ROCKtallica??

By Hayley St. John Jun 29, 2023 | 12:13 AM

It’s been an on-going debate since Metallica released the Black Album in the early 90’s….Have they lost their Metal roots and become Rock?

Hardcore fans were mad that the underground band that used to be small enough to fit in their back pocket were now big enough to fill an arena.

So the debate was sparked: Are Metallica Rock or Metal?

Let’s look at it this way: Say you were a teenage rock fan who had just discovered Metallica around the time of their 1996 album, Load. That effort’s first single is the alt-rock song “Until It Sleeps.” The next single, “Hero of the Day,” follows the same path. And the third Load single, “Mama Said,” is country-rock balladry akin to Southern rock or outlaw country.
https://loudwire.com/metallica-rock-metal-which-one/