Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: If Darkness Had a Son — Metallica (2022) SINGLE REVIEW

Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop! It’s Ya Girl, The Saw. And Metallica have dropped a third single from their upcoming album, 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings), due to be released on April 14, 2023. The new song, “If Darkness Had a Son,” harkens back to the Metallica of old; sounding a lot like the B-Side … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: If Darkness Had a Son — Metallica (2022) SINGLE REVIEW

Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Screaming Suicide — Metallica (SINGLE REVIEW)

Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop! Butcher Crew, Ya Girl wanted to make sure you knew about another brand new single that Metallica dropped on January 20 (2023). “Screaming Suicide” is the second single (following “Lux Aeterna”) from their upcoming new album, 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings), due out on April 14. This track features the very subject … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Screaming Suicide — Metallica (SINGLE REVIEW)

Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Metallica — Lux Æterna (2022) SINGLE REVIEW

Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop. It’s The Saw, and I’m here to make sure you are aware that THE KINGS of Metal, Metallica (it’s in the name!), have released a new single, announced a new album, and have set dates for a massive World Tour! It has been over six years since Hardwired… dropped, … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Metallica — Lux Æterna (2022) SINGLE REVIEW

Classic Album Review: Metallica – …And Justice For All

The fourth studio album from Metallica; recorded January – May at One on One Recording Studios in Las Angeles, California, and released on August 25, 1988 …And Justice for All (Elektra) amounted to the end of Thrash Metal as it was known at the time. Helping to mold the genre, Metallica, with this record, effectively … Continue reading Classic Album Review: Metallica – …And Justice For All

Album of the Week: Metallica – Master of Puppets

The third studio album by the (now) legendary Metallica, Master of Puppets is so important to the history of music generally, and the evolution of it specifically that in 2015 The United States Library of Congress preserved the recording in the National Recording Registry; the first heavy metal recording to do so. It was recorded … Continue reading Album of the Week: Metallica – Master of Puppets