Into the Black

The Inside Story of Metallica, 1991-2014

By: Paul Brannigan, Ian Winwood

Narrated by: Ray Porter

The final chapter of Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood's in-depth coverage of Metallica details the latter half of the band's extraordinary, decades-long career.

The second volume of Metallica's definitive biography opens as the band breaks through to mainstream with its fifth album, Metallica (a.k.a. The Black Album), topping the Billboard charts and its hit single "Enter Sandman" dominating the airwaves. By 1993, after a two-year tour, Metallica had become the biggest hard-rock band in the world. Success naturally brought new challenges, and the band ran the risk of alienating its original fans. It was beset by controversy over stylistic shifts, concessions to the mainstream, its stance on file sharing (in Metallica v. Napster), even the band members' haircut decisions. By the end of the century, they were a band teetering on the brink of self-destruction. A stunning return to form awaited, however.

Brilliantly chronicled by top UK music writers Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood, this is a masterful conclusion to an epic rock tome.

©2014 Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood (P)2014 Blackstone Audio

Another great insight!

I've read alot about the band over the years, but this, and it's predecessor, are great!

Great piece of metal history

Would you consider the audio edition of Into the Black to be better than the print version?

Ray Porter delivers an outstanding performance. He conveys emotion so well during this book. The material may be familiar to Metallica fans but but it is presented in a way that digs deeper and the authors do not pull punches. When something was bad, they say that it was bad. Highly recommended!

second half of history

The second and more interesting half in the history of Metallica. The story following the black album, from 1991 two 2014 is more interesting than the first half. Metallica have come a long way and at this point they seem to have positioned themselves at the same level of artistry and Fame as U2 and the rolling Stones before them. great story about a great band

long time fan

good book but didn't find anything that hasn't been well covered by tv and others. but still like it over all.

Amazing

I read both Metallica biographies by Brannigan and Winwood, both are great. However, this was even better for me. I was born in 1981, therefore I started to follow the band when this second book begins. If the first book was great to know and learn more about the band, this was went beyond and took to the 90s and early 2000s as a fan. Both Books are a must reading for metal fans. Hopefully Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett and Trujillo will build much more and we will have a third book! Long live METALLICA!