if you don't look at this album as a Metallica album or as a Lou Reed album but as a blank album that you found somewhere and decided to listen to with an open mind, you will get pulled into it. the music is eerie, heavy and dark. there is something beneath the surface of this music that the musicians are trying to convey. its a soundtrack. spoken words, a story with a heavy metal background. it will draw you in. if you let it