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Metallica: One Louder

Mat Snow, Q, September 1991

They're a notch above your average cochlea-rupturing, pensioner-intimidating thrash outfit, Metallica. But their passage from fresh-faced punk-paced hopefuls to multi-platinum metal phenomenon has not been an untroubled one. "We've never hidden the fact that we like to indulge," they warn Mat Snow.

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