Does Metallica’s music provide an Aristotelian catharsis or does it just make kids go postal?

Are we all in the “Sanitarium”?

How can we “Escape” to be free?

What can Nietzsche tell us about the “God That Failed”?

What can Descartes and “One” tell us about the relationship between the mind and the body?

Metallica is the “thinking man’s” metal band and the headbanger’s CNN.  Snobs and music critics have often dismissed Metallica as mindless noise; we’re here to set the record straight. Metallica is more than just a band, and this book is much more than just a ticket to ride down memory lane.  This is an in-depth analysis of the soundtrack to your life.  So start your CD player, fire up your iPod, or, better yet, break out the old vinyl.  We’re going for a ride with the four horsemen, and a few philosophers too.