Ep. 13 Metallica - The Black Album

Beyond The Beat by Jared Linnen

Jun 23, 202101:17:46Music

Nothing’s worse than when a band stops taking chances and puts out the same record 4 times in a row. But it’s scary to get out of your comfort zone, away from something tried and true. By 1990, Metallica was faced with t...

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