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Metallica Is An American Heavy Metal Band. The Band Was Formed In 1981 In Los Angeles By Vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield And Drummer Lars Ulrich And Has Been Based In San Francisco For Most Of Its Career. The Band's Fast Tempos Instrumentals And Aggressive Musicianship Made Them One Of The Founding "big Four" Bands Of Thrash Metal Alongside Megadeth Anthrax And Slayer. Metallica's Current Lineup Comprises Founding Members And Primary Songwriters Hetfield And Ulrich Longtime Lead Guitarist Kirk Hammett And Bassist Robert Trujillo. Guitarist Dave Mustaine Who Formed Megadeth After Being Fired From The Band And Bassists Ron McGovney Cliff Burton And Jason Newsted Are Former Members Of The Band. Metallica First Found Commercial Success With The Release Of Its Third Album Master Of Puppets 1986 Which Is Cited As One Of The Heaviest Metal Albums And The Band's Best Work. The Band's Next Album ...And Justice For All 1988 Gave Metallica Its First Grammy Award Nomination. Its Self-Titled Fifth Album Metallica 1991 Was The Band's First Not To Root Predominantly In Thrash Metal It Appealed To A More Mainstream Audience Achieving Substantial Commercial Success And Selling Over 16 Million Copies In The United States To Date Making It The Best-Selling Album Of The SoundScan Era. After Experimenting With Different Genres And Directions In Subsequent Releases Metallica Returned To Its Thrash Metal Roots With The Release Of Its Ninth Album Death Magnetic 2008 Which Drew Similar Praise To That Of The Band's Earlier Albums. This Was Followed By The Band's 10th Studio Album Hardwired... To Self-Destruct 2016 With Its 11th Album 72 Seasons Releasing In 2023. In 2000 Metallica Led The Case Against The Peer-To-Peer File Sharing Service Napster In Which The Band And Several Other Artists Filed Lawsuits Against The Service For Sharing Their Copyright-Protected Material Without Consent Eventually Reaching A Settlement. Metallica Was The Subject Of The Acclaimed 2004 Documentary Film Metallica Some Kind Of Monster Which Documented The Troubled Production Of The Band's Eighth Album St. Anger 2003 And The Internal Struggles Within The Band At The Time. In 2009 Metallica Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The Band Co-Wrote The Screenplay For And Starred Alongside Dane DeHaan In The 2013 Concert Film Metallica Through The Never In Which The Band Performed Live Against A Fictional Thriller Storyline. Metallica Has Released 10 Studio Albums Four Live Albums Including Two Performances With The San Francisco Symphony 12 Video Albums A Cover Album Two Extended Plays 37 Singles And 39 Music Videos. The Band Has Won Nine Grammy Awards From 23 Nominations And Its Last Six Studio Albums Beginning With Metallica Have Consecutively Debuted At No. 1 On The Billboard 200. Metallica Ranks As One Of The Most Commercially Successful Bands Of All Time Having Sold Over 125 Million Albums Worldwide As Of 2018. Metallica Has Been Listed As One Of The Greatest Artists Of All Time By Magazines Such As Rolling Stone Which Ranked The Band No. 61 On Its 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time List. As Of 2017 Metallica Is The Third-Best-Selling Music Artist Since Nielsen SoundScan Began Tracking Sales In 1991 Selling A Total Of 58 Million Albums In The United States. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Metallica Studio Albums
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Metallica Is An American Heavy Metal Band. The Band Was Formed In 1981 In Los Angeles By Vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield And Drummer Lars Ulrich And Has Been Based In San Francisco For Most Of Its Career. The Band's Fast Tempos Instrumentals And Aggressive Musicianship Made Them One Of The Founding "big Four" Bands Of Thrash Metal Alongside Megadeth Anthrax And Slayer. Metallica's Current Lineup Comprises Founding Members And Primary Songwriters Hetfield And Ulrich Longtime Lead Guitarist Kirk Hammett And Bassist Robert Trujillo. Guitarist Dave Mustaine Who Formed Megadeth After Being Fired From The Band And Bassists Ron McGovney Cliff Burton And Jason Newsted Are Former Members Of The Band. Metallica First Found Commercial Success With The Release Of Its Third Album Master Of Puppets 1986 Which Is Cited As One Of The Heaviest Metal Albums And The Band's Best Work. The Band's Next Album ...And Justice For All 1988 Gave Metallica Its First Grammy Award Nomination. Its Self-Titled Fifth Album Metallica 1991 Was The Band's First Not To Root Predominantly In Thrash Metal It Appealed To A More Mainstream Audience Achieving Substantial Commercial Success And Selling Over 16 Million Copies In The United States To Date Making It The Best-Selling Album Of The SoundScan Era. After Experimenting With Different Genres And Directions In Subsequent Releases Metallica Returned To Its Thrash Metal Roots With The Release Of Its Ninth Album Death Magnetic 2008 Which Drew Similar Praise To That Of The Band's Earlier Albums. This Was Followed By The Band's 10th Studio Album Hardwired... To Self-Destruct 2016 With Its 11th Album 72 Seasons Releasing In 2023. In 2000 Metallica Led The Case Against The Peer-To-Peer File Sharing Service Napster In Which The Band And Several Other Artists Filed Lawsuits Against The Service For Sharing Their Copyright-Protected Material Without Consent Eventually Reaching A Settlement. Metallica Was The Subject Of The Acclaimed 2004 Documentary Film Metallica Some Kind Of Monster Which Documented The Troubled Production Of The Band's Eighth Album St. Anger 2003 And The Internal Struggles Within The Band At The Time. In 2009 Metallica Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The Band Co-Wrote The Screenplay For And Starred Alongside Dane DeHaan In The 2013 Concert Film Metallica Through The Never In Which The Band Performed Live Against A Fictional Thriller Storyline. Metallica Has Released 10 Studio Albums Four Live Albums Including Two Performances With The San Francisco Symphony 12 Video Albums A Cover Album Two Extended Plays 37 Singles And 39 Music Videos. The Band Has Won Nine Grammy Awards From 23 Nominations And Its Last Six Studio Albums Beginning With Metallica Have Consecutively Debuted At No. 1 On The Billboard 200. Metallica Ranks As One Of The Most Commercially Successful Bands Of All Time Having Sold Over 125 Million Albums Worldwide As Of 2018. Metallica Has Been Listed As One Of The Greatest Artists Of All Time By Magazines Such As Rolling Stone Which Ranked The Band No. 61 On Its 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time List. As Of 2017 Metallica Is The Third-Best-Selling Music Artist Since Nielsen SoundScan Began Tracking Sales In 1991 Selling A Total Of 58 Million Albums In The United States. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Metallica Studio Albums
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Published: 05 May 2019, 22:36

Metallica Also Known As The Black Album Is The Fifth Studio Album By The American Heavy Metal Band Metallica Released August 12 1991 Through Elektra Records. It Features Some Of Metallica's Most Popular Songs "Enter Sandman" "The Unforgiven" "Nothing Else Matters" "Wherever I May Roam" And "Sad But True". It Spent Four Consecutive Weeks At Number One On Billboard 200. Metallica Is The Band's Best-Selling Album To Date With Over 16 Million Physical Copies Sold In The United States And Over 31 Million Copies Worldwide. It Is The Best-Selling Album Of The SoundScan Era. The Album Cover Features Only The Band's Logo Angled Against The Upper Left Corner And A Coiled Snake Derived From The Gadsden Flag On The Bottom Right Corner Both In A Dark Shade Of Gray In Order To Be Made Out Against The Black Background. The Motto Of The Gadsden Flag "Don't Tread On Me" Is Also The Title Of A Song Featured On The Album. The Cover Is Very Reminiscent Of Spinal Tap's Smell The Glove Album Something The Band Jokingly Acknowledged Themselves In Their A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica Documentary Where Members Of Spinal Tap Appeared And Asked Them About It . Metallica DVD-Audio 5.1 Mix Was Released In 2004 Through Elektra Records. While The Album And The Band Were Critically Praised And Commercially Successful Some Fans Expressed Disappointment In The New Direction Taken By Metallica. Gone For The Most Part Were Faster Staccato Riffs During Verses And Throaty Vocals Found On The Band's First Four Albums The Overall Speed And Complexity Of The Music Was Somewhat Lessened. The Black Album Presented A More Radio-Friendly Commercially Accessible Metallica Especially Evidenced By The Ballad "Nothing Else Matters". Moreover Following The Success Of "One " The Breakaway Single From Their …And Justice For All Album Five Videos Were Released From The Black Album. "Enter Sandman" "Nothing Else Matters" "Sad But True" "Wherever I May Roam" And "The Unforgiven" . The Lyrics Of The Black Album Written By James Hetfield Were Much More Personal And Introspective In Nature Than Previous Metallica Albums. For Example "The God That Failed" Dealt With Hetfield's Mother's Death From Cancer And Her Christian Science Beliefs Which Kept Her From Seeking Medical Treatment. "Nothing Else Matters" Expresses The Connection Hetfield Felt With A Girlfriend While Out On The Road. The Album Ended Metallica's Tradition Of Including A Lengthy Instrumental Track On Each Album Until Their 2008 Album Death Magnetic. * Rolling Stone 9/5/91 - 5 Stars — Excellent — Included In Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings Of The 90's" - "Several Songs...Seem Destined To Become Hard-Rock Classics.... Effectively Bridg The Gap Between Commercial Metal And The Much Harder Thrash Of Slayer Anthrax And Megadeth." In 2003 The Album Was Ranked Number 252 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. * Spin 9/99 P.146 - Ranked #52 In Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums Of The '90s" - Spin P.89 - "This Record's Diamond-Tipped Tuneage Stripped The Band's Melancholy Guitar Excess Down To Melodic Radio-Ready Bullets And Ballads." * Entertainment Weekly 8/16/91 - "Rock's Preeminent Speed-Metal Cyclone...Metallica May Have Invented A New Genre Progressive Thrash." - Rating B * Q Magazine 8/00 P.127 - Included In Q's "Best Metal Albums Of All Time" - "Transformed Them From Cult Metal Heroes Into Global Superstars....Bringing A Little Refinement To Their Undoubted Power." * Melody Maker 12/91 - Ranked #16 In Melody Maker's List Of The Top 30 Albums Of 1991 - "In A Committed Move Away From Their Thrash Roots Metallica Was Slower Less Complicated And Probably Twice As Heavy As Anything They'd Done Before." Metallica Was Produced By Bob Rock Who Was Originally Asked To Mix The Album As The Band Was Impressed With His Work As Producer On The Mötley Crüe Album Dr. Feelgood. Initially The Band Was Not Interested In Having Rock Produce Their Album But Changed Their Minds As Ulrich Stated "We Felt That We Still Had Our Best Record In Us And Bob Could Help Us Make It." The Black Album's Sound Was A Marked Difference From The Stripped Down Production Of The Previous Album. Rock Altered The Band's Working Schedule And Routine So Much That They Swore Never To Work With Him Again. The Animosity And Tension Between Band And Producer Was Documented In The Documentaries A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica And Classic Albums The Black Album. Both Explore And Document The Intense And Merciless Recording Process That Resulted In The Black Album. Despite The Controversies Between The Band And Rock He Continued To Work With The Band Up Until And Including The 2003 Album St. Anger. The World Tour Following The Metallica Album Initially Dubbed The "Wherever We May Roam Tour" And Then Later The "Nowhere Else To Roam Tour" Saw Metallica On The Road For The Next Three Years. The Tour Was In Part Documented In The A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica Documentary As Well As The 3-CD 2-DVD Or 3-VHS Boxset Live Shit Binge & Purge.

