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Los Angeles, United States (1981 – present)
Metallica are an American metal band formed in 1981 in Los Angeles when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in The Recycler. Metallica’s line-up originally consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Dave Mustaine. Mustaine was later fired due to problems with alcoholism and drug addiction - he went on to form the band Megadeth. Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett took his place. Metallica has been through several bassists, including Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton (who died in a bus crash while the band was on tour), and Jason Newsted. The current bassist is Robert Trujillo, who joined in 2003.
Metallica’s early releases included fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship that placed them as one of the “big four” of the thrash metal sub-genre alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as one of the most influential and “heavy” metal albums. The band achieved substantial commercial success with Metallica (1991), 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 several artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band’s copyright-protected material for free without the band members’ 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 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.
Metallica’s early releases included fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship that placed them as one of the “big four” of the thrash metal sub-genre alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as one of the most influential and “heavy” metal albums. The band achieved substantial commercial success with Metallica (1991), 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 several artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band’s copyright-protected material for free without the band members’ 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 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.
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xdunkelheitx wrote:
YEAHHH ENERO EN PERU!!!!!!!!
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RaphaelSantos wrote:
It' very very Good....... ..Kill 'Em All !!!!
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haamgemset wrote:
the charts suck indeeed
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hajiruzao wrote:
better than you
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renatol2210 wrote:
Legend of music
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Siffie91 wrote:
the charts suck
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Czajnik_69 wrote:
Legend of music is the band you have in your avatar xD
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thewho91 wrote:
Legend of music or no.
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FuckinRamone wrote:
Roberto Agustín Hipólito Miguel Santiago Samuel Pérez de la Santa Concepción Trujillo de Niño de Jesús Veracruz jaja KILL'EM ALL THE BEST METAL ALBUM EVER
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Kratos168pl wrote:
Aweosme band :P I teach they songs.... Nothing ellse matters is first :P
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vitorfr wrote:
death magnetic is the best for me!
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nyckelback wrote:
Best metal band of all time [4]
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Metality wrote:
@Magus_Perde: My God! Did you actually pay attention to what I said? And don't you know how popular their '90s music is? I'm indicating it's the best they've done since their early albums, yet it gets less attention than their post-Black Album/Pre-St. Anger stuff. Get it now? Stop trying to be special. I was never even talking about their '80s stuff, much less did I say anything negative about it. No need to bring in your "Lol I'm a true Metallica fan"-comments when they're not needed.
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Magus_Perde wrote:
It's because it is light years away from the art they produced in the middle '80.
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Czajnik_69 wrote:
It is - it's the best album since Black Album - it's the only metal album since Black Album
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Metality wrote:
How come Death Magnetic doesn't get that much attention? I think it's the best album they've released for ages.
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ddeath-kid wrote:
Every time, alive... Every time,
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miqmiranda wrote:
Reload one of the top 4 albums.....[2],yeahh..this is really nastik!
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Siffie91 wrote:
Reload one of the top 4 albums.....
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empjori wrote:
Best metal band of all time [3]
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