...and justice for all is metallica's fourth album and was released on august 25, 1988. it was metallica's first album since the death of cliff burton, who was replaced by jason newsted as their bass player. it shall be said though, that they recorded and released the $5.98 e.p.: garage days re-revisited, which only include five songs covered by metallica, but it is often not counted as a metallica album, as it only contain five cover songs.