  Metallica, consisting of James
Hetfield on vocals and guitar, Lars Ulrich on
drums, Kirk Hammett on guitar, and Jason
Newsted on bass, formed in 1981 when Hetfield
met Ulrich in California and decided to form
a band (after running an ad in The
Recycler). Eventually the band went on
to become one of the biggest and most
critically acclaimed heavy metal bands of the
80s and 90s.
Other members at the beginning
of Metallica's conception included Ron
McGonvey on bass and Dave Mustaine (who went
on to Megadeth fame) on lead
guitar. The band spent a few years playing
the hard rock clubs of Los Angeles before
moving on and moving some band members out -
replacing McGonvey and Mustaine with Cliff
Burton and Kirk Hammett.
Metallica performed together in
California for the first time live and cut
their first demo record the next month. For a
short time, Metallica added a fifth member,
Jeff Warner, on rhythm guitar, but return to
the original 4 members when Mustaine and
Warner clash. The band ended the year by
relocating to San Francisco - a condition of
Burton's joining the group.
December 28: Cliff Burton
officially joined Metallica.
 Mustaine was replaced by
Hammett, and with a new lineup, Metallica
recorded their first LP, Kill
'Em All and toured during the summer. Rolling
Stone included the LP on their list
of the "100 Greatest Albums of the
80's."
 More widespread success came
with Metallica's second LP Ride
The Lightning and a short tour with Twisted
Sister.
By the end of the year Metallica
inked a deal with Elektra Records.
 Metallica released Master
Of Puppets and found their first platinum
taste of success.
September 27: But the feeling of
sweet success was short-lived when bass
player Cliff Burton was killed when the
band's tour bus crashed in Sweden due to icy
roads. Burton was 24. The band willed
themselves to go in Burton's memory and Jason
Newsted joined the group on bass.
Master
Of Puppets was certified gold.
Metallica finished the year
touring Japan and Canada.
 Metallica released a collection
of cover songs with the EP, The $5.98 EP
- Garage Days Revisited.
Metallica immortalized the
passing of their bandmate and friend, Cliff
Burton, with a video, Cliff
'Em All.
Ride
The Lightning was certified gold.
The $5.98 EP - Garage Days
Revisited was certified gold.
Metallica toured with the
Monsters of Rock package tour before heading
out on their own world tour.
Master
Of Puppets was certified platinum.
 ...And
Justice For All was released. After
years of ignoring pressure to produce videos
for their hit tracks, Metallica presents
video viewers with their first video for
"One."
In the fall and winter,
Metallica toured Europe and the U.S. for the
first time as headliners.
Metallica won a Billboard Music
Award for Top Music Videocassette of the Year
(Cliff
'Em All).
...And
Justice For All was certified platinum.
Metallica had the Top Music
Videocassette of the Year ($19.98 Home
Vid Cliff'em All!).
Metallica were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance (...And
Justice For All).
 Metallica hit the Top 40 with
"One."
Metallica spent most of the year
touring with Queensryche and
The Cult.
Kill
'Em All was certified gold and Ride
The Lightning was certified platinum.
...And
Justice For All was certified 2x platinum.
 The video for "One"
was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Heavy Metal Video.
Metallica again had the Top
Music Videocassette of the Year ($19.98
Home Vid Cliff'em All!).
 Metallica won a Grammy
Award for Best Metal Performance ("One").
The $5.98 EP - Garage Days
Revisited was certified platinum and the
single "One" was certified
gold.
 Metallica could be heard on the Rubaiyat, an Elektra
anniversary compilation with their version of
"Stone Cold Crazy."
 # 72
Singles Artist of the Year
Metallica won a Grammy
Award for Best Metal Performance ("Stone Cold
Crazy").
 Kill
'Em All was certified platinum.
Master
Of Puppets was certified 2x platinum.
Metallica released Metallica (sometimes referred to
as the "Black Album") with the hit
"Enter Sandman" and the band
started a tour that would last almost 2
years.
 Metallica hit the Top 40 with
"Enter Sandman."
The single "Enter Sandman" was certified
gold.
Metallica was certified 3x
platinum.
Metallica hit the Top 40 with
"The Unforgiven."
 # 69
Singles Artist of the Year
Metallica was certified 4x
platinum.
Metallica was nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Artist
and Favorite Heavy
Metal/Hard Rock Album (Metallica).
