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List Price: $19.95 | | Publisher: Cherry Lane Music
Salesrank: 397236
Released: June 15, 2002 |
| Our Price: $11.17 |
| Used Price: $11.62 |
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| Media: Paperback |
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Editorial Review:
This book systematically dissects 12 bone-crunching hits. You'll learn all the techniques necessary to play James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett's most menacing licks, riffs, and solos. With lessons on bending, vibrato, harmonics, tapping, and a whole lot more, you'll be shredding along with Metallica in no time! Includes: Battery * Blackened * Enter Sandman * For Whom the Bell Tolls * Frantic * Master of Puppets * Nothing Else Matters * One * Sad But True * St. Anger * The Unforgiven * Until It Sleeps.
Metallica - Under the Microscope: Learn the Guitar Secrets of the Masters of Metal! (Guitar Educational) Reviews:
Just to clarify... 
2009-12-11 - Metallica are not, will not and have never been masters of metal....posers maybe, losers yes, pop gay metal yes but masters hell no...only in their own sold out minds.
Number Tabs for all Black Album songs 
2008-04-10 - While this is not among my favorite Metallica albums, it does have a few songs that are much easier to learn for the beginner and intermediate guitarist. As much as I practice songs from Kill em all (their best in my opinion), I completed songs from this album much faster.
This album has every note for rhythm and lead, and I have not seen any other versions of this book that may trick you into buying a summary version (such as you see with the Garage inc tab book). You are provided both musical notation and number tabs (for musical dummies like myself), and in the few parts that you do not see number tabs and just see a note (G,A,etc), the song starts with a key that number tabs each note (ex: a 5-7 on the bottom two strings = A Chord type thing).
Absolutely no complaints on this book. There is even a guitar key at the start (as there is with every Cherry Lane tab book) that shows you what an H or P means in the tabs as well as about 20 other symbols. Probably the easiest to play of the first 5 Metallica albums, and more recognizable songs to the general rock listener.
Sloppy Transcriptions 
2004-12-12 - Of Metallica's first 5 albums, this songbook probably suffers the worst from transcription errors. The first printing of the book was released less than a month after the album was, so if you consider the time it took to transcribe, typeset, edit and get it printed, this was a rush job. The Unforgiven suffers the most in the book in terms of accuracy (the verse riff is so very wrong), while Sad But True has a few problems as well. Is anyone ever going to transcribe the eerie micro-tonal slide part of the chorus?
I don't know if subsequent printings have corrected some of the errors or not, but I do know that Guitar For the Practicing Musician (who were involved with the early Metallica songbooks) did release a 'Metallica Special' magazine that corrected the Unforgiven and Blackened (from AJFA), as well as a corrected version of Sad But True in their monthly magazine.
Yet Another Review
2003-05-30 - Not necessarily a tab book to own in order to play the songs off the "Black" album. However, the "Black" tab book is definitely a must-buy for not only the avid Metallica muso-fan, but for those wishing to upskill themselves in various guitar techniques.
As mentioned elsewhere, take all tabs with a grain of salt, however, the solos are a near-enough note-by-note transcription and each riff is intricately tabbed to include even the most subtle of variations.
Includes a very well-written introduction, outlining some very important and helpful tips to assist you in your mastery of one of Metllica's finest albums.
In a one-line verdict: A definite must-have, even as a collector's item!
Good But Could Be Better 
2000-08-20 - I was given this book as a present. The book explains very well but it could be more in depth descriptions. It doesn't show you how to move the wah pedal, it just says w/wah. Overall this book is very good for the beginner guitarist. If the author could make this book again they should have performace notes on all of the songs.
