preview

Metallica Research Papers

Satisfactory Essays

Metallica (also known as the black album) is the eponymously titled fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on August 12, 1991, through Elektra Records. It is a subtle marriage between Thrash Metal's sheer heaviness and Glam Metal movement clean guitars and slowed rhythms, Black Album is, to quote the band, "The Thing That Should Not Be": not because it's bad, but because is contradictory. Could a metal band like Metallica write lines mocking like "Something's wrong, shut the light Heavy thoughts tonight/ And they aren't of Snow White" or confessional like "What I felt, what I've known/ Never shined through what I've shown/ Never be, never see/ Won't see what I've might been" and even ambiguous love declarations

Get Access