After the muddled production and ultracomplicated song structures of
...And Justice for All,
Metallica
decided that they had taken the progressive elements of their music as
far as they could and that a simplification and streamlining of their
sound was in order. While the assessment made sense from a musical
standpoint, it also presented an opportunity to commercialize their
music, and
Metallica
accomplishes both goals. The best songs are more melodic and immediate,
the crushing, stripped-down grooves of "Enter Sandman," "Sad but True,"
and "Wherever I May Roam" sticking to traditional structures and using
the same main riffs throughout; the crisp, professional production by
Bob Rock
adds to their accessibility. "The Unforgiven" and "Nothing Else
Matters" avoid the slash-and-burn guitar riffs that had always
punctuated the band's ballads; the latter is a full-fledged love song
complete with string section, which works much better than might be
imagined. The song- and riff-writing slips here and there, a rare
occurrence for
Metallica,
which some longtime fans interpreted as filler next to a batch of
singles calculated for commercial success. The objections were often
more to the idea that
Metallica
was doing anything explicitly commercial, but millions more disagreed.
In fact, the band's popularity exploded so much that most of their back
catalog found mainstream acceptance in its own right, while other
progressively inclined speed metal bands copied the move toward
simplification. In retrospect,
Metallica
is a good, but not quite great, album, one whose best moments
deservedly captured the heavy metal crown, but whose approach also
foreshadowed a creative decline.
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