Originally Posted by: bigbudaI think the black album actually signified Metallica's death. They will never be the same.

i like to think master of puppets as representing their death.....it has a graveyard on it's cover ;) and cliff burton was a huge part of their music that got "us" hooked......whats his dingle from flotsam and jetsom was not a good addition....may have been control by others in the band, but his input was nill unlike cliff. the black was not bad but i don't think it compares to the earlier 3, imo.