Now, that isn't the only style of cover that's done, but it's the most prominent one, as of course Metallica play thrash metal which isn't very far removed from the speed metal, punk, and NWOBHM that makes up the majority of the covers so it only makes sense to play it close and faithful, but give it your own spin.
If that's anything, it's a sign that Metallica are going to give us a refreshingly heavy, punchy, sometimes thrashy take on these songs. Right out of the gate the guys decide to hit you with one of the most aggressive pieces on here, a Discharge cover. is actually pretty important if you want to know what songs helped influence Metallica to be Metallica. I know a lot of us treat this as more of a side deal than a fully-fledged Metallica album, but given when this came out, and the sheer scale and scope of the album, I say Garage Inc. with a nice crunch and sometimes a unique approach for the ones that are pretty far from metal or punk. For the most part the songs chosen to cover are great, as is Metallica's rendition of them. It also blends together some newer covers together with the old Garage Days Re-Revisited EP for a full-featured experience of surprisingly kickass and faithful covers of the original source material. is a 2-disc collection of covers from Metallica's vast array of influences spanning 70s rock, NWOBHM, and hardcore punk among other styles. Getting something like this out of late 90s Metallica was a bit of a surprise, but a pleasant and much needed one at that.
It's probably best summed up in Hetfield's failure to properly express emotion in their cover of Thin Lizzy's "Whiskey in the Jar." But it sure as hell is better than St. This album is probably not worth a listen all the way through, since it's over two hours long. Most of the songs on here are a poor imitation of the original. Providing the listener with mediocre covers, this could only be enjoyed by someone who had never heard any of the originals or who is a complete metal novice and just wants to buy every Metallica album (so my 11-year old self). However, all these songs are ruined by James Hetfield, who seems incapable of doing any style of vocals besides his usually high-pitched yelling. Besides the oddball classic rock covers on here, there's plenty of punk, including bands like The Misfits and Discharge. The rare standout is a slightly touching version of Bob Seger's "Turn the Page," but replacing the emotional horns section of the original with Kirk Hammett's repetitive lead guitar nonsense didn't really help the song much.Īs I sort of mentioned before, a lot of the covers on here were originally non-metal, meaning this album could be partly responsible for the modern craze of turning every song imaginable into a metal song. But much of it, such as their cover of Blue Öyster Cult's "Astronomy," Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Tuesday's Gone," and Black Sabbath's "Sabbra Cadabra" fail to inspire. Some of the covers, of course, are classics, such as "Blitzkrieg" and "Am I Evil?" and the whole Garage Days Re-Revisited EP, all of which is inserted in the dead center of the album. So instead, they took a collection of covers they had already released, recorded a handful more, and then bundled it all up and disguised it as an album. To cover classic metal and punk songs in the grungy alt-rock style of their preceding albums would have been to prove themselves as sellouts. While most of this album has Metallica's classic Justice-era sound (plus bass) throughout, it's really not that big of a deal considering that they wrote 0% of the material on it.
Anger, Metallica was like "hey, all our fans hate us so let's do some covers!" While maybe it could have been pulled off successfully, the result was extremely disappointing. Having just released the perpetually disappointing Load and Reload just a couple short years earlier, and half a decade before releasing their nadir album St. Making a 27-song cover album is a bad idea for any bad but it was an especially poor choice for Metallica, who were already at the low point of their career.
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