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We conclude the album with Damage, Inc., a perfect bookend together with Battery. Back to the ass-kicking side of metal - we wrestled back our control with Orion, and we're ready to give back to others as much as we took ourselves. Yet, true to the album, there's still a certain shadow hanging over here, as in the end vengeance solves nothing and perhaps we are just doing what those in charge always wanted from us to begin with. Metallica ends riotously but with a warning of caution, and in riffs and lyrics that call back to Kill 'Em All, the band looks to the past just as much as it sets up warning for the future. Perfect capstone to the album.

In short, yeah I fucking love this album. There's so much to chew on, and absorb, and just plain rock out to when you want to. Metallica solidified themselves here as a band with as much depth as hooks to latch on to, and that's what really makes this album so timeless for me and countless others. Here's to another 500 more plays to come!