Metallica - …And Justice For All

…And Justice For All is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, originally released in September 1988 via Elektra Records in the US and Vertigo Records in the UK.

This was the first album released after the death of bassist Cliff Burton in 1986, and the first album to feature his replacement Jason Newsted.

Metallica recorded the album with producer Flemming Rasmussen over four months in early 1988 at One on One Recording Studios in Los Angeles. It features aggressive complexity, fast tempos, and few verse-chorus structures, with a dry and bass-light mix.

The lyrical themes of political and legal injustice project through the prisms of censorship, war, and nuclear brinkmanship. The album title is derived from the American Pledge of Allegiance. Three songs from the album were released as singles: "Harvester Of Sorrow", "Eye Of The Beholder", and "One”.

…And Justice for All was acclaimed by music critics, and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1989, and the single "One" backs the band's debut music video, and earned Metallica its first Grammy Award in 1990 (and the first ever in the Best Metal Performance category). The album reached #6 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart.

This double album 2LP record set is a 2018 reissue on black vinyl housed in a single sleeve with a printed insert, pressed in Europe via Blackened Recordings.