“Painting a picture in one sentence”: The songwriter James Hetfield called a master craftsman
The true musical wordsmiths.
James Hetfield
“As dry as could be”: The Metallica album James Hetfield felt was trying to be too perfect
“I think the ‘anal-ness’ peaked.”
“Every song is good”: The Metallica album James Hetfield said had no bad songs
Played to a pure metallic sheen.
“A different interpretation”: the one Metallica song Lars Ulrich never plays the same way
“I love the feel of that song.”
The Metallica songs James Hetfield loves playing live: “Allows me to get pissed off and get it done”
Some face-melting songs.
The song James Hetfield called a turning point for Metallica: “That opened the door”
Exploring some new sounds.
“I can’t sing that”: The one note James Hetfield thought was impossible to hit
The torture to get everything right.