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Matt Mills

“They did it to get some kind of reaction from Jason”: Metallica producer explains why there’s no bass on …And Justice For All

Metallica in 1990.

Metallica’s former producer has offered his theory on why 1988 album …And Justice For All infamously has no audible bass.

Fleming Rasmussen, who also produced the venerated Ride The Lightning (1984) and Master Of Puppets (1986) albums, has said that the heavy metal titans turned the low end down to haze then-new bassist Jason Newsted.

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