Just found out this isnt what the Kill Em All album is supposed to represent, always thought it was odd that the hand was open : r/Metallica

Metallica / The Black Album reissue – SuperDeluxeEdition

Don Dokken Willing to Blame Metallica for Dokken's 1989 Breakup

Don Dokken Willing to Blame Metallica for Dokken's 1989 Breakup

Precious Metal: Our 1991 Metallica Cover Story

Release “Kill 'Em All” by Metallica - Cover art - MusicBrainz

I know it seems like a weird thing to compliment but one thing I do like about St. Anger is the liner notes. The art is great and represents the album perfectly.

St. Anger: Metallica's final masterpiece

With Metallica abandoning all double bass drums & thrash tempos on the self-titled 'black' album, were Metallica aware of Nirvana or 'Nevermind' yet in Aug 1991? Were the slower tempos for unpopularizing

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Metallica: Playboy Interview (2001) - Scraps from the loft