Year : 2025 (Japan Edition)
Style : Heavy Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 3320 kbps + all scans
Size : 136 mb
Bio:
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. The band's fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship placed them as one of the founding "big four" of thrash metal alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. Metallica was formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features founders Hetfield (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Ulrich (drums), longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo, who joined the band in 2003. Previous members of the band are lead guitarist Dave Mustaine, who went on to found Megadeth, bassists Ron McGovney (demos only), Cliff Burton (the first three records, died in 1986), and Jason Newsted. The band also had a long collaboration with producer Bob Rock, who produced all of its albums from 1990 to 2003 and served as a temporary bassist between the departure of Newsted and the hiring of Trujillo.The band earned a growing fan-base in the underground music community and critical acclaim with its first four albums, with their third, Master of Puppets (1986), described as one of the most influential and heavy thrash metal albums. Metallica achieved substantial commercial success with their eponymous fifth album (also known as The Black Album), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.In 2000, Metallica was among a number of artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band's copyright-protected material for free without any band member's consent. A settlement was reached, and Napster became a pay-to-use service. Despite reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the release of St. Anger (2003) alienated many fans with the exclusion of guitar solos and the "steel-sounding" snare drum. A film titled Some Kind of Monster documented the recording process of St. Anger and the tensions within the band during that time. In 2009, Metallica was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Metallica has released nine studio albums, four live albums, five extended plays, 25 music videos, and 37 singles. The band has won nine Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the first band to do so. The band's eponymous 1991 album has sold over 16 million copies in the United States, making it the best-selling album of the SoundScan Era. Metallica ranks as one of the most commercially successful bands of all time, having sold over 120 million records worldwide.Metallica has been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines, including Rolling Stone, which ranked them 61st on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. As of December 2012, Metallica is the fourth best-selling music artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, selling a total of 53,642,000 albums in the United States alone. In 2012, Metallica formed the independent record label Blackened Recordings, and took ownership of all of the band's albums and videos.
Album:
Metallica’s debut album ‘Kill ‘Em All’ from 1983 was not only the starting point for a great career, it was an album that had a significant impact on the metal world. On the album ”No Life ‘Til Leather: A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All”, genre greats such as Tygers Of Pan Tang, Raven, Motörhead, Saxon, Diamond Head, and others come together to show their appreciation for Kill ‘Em All.This Japanese edition adds as exclusive bonus track ‘Hit The Lights’, performed by GIRLSCHOOL featuring JOE STUMP & ALCATRAZZ.There’s no way to describe the joy of hearing a selection of groups playing one of your favourite band’s greatest albums. We are used to Metallica themselves playing cover songs, as they’ve done this for decades, but as soon as the opening riffs and screams came out from Tailgunner’s version of “Hit The Lights” I was smiling from ear to ear.This album just proves how much of a legacy the Bay Area legends have, and with some big hitters like thrash giants Testament alongside some of Metallica’s favourite bands, Saxon, Diamond Head and Motorhead, there is plenty to enjoy.As mentioned, Tailgunner kick it all off, and they do a superb job, with their singer opening with a trademark Hetfield “oooooo yeeeeaaaahhhhh”. It still proves what a blistering song this is and it’s followed by a rockier version of “The Four Horseman” from The Almighty, with Ricky Warwick’s voice doing a sterling job. This has been 5 years in the making, and it all began when NWOBHM legends Diamond Head covered “No Remorse”.With Swedish prog metallers Soen next, they give an intriguing version of “Motorbreath”, which did make me go “wow” as it sounds so damn good. Tygers Of Pan Tang are added to the line up as they tackle “Jump in The Fire” with the vocal and guitar sound completely changing the mood of the song whilst still being amazing, but for me, this is exactly what a covers / tribute album should be all about, bands taking a track and making it their own, which so many have done here.David Ellefson probably had the hardest act to follow, as he provides his take on “(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth” and produces a version full of emotion and complexity, before we get Motorhead’s Grammy Award winning cover of “Whiplash”, so just sit back and enjoy this masterpiece. You can almost picture the grins on the faces of Metallica as they listened to this being performed with Lemmy’s trademark vocal.With NWOBHM bands dominating the final four songs, apart from Testament of course, Saxon rock up with “Phantom Lord” with Biff Byford’s voice totally changing the song, before one of the bands idols, Diamond Head, return the favour with “No Remorse”. Brian Tatler probably knows Metallica better than most, and they provided a roaring rendition of the classic song.The song I was intrigued most about was Testament’s take on “Seek and Destroy”. This is a track like no other and has probably had more people headbanging to it than most Metallica songs. The thing that stands out is the bass, as it’s huge, but they add intensity in the way that only Testament can, with Peterson and Skolnick giving the riffs their full treatment and Chuck Billy being his imperious self.It all culminates, rather appropriately with Raven, who were part of the now famous Kill `Em All For One tour with Metallica in 1983. They have a crazy opening to “Metal Militia” before that trademark thrash metal noise reverberates around the speakers and they give a thunderous adaptation of the final track.
A very well done album as a whole.
Tracklist:
01. Tailgunner – Hit The Lights
02. The Almighty – The Four Horsemen
03. Soen – Motorbreath
04. Tygers Of Pan Tang – Jump In The Fire
05. David Ellefson – (Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth
06. Motörhead – Whiplash
07. Saxon – Phantom Lord
08. Diamond Head – No Remorse
09. Testament – Seek & Destroy
10. Raven – Metal Militia
11. Hit The Lights – Girlschool feat. Joe Stump & Alcatrazz (Japan Bonus Track)
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