Metallica
| a.k.a. | The Four Horsemen, Frayed Ends |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Formed | October 1981, Los Angeles, California |
| Currently | San Rafael, California |
| Genres | Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal |
| Labels | Megaforce Records, Elektra Records, Vertigo Records, Blackened Recordings |
| Years active | 1981-present |
| Website |
Line-up (members)
- James Hetfield : Vocals, Rhythm Guitars (1981-present)
- Lars Ulrich : Drums (1981-present)
- Kirk Hammett : Lead Guitars (1983-present)
- Robert Trujillo : Bass (2003-present)
Former members
- Ron McGovney : Bass (1982)
- Cliff Burton : Bass (1982-1986) (R.I.P. 1986)
- Dave Mustaine : Lead Guitars (1982-1983)
- Jason Newsted : Bass (1986-2001)
Touring members
- Bob Rock : Bass (2001-2003)
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Metallica Discography
| Album | Lyrics | Type | Release date | Rating | Votes | Reviews | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hit the Lights | Demo | Mar 1, 1982 | 84.5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ron McGovney's '82 Garage Demo | Demo | Mar 14, 1982 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Power Metal demo | Demo | Apr 4, 1982 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| No Life 'til Leather | Demo | Jul 17, 1982 | 80 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Metal Up Your Ass | Demo | Nov 29, 1982 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Demo | 1983 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Megaforce demo | Demo | Mar 6, 1983 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
 | Kill 'Em All | Lyrics | Album | Jul 25, 1983 | 88.1 | 148 | 9 |
| Ride the Lightning | Demo | Oct 9, 1983 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Creeping Death | Single | 1984 | 93.3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jump in the Fire | Single | Jan 20, 1984 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
 | Ride the Lightning | Lyrics | Album | Jul 27, 1984 | 94 | 205 | 9 |
| Whiplash | Demo | Feb 1985 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Master of Puppets demo | Demo | Jul 14, 1985 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Master of Puppets | Single | Jan 1986 | 92 | 5 | 0 | ||
 | Master of Puppets | Lyrics | Album | Feb 21, 1986 | 89.4 | 248 | 19 |
| And Justice for All | Demo | 1987 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garage Days Re-Revisited | Lyrics | EP | Aug 21, 1987 | 86 | 15 | 0 | |
| Cliff 'Em All! | Video | Nov 28, 1987 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| One | Single | 1988 | 96.7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Eye of the Beholder | Single | Aug 1988 | 85 | 1 | 0 | ||
 | ...And Justice for All | Lyrics | Album | Aug 25, 1988 | 88.5 | 161 | 14 |
| Harvester of Sorrow | Single | Oct 1988 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
| One | Single | 1989 | 100 | 1 | 0 | ||
| One (demo) | Single | 1989 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Welcome Home (Sanitarium) | Single | 1989 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LIVE+ONE+DEMO | Compilation | 1989 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 of One | Video | Jun 20, 1989 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
| The Good, the Bad and the Live | Compilation | May 14, 1990 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enter Sandman | Single | 1991 | 97.5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| The Unforgiven | Single | 1991 | 90 | 2 | 0 | ||
| A year and a half... | Video | 1991 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
 | Metallica | Lyrics | Album | Aug 13, 1991 | 85.6 | 161 | 6 |
| Live at Wembley Stadium | Lyrics | EP | 1992 | 75.7 | 3 | 0 | |
| Nothing Else Matters | Single | 1992 | 95 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sad But True | Single | 1992 | 87.5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Wherever I May Roam | Single | Mar 10, 1992 | 95 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Enter sandman / One | EP | 1993 | 95 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 15 Pieces of Live Shit promo | EP | 1993 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sad But True (4-track single) | Single | 1993 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sucking My Love | Single | 1993 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sad But True | Single | 1993 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mandatory Metallica | EP | 1993 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Live Shit: Binge & Purge | Live | Nov 23, 1993 | 93 | 28 | 1 | ||
| One (Live) | Single | 1994 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Until It Sleeps | Video | 1996 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ain't My Bitch promo | Single | 1996 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Until it Sleeps: Part I | Single | 1996 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Until it Sleeps: Part II | Single | 1996 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hero of the day | Single | Feb 7, 1996 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
 | Load | Lyrics | Album | Jun 4, 1996 | 67.7 | 111 | 7 |
| King Nothing | Single | Oct 1996 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mama Said | Single | Oct 1996 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hero of the Day | EP | Oct 3, 1996 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Live in London (1996) | EP | 1997 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fuel Pt. 2 | Single | 1997 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| The Memory Remains | Single | 1997 | 75 | 1 | 0 | ||
| The Memory Remains (Promo) | Single | 1997 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| The Unforgiven ll | Single | Nov 1997 | 95 | 1 | 0 | ||
 | Reload | Lyrics | Album | Nov 18, 1997 | 67.4 | 104 | 4 |
| Live in London - Antipodean Tour Edition | Single | 1998 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| The Unforgiven II single | Single | 1998 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whiskey in the jar | Single | 1998 | 72 | 1 | 0 | ||
| The Memory Remains | EP | Jan 21, 1998 | 100 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fuel | EP | Mar 1998 | 83 | 5 | 0 | ||
