Metallica – …And Justice For All (1988/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 65:25 minutes | 1,49 GB | Genre: Metal
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The group’s best-selling album at the time, …And Justice for All is the fourth studio album by Metallica. It was the band’s first studio album to feature bassist Jason Newsted after the death of Cliff Burton in 1986. …And Justice for All is musically progressive, with long and complex songs, fast tempos, and few verse-chorus structures. The album is noted for its sterile production, which producer Flemming Rasmussen attributed to his absence during the mixing process. The lyrics feature themes of political and legal injustice seen through the prisms of censorship, war, and nuclear brinkmanship. The single “One” earned Metallica its first Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1990. (more…)

Metallica – Live at Webster Hall, NY (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time – 1:39:38 minutes | 742 MB | Genre: Metal
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Fans are used to seeing Metallica rock massive stadiums, but last night (Sept. 27), the metal legends played an intimate club gig at New York’s Webster Hall for about 1,500 lucky fans, and we were fortunate to among those in attendance. This is complete show recorded live at Webster Hall in New York, NY on September 27, 2016.

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Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct (2016) {Deluxe Edition}
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:37:10 minutes | 3,5 GB | Genre: Metal
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Metallica began their long journey back home some time after nearly imploding during the recording of 2003’s St. Anger. Hardwired…To Self-Destruct arrives 13 years after that album but it, almost more than its 2008 predecessor Death Magnetic, feels like a repudiation of the band’s ’90s, the years when Metallica shined up, slowed down, and got a lot weirder. Sprawling over two discs when it could’ve fit onto one (an aesthetic choice certainly meant to evoke memories of 1988’s double LP …And Justice for All), Hardwired…To Self-Destruct does indeed rage, roaring out the gate with a title track where James Hetfield bellows “We’re so f***ed/S*** out of luck.” That palpable desperation recalls the free-floating angst that fueled Metallica’s ’80s, but Hardwired…To Self-Destruct doesn’t find the quartet scrambling to sound as ferocious as they did during their heyday. Often, they do unleash the fury — “Moth into Flame” gallops forward in a manner reminiscent of “Battery” — but there’s no denying that Metallica are an older band now, either incapable or uninterested in maintaining that intensity over the course of a full double album. When they slow down, it’s not exclusively to churn and brood. “Murder One,” a salute to departed Motörhead leader Lemmy, may belong in that category, but “Am I Savage?” teeters between ominous dirge and intricate transitions, while “Dream No More” has a backbeat that nearly swings. “ManUNKind” also has a bit of buried funk in its rhythms and that, along with the preponderance of complicated suites, is a clue that Hardwired…To Self-Destruct is primarily the work of Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. Kirk Hammett doesn’t have a single songwriting credit — allegedly, this is due to the guitarist losing an iPhone filled with riffs just prior to recording — and he’s also diminished in terms of solos, leaving Hardwired as a showcase for Metallica’s musical constructions. If the riffs don’t always sink in deeply — and if the entire production feels slightly monochromatic — what impresses here is the thought and musicality within the compositions and the performances, elements that have always been at the band’s core and shine brightly on Hardwired…To Self-Destruct. ~~AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Metallica – St. Anger (2003/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 75:06 minutes | 1,49 GB| Genre: Metal
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St. Anger is the eighth studio album by Metallica. It was the band’s last album released through Elektra, thus marking the end of the second-longest timespan between studio albums from Metallica, with nearly six years between the release of Reload and this album. It is also the final collaboration between Metallica and producer Bob Rock, whose relationship began with the band’s fifth studio album, 1991’s Metallica. (more…)

Metallica – Reload (1997/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 76:05 minutes | 1,54 GB | Genre: Metal
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Reload is the seventh studio album by Metallica. The album is a follow-up to Load, released the previous year, and Metallica’s last studio album to feature longtime bassist Jason Newsted. Reload debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 436,000 copies in its first week. It was certified 4× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipping four million copies in the United States. (more…)