(Rated this album with 10 out of 10) Reviewed by
MICHAEL TAYLOR
from RICHMOND, VA USA
UP BY THE TIME THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED, METALLICA WAS SERIOUSLY BEGINNING TO BECOME A VERY WELL-KNOWN BAND. WHEN THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED, METALLICA [RIGHTFULLY SO] BECAME A MAINSTREAM PHONOMENON. THE SONGS HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT SHORTER, BUT THIS WAS STILL ANOTHER HEAVY METAL CLASSIC. SONGS TO CHECK OUT ARE ''ENTER SANDMAN'', ''MY FRIEND OF MISERY'', ''DON'T TREAD ON ME'', ''THE UNFORGIVEN'', AND THE POWERFUL ''NOTHING ELSE MATTERS''. FANS OF METALLICA ACCUSED THE BAND OF GOING SOFT WHEN THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED. BUT, THEY DIDN'T GET SOFT, THEY JUST SIMPLY TOOK THEIR MUSIC TO A FEW NEW LEVELS. AFTER THIS ALBUM, METALLICA WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.
