Editing ...And Justice for All (album) (section)

==Music==
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|quote=We took the ''[[Ride the Lightning]]'' and ''[[Master of Puppets]]'' concept as far as we could take it. There was no place else to go with the progressive, nutty, sideways side of Metallica, and I'm so proud of the fact that, in some way, that album is kind of the epitome of that progressive side of us up through the '80s.|source=—[[Lars Ulrich]], on the band's direction for the album<ref name="MTV"/>}}
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|quote=This is completely sublimated rock, on a quest for a purity of form, light years beyond [[Cock rock|raunch]] or [[blues rock]]. Metallica turn [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]'s melodrama into algebra. This isn't [[thrash metal|thrash]], but [[wikt:thresh|thresh]]: mechanized mayhem. There's no blur, no mess, not even at peak velocity, but a rigorous grid of incisions and contusions.|source=—[[Simon Reynolds]], on the album's music<ref name="Reynolds"/>}}

''...And Justice for All'' is a musically progressive album featuring long and complex songs,<ref>{{cite book|last=Edmondson|first=Jacqueline|year=2013|title=Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-39348-8|page=708}}</ref> fast [[tempo]]s and few [[verse–chorus form|verse-chorus]] structures.<ref name="RS"/> Metallica decided to broaden its sonic range, writing songs with multiple sections, heavy guitar [[arpeggio]]s and unusual [[time signature]]s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gulla|first=Bob|author-link=Bob Gulla|title=Guitar Gods: The 25 Players who Made Rock History|year=2009|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-35806-7|page=104}}</ref> Hetfield explained: "Songwriting-wise, [the album] was just us really showing off and trying to show what we could do. 'We've jammed six riffs into one song? Let's make it eight. Let's go crazy with it.'"<ref name="MTV">{{cite news|year=2008|title=Metallica Look Back At ... And Justice For All|work=[[MTV News]]|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1592409/metallica-look-back-at-justice-all-metal-file.jhtml|access-date=June 9, 2013|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203135057/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1592409/metallica-look-back-at-justice-all-metal-file.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Critic [[Simon Reynolds]] noted the riff changes and experimentation with [[timing (music)|timing]] on the album's intricately constructed songs: "The tempo shifts, gear changes, lapses, decelerations and abrupt halts".<ref name="Reynolds" /> [[BBC Music]]'s Eamonn Stack wrote that ''...And Justice for All'' sounds different from the band's previous albums, with longer songs, sparser arrangements, and harsher vocals by Hetfield.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|last=Stack|first=Eamonn|date=April 18, 2007|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/5f54|title=BBC Review|work=[[BBC Music]], BBC News|access-date=June 9, 2013|archive-date=November 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114054005/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/5f54|url-status=live}}</ref> According to journalist [[Martin Popoff]], the album is less melodic than its predecessors because of its frequent tempo changes, unusual song structures and layered guitars. He argued that the album is more of a [[progressive metal]] record because of its intricately performed music and bleak sound.<ref name="Popoff">{{cite book|last=Popoff|first=Martin|author-link=Martin Popoff|title=Metallica: The Complete Illustrated History|page=81|year=2013|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=978-0-7603-4482-8}}</ref> Music writer [[Joel McIver]] called the album's music aggressive enough for Metallica to maintain its place with bands "at the mellower end of [[extreme metal]]".<ref name="McIver" /> According to writer [[Christopher Knowles (comics)|Christopher Knowles]], Metallica took "the thrash concept to its logical conclusion" on the album.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll|last=Knowles|first=Christopher|author-link=Christopher Knowles (comics)|year=2010|page=163|publisher=Cleis Press|isbn=978-1-57344-564-1}}</ref>