![]() ![]() ![]() And if you happen to sell 100 million albums in the process, so be it. ![]() Sure, there have been a lot of dodgy haircuts, line-up shuffles, stints in rehab, dubious albums, a crusade against internet music piracy, and a car crash documentary in the interim, but, as lead singer James Hetfield explains in this exclusive interview, the whole point of making heavy metal is to get an extreme reaction. The music industry may have changed, but Metallica have somehow managed to outlast grunge, Britpop and their metal contemporaries to remain one of the world’s most revered and highest-grossing rock acts. If you were to play these tracks to the same people in 2009, you would probably be greeted with a nostalgic “FUCK YEAH!” whilst their kids banged their heads against a wireless Guitar Hero controller in the background. If you played Metallica’s “ Master of Puppets”, “ Blackened” or “ Creeping Death” to a bunch of angry teenagers back in the 80s, there’s a good chance they would shout “FUCK YEAH!” in your face and start spontaneously smacking their heads against an armoury of air guitars.
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