Luca Cerardi - Italy
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“ PHILOSOPHY ” of METALLICA
This month I am leaving the interview-style article on the side to dedicate this space to a band that definitely changed my life . To this day I remember listening to my first Metallica album , it was the early 90s . I am talking about the “ Black album ”. Probably one of the most incredible albums ever recorded , thanks to its recording style and musical power . The songs were not as fast as the ones Metallica created before then , but at the time I did not know that and honestly I didn ’ t even care . On the same day I got the “ Black album ”, I also bought “ Vulgar Display of Power ” by Pantera . Their speed and unbelievably precise technique drove me crazy . At that moment I realized that I really wanted to play this kind of music ! Which I did , and I am still doing it to this day . I quickly realized I had to get all of the previous albums , for both
Luca Cerardi - Italy
Metallica and Pantera . The bands were in two different stages of their careers , though . Pantera were still growing , they just started and were not as popular as Metallica . On the other side , Metallica were pretty much at the peak of their career , with many albums recorded before then . I bought all of Metallica old albums in cassettes . My sister and I were so excited when we listened to “ Kill ’ em all ” for the first time ! That ’ s when I started the band I ’ ve been playing with until 2015 , Merendine Atomiche / Merendine . We started with a demo that left us pretty much unsatisfied , and decided to shift to playing something we just really loved : Metallica songs . That was going to be much easier than creating our own music , given our skills at the time . Our goal was to go to the core of the old thrash metal style . We played “ Metal Militia ”, “ No
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