Reviews
Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's.", Included in Q's "Best Metal Albums Of All Time" - "...Transformed them from cult metal heroes into global superstars....bringing a little refinement to their undoubted power...", "This record's diamond-tipped tuneage stripped the band's melancholy guitar excess down to melodic, radio-ready bullets and ballads.", "The album that propelled them out of the metal ghetto to true mainstream global rock superstardom.", Ranked #16 in Melody Maker's list of the top 30 albums of 1991 - "...In a committed move away from their thrash roots, METALLICA was slower, less complicated, and probably twice as heavy as anything they'd done before...", "...Rock's preeminent speed-metal cyclone...Metallica may have invented a new genre: progressive thrash..." - Rating: B+, 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Several songs...seem destined to become hard-rock classics....They effectively bridge the gap between commercial metal and the much harder thrash of Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth...", Highly Recommended - "...A burnished black gem...", Ranked #52 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."