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About: American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. The band's fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship placed them as one of the founding "big four" of thrash metal alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. Metallica was formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features founders Hetfield (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Ulrich (drums), longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. The band's fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship placed them as one of the founding "big four" of thrash metal alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. Metallica was formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features founders Hetfield (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Ulrich (drums), longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo, who joined the band in 2003. Previous members of the band are lead guitarist Dave Mustaine, who went on to found Megadeth, bassists Ron McGovney (demos only), Cliff Burton (the first three records, died in 1986), and Jason Newsted. The band also had a long collaboration with producer Bob Rock, who produced all of its albums from 1990 to 2003 and served as a temporary bassist between the departure of Newsted and the hiring of Trujillo.

The band earned a growing fan-base in the underground music community and critical acclaim with its first four albums, with their third, Master of Puppets (1986), described as one of the most influential and heavy thrash metal albums. Metallica achieved substantial commercial success with their eponymous fifth album (also known as The Black Album), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.

In 2000, Metallica was among a number of artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band's copyright-protected material for free without any band member's consent. A settlement was reached, and Napster became a pay-to-use service. Despite reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the release of St. Anger (2003) alienated many fans with the exclusion of guitar solos and the "steel-sounding" snare drum. A film titled Some Kind of Monster documented the recording process of St. Anger and the tensions within the band during that time. In 2009, Metallica was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Metallica has released nine studio albums, four live albums, five extended plays, 25 music videos, and 37 singles. The band has won nine Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the first band to do so. The band's eponymous 1991 album has sold over 16 million copies in the United States, making it the best-selling album of the SoundScan Era. Metallica ranks as one of the most commercially successful bands of all time, having sold over 120 million records worldwide. Metallica has been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines, including Rolling Stone, which ranked them 61st on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. As of December 2012, Metallica is the fourth best-selling music artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, selling a total of 53,642,000 albums in the United States alone.

In 2012, Metallica formed the independent record label Blackened Recordings, and took ownership of all of their albums and videos. ... (more)

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The Greatest Guest Appearances on The Simpsons (200 person items)

"as Metallica Episodes: The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer (2006) "

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Metallica interviewed by Brian Slagel Part 2

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Glastallica ... A Film by Julien Temple

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"Hahaha they are metal heads! : D"

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"hahaha ... in their worst moment (lol)"

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my top 100 singers/group ever (100 person items)

"first song : Nothing Else Matters all time favourite: The Unforgiven"

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All bands that i listen to (82 music items)

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Thrash Metal (12 person items)

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WatchMojo’s Top 10 Heavy Metal Anthems (10 person items)

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The Old Grey Listal Test (POLL) (214 music items)

"Total: 144 points 44 points Enter Sandman(rewster - 25, bb90 - 19) 25 points Nothing Else Matters(Holy Godiva - 25) 24 points For Whom the Bell Tolls(rewster - 15, Dark Warrior - 9) 21 points Fade to Black(Dark Warrior - 21) 10 points Turn the Page(Onion Jack - 10) 10 points Whisky in the Jar(Holy Godiva - 10) 9 points Master of Puppets(rewster - 9)"

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Rockers in Tv Shows (21 music items)

"The Simpsons-Episode The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer "

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50 from Onion Jack (50 music items)

"TURN THE PAGEReleased: 16 November 1998"

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50 from Holy Godiva (50 music items)

"NOTHING ELSE MATTERSReleased: 20 April 1992"

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My Favorite Bands (8 person items)

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♫ A little bit of '84 (21 music items)

"Metallica - Creeping Death Especially for Orpheus"

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♫ A little bit of '83 (43 music items)

"Metallica - Seek and Destroy Especially for Orpheus"

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♫ A little bit of '86 (40 music items)

"Metallica - Master Of Puppets Especially for Orpheus"

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metal songs about drug use (15 person items)

"SONGS: Master of Puppets & Harvester of Sorrow"

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♫ A little bit of '91 (34 music items)

"Metallica - Nothing Else Matters Metallica - Enter Sandman Especially for AesthetiX"

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♫ A little bit of '98 (31 music items)

"Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar "

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♫ A little bit of '97 (32 music items)

"Metallica - The Unforgiven II Metallica - The Memory Remains "

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Metallica & Lang Lang - One Live performance Grammys 2014 HD

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My Favourite Bands (44 music items)

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My Favorite Bands (15 person items)

"Favorite Album Favorite Song Albums Heard *Kill 'Em All - 6/10 *Ride the Lightning - 9/10 *Master of Puppets - 9/10 *...And Justice for All - 9/10 *Metallica - 7/10 *Load - 4/10 *Reload - 4/10 *St. Anger - 6/10 *Death Magnetic - 7/10"