294. Metallica / Acoustic Metal 18-12-97 [Bootleg]. 1998. 0.5/5

Listening to this bootleg is like pulling teeth, and there is no anesthesia either… (yeah, a little joke to start things off).

Perhaps the best part of this album is the recording – soundboard A+ quality, as taken from an FM radio broadcast. Then it goes downhill.

Low Man’s Lyric… well, I dislike the song immensely anyway, so nothing could kill that. Then there is Helpless – Diamond Head should sue them for ever allowing them to do it.

But it gets worse. The Four Horsemen sounds like a country and western song, and also includes *gag* *splutter* James playing harmonica as well. Seriously – what in the hell is all that about?!?! What happened to these guys in the 1990’s? What ever made them believe that this was a good idea?!?

Poor Twisted Me, Nothing Else Matters… pft. Junk.

Creeping Death unplugged anyone? No? Well, they do it anyway, and with harmonica again.

Metallica and Friends it is billed as. Pepper Keenan, Corrosion Of Conformity, Jerry Cantrell as well. Oh, the horror, the horror….

Rating: This is a travesty that should never have occurred. Shame. Shame. Shame. 0.5/5.