Enter Night, Mick Wall
Enter Night, Mick Wall
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Enter Night
A Biography of Metallica

Author: Mick Wall

Narrator: Alister Austin

Unabridged: 17 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/10/2021


Synopsis

Sprung from the roots of 70s hard rock, Metallica defined the look and sound of 1980s heavy metal, just as Led Zeppelin had for hard rock and the Sex Pistols for punk before them. Inventors of thrash metal-Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth followed-it was always Metallica who led the way, who pushed to another level, who became the last of the superstar rockers.

Though plagued by adversities, including the death of their bassist in a bus crash, infighting and substance abuse, they survived to became the biggest-selling band in the world. With 100 million records sold worldwide, their music has extended its reach beyond rock and metal, and into the pop mainstream, as they went from speed metal to MTV with their hit single "Enter Sandman". Until now there hasn't been a critical, authoritative, in-depth portrait of the band. Mick Wall's thoroughly researched, insightful work is enriched by his interviews with band members, record company execs, roadies, and fellow musicians. He tells the story of how a tennis-playing, music-loving Danish immigrant named Lars Ulrich created a band with singer James Hetfield and made his dreams a reality. Enter Night delves into the various incarnations of the band, and the personalities of all key members, past and present-especially Ulrich and Hetfield-to produce the definitive word on the biggest metal band on the planet

About Mick Wall

Mick Wall is one of the world's best-known music journalists. His work has appeared in Classic Rock, Mojo, the Times, and more. His books include the international bestsellers When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin and Two Riders Were Approaching: The Life & Death of Jimi Hendrix. He lives in England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by britt_brooke on February 19, 2019

Metallica was formed the year I was born (1981) so I couldn’t recall their New Wave British Metal influence or anything about the birth of Thrash in the US. I later became a fan by default since my older brother obsessively blared them from his bedroom. He and I saw them live recently and, in a burs......more

Goodreads review by Giang on March 09, 2023

Does the author even like Metallica? I wouldn't know, because he seems to take every opportunity to discuss literally any band instead of the one band he's supposed to be writing about. I get it, Metallica is influenced by many of their predecessors, contemporaries, even challengers, but I don't nee......more

Goodreads review by Natalie on October 14, 2011

I learned a lot about the history of Metallica but the author could have cut this book by a third. It was very wordy, particularly in the first section, and didn't have as much information from the band as I would have liked. The author is a music writer by trade so he goes into extreme detail about......more

Goodreads review by Poppy on July 21, 2012

For a band that has just celebrated their 30th anniversary, the book seems to skip over a lot that has happened since 1986. Almost half of the book covers these first five years, and the rest of the book seems rushed to cram in the subsequent albums. The worst point to me was the amount of personal......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on September 05, 2011

Had to try this bio of Metallica - I listened to them in high school and they're fascinating. It was, on the whole, interesting and informative, but I couldn't stand the writing. It was awful. Beyond the typo-every-page editing, he was just a whiny narrative voice with something to prove to the worl......more