This is the title track off of Metallica’s 4th album. This song deals with how the rich and powerful corrupt justice and the legal system and abuse for their own ends much to the detriment of the poor and vulnerable.

Long and dour, the song remained out of circulation in Metallica concerts following the 1988-89 Justice tour because as Kirk Hammett put, “I couldn’t stand watching the front row start to yawn by the eight or ninth minute.” Only 19 years later, in 2008, it returned to the setlist. And its presence in all but one in the Metallica by Request tour (where fans picked what would be played) shows “…And Justice for All” found its audience eventually.