About the artist
Metallica is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981, built around the songwriting partnership of vocalist/rhythm guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, later joined by lead guitarist Kirk Hammett. Alongside Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax, Metallica became one of the defining acts of thrash metal, distinguished by aggressive tempos, intricate riffing, and a raw intensity that set the template for the genre in the early 1980s with albums like Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning.
The band's sound matured dramatically with 1986's Master of Puppets, widely regarded as a landmark of progressive, technically ambitious thrash metal, and continued evolving with more melodic, structurally complex songwriting on tracks such as «One» and «Fade to Black». Their self-titled 1991 album, often called the Black Album, marked a pivot toward a heavier, more accessible mainstream sound, producing enduring hits like «Enter Sandman», «Nothing Else Matters», and «The Unforgiven», and propelling the band to massive commercial success far beyond metal's traditional audience.
Over four decades, Metallica has remained one of the most influential and commercially successful rock acts in history, shaping generations of metal musicians while continuing to tour and record. Their catalog spans thrash aggression, orchestral collaboration, and hard rock accessibility, cementing their reputation as one of the genre's most consequential bands.
Popular tracks
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One
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Nothing Else Matters
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Enter Sandman
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Master of Puppets
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The Unforgiven
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Fade to Black
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Fuel
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Ride the Lightning
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Creeping Death
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Sad But True
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Blackened
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...And Justice for All
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Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
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The Unforgiven II
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Wherever I May Roam
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The Four Horsemen
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Battery
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Whiplash
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Seek & Destroy
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Whiskey in the Jar
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Dyers Eve
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The Unforgiven III
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King Nothing
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Eye of the Beholder
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Mama Said
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To Live Is to Die
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Turn the Page
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The Day That Never Comes
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Harvester of Sorrow
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Disposable Heroes
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No Leaf Clover (Live with the SFSO)
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No Leaf Clover (Live with the SFSO)
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Am I Evil?
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The Thing That Should Not Be
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St. Anger
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Orion
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Don’t Tread On Me
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Hero of the Day
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72 Seasons
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Atlas, Rise!
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Leper Messiah
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Until It Sleeps
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Moth Into Flame
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Lux Æterna
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The Shortest Straw
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Damage, Inc.
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Motorbreath
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The Memory Remains
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Fight Fire with Fire
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The Call of Ktulu
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The God That Failed
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Hardwired
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Spit Out the Bone
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Bleeding Me
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Inamorata
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My Friend of Misery
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The Frayed Ends of Sanity
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Of Wolf and Man
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The Outlaw Torn
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Escape
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Trapped Under Ice
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Hit the Lights
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Now That We’re Dead
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All Nightmare Long
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Halo on Fire
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Screaming Suicide
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Ain’t My Bitch
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If Darkness Had a Son
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No Remorse
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Low Man’s Lyric
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So What
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Fixxxer
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Holier Than Thou
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Frantic
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The House Jack Built
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Metal Militia
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Jump in the Fire
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Through the Never
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Shadows Follow
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Dream No More
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2 X 4
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The Unnamed Feeling
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Phantom Lord
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That Was Just Your Life
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I Disappear
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All Within My Hands
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You Must Burn!
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Murder One
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(Anesthesia)—Pulling Teeth
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Here Comes Revenge
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Wasting My Hate
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Room of Mirrors
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Cyanide
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The Struggle Within
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Sleepwalk My Life Away
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Too Far Gone?
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Crown of Barbed Wire
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Last Caress / Green Hell
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Loverman
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Discography
Reload (Remastered Deluxe Box Set)
2026
Load (Remastered Deluxe Box Set)
2025
M72 World Tour: Mexico City
2025
72 Seasons
2023
Leftovers from the Black Album Box Set
2023
Live Metallica: Helping Hands Benefit Concert in Los Angeles, CA - December 16, 2022
2022
St. Anger Live Rarities
2022
Metallica (Remastered Deluxe Box Set)
2021
The Metallica Blacklist
2021
Disappear (Leaked and Live)
2021
S&M2 (Live)
2020
Helping Hands... Live & Acoustic at the Masonic
2019
...And Justice for All (Remastered Deluxe Box Set)
2018
Master of Puppets (Deluxe Box Set)
2017
Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (Deluxe Edition)
2016
Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
2016
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, Metallica!
