And Justice for All is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on August 25, 1988, by Elektra Records. It was their first album to feature bassist Jason Newsted, following the death of Cliff Burton in 1986. Newsted had previously appeared on Metallica's 1987 EP The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited. ...And Justice for All features progressive metal music, very fast tempos, and few verse-chorus structures. It is noted for its dry, sterile production, which producer Flemming Rasmussen attributed to his absence during the album's mixing process. The songs' dark lyrics have themes of political and legal injustice, the prism of war, censored speech, and nuclear brinkmanship.