Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted recently guested on Bill Burr's Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast for an extensive interview, which can be viewed below in its entirety. During the chat, Newsted commented on Metallica's Black album, which is celebrating its 30 Anniversary.

Newsted on the Black album's appeal and longevity:

"First of all, we're going to give credit to Lars (Ulrich / drums) for being so absorbed and engulfed in the whole thing. And the sequencing of the record, and the sequencing of all the Metallica albums as they've come out; the sequencing has become more developed and got better and better. Like, 'The second song has to be that, and the seventh song has to be that,' and so and so. That's why it's appealing like you're talking about, and listenable in that way because of his meticulous attention paid to that.

Still, to this day, he is that guy, and so that credit should be there first. And going back to what was it like... did we know what was happening when it was happening? We had a lot of momentum built up, those hundreds of shows and stuff, and building the fan base, and Justice (...And Justice For All) being so successful and kind of building, building, building on that. We knew there was a lot at stake and sort of the powers that be, the management and so forth, and everybody threw a whole bunch of money into it. So we know that when that much money is invested that, there's a big chance of something really happening because people are going to put all the puzzle pieces in place and set us up for success."