Metallica

Metallica () is an American hivy metal baund frae Los Angeles, Californie, formed in 1981. The baund wis foondit when an advertisement postit bi drummer Lars Ulrich in a local newspaper, wis respondit tae bi James Hetfield. Metallica's line up haes primarily consistit o Ulrich, rhythm guitarist an vocalist James Hetfield an lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while goin through a number o bassists (Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton, Jason Newsted). The spot is currently held bi Robert Trujillo. The baund's oreeginal lead guitarist, afore Hammett, wis current Megadeth guitarist an lead vocalist Dave Mustaine.

Metallica's early releases includit fast tempos, instrumentals, an aggressive muisicianship that placed them as ane o the "big fower" o the thrash metal subgenre alangside Slayer, Megadeth, an Anthrax durin the genre's development intae a popular style. The baund earned a growin fan base in the undergrund muisic community an critical acclaim, wi the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as ane o the maist influential an "hivy" thrash metal albums. The baund achieved substantial commercial success wi their eponymous fift album (forby kent as The Black Album), which debuted at number ane on the Billboard 200. Wi this release the baund expandit its muisical direction resultin in an album that appealed tae a mair mainstream audience.

Metallica haes released nine studio albums, three live albums, twa EPs, 24 muisic videos, an 45 singles. The baund haes wan nine Grammy Awards, an haes haed five consecutive albums debut at number ane on the Billboard 200, makin Metallica the first an ae baund tae dae so, this record wis later matched bi the Dave Matthews Band.  The baund's 1991 album, Metallica, haes sauld ower 15 million copies in the Unitit States, an 22 million copies warldwide, which makes it the 25t-hichtest-sellin album in the kintra. In December 2009, it became the hichtest-sellin album of the SoundScan era, surpassin 1997's Come On Over bi country airtist Shania Twain.Blabbermouth Daily Headlines The band haes sauld an estimatit 100 million records warldwide as o the release o their latest album, Death Magnetic. As o December 2009, Metallica is the fowert best-sellin muisic airtist since the SoundScan era began trackin sales on Mey 25, 1991, sellin a total o 52,271,000 albums in the Unitit States alone.

 Awairds 

Grammy Awards:
 1990: Best Metal Performance – "One"
 1991: Best Metal Performance – "Stone Cold Crazy"
 1992: Best Metal Performance – Metallica
 1999: Best Metal Performance – "Better than You"
 2000: Best Hard Rock Performance – "Whiskey in the Jar"
 2001: Best Rock Instrumental Performance – "The Call of Ktulu" wi Michael Kamen an the San Francisco Symphony
 2004: Best Metal Performance – "St. Anger"
 2009: Best Metal Performance – "My Apocalypse"
 2009: Best Recording Package - Death Magnetic

MTV Video Music Awards:
 1992: Best Metal Video – "Enter Sandman"
 1996: Best Metal Video – "Until It Sleeps"

American Music Awards:
 1996: Favorite Artist: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock: Metallica – Load
 1996: Favorite Metal/Hard Rock Song – "Until It Sleeps"

Billboard Music Awards:
 1997: Billboard Rock and Roll Artist of the Year – Metallica (RIAA Diamond Award)
 1999: Catalogue Artist of the Year – Metallica
 1999: Catalogue Album of the Year – Metallica

Kerrang! Awards:
 2003: Hall of Fame – Metallica

 Baund members 

Current members
 James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1981–present)
 Lars Ulrich – drums, percussion (1981–present)
 Kirk Hammett – lead guitar, backing vocals (1983–present)
 Robert Trujillo – bass, backing vocals (2003–present)

Umwhile members
 Ron McGovney – bass (1982)
 Dave Mustaine – lead guitar, backing vocals (1982–1983)
 Cliff Burton – bass, backing vocals (1982–1986)
 Jason Newsted – bass, backing vocals (1986–2001)

 Timeline 

 Discografie 

 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)

 References 

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Fremmit airtins

 Offeecial wabsteid
 Metallica on tour

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