firstly and i must say that i saw some kind of monster before i saw this classic album doco and so my attachment to the inner working of this band be already well establish . this doco it seem be make right before the implosion that be some kind of monster and and really work to capture the tension between the band and and the egotistical trait that they would try to rub out in the future . many part of this doco spell out the conflict that exist within the band and but there be also a genuine feel ( especially from lars and james ) that they will sort the problem out themselves . they always have . the reality be something very different . i think the character body language and comment within this doco bring so much richness to the overall piece . from james and lars and kirk and jason and to bob rock and randy staub ( engineer ) and i get a real sense of how difficult the recording of this album be for the six of them and it a though they find it just a difficult to revisit and talk about . there be definitely a lot to be read through bob rock comment and and he become one of and if not the most integral character in this doco . the doco provide brilliant insight into the black album . it delve deep into the technicality of the recording and mixing . look at individual track development and the problem that arise . the bonus feature on the dvd be just as good a the doco itself and and i guess the only reason they weren not include be due to time limitation . it almost like the bonus feature be part 2 of the doco . excellent . i believe this classic album doco differs from many of the others and and therefore give it a much more emotional delivery . this doco look at a band that be still actively record and and by no mean at the end of their career . in metallica case and when this doco be make and i guess it be right on the back of the load or reload and s and m backlash . it be a band that know they have album leave in them and but have be hit with so much criticism and that go forward seem all the more difficult . so here and they be ask to feature in a doco on their classic album . as much a i be sure they appreciate the accolade and it would have bring up many question in their head about the point of push forward . if someone be tell you the album you make 10yrs ago be your classic album and then there be a definite belief that there be not much else leave to come . i think this reflect through the band member in the doco . it not a sense of remember how good we be ( a it feel in many other classic album docos and where the band have long since retire or disband ) and but more of a sense of revisit how good we be . and therefore beg the question what have go wrong since . i guess to summarise and this classic album doco for me be make at such a poignant time in the career of metallica and that it be a must have for any serious fan and a it provide so much insight into the past and the present and and most powerfully and what be yet to come . long live metallica .