Lars Ulrich.

Obviously there were compromises, things we wouldn't have thrown ourselves into this endeavor

if we weren't somewhat open, no matter how much we complained to looking at some of this stuff differently.

James Hetfield.

Our fan base started to relate a lot more to what those lyrics meant.

I'm not the only misfit out there or the person who thinks this way.

I'm scared too. I don't want to say it, but if we're scared together, it's okay.

Kirk Hammett.

There was nothing drawing in the entire, like, total spectrum of it all, you know?

It was, like, the sound would envelope you, and then James' singing would come in, and it felt so powerful and effective. The Metallica podcast.

The Black Album.

This is Side 3. Play on. Sound off.

I think the last three records, three, four records maybe had just been primarily just,

when we were tracking drums or doing basic tracks, it's primarily just James and I.

And so trying to catch that thing of the four of us playing together.

You know, we went to the biggest room we could find in L.A.

At one-on-one, out in Lanc the biggest room we could find in L.A. at one-on-one

on Lancashim and North Hollywood. Interesting tidbit, which may not seem super obvious in

historical context, but, and justice for all, and the black album recorded in the same

studio, which I think is interesting because you can't have two records that sound

more opposite of each other.

That's so obvious, and I never even realized that.

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