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After Bruce Dickinson joined Iron Maiden, the band skyrocketed to fame and achieved huge album sales with the release of \u201cThe Number of the Beast\u201d (1982), which still remains their best-selling record.<\/p>\n
Those early albums with the band influenced a vast number of new musicians, including members of Metallica<\/a>, whom Bruce had the chance to meet. Over the years, he has praised the band and revealed which two of their albums he likes.<\/p>\n The 2 Metallica albums Bruce Dickinson said he likes \u201cOurselves, Judas Priest and Pantera<\/a> all reached a crossroads where we had the chance to really step up to the next level. But none of us had the balls to do it. Metallica did, though. You have to give them huge credit for grabbing the opportunity when it came up, taking the risk and deservedly reaping the enormous rewards. You cannot underestimate their achievement with this album.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s one of those seminal albums that just gets it right. It\u2019s extremely well-produced, and every note on that album is totally under control. I admire how they did it, and what they did with the songs. It was very effective, it undoubtedly did help push metal into the mainstream. I know it wasn\u2019t Mutt Lange who produced it, but Bob Rock had that similar thing where the producer was very much in control.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe could never do an album like that, because we\u2019re not that under control, and we don\u2019t want to be. With us, the wheels would fall off the bus and we\u2019d end up firing the producer!\u201d Bruce Dickinson told Classic Rock<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n The Black Album remains Metallica (The Black Album)\u2019s best-selling album, with more than 20 million copies sold worldwide. It includes classics like \u201cEnter Sandman\u201d, \u201cSad But True\u201d, \u201cThe Unforgiven\u201d, \u201cWherever I May Roam\u201d, and \u201cNothing Else Matters\u201d. In 1991, when the album was released, Iron Maiden<\/a> was still promoting \u201cNo Prayer for the Dying\u201d (1990) and would release, the following year, \u201cFear of the Dark\u201d (1992), one of their most praised records.<\/p>\n \u201cDeath Magnetic\u201d (2008)<\/p>\n The other Metallica album praised by Bruce is \u201cDeath Magnetic\u201d and his favorite song from that record is \u201cCyanide\u201d, which he praised to Lars Ulrich when he hosted the frontman on his radio<\/a> show in 2008 to promote the album.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is actually a great record. But I do think that management needs their head examined for their choice of first track. \u2018Cyanide\u2019, man. That track, that has got legs on it and balls on it and everything else. That\u2019s a great track!\u201d Bruce Dickinson said (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage). Released in 2008, \u201cDeath Magnetic\u201d was Metallica\u2019s ninth studio album and the first to feature bassist Rob Trujillo. Produced by Rick Rubin, in addition to \u201cCyanide\u201d, it also includes strong tracks like \u201cThe Day That Never Comes\u201d, \u201cThe Unforgiven III\u201d and \u201cThe Judas Kiss\u201d.<\/p>\n When the record was released, Iron Maiden was on a recording hiatus that lasted from 2006, when they released \u201cA Matter of Life and Death\u201d, until 2010, when \u201cThe Final Frontier\u201d came out. Over the past decades, Metallica and Iron Maiden have been considered the two biggest Heavy Metal bands still active. Both continue to tour around the world, playing sold-out stadiums and arenas.<\/p>\n James Hetfield<\/a> and Lars Ulrich were especially influenced by Iron Maiden, particularly by the band\u2019s first two albums, \u201cIron Maiden\u201d (1980) and \u201cKillers\u201d (1981). They even had a fanboy moment with the band\u2019s founder, leader and bassist Steve Harris in the early \u201980s. James Hetfield told that story on Metallica\u2019s official channel<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n James Hetfield said:<\/p>\n \u201c1981, hanging out in Hollywood, California driving around. It\u2019s Ron McGovney (First Metallica bassist), me and Lars (Ulrich) in the back seat and seeing Steve Harris, (we) found out where they stayed, seeing Steve Harris walking down the street and us, you know. Dorky shy metalheads (screaming) \u2018Hey Steveeee\u2019. He actually turns around and starts walking towards us and we are like \u2018Ahhhh\u2019 (In total shock).\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was our first brush with somebody kind of cool and famous. So that always stuck with me. Steve Harris, super down to earth and really cool guy, nothing has changed. I mean, he showed up at the show that we did. It\u2019s really cool when other musicians are hanging out watching you do what you do. It takes you to another level, you gotta kind of go to \u2018Olympic Metal\u2019, \u2018Medal! Whatever (laughs), you got Olympic mode, like you step it up. Our setlist was at least like 5 minutes faster, the set time. Lars was so nervous \u2018Oh my god, Steve Harris is watching me! This part sounds too much like Iron Maiden?\u2019 (Laughs).\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cUsually halfway through the show you figure \u2018Okay, he is gone and he moved on to the next thing\u2019, But no, the whole show was standing there, the whole show to the very end and not only he was there the whole time, he got in the vehicles with us (laughs), came to the hotel with us. Like, super cool guy and then we got to see them a couple days later. Likewise, super hospitable there,\u201d he said (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\n\u201cMetallica (The Black Album)\u201d (1991)<\/p>\n