He's pretty good with Rock albums that mesh well with his style, The Strokes, RHCP, SOAD and Slipknot, even Danzig.

But Metallica isn't supposed to be polished, even the Black Album still had it's "edges" even if it's mainstream Heavy Metal instead of Thrash
You've got quite the point.
Mind you quite a few of those bands very much disliked working on the album's with him, it'd be interesting to see if we could've got even better album's out of them with a more enjoyable production experience.

Ngl some of the best albums have come from the producers really throwing their word in and fighting the band on some bits. Kirk's solos on the black album hit so well because Bob really fucking gave it to Kirk.

Always an interesting thought for me, what would these albums be like without such heavy producer guidance
 
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