Amazing Quote by David Draiman

As iconic a band as Metallica has become, I think sometimes we forget just how raw they were in the beginning of their career,…

— Corey Taylor

The 'Black Album' was my real first introduction to Metallica. I was, like, 12 or 13 at the time. We were just getting into…

— M. Shadows

I love the 'Black Album' because I think it was the beginning of something, primarily. I'd met Metallica, and I'd heard Metallica before that,…

— Bill Ward

I always say, 'Hey, I'm in Metallica, but I wasn't on the Black Album.'

— Robert Trujillo

“Since there are always talented players in these emerging categories, no matter how grating they may be to the ear of the more traditionally…

— Linda Ronstadt

If we're compared to Metallica, the greatest metal band in the world, I think that's actually a pretty damn good compliment.

— Johnny Christ

Metallica is like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We set everything on fire, and this is what has risen from it - 'St.…

— Kirk Hammett

Even when metal was on the radio, it was always the watered down stuff. There were only a couple real metal bands - Metallica…

— Wayne Static

Metallica's 'black' album, when I heard that and I heard Lars' playing, and I just was, like, you know, 'Wow! Something really neat's been…

— Bill Ward

The Metallica film was like this incredible life experience where I learned the most through guys that stereotypically you would think couldn't offer much…

— Joe Berlinger

Our day-to-day lives recording and touring aren't that different from those of Metallica, even though the perceived worldview is totally different. So that can…

— Robin Pecknold

Black metal - especially from the '90s - contains a certain production aesthetic that keys you into the emotive content. You feel it more…

— Jorge Elbrecht