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Review title: Killer Riffs, Very Epic, but where's the Bass?
Product review: And Justice for All is on the whole an outstanding metal album, with songs like "And Justice for All", "Blackened" and "One" demonstrating the epic scale MetallicA brought to their songwriting and lyrics before the dark days of LOAD and RE-LOAD(of crap.) A major shortcoming of AJFA, however, is its complete lack of bass in the sound mix. There is nothing to add depth to the inspired guitar work of Hammett and Hetfield or to augment the ferocious percussion of Ulrich. It's a real shocker to hear MetallicA w/o great basswork, as Cliff Burton was as talented with a 4 string as anyone, I challenge somebody to say he was not an EXTREMELY gifted bass player. Anyway, Newsted's sound is utterly lost in the mix and it leaves many of the tracks, especially "Blackened", sounding like they are unfinished. Overall, an outstanding work on the whole.
