Listening to the AC/DC the metal made the desk skipped

The rock scene of the eighties was dominated by glam metal, i Metal The samples of that musical genre despised were despised and placed themselves, with their thrash metal, in open opposition. So the fans were surprised and felt in a certain sense betrayed when they chose as a producer for their fifth album Bob Rockwho had previously worked with groups such as Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi and also Loverboy.

That apparently contraintial choice proved, on the contrary, one of the best choices that i Metal have ever done in their life. It was 1990, the previous 1988 album “… and Justice for All” (Read the review here) He had brought the group to a deadly point. There was a need for something different. The drummer Lars Ulrich He explained that the inspiration for the musical address of the new album had come from his obsession for another band. “In 1990 I spent six months listening to only the AC/DC. This has completely changed my approach to song writing “.

The band frontman James Hetfieldas Musicradar writes, however, he had the feeling that something was still wrong. “We wanted shorter and more full -bodied songs. But I couldn’t help but think that it was very easy to understand, very cantabile.” That task was centered with two songs: “Enter Sandman” And “Sad But True”. In both it is evident the influence of the AC/DC.

“Enter Sandman”
It has a riff with a left sound that it can remember
“Hells Bells”
opening song of the album of
AC/DC
“Back in Black”
(
Read the review here
), while the riff of
“Sad But True”
Remember in a certain way
“Back in Black”
. The thrash metal, their distinctive feature, was instead present in
“Holier Than Thou”
And
“Through the Never”
. Then they were there
“The
Unforgiven “
And
“Nothing Else Matters”
.

Hetfield at first was not entirely convinced by
“Nothing Else Matters”
. “What’s in not wanting to write a love song? It is quite easy. It is a huge sign of weakness. You are in the metal. This is hardcore. What the fuck are you doing? But that song was for me. Talk about being on the road, of the lack of someone at home. But it was written in such a way as to come into contact with many people. He did not speak only of two people. He spoke of a connection with your superior power, of many different things.”

The new album was simply entitled
“Metallica”
and another call to
“Back in Black”
of the
AC/DC
He was on the cover: completely black. So much so that that album, released in August 1991, is known as the black album. And as
“Back in Black”
It was the best -selling album of the
AC/DC
the black album was the greatest success of
Metal
. To date he has sold over 30 million copies all over the world. In short, the choice to take
Bob Rock
As a producer it was not entirely wrong.