Metallica biography book

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Enter Night: A Biography of Metallica

March 10,

Does the author even like Metallica? I wouldn't know, because he seems to take every opportunity to discuss literally any band instead of the one band he's supposed to be writing about. I get it, Metallica is influenced by many of their predecessors, contemporaries, even challengers, but I don't need to be reminded of that fact - as well as a detailed list of those bands - every two sentences in every single chapter. Which is a shame, because when he does get around to talk about Metallica and their music, it was excellent; the sections where he discussed the meaning of each song and the story behind each album is absolutely my favourite part of the book, even if I don't fully agree with some of his opinions of them (AJFA is the best even with the inaudible bass, and Load/Reload is very underrated, you can't change my mind). There was also an imbalance between what happened before and what followed that date, as the book went into great details about the band's early days up until their breakthrough with MOP and the tragedy of Cliff's death, but then didn't focus enough on the later eras, discussing Jason only occasionally and barely mentioning Rob at all.

There is, however, a coherent theme throughout the book, and it's one a

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I had never heard of author/music critic Mick Wall until I stumbled across Enter Night: A Biography of Metallica last week, but Wall certainly knows his way around much of the hard rock and heavy metal world.

In addition to writing for various metal mags and publications like the London Times, Wall has penned bios of Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Bono and Guns N Roses.

I&#;m looking forward to reading more of Wall&#;s stuff, because Enter Night is an intelligent, thorough, high-quality work &#; filled with both sharp insights and cutting anecdotes, while not lacking on the lets-look-at-the-car-wreck sleaze that made rock bios like &#;Hammer of the Gods&#; so much damn fun.

Wall has interviewed Metallica members James Hetfield and Lar Ulrich numerous times over the years. Wall has also spent a good amount of time with Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton (much less with Jason Newsted, but more on that later). Wall also interviewed other prominent figures in Metallica&#;s history, like Dave Mustaine, Rob Trujillo, Ron McGovney, Jonny and Marsha Zazula, Brian Slagel, Bob Rock, Flemming Rasmussen and members of Armored Saint, Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer and other bands, tour managers and insiders.

All of that access did not turn Wall into a sycophant; i

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