 Metallica won a Grammy
Award for Best Metal Performance with Vocal (Metallica) and were also
nominated for Best Rock Song (songwriter) ("Enter Sandman").
...And
Justice For All was certified 3x platinum and Ride
The Lightning was certified 2x platinum.
Metallica hit the Top 40 with
"Nothing Else Matters."
Metallica was certified 5x
platinum.
August 8: Hetfield was severely
burned during a pyrotechnics mishap during a
concert in Montreal.
The video for "Enter Sandman" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Video and
was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Editing.
The band released the videos, A
Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica
(parts 1 and 2).
Metallica was certified 6x
platinum.
Metallica won an
American Music
Award for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Artist.
...And
Justice For All was certified 4x platinum.
Metallica was certified 7x
platinum.
Rolling
Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos" included "One" at # 75.
 Metallica released a 3-CD, 3
video box set, Live
Sh*t: Binge & Purge.
Metallica were nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Artist.
Master
Of Puppets was certified 3x platinum.
 Metallica performed at Woodstock
'94.
Live
Sh*t: Binge & Purge was the top-selling
music video of the year.
Metallica was certified 8x
platinum.
Kill
'Em All was certified 2x platinum and Ride
The Lightning was certified 3x platinum.
Metallica were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance ("For Whom The
Bell Tolls").
Metallica was certified 9x
platinum.
 Metallica hit the Top 40 with
"Until It Sleeps."
Metallica topped the Billboard
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 8 weeks with
"Until It Sleeps."
Metallica released Load and spent a portion of
the summer headlining the Lollapalooza
festival before embarking on their own tour.
Load topped the Billboard
Top 200 Albums chart for 4 weeks and the UK
LP chart for a week.
Load was certified 3x
platinum and the single "Until It Sleeps" was certified
gold.
Metallica won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Hard Rock Video ("Until It Sleeps") which was also
nominated for Viewer's Choice.
Metallica topped the Billboard
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 3 weeks with
"Hero Of The Day."
Metallica won an American Music
Award for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Artist.
Rock
'N Roll Hall Of Fame's 500
Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll includes "Enter Sandman."
 Metallica released Reload. The LP picked up
where 1996's Load left off (originally
meant as a double LP).
Ride
The Lightning was certified 4x platinum, ...And
Justice For All was certified 6x
platinum, Load was certified 4x
platinum, Master
Of Puppets was certified 4x platinum, and Metallica was certified 10x
platinum.
 Reload topped the Billboard
200 Albums chart for a week.
Reload was certified 2x
platinum.
Metallica hit the Top 40 with
"The Memory Remains."
Readers and critics of Rolling
Stone named Metallica the Best Hard
Rock Band of the Year.
Metallica topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Hot
Mainstream Rock Artist.
Metallica were nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rock Video ('The Unforgiven
II").
 Metallica released a 2-CD
collection of cover tunes: Garage
Inc. including the cover of
Bob
Seger's "Turn
The Page" which topped the
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 11
weeks. The collection also includes those
covers from 1987's The $5.98 EP - Garage
Days Revisited.
Master
Of Puppets was certified 5x platinum, Reload was certified 3x
platinum, and Metallica was certified 11x
platinum.
"Turn
The Page" topped the Billboard
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 11 weeks.
Metallica brought a lawsuit
against Victoria Secret for selling
"...lip pencils bearing the mark of
Metallica."
The band also hit the Top 40
with their cover of "Turn
The Page."
Metallica won another Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance ("Better Than
You") - nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance ("Fuel").
Garage
Inc. was certified 4x platinum.
Kill
'Em All was certified 3x platinum.
Metallica performed at
Berkeley's Community Theater with Michael
Kamen and the San Francisco Symphony.
Metallica performed at Woodstock
'99 in Rome, New York.
Metallica won a California Music
Award for Outstanding Hard Rock Album (Reload) and Ulrich was named
Outstanding Drummer.
 Metallica released S
& M - a live
"symphonic album" recorded with the
San Francisco Symphony last April.
Metallica won 2 Billboard Music
Awards for Catalog Artist of the Year and
Catalog Album of the Year (Metallica).
...And
Justice For All was certified 7x platinum and Metallica was certified 12x
platinum.
S
& M topped the Billboard Internet
Album Sales chart for a week.
 MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made includes
"One" at # 38 and "Enter Sandman" at # 56.
Metallica were nominated for 4
California Music Awards and the band settled
a lawsuit with Victoria Secret over their
'lip pencils.'
Garage
Inc. was certified 5x platinum and S
& M was certified 4x platinum.
"No Leaf Clover" hit
#1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for
7 weeks.
Metallica won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance ("Whiskey In The
Jar").
 Ulrich won a California Music
Award for Outstanding Drummer and the band
was honored with the Arthur M. Sohcot Award
for Excellence.
Metallica could also be heard on
the soundtrack for Mission:
Impossible 2 with "I Disappear."
April 12: Metallica filed a
lawsuit against the popular mp3 trading
program, Napster, as well as a few
colleges over copyright infringement and
unlawful use of digital music. The band
accuses Napster of
"...encouraging and enabling visitors to
its web site to unlawfully exchange with
others copyrighted songs and sound recordings
without the knowledge or permission of
Metallica."
Metallica continued its attack
on Napster with an on-line chat
("...to put Napster out of business")
and the delivering of a documents with over
335,000 users who they feel are allowed to
trade their music illegally with the Napster program. During an
online chat about the controversy, Ulrich
stated: "The ideal situation is clear
and simple... to put Napster out of business."
Napster shut down over 300,000
user accounts that were on a list supplied by
Metallica - the list included users who had
the band's music available in mp3 format on
their home computers.
"I Disappear" topped
the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for 7
weeks.
Hetfield was unable to perform
for 3 concert dates due to a back injury and
was replaced on vocals by bassist Jason
Newsted, Kid Rock, and Jonathan Davis of
Korn.
Metallica were nominated for a
MuchMusic Video Music Award for Best
International Video ("I
Disappear").
The video "I
Disappear" was nominated for 5 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Rock Video, Best Video from a Film, Best Special Effects (Asylum Visual
Effects), Best Editing (Nathan Cox), and Best Cinematography (Dave Rudd).
Metallica came in at # 5 on VH1: 100
Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.
Metallica took home 2 'My VH1'
Awards - Gods of Thunder (most kick-ass band)
and Best Stage Spectacle (with the San
Francisco Symphony).
Metallica filed a trademark
infringement lawsuit against a perfume
manufacturer and the Neiman-Marcus stores
over a perfume made by Guerlain. The threat
of a similar lawsuit resulted with a
furniture maker changing his Metallika
business name.
 Jason Newsted announced he was
leaving Metallica: "Due to private and
personal reasons, and the physical damage
that I have done to myself over the years
while playing the music that I love, I must
step away from the band."
The band also became action
figures during the month by McFarlane Toys.
Metallica won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental
Performance for "The Call Of The
Ktulu" (with Michael Kamen
conducting the San Francisco Symphony
Orchestra).
Metallica were featured in a Playboy article: Ulrich
described the controversy over Napster as a "...wake-up
call of the millennium to everybody who has
anything to do with intellectual
property..." while Hetfield called
Metallica fans who support Napster as "...lazy
bastards and they want everything for
free." Ulrich also called Hetfield
homophobic: "Let there be no question
about that. I think homophobia is questioning
your sexuality and not being comfortable with
it."
VH1: 100
Greatest Videos includes:
# 32
- "Enter Sandman"
and # 99
- "One."
Metallica resolved their
settlement with Napster.
Hetfield entered a
rehabilitation facility for help with
substance abuse.
Recording sessions for a new LP
somewhat resumed as the band waited for
Hetfield to finish his rehabilitation program
- Ulrich and Hammett worked with Ja Rule on a new track with a
rap segment.
Hetfield rejoined Metallica
after his stay in a rehabilitation center for
alcohol and substance abuse.
 Metallica could be heard on the
soundtrack for Biker
Boyz with "We Did It
Again" along with Ja Rule.
Metallica recruited Rob Trujillo
as their new bassist. Trujillo has been a
member of Suicidal Tendencies
and a member of Ozzy Osbourne's band in the mid-90s.
 Metallica will
be honored with MTV's mtvICON.
Metallica went to San Quentin
State Prison to film the video for "St.
Anger."
Buyers of St.
Anger were not only be treated to an
additional DVD of the band's studio
performances of the LP tracks, but also
access to a website (www.metallicavault.com) that will offer live
recordings, demos, and b-sides.
