

Fire! To begin whipping dance of the dead
Blackened is the end
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Color our world blackened

Blistering of Earth, terminate its worth
Deadly nicotine, kills what might have been
Callous frigid chill, nothing left to kill
Never seen before, breathing nevermore

Never!

Fire! To begin whipping dance of the dead
Blackened is the end
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Color our world blackened

Blackened!

Opposition (Opposition)
Contradiction (Contradiction)
Premonition (Premonition)
Compromise

Agitation (Agitation)
Violation (Violation)
Mutilation (Mutilation)
Planet dies

Darkest color
Blistered Earth
True death of life

(Termination) Termination
(Expiration) Expiration
(Cancellation) Cancellation
Human race

(Expectation) Expectation
(Liberation) Liberation
(Population) Population
Lay to waste

See our mother
Put to death
See our mother die

Smouldering decay, take her breath away
Millions of our years, in minutes disappears
Darkening in vain, decadence remains
All is said and done, never is the sun

Never!

Fire! To begin whipping dance of the dead
Blackened is the end
To begin whipping dance of the dead

Fire! Is the outcome of hypocrisy
Darkest potency
In the exit of humanity
Color our world blackened

Blackened

2. ...and Justice for All 09:47  

Halls of justice painted green, money talking
Power wolves beset your door, hear them stalking
Soon you’ll please their appetite, they devour
Hammer of justice crushes you, overpower

The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy
I can’t believe the things you say
I can’t believe, I can’t believe the price you pay

Nothing can save you

Justice is lost, justice is raped, justice is gone
Pulling your strings, justice is done
Seeking no truth, winning is all
Find it so grim, so true, so real

Apathy their stepping stone, so unfeeling
Hidden deep animosity, so deceiving
Through your eyes their light burns, hoping to find
Inquisition sinking you, with prying minds

The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy
I can’t believe the things you say
I can’t believe, I can’t believe the price you pay

Nothing can save you

Justice is lost, justice is raped, justice is gone
Pulling your strings, justice is done
Seeking no truth, winning is all
Find it so grim, so true, so real

Lady justice has been raped, truth assassin
Rolls of red tape seal your lips, now you’re done in
Their money tips her scales again, make your deal
Just what is truth? I cannot tell, cannot feel

The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy
I can’t believe the things you say
I can’t believe, I can’t believe the price we pay

Nothing can save us

Justice is lost, justice is raped, justice is gone
Pulling your strings, justice is done
Seeking no truth, winning is all
Find it so grim, so true, so real

Seeking no truth, winning is all
Find it so grim, so true, so real

3. One 07:27  

I can’t remember anything,
can’t tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel to scream,
this terrible silence stops me
Now that the war is through with me,
I’m waking up I cannot see
That there’s not much left of me,
nothing is real but pain now

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please, God, wake me

Back in the womb it’s much too real,
in pumps life that I must feel
But can’t look forward to reveal,
look to the time when I’ll live
Fed through the tube that sticks in me,
just like a wartime novelty
Tied to machines that make me be,
cut this life off from me

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God, wake me

Now the world is gone I’m just one
Oh God, help me

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God help me

Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see, absolute horror
I cannot live, I cannot die
Trapped in myself, body my holding cell

Landmine has taken my sight
Taken my speech, taken my hearing
Taken my arms, taken my legs, taken my soul
Left me with life in hell

4. The Shortest Strawk 06:36  

Suspicion is your name, your honesty to blame,
put dignity to shame, dishonor
Witchhunt modern day, determining decay,
the blatant disarray, disfigure
The public eyes’ disgrace, defying common place,
unending paper chase, unending
Deafening, painstaking, reckoning,
this vertigo it doth bring

Shortest straw, challenge liberty, downed by law
Live in infamy, rub you raw
Witchhunt riding through, shortest straw
This shortest straw has been pulled for you

Pulled for you (Shortest straw)
Pulled for you (Shortest straw)
Pulled for you (Shortest straw)
Shortest straw has been pulled for you

The accusations fly, discrimination,
why? Your inner self to die, intruding
Doubt sunk itself in you , it’s teeth and talons through, your living catch 22, deluding
A mass hysteria, a megalomania, reveal dementia, reveal
Secretly, silently, certainly, in vertigo you will be

Shortest straw, challenge liberty, downed by law
Live in infamy, rub you raw
Witchhunt riding through, shortest straw
This shortest straw has been pulled for you

