“Black Sabbath’s self-titled debut album stands as a death knell for the idealistic hippie dreams of the Sixties. Inspired by horror movies, bad dreams, drug come-downs and the terminal grind of the factory floor, it was designed to unnerve and… — Paul Brannigan Copy Share Image
“Inside the studio walls the alpha male personalities of James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich battled for territory, their sometimes discordant creative visions coalescing to the point where no aspect of the music being made was left unexamined or unsubjected to alternative methods of interpretation. The pair were learning that in order that an instrument in a song be emphasised, by… — Paul Brannigan Copy Share
“Black Sabbath’s self-titled debut album stands as a death knell for the idealistic hippie dreams of the Sixties. Inspired by horror movies, bad dreams,… — Paul Brannigan Copy Share Image
“Mustaine and Hetfield were like two brothers that didn’t get on, each pushing the other out of the way, but it was so exciting. There’s certain bands where the minute you see them, you just know they’re going to go all the way.’ In the early hours of October 19, Russell placed a phone call to his bosses at Kerrang!… — Paul Brannigan Copy Share
“I’m about to have a nervous breakdown / My head really hurts / If I don’t find a way outta here / I’m gonna… — Paul Brannigan Copy Share Image
“Interviewed twenty-seven years and three days after the recording of Master of Puppets began, today it seems as if its producer’s abiding memory of… — Paul Brannigan Copy Share Image
“Metallica are too proud to dress up; their uniform is the uniform of their average fan, the teenage American slob: sneakers, ripped jeans, T-shirts.” — Paul Brannigan Copy Share Image
“Lars Ulrich decided that if he were going to be hung it may as well be for stealing a sheep as a lamb:” — Paul Brannigan Copy Share Image
“Revolution is not the uprising against pre-existing order, but the setting up of a new order contradictory to the traditional one.” — Paul Brannigan Copy Share Image
“I’m still trying to work out why I love this band so much,’ wrote Xavier Russell in his Kerrang! review of the group’s Donington… — Paul Brannigan Copy Share Image
