
Serial Metallica producer Flemming Rasmussen has once again spoken about the notoriously absent bass guitar sound on the band's fourth album ...And Justice For All and says he has no idea why it turned out that way.
The album was the thrash pioneers' first with Jason Newsted on bass, following the tragic death of Cliff Burton. Rasmussen had produced the previous two records – 1984's Ride The Lightning and 1986's Master of Puppets – but his availability was limited in 1988 as Metallica returned to the studio.