Metallica unleashed ...And Justice For All, their fourth studio album—and first full-length following the death of Cliff Burton — on Aug. 25, 1988... ...or was it ...

Why did Metallica make a sudden stylistic shift after becoming one of the breakout thrash bands of the '80s? While the self-titled Black Album has ... were done with the Justice cycle we were ...

And Justice for All. Though Metallica were on a sharp upward trajectory while recording the latter album – indeed, it would mark their debut on MTV and in the upper echelons of the Billboard ...

In congruence with Metallica’s massive surge in popularity seen from Master of Puppets, the band’s fourth studio album ...And Justice For All established new sonic precedents and furthered ...