Metallica was certified 13x
platinum, ...And
Justice For All was certified 8x platinum, Master
Of Puppets was certified 6x platinum, and Load was certified 5x
platinum.
Metallica
released their next LP, St.
Anger - several days earlier than
anticipated.
St.
Anger sold over 418,000 copies in the
US its first shortened week of release and
topped the Billboard Top 200 LP chart for a
week.
St.
Anger topped the Canadian LP charts.
VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Enter Sandman" at # 88.
St.
Anger was certified 2x platinum.
Metallica
toured with Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park during the summer as
part of the 'Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003.'
Metallica's video for "St.
Anger" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rock Video. Metaliica also
performed at the ceremony.
Metallica was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative
Artist, and performed at the ceremony.
 Metallica was certified 14x
platinum.
Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 167:
Master
Of Puppets, # 252: Metallica.
Metallica won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance ("St.
Anger").
 Ulrich was hospitalized for
undisclosed reasons in Switzerland and missed
the band's performance in England.
Metallica released the EP Some
Kind Of Monster. The set includes live tracks
from a June, 2003 performance.
# 440 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
Metallica was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance ("Some
Kind Of Monster").
Metallica could be heard on the
tribute compilation for Italian film composer
Ennio Morricone, We
All Love Ennio Morricone, with the track
"The Ecstacy Of Gold."
 On July 7th, Metallica performed
at the Live
Earth
concert in the UK. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 90's included "Enter Sandman" at # 18.
 Metallica were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental
Performance ("The Ecstacy Of
Gold").
Entertainment Weekly:
100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included Metallica at # 67.
 Metallica released their next LP
Death
Magnetic.
Metallica topped the Billboard
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with
"The Day That Never Comes."
Metallica topped the Billboard
200 LP chart, Top Rock Albums chart, Top
Internet Albums chart, and Top Digital Albums
chart with Death
Magnetic. The set sold over 490,000
copies its first shortened week of release in
the US (the LP was released on a Friday
instead of the traditional Tuesday release
date).
Metallica topped the LP charts
in the UK and Canada with Death
Magnetic.
 Death
Magnetic was certified platinum.
Metallica appeared on the cover
of Rolling Stone.
Death
Magnetic ended 2008 as the #7 selling LP
of the year with sales topping 1.5 million.
 Metallica won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance ("My Apocalypse),
and were nominated for Best Rock Instrumental
Performance ("Suicide &
Redemption"), and Best Rock Album (Death
Magnetic).
 Metallica topped the Billboard
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with
"Cyanide."
Metallica were inducted into the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Metallica was certified 15x
platinum.
Metallica was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance ("The Unforgiven
III").
 Death
Magnetic was certified 2x platinum.
Metallica with Lou Reed
released Lulu.
 Metallica released the CD
version of the EP Beyond
Magnetic.
Metallica was certified 16x
platinum and Ride
The Lightning was certified 6x platinum.
 The soundtrack for Metallica
Thourgh The Never was released with live
Metallica music.
- September
27: Concert dates overseas
were cancelled when it was announced that
Hetfield would be entering rehab for
addiction recovery. A statement by the
group was released: "As most of you
probably know, our brother James has been
struggling with addiction on and off for
many years. He has now, unfortunately,
had to re-enter a treatment program to
work on his recovery again... Once again,
we are devastated that we have
inconvenienced so many of you, especially
our most loyal fans who travel great
distances to experience our shows. We
appreciate your understanding and support
for James & thank you for being a
part of our Metallica family.”
- September
12: Metallica topped the
Billboard Album Sales chart, Rock Albums
chart, and Hard Rock Albums chart with S&M2.
- July 16: Metallica topped
the Hard Rock Songs chart and Hard Rock
Digital Songs chart with "Master Of
Puppets" after it was featured in
Season 4 of Stranger Things.
- July 1: Metallica topped
the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay
chart with "72 Seasons."
- November 4: Metallica topped
the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks
chart with "Too Far Gone."
