Ep. 37 - Metallica - The Black Album

Cue the opening guitar of Enter Sandman and let's headbang our way back to 1991 and talk about Metallica's self-titled fifth album, which would forever be referred to as 'the black album.' Now most die-hard Metallica fans will tell you, you're supposed to go back a decade before to the heavy underground thrash days of Kill Em All-- BUT, there was something so significant about how this more accessible album took the world by storm, ended up dropping 5 incredible music videos in constant rotation on MTV, and introduced small town kids like me to a collection of metal albums that would influence my music tastes for decades to come. Get 30% off your first year of DistroKid, with my special VIP link: http://distrokid.com/vip/waterproof Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices