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St. Anger (Album) by Metallica

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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
Kill 'Em All 1983 Ride The Lightning 1984 Master Of Puppets 1986 ...And Justice For All 1988 Metallica 1991 Load 1996 Reload 1997 St. Anger 2003 Death Magnetic 2008 Hardwired... To Self-Destruct 2016 72 Seasons 2023

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“St. Anger” Is The Eighth Studio Album By Metallica. Released On June 5 2003 This Album Marks The Longest Time Span Between Studio Albums From Metallica With The Nearly Six Years Between The Release Of “ReLoad” And “St. Anger.” It Was Also The First To Receive A Parental Advisory Label Excluding Garage Inc. A Cover Album Live S**t Binge And Purge A Live Album And S&M Also A Live Album . The Album Was Originally Intended For Release On June 10 2003 But Was Instead Released Five Days Earlier Due To Fear Of Unlicensed Copying Over Filesharing Networks. St. Anger Received A Mixed Response From Critics And Fans Alike. Many Fans Felt As If The Old Metallica Was Replaced With A Different Band/sound. Though Not All Criticism Was Negative Some Felt It Was An Experiment Metallica Was Going Through And That Metallica Was As Strong As Ever. One Reviewer Adrien Begrand Of PopMatters Took Both Sides To It Saying “While It’s An Ungodly Mess At Times What You Hear On This Album Is A Band Playing With Passion For The First Time In Years.”