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Kill 'Em All
Released: 1983
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 120
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Hit The
Lights" - "Four Horsemen"
- "Motorbreath" - "Jump In
The Fire" - "(Anesthesia)
Pulling Teeth" -
"Whiplash" - "Phantom
Lord" - "No Remorse" -
"Seek & Destroy" -
"Metal Militia" |
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Ride The Lightning
Released: November, 1984
US: 6x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 100
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Fight Fire
With Fire" - "Ride The
Lightning" - "For Whom The Bell
Tolls" - "Fade To Black" -
"Trapped Under Ice" -
"Escape" - "Creeping
Death" - "The Call Of
Ktulu" |
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Master Of Puppets
Released: March, 1986
US: 6x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 29
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks:
"Battery" - "Master Of
Puppets" - "Thing That Should
Not Be" - "Welcome Home
(Sanitarium)" - "Disposable
Heroes" - "Leper Messiah"
- "Orion" - "Damage,
Inc." |
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The $5.98 EP - Garage
Days Revisited
Released: August, 1987
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 28
Tracks:
"Helpless" - "The Small
Hours" - "The Wait" -
"Crash Course In Brain Surgery"
- "Last Caress / Green Hell" |
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...And Justice For All
Released: September, 1988
US: 8x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 6
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks:
"Blackened" - "...And
Justice For All" - "Eye Of The
Beholder" - "One" -
"Shortest Straw" -
"Harvester Of Sorrow" -
"Frayed Ends Of Sanity" -
"To Live is To Die" -
"Dyers Eve" |
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Metallica
Released: August, 1991
US: 16x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 4 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Enter Sandman" - "Sad
But True" - "Holier Than
Thou" - "The Unforgiven" -
"Wherever I May Roam" -
"Don't Tread On Me" -
"Through The Never" - "Nothing Else
Matters" - "Of Wolf And
Man" - "God That Failed" -
"My Friend Of Misery" -
"Struggle Within" |
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Live Sh*t: Binge &
Purge
Released: November, 1993
Billboard
peak:
# 26
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Enter Sandman" -
"Creeping Death" -
"Harvester Of Sorrow" -
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" -
"Sad But True" - "Of Wolf
And Man" - "The Unforgiven" -
"Justice Medley: Eye Of The Beholder
/ Blackened / The Frayed Ends Of
Sanity" - "Through The
Never" - "For Whom The Bell
Tolls" - "Fade To Black" -
"Master Of Puppets" -
"Seek And Destroy" -
"Whiplash" - "Nothing Else
Matters" - "Wherever I
May Roam" - "Am I Evil?" -
"Last Caress" - "One" -
"Battery" - "Four
Horsemen" - "Motorbreath"
- "Stone Cold Crazy" |
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Load
Released: June, 1996
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 4 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Ain't My
Bitch" - "2 X 4" -
"House Jack Built" - "Until It Sleeps" - "King
Nothing" - "Hero Of The
Day" - "Bleeding Me" -
"Cure" - "Poor Twisted
Me" - "Wasting My Hate" -
"Mama Said" - "Thorn
Within" - "Ronnie" -
"Outlaw Torn" |
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Reload
Released: November 17, 1997
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Fuel"
- "The Memory Remains" -
"Devil's Dance" - "The
Unforgiven II" - "Better Than
You" - "Slither" -
"Carpe Diem Baby" - "Bad
Seed" - "Where The Wild Things
Are" - "Prince Charming" -
"Low Man's Lyric" -
"Attitude" -
"Fixxxer" |
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Garage Inc.
Released: November, 1998
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Free Speech
For The Dumb" - "It's
Electric" - "Sabbra
Cadabra" - "Turn The Page" - "Die
Die My Darling" -
"Loverman" - "Mercyful
Fate" - "Astronomy" -
"Whiskey In The Jar" -
"Tuesday's Gone" - "The
More I See" - "Helpless" -
"The Small Hours" - "The
Wait" - "Last Caress / Green
Hell" - "Am I Evil?" -
"Blitzkrieg" -
"Breadfan" - "The
Prince" - "Stone Cold
Crazy" - "So What" -
"Killing Time" -
"Overkill" - "Damage
Case" - "Stone Dead
Forever" - "Too Late Too
Late" |
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S & M
Released: November, 1999
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone
review:
Live Tracks: "Ecstasy Of
Gold" - "Call Of Ktulu" -
"Master Of Puppets" - "Of
Wolf And Man" - "Thing That
Should Not Be" - "Fuel" -
"The Memory Remains" - "No
Leaf Clover" - "Hero Of The
Day" - "Devil's Dance" -
"Bleeding Me" - "Nothing Else
Matters" - "Until It Sleeps" - "For
Whom The Bell Tolls" -
"Human" - "Wherever I May
Roam" - "Outlaw Torn" -
"Sad But True" - "One" - "Enter Sandman" -
"Battery" |
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St. Anger
Released: June, 2003
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks:
"Frantic" - "St.