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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 The God That Failed My Friend Of Misery The Struggle Within

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Published: 05 May 2019, 22:36

Metallica Also Known As The Black Album Is The Fifth Studio Album By The American Heavy Metal Band Metallica Released August 12 1991 Through Elektra Records. It Features Some Of Metallica's Most Popular Songs "Enter Sandman" "The Unforgiven" "Nothing Else Matters" "Wherever I May Roam" And "Sad But True". It Spent Four Consecutive Weeks At Number One On Billboard 200. Metallica Is The Band's Best-Selling Album To Date With Over 16 Million Physical Copies Sold In The United States And Over 31 Million Copies Worldwide. It Is The Best-Selling Album Of The SoundScan Era. The Album Cover Features Only The Band's Logo Angled Against The Upper Left Corner And A Coiled Snake Derived From The Gadsden Flag On The Bottom Right Corner Both In A Dark Shade Of Gray In Order To Be Made Out Against The Black Background. The Motto Of The Gadsden Flag "Don't Tread On Me" Is Also The Title Of A Song Featured On The Album. The Cover Is Very Reminiscent Of Spinal Tap's Smell The Glove Album Something The Band Jokingly Acknowledged Themselves In Their A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica Documentary Where Members Of Spinal Tap Appeared And Asked Them About It . Metallica DVD-Audio 5.1 Mix Was Released In 2004 Through Elektra Records. While The Album And The Band Were Critically Praised And Commercially Successful Some Fans Expressed Disappointment In The New Direction Taken By Metallica. Gone For The Most Part Were Faster Staccato Riffs During Verses And Throaty Vocals Found On The Band's First Four Albums The Overall Speed And Complexity Of The Music Was Somewhat Lessened. The Black Album Presented A More Radio-Friendly Commercially Accessible Metallica Especially Evidenced By The Ballad "Nothing Else Matters". Moreover Following The Success Of "One " The Breakaway Single From Their …And Justice For All Album Five Videos Were Released From The Black Album. "Enter Sandman" "Nothing Else Matters" "Sad But True" "Wherever I May Roam" And "The Unforgiven" . The Lyrics Of The Black Album Written By James Hetfield Were Much More Personal And Introspective In Nature Than Previous Metallica Albums. For Example "The God That Failed" Dealt With Hetfield's Mother's Death From Cancer And Her Christian Science Beliefs Which Kept Her From Seeking Medical Treatment. "Nothing Else Matters" Expresses The Connection Hetfield Felt With A Girlfriend While Out On The Road. The Album Ended Metallica's Tradition Of Including A Lengthy Instrumental Track On Each Album Until Their 2008 Album Death Magnetic. * Rolling Stone 9/5/91 - 5 Stars — Excellent — Included In Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings Of The 90's" - "Several Songs...Seem Destined To Become Hard-Rock Classics.... Effectively Bridg The Gap Between Commercial Metal And The Much Harder Thrash Of Slayer Anthrax And Megadeth." In 2003 The Album Was Ranked Number 252 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. * Spin 9/99 P.146 - Ranked #52 In Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums Of The '90s" - Spin P.89 - "This Record's Diamond-Tipped Tuneage Stripped The Band's Melancholy Guitar Excess Down To Melodic Radio-Ready Bullets And Ballads." * Entertainment Weekly 8/16/91 - "Rock's Preeminent Speed-Metal Cyclone...Metallica May Have Invented A New Genre Progressive Thrash." - Rating B * Q Magazine 8/00 P.127 - Included In Q's "Best Metal Albums Of All Time" - "Transformed Them From Cult Metal Heroes Into Global Superstars....Bringing A Little Refinement To Their Undoubted Power." * Melody Maker 12/91 - Ranked #16 In Melody Maker's List Of The Top 30 Albums Of 1991 - "In A Committed Move Away From Their Thrash Roots Metallica Was Slower Less Complicated And Probably Twice As Heavy As Anything They'd Done Before." Metallica Was Produced By Bob Rock Who Was Originally Asked To Mix The Album As The Band Was Impressed With His Work As Producer On The Mötley Crüe Album Dr. Feelgood. Initially The Band Was Not Interested In Having Rock Produce Their Album But Changed Their Minds As Ulrich Stated "We Felt That We Still Had Our Best Record In Us And Bob Could Help Us Make It." The Black Album's Sound Was A Marked Difference From The Stripped Down Production Of The Previous Album. Rock Altered The Band's Working Schedule And Routine So Much That They Swore Never To Work With Him Again. The Animosity And Tension Between Band And Producer Was Documented In The Documentaries A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica And Classic Albums The Black Album. Both Explore And Document The Intense And Merciless Recording Process That Resulted In The Black Album. Despite The Controversies Between The Band And Rock He Continued To Work With The Band Up Until And Including The 2003 Album St. Anger. The World Tour Following The Metallica Album Initially Dubbed The "Wherever We May Roam Tour" And Then Later The "Nowhere Else To Roam Tour" Saw Metallica On The Road For The Next Three Years. The Tour Was In Part Documented In The A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica Documentary As Well As The 3-CD 2-DVD Or 3-VHS Boxset Live Shit Binge & Purge.

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