Into the Black : The Inside Story of Metallica (1991-2014) (9780306821899) by Brannigan Paul; Winwood Ian

Author:Brannigan, Paul; Winwood, Ian [Brannigan, Paul; Winwood, Ian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780306821899
Publisher: Perseus Book Group

James Hetfield may have been empowered with a greater and healthier sense of self-awareness, but the question of how this new-look human being might fit back into the dynamic of his old band was a pressing one, not least because not everything about the front man was new. Whether by failure or design, the rehabilitation clinic in which he had been seconded for months on end did not reset his hard drive entirely. When Hetfield finally rejoined Ulrich and Hammett (as well as Bob Rock, now the band’s temporary bass player), it became obvious that the front man’s instinct to control all situations remained the same as it had always been.

In the past this was something with which the group could deal, not least because in Ulrich Metallica had another member capable of playing the unstoppable force to Hetfield’s immovable object. But as 2001 passed into a brand-new year, this long-enduring dynamic was further challenged by the question of how the front man might best be reintegrated into the band without jeopardising a recovery that had really only just begun.

The solution as Hetfield saw it was for Metallica to work on their now spectacularly delayed new album for just four hours each day, beginning at noon. This was a proposal to which Ulrich might have peaceably consented were it not for the fact that it came with one crippling caveat: that when their band mate was not at the studio, neither Ulrich, Hammett nor Bob Rock could tinker with the work in any way. In fact, Hetfield stipulated, they weren’t even to listen to that day’s recordings without him present in the room.

At this, a band that was already split into two camps split into two more. While not overjoyed at Hetfield’s terms and conditions, Hammett nonetheless believed they were wishes which should be adhered to, if only for the greater good. But for his part, Ulrich could do nothing other than regard his band mate’s condition as a wholly disheartening lack of faith in anyone but himself. ‘I feel so disrespected,’ he would say. Bob Rock simply could not understand what harm could be caused by listening to music when just one of the four people involved in its recording happened to be absent.

But these were Hetfield’s wishes, and here was the barrel over which he ultimately had the other three men. Whereas in the past recording sessions would last for up to twenty-four hours, in 2002 Metallica and Bob Rock would convene for just 240 minutes each working day. It was in this restricted space that these old dogs somehow learned the new trick of making music in a different way. The pace may have been glacial, but inch by inch and week by week Metallica’s new album began to take form.

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