Notes on Metallica's "...And Justice For All" and A Little Bit About Why Mysterious Girls Love Metal

The mysteries of the universe reveal themselves through divine patterns and repetitions. Mandelas, angel numbers and religious apparitions come to us in multiples, demanding our attention. When the Holy Virgin made her likeliness apparent on a mountain in Medugorije, Bosnia and Hercegovina in 1981, she appeared in multiple instances, to multiple youths. In a fashion journalism context, everything is patterns. Trends are apparitions. How many times have I seen those shoes? When did I start to see the shoes? What are the shoes telling me about the cultural zeitgeist and our socioeconomic climate? And now, what does it mean that every cool girl I never knew could recite the government and stage names of the original lineup of Mayhem?

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