![]() ![]() Even though no song was shorter than five minutes and they made only one music video at a time when that was the best way to get noticed, Metallica were able to play arenas and the record had gone double-platinum within a year of Justice’s release it’s since been certified eight-times platinum.Ī lavish, new deluxe box set reissue offers a 360-degree look at why the record was so huge. It was the stark opposite of the preened, spandex-wearing hair farmers that dominated rock at the time. The tracks addressed political oppression and corruption (“Eye of the Beholder,” the title cut), feeling betrayed by your family (“Dyers Eve”), coping with murderous insanity (the incredibly heavy “Harvester of Sorrow”) and, of course, the concept of just how utterly messed up it would be to rendered a mute quadriplegic by war (“One”). If their third album, 1986’s Master of Puppets, was the apotheosis of their formative, underground years, then Justice, released two years later , ushered in a new, mainstream era for the band.ĭense, complex and mad at the world – Justice contained nine statements of aggression that resonated with fans of heavy music en masse. ![]() On their three previous LPs, they’d laid the groundwork for thrash metal, introduced melody and catchiness to the genre and built a following through relentless touring. Metallica became a force to be reckoned with on … And Justice for All, their fourth album and first after the death of bassist Cliff Burton.
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