Pulled for you (Shortest straw)
Pulled for you (Shortest straw)
Pulled for you (Shortest straw)
Shortest straw has been pulled for you

(Shortest straw) Pulled for you
(Shortest straw) Pulled for you
(Shortest straw) Pulled for you
(Shortest straw) Shortest straw has been pulled for you

Behind you, hands are tied, your being,
ostracized, your hell is multiplied, upending
The fallout has begun, oppressive damage done,
your many turned to none, to nothing
You’re reaching your nadir, your will has disappeared,
the lie is crystal clear, defending
Channels red, one word said,
blacklisted, with vertigo make you dead

Shortest straw, challenge liberty, downed by law
Live in infamy, rub you raw
Witchhunt riding through, shortest straw
This shortest straw has been pulled for you

5. Harvester of Sorrow 05:44  

My life suffocates, planting seeds of hate
I’ve loved, turned to hate, trapped far beyond my fate
I give, you take, this life that I forsake
Been cheated of my youth, you turned this lie to truth

Anger! Misery!
You’ll suffer unto me

Harvester of sorrow (Language of the mad)
Harvester of sorrow

Uh!

Pure black looking clear, my work is done soon here
Try getting back to me, get back which used to be
Drink up, shoot in, let the beatings begin
Distributor of pain, your loss becomes my gain

Anger! Misery!
You’ll suffer unto me

Harvester of sorrow (Language of the mad)
Harvester of sorrow

Uah!

All have said their prayers, invade their nightmares
To see into my eyes, you’ll find where murder lies

Infanticide

Harvester of sorrow (Language of the mad)
Harvester of sorrow (Language of the mad)

Harvester of sorrow
Harvester of sorrow
Harvester of sorrow
Harvester of sorrow
Harvester of sorrow
Harvester of sorrow

6. The Frayed Ends of Sanity 07:44  

Oh-e-oh! Eoh!
Oh-e-oh! Eoh!
Oh-e-oh! Eoh!
Oh-e-oh! Eoh!
Oh-e-oh! Eoh!
Oh-e-oh! Eoh!

Never hunger, never prosper
I have fallen prey to failure
Struggle within, triggered again
Now the candle burns at both ends

Twisting under schizophrenia
Falling deep into dementia

Old habits reappear, fighting the fear of fear
Growing conspiracy, everyone’s after me
Frayed ends of sanity, hear them calling
Hear them calling me

Birth of terror, death of much more
I’m the slave of fear, my captor
Never warnings, spreading its wings
As I wait for the horror she brings

Loss of interest, question, wonder
Waves of fear they pull me under

Old habits reappear, fighting the fear of fear
Growing conspiracy, everyone’s after me
Frayed ends of sanity, hear them calling
Hear them calling me

Into ruin, I am sinking
Hostage of this nameless feeling
Hell is set free, flooded I’ll be
Feel the undertow inside me

Height, Hell, time, haste, terror, tension
Life, death, want, waste, mass depression

Old habits reappear, fighting the fear of fear
Growing conspiracy, myself is after me
Frayed ends of sanity, hear them calling

Frayed ends of sanity, hear them calling
Hear them calling me hahahaha…

7. To Live Is to Die 09:49  

When a man lies, he murders some part of the world
These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives
All this I cannot bear to witness any longer
Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home

8. Dyers Eve 08:13  

Dear Mother, dear Father! What is this hell you have put me through
Believer, deceiver! Day in day out live my life through you
Pushed onto me what’s wrong or right
Hidden from this thing that they call life

Dear Mother, dear Father! Every thought I’d think you’d disapprove
Curator, dictator! Always censoring my every move
Children are seen but are not heard
Tear out everything inspired

Innocence
Torn from me without your shelter
Barred reality
I’m living blindly

Dear Mother, dear Father! Time has frozen still what’s left to be
Hear nothing, say nothing! Cannot face the fact I think for me
No guarantee, it’s life as is
But damn you for not giving me my chance

Dear Mother, dear Father! You’ve clipped my wings before I learned to fly
Unspoiled, unspoken! I’ve outgrown that fucking lullaby
Same thing I’ve always heard from you
Do as I say not as I do

Innocence
Torn from me without your shelter
Barred reality
I’m living blindly

I’m in hell without you
Cannot cope without you two
Shocked at the world that I see
Innocent victim please rescue me

Dear Mother, dear Father! Hidden in your world you’ve made for me
I’m seething, I’m bleeding! Ripping wounds in me that never heal
Undying spite I feel for you
Living out this hell you always knew

Go!

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