The biggest problem with this album isn't the production, it's the lack of flutes and the way they don't play their mandolins loudly enough.

Written by Metren on 17.11.2018 at 19:11

The biggest problem with this album isn't the production, it's the lack of flutes and the way they don't play their mandolins loudly enough.

This is my gift for you:

Written by Vikcen on 26.11.2018 at 19:31

This is my gift for you:

And I shall return the favor:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Hard_Rock/Metal_Performance_Vocal_or_Instrumental

Great album, but not quite a masterpiece. Also, a sure-fire minus 1 if I've ever heard one.

Rendering the bass inaudible created a flat mix/production and you can hear the lack of depth in music.

Written by Immortus on 02.08.2019 at 02:49
Rendering the bass inaudible created a flat mix/production and you can hear the lack of depth in music.

That's something I'll never understand. I know stylistically sometimes it makes sense depending on the genre to muffle the bass a bit or even a lot, but a thrash album needs that foundational weight to support the galloping guitars, otherwise it just sounds thin and hollow.

I wasn't there to witness the reactions of fans at the time of its release but I can't imagine people didn't notice the massive red flags waving all over this.

As long as I can remember knowing Metallica, people have always been talking about the first four albums being the absolute masterpieces and how after that everything went downhill fast. After owning and listening to this band and these exact albums for more than 20 years for now, I can finally come clean with this unpopular and incorrect opinion of mine: make it three for me.

How and why is this album so revered I will never understand. From what I have read, they tried to make this more ambitious and complex than anything they had tried before, even if their most talented members had either died or been kicked out already. What this means in action, is overlong and boring metal album trying to sound more sophisticated and smart than it actually is. And yes, I said that: ...And Justice For All is just incredibly boring, way too lengthy and flat-sounding record I have never been able to listen through in one sitting.

Honestly, I'm not even exaggerating this. I can totally understand why they decided to simplify their sound after this even if I'm not a huge fan of that stuff either.

Definitely better than Master of Puppets at least.

God I wish it had bass though.

Written by Guest on 20.02.2020 at 21:46

Definitely better than Master of Puppets at least.

God I wish it had bass though.

If you have a genuine copy of the album I highly recommend you track down the bootleg release "And Justice For Jason" which was remixed and remastered to restore the long absent bass without losing any of the dynamics. It's a superior listen. You'll never want to hear the original again.

Written by Mark Ayoub on 04.05.2020 at 14:22

Written by Guest on 20.02.2020 at 21:46

Definitely better than Master of Puppets at least.

God I wish it had bass though.

If you have a genuine copy of the album I highly recommend you track down the bootleg release "And Justice For Jason" which was remixed and remastered to restore the long absent bass without losing any of the dynamics. It's a superior listen. You'll never want to hear the original again.

Is that right? I'll be sure to check this out then.

01. Blackened - 10/10
02. ...And Justice For All - 10/10
03. Eye Of The Beholder - 9.5/10
04. One - 10/10
05. The Shortest Straw - 9.5/10
06. Harvester Of Sorrow - 10/10
07. The Frayed Ends Of Sanity - 9.5/10
08. To Live Is To Die - 9.5/10
09. Dyers Eve - 10/10

Overall: 9.8/10

I enjoyed this album but it's far from their best. The Black Album makes sense after hearing this one for so many years.

Seeing fights going on here between 6-ratings and 10-ratings I feel the urge to make it easy and bring it to the point, as I see it.
Superb songwriting
Atrocious production (minus 1 full point)
Overlong songs (minus 1 full point)
Equals an 8.0 in my books.
Not even close to their best, but far away from their b..l s..t either.

This is definitely one of their worst when it comes to nonsensically long songs. But hard to overlook some of the absolute bangers like Dyer's Eve. Can you imagine how good Metallica could be with an album full of Dyer's Eve? I'm wet just thinking about it.