I grew up in a context in which predominated the adverse comments against the so-called black disc of Metallica, which is actually a self-titled album cover in his black whole, in which a snake is distinguished grieves.
People said, especially those older than me, that the US group had sold the system, which sought to please a wider audience, the producer Bob Rock had started working with the group to prostitute to record labels, radio stations, the star system.
However, beyond the actual claims or not they had exactly 25 years ago the members of Metallica, the black album is a classic of the band, an indisputable reference in its history and repertoire in concerts. A note of El Mercurio of Chile indicates that recording, since its launch on August 12, 1991, has sold 16.4 million copies, making it the disk with most sales since SoundScan began that same year to record the number of copies sold of an album, according to Billboard review page.
Wikipedia recalls that the work of the Californian quartet, then integrated by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and always overshadowed Jason Newsted, had as simple "Enter Sandman", "The Unforgiven", "Nothing Else Matters", "Wherever I May Roam "and" Sad but True ", all between twenty songs most played by the group in concert.
| Song | Debut | Last time | Total |
Master of Puppets | December 31, 1985 | February 6, 2016 | 1,489 |
Creeping Death | October 31, 1983 | April 16, 2016 | 1,433 |
Seek and Destroy | July 3, 1982 | February 6, 2016 | 1,424 |
One | September 11, 1988 | February 6, 2016 | 1,344 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls | August 3, 1984 | April 16, 2016 | 1,333 |
Enter Sandman * | August 1, 1991 | February 6, 2016 | 1,183 |
Sad But True * | August 1, 1991 | February 6, 2016 | 1,177 |
Fade to Black | February 8, 1985 | April 16, 2016 | 1,104 |
Nothing Else Matters * | March 2, 1992 | February 6, 2016 | 1,073 |
Welcome Home (Sanitarium) | March 27, 1986 | February 6, 2016 | 920 |
Battery | March 27, 1986 | February 6, 2016 | 914 |
Whiplash | October 23, 1982 | June 6, 2015 | 874 |
Last Caress | February 13, 1987 | July 19, 2013 | 795 |
Wherever I May Roam * | October 12, 1991 | February 6, 2016 | 752 |
Am I Evil? | March 14, 1982 | August 1, 2015 | 741 |
Harvester of Sorrow | May 23, 1988 | September 16, 2015 | 739 |
The Four Horsemen | April 22, 1983 | April 16, 2016 | 529 |
Blackened | September 11, 1988 | September 14, 2015 | 473 |
fuel | February 9, 1997 | February 6, 2016 | 456 |
The Unforgiven * | October 12, 1991 | February 6, 2016 | 399 |
Beyond the commercial success of these compositions, the self-titled album has other jewels which are worth paying attention, but not so often heard live. They are "Of Wolf and Man" (251) "Through the Never" (221), "The God That Failed" (88), "Holier Than Thou" (80) "My Friend of Misery" (18) " do not Tread On me "(17)," The Struggle Within "(17).
No song on the album has ceased to be interpreted, as it does with pieces like "Fixxxer" or "Better Than You", both of Reload, or "Astronomy", the wonderful cover of Blue Öyster Cult published in Garage Inc. Sure, numbers will increase from August 20, when Metallica resume its series of presentations. His last concert was on April 16 this year.
