The Black Album in Black and White – This official collaboration with Metallica and photographer Ross Halfin is an epic celebration of one of the best-selling albums of all time, featuring classic and previously unreleased photos. It includes introductions by Ross Halfin, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Jason Newsted, and Robert Trujillo. "Metallica", the eponymous fifth studio album from 1991, became known to fans as the "Black Album". The groundbreaking album made Metallica global megastars. To date, more than thirty million copies of the album have been sold worldwide. Photographer Ross Halfin accompanied the band during filming at One on One Studios in North Hollywood and shot thousands of rolls of film during the 300-station tour that followed between 1991 and 1993. He extensively documented the hectic schedule of performances, backstage, rehearsals, interviews, band meetings and travels, and took unique portraits of the band. Ross Halfin is one of the world's leading photographers. He has been working with Metallica since 1984 and has accompanied the band to every continent and almost every country in the world, photographing all aspects of the band's career: in the studio, backstage, on the road and at home. He has photographed almost every major artist and continues to work and travel as the photographer of choice for the biggest bands in the world.

When the songs and the shots came together, the confidence was on one and we felt better than ever about who we were and how we saw ourselves in terms of being photographed. -LARS

We always went to places and photographed where we felt there was the right vibe... You have to understand that Metallica is always about the vibe. -Ross

Pages: 228

Language: English

Format: 320 x 240 mm

ISBN 9781909526761

Publisher:  R|A|P Verlag, London

Art.Nr.: LC517