Metallica's Reviews

Kill 'em All

3 stars because its missing something!

I suppose I could go into the whole history of Metallica about now, but it seems like every other reviewer here already covered that territory. I'm going to have to disagree with censorship almost every time it comes up (I did say almost). Kill 'Em All is a case where something was censored before the other Bush was President. It was one of the groundbreaking albums that went into territory that other bands were scared to touch at the time. Am I Evil for me was a key song in my rebellious years of high school and it helped me mentally vent my anger towards whatever it was that ailed me at the time, good news is now I'm past it and I turned out ok. Am I Evil didnt make me go and become a serial killer, rob banks, steal cars, OD on drugs or become an alcoholic.

Two decades later, filth is the mainstay on albums released. Eminem lyrics make Am I Evil look like the theme song for the Muppets. In its time it was over the top, that time has passed and things are different now. Though lyrics are worse now than they were back then, does anyone really still believe that music entices the youth into the dark side? My generation (the one that grew up with headbanger 80's music) statistically have become more conservative than our parents, if music had anything to do with this change then censorship has a lot of egg on its face right now.

Bring back the full Kill 'Em All album!

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