2016
Ride the Lightning (Deluxe Edition)
2016
Kill ’Em All (Deluxe Edition)
2016
Live Metallica: South Shetland Islands, Antarctica - December 8th, 2013 (Freeze ’Em All)
2013
Metallica: Through the Never (Music from the Motion Picture)
2013
Quebec Magnetic
2012
Beyond Magnetic
2011
Lulu
2011
Live at Grimey’s
2010
Six Feet Down Under Part II
2010
Six Feet Down Under
2010
Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México
2009
Broken, Beat & Scarred (Australian Maxi Single)
2009
Broken, Beat & Scarred (International Single Part Two)
2009
Broken, Beat & Scarred (International Single Part One)
2009
All Nightmare Long (Australian Maxi Single)
2009
All Nightmare Long (Japanese EP)
2008
All Nightmare Long (International Single Part Two)
2008
All Nightmare Long (International Single Part One)
2008
Death Magnetic
2008
Demo Magnetic
2008
The Day That Never Comes (Single)
2008
Some Kind of Monster EP
2004
The Unnamed Feeling (Australian Single)
2004
The Unnamed Feeling (International EP)
2004
The Unnamed Feeling (International Single Part Two)
2004
The Unnamed Feeling (International Single Part One)
2004
The Unnamed Feeling (International Vinyl Picture Disc)
2004
The Unnamed Feeling (International Pocket Single)
2004
Frantic (Japanese EP)
2003
Frantic (Italian Single)
2003
Frantic (French Single)
2003
Frantic (International Vinyl Single)
2003
Frantic (Danish Single)
2003
Frantic (International Single Part One)
2003
Frantic (International Single Part Two)
2003
Frantic (Belgian Single)
2003
Frantic (Spanish Single)
2003
Frantic (German Single)
2003
Frantic (International 2-Track Single)
2003
St. Anger (Japanese EP)
2003
St. Anger (International Single Part One)
2003
St. Anger (International 7-Inch Vinyl Single)
2003
St. Anger (International Single Part Two)
2003
St. Anger
2003
Nothing Else Matters (Live) [Single]
1999
S&M (Live)
1999
Woodstock 99 (Metallica Setlist)
1999
Die, Die My Darling (International Single)
1999
Turn the Page (Japanese EP)
1999
Whiskey in the Jar (Australian Maxi-Single)
1999
Whiskey in the Jar (Japanese EP)
1999
Whiskey in the Jar (International Single Part Two)
1999
Whiskey in the Jar (International Single Part Three)
1999
Whiskey in the Jar (International Single Part One)
1999
Garage Inc.
1998
Turn the Page (International Single Part One)
1998
Turn the Page (International Single Part Two)
1998
Fan Can III
1998
Fuel (Japanese EP)
1998
Fuel (International Single Part Three)
1998
Fuel (International Single Part Two)
1998
Fuel (International Single Part One)
1998
The Unforgiven II (Japanese EP)
1998
The Unforgiven II (International Single Part Three)
1998
The Unforgiven II (International Single Part Two)
1998
The Unforgiven II (Single)
1998
The Unforgiven II (International Single Part One)
1998
The Memory Remains (Japanese EP)
1997
Reload
1997
Fan Can II
1997
The Memory Remains (International Single Part One)
1997
The Memory Remains (International Single Part Two)
1997
The Memory Remains (Single)
1997
Mama Said (Japanese EP)
1997
King Nothing (Single)
1997
Mama Said (International Single Part Two)
1996
Mama Said (International Single Part One)
1996
Hero of the Day (Japanese EP)
1996
Hero of the Day (International Single Part One)
1996
Hero of the Day (International Single Part Two)
1996
Hero of the Day (Single)
1996
Hero of the Day (International Single Part Three)
1996
Until It Sleeps (Japanese EP)
1996
Load
1996
Until It Sleeps (Single)
1996
Until It Sleeps (International Single Part Two)
1996
Until It Sleeps (International Single Part One)
1996
One (Live) [International Single]
1994
One (Live) [International Digipak Single]
1994
One (Live) [International 2-Track Single]
1994
Live Shit: Binge & Purge (Live in Mexico City)
1993
Wherever I May Roam (Japanese EP)
1993
Sad But True (Single)
1993
Sad But True (International Single Part One)
1993
Sad But True (International Single Part Two)
1993
Sad But True (International 7-Inch Vinyl Single)
1993
Wherever I May Roam (International Single)
1992
Wherever I May Roam (Single)
1992
Wherever I May Roam (International Digipak Single)
1992
Live at Wembley Stadium (Single)
1992
Nothing Else Matters (International Single)
1992
Nothing Else Matters (Single)
1992
The Unforgiven (Single)
1991
Metallica (Japanese Edition)
1991
The Unforgiven (International Vinyl Single)
1991
The Unforgiven (International Single)
1991
Metallica
1991
Enter Sandman (International 12" Vinyl Single)
1991
Enter Sandman (International CD Single)
1991
Enter Sandman (Single)
1991
The Good, The Bad & The Live
1990
One (Japanese EP)
1989
One (Single)
1989
One (International Single)
1989
One (International 7-Inch Single)
1989
One (Gatefold Vinyl Single)
1989
Eye of the Beholder (Single)
1988
...And Justice for All (Japanese Edition)
1988
Harvester of Sorrow (EP)
1988
...And Justice for All
1988
Kill ‘Em All (Reissue)
1988
The $5.98 EP - Garage Days Re-Revisited
1987
Master of Puppets
1986
Creeping Death/Jump in the Fire EP
1984
Creeping Death (Single)
1984
Ride the Lightning
1984
Whiplash (Single)
1984
Jump in the Fire (Single)
1984
Kill ‘Em All
1983
No Life ‘Til Leather (Demo)
1982
S&M (Live)
Hero of the Day (Motörheadache Mass)
Live in Antarctica (Freeze ’Em All)
AWMH Helping Hands Concert - December 16, 2022
Leftovers From The Black Album Box Set (EP)
Live at Bridge School Benefit 1997
Live In London: The Antipodean Tour Edition