Anger" - "Some Kind Of
Monster" - "Dirty Window"
- "Invisible Kid" - "My
World" - "Shoot Me Again"
- "Sweet Amber" - "Unnamed
Feeling" - "Purify" -
"All Within My Hands" |
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Some Kind Of Monster EP
Released: July, 2004
Billboard
peak:
# 37
Tracks: "Some Kind
Of Monster" - "The Four
Horsemen" (live) - "Damage,
Inc." (live) - "Leper
Messiah" (live) -
"Motorbreath" (live) -
"Ride The Lightning" (live) -
"Hit The Lights" (live) -
"Some Kind Of Monster" (Edit) |
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Death Magnetic
Released: September 12,
2008
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "That Was
Just Your Life" - "The End Of
The Line" - "Broken, Beat &
Scared" - "The Day That Never
Comes" - "All Nightmare
Long" - "Cyanide" -
"The Unforgiven III" -
"The Judas Kiss" -
"Suicide & Redemption" -
"My Apocalypse" |
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Lulu (with Lou
Reed)
Released: November, 2011
Tracks: "Brandenburg
Gate" - "The View" -
"Pumping Blood" -
"Mistress Dread" - "Iced
Honey" - "Cheat On Me" -
"Frustration" - "Little
Dog" - "Dragon" -
"Junior Dad" |
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Metallica Thourgh The
Never (soundtrack)
Released: September 24,
2013
Live Metallica Tracks: "Creeping
Death" - "For Whom The Bell
Tolls" - "Fuel" -
"Ride The Lightning" -
"One" - "The Memory
Remains" - "Wherever I May
Roam" - "Cyanide" -
"... And Justice For All" -
"Master Of Puppets" -
"Battery" - "Nothing Else
Matters" - "Enter Sandman"
- "Hit The Lights" -
"Orion" |
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Hardwired... To
Self-Destruct
Released: November 18, 2016
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Grammy
Nominee: Best Rock Album
Tracks:
"Hardwired" - "Atlas,
Rise!" - "Now That We're
Dead" - "Moth Into Flame"
- "Dream No More" - "Halo
On Fire" - "Confusion" -
"ManUNkind" - "Here Comes
Revenge" - "Am I Savage?"
- "Murder One" - "Spit Out
The Bone" - "Lords Of
Summer" - "Ronnie Rising
Medley" - "When A Blind Man
Cries" - "Remember
Tomorrow" - "Helpless"
(live) - "Hit The Lights"
(live) - "The Four Horsemen"
(live) - "Ride The Lightning"
(live) - "Fade To Black" (live)
- "Jump In The Fire" (live) -
"For Whom The Bell Tolls"
(live) - "Creeping Death"
(live) - "Metal Militia" (live)
- "Hardwired" (live) |
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S&M2 (Live)
Released: August 28, 2020
Live Tracks: "The Ecstasy
Of Gold" - "The Call Of
Ktulu" - "For Whom The Bells
Tolls" - "The Day That Never
Comes" - "The Memory
Remains" - "Confusion" -
"Moth Into Flame" - "The
Outlaw Torn" - "No Leaf
Clover" - "Halo On Fire" -
"Scythian Suite, Opus 20 II: The
Enemy God And The Dance Of The Dark
Spirits" - "The Iron Foundry,
Opus 19" - "The Unforgiven
III" - "All Within My
Hand" - "(Anesthesia) - Pulling
Teeth" - "Wherever I May
Roam" - "One" -
"Master Of Puppets" -
"Nothing Else Matters" -
"Enter Sandman" |
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72 Seasons
Released: April 14, 2023
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Album
Tracks: "72
Seasons" - "Shadows
Follow" - "Screaming
Suicide" - "Sleepwalk My Life
Away" - "You Must Burn!" -
"Lux AEterna" - "Crown Of
Barbed Wire" - "Chasing
Light" - "If Darkness Had A
Son" - "Too Far Gone?" -
"Room Of Mirrors" -
"Inamorata" |
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