metallica topics always brings out the worst in people
everyone wants metallica to be an AC/DC or a MOTORHEAD and just rock that same style forever.
metallica is the rare case of a european national, in an american band in the early 80's. that was their ace in the hole.
listen to american metal and eruo metal from 76-82. you'll know. then there was metallica.
metallica had such a huge impact with that shit, that it seems like anything else they do besides what they did from 82-88 is polarizing as fuck!
its crazy. they set the bar so high for themselves as a thrash metal band, that people seriously hate their guts for playing anything other than thrash.... a label lars has been trying to shun in interviews since the mid 80's for the same reason.
if you REALLY paid attention to metallica in interviews and what not, along the way (which most casual fans don't), then everything they've ever done has made sense. even lulu. although, yeah, that album was...an art project at best