| The Unforgiven ll | EP | Jun 26, 1998 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mama Said (Japan ver) | Single | Jun 30, 1998 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turn the Page | Single | Oct 1998 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
 | Garage Inc. | Lyrics | Album | Nov 24, 1998 | 84 | 55 | 5 |
| Cunning Stunts | Video | Dec 8, 1998 | 66.3 | 6 | 1 | ||
| S&M Promo | EP | 1999 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Master of Puppets (S&M version) | Single | 1999 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whiskey in the Jar Pt. 2 | Single | Jul 1999 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Die Die My Darling | Single | Aug 1999 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nothing Else Matters (S&M version) | Single | Aug 1999 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
| No leaf clover | Single | Oct 22, 1999 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| S&M | Live | Nov 23, 1999 | 65.5 | 79 | 5 | ||
| S&M | Video | Dec 1, 1999 | 51.7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Whiskey in the Jar | EP | Dec 27, 1999 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| I Disappear | Lyrics | Single | 2000 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Classic Albums: Metallica | Video | Jun 2001 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frantic | Single | May 2002 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| St. Anger | Single | May 27, 2003 | 50 | 1 | 0 | ||
 | St. Anger | Lyrics | Album | Jun 5, 2003 | 48.8 | 206 | 14 |
| St. Anger | EP | Jun 23, 2003 | 47.3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Frantic | Single | Oct 15, 2003 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| The Unnamed Feeling | EP | Jan 12, 2004 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| The Unnamed Feeling | Single | Jan 12, 2004 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Unnamed Feeling, Pt. 2 | Single | Feb 3, 2004 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| The Unnamed Feeling (Australian) | Single | May 30, 2004 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Some Kind of Monster | Single | Jul 13, 2004 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vinyl Box Set | Boxed set | Nov 23, 2004 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Some Kind of Monster | Video | Jan 25, 2005 | 65.8 | 6 | 1 | ||
| The Videos 1989-2004 | Video | Dec 4, 2006 | 75.5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Live From Live Earth | EP | Nov 19, 2007 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| The Day That Never Comes | Single | Aug 21, 2008 | 87.5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| My Apocalypse | Single | Aug 26, 2008 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide | Single | Sep 2, 2008 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
| The Judas Kiss | Single | Sep 8, 2008 | 85 | 1 | 0 | ||
 | Death Magnetic | Lyrics | Album | Sep 12, 2008 | 79.4 | 156 | 9 |
| All Nightmare Long | Single | Dec 15, 2008 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Broken, Beat & Scarred | Single | Apr 3, 2009 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| The Metallica Collection | Boxed set | Apr 14, 2009 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Français Pour Une Nuit | Video | Nov 23, 2009 | 81 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Orgullo, Pasión Y Gloria - Tres Noches En La Ciudad De México | Video | Nov 30, 2009 | 81.3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Frantic / Paranoid | Split | Apr 17, 2010 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Six Feet Down Under | EP | Sep 20, 2010 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| The Big 4: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria | Video | Oct 29, 2010 | 78.3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Six Feet Down Under Part II | EP | Nov 12, 2010 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Live at Grimey's | EP | Nov 26, 2010 | 85 | 1 | 0 | ||
 | Lulu | Lyrics | Album | 2011 | 45.8 | 93 | 4 |
| Beyond Magnetic | Lyrics | EP | Dec 13, 2011 | 64.3 | 28 | 2 | |
| The First 30 Years | Single | May 14, 2012 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Quebec Magnetic | Video | Dec 10, 2012 | 95 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Through the Never Soundtrack | Live | Sep 24, 2013 | 70 | 21 | 1 | ||
| One (Awards Show Rehearsal Version) | Single | Feb 11, 2014 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lords of Summer (First Pass Version) | Single | Jun 20, 2014 | 57.8 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Fifth Member Exclusive Deluxe Box Set Sampler | Single | Feb 17, 2016 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité, Metallica! | Live | Apr 16, 2016 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardwired | Single | Aug 18, 2016 | 69.6 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Moth Into Flame | Single | Sep 26, 2016 | 80 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Atlas, Rise! | Single | Oct 31, 2016 | 75 | 6 | 0 | ||
 | Hardwired... to Self-Destruct | Lyrics | Album | Nov 18, 2016 | 72.6 | 105 | 10 |
| Spit Out the Bone (Radio Edit) | Single | Nov 14, 2017 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Helping Hands… Live & Acoustic at The Masonic | Live | Feb 1, 2019 | 44.3 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Blackened 2020 | Single | May 15, 2020 | 60 | 1 | 0 | ||
| S&M 2 | Live | Aug 28, 2020 | 84.6 | 14 | 2 | ||
 | St. Anger Live Rarities | Album | 2022 | - | 0 | 0 | |
 | 72 Seasons | Album | Apr 14, 2023 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Best Metallica Songs
| Rank | Song | Album | Rating | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creeping Death | Ride the Lightning (1984) | 98.3 | 77 |
| 2 | Master of Puppets | Master of Puppets (1986) | 97.4 | 92 |
| 3 | One | ...And Justice for All (1988) | 98.3 | 57 |
| 4 | Fade to Black | Ride the Lightning (1984) | 96.4 | 79 |
| 5 | The Call of Ktulu | Ride the Lightning (1984) | 96.3 | 73 |
| 6 | Orion | Master of Puppets (1986) | 95.9 | 79 |
| 7 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Ride the Lightning (1984) | 95.6 | 78 |
| 8 | Ride the Lightning | Ride the Lightning (1984) | 95.6 | 71 |
| 9 | Battery | Master of Puppets (1986) | 95 | 82 |
| 10 | Blackened | ...And Justice for All (1988) | 96.4 | 50 |
| 11 | Fight Fire with Fire | Ride the Lightning (1984) | 95.1 | 73 |
| 12 | The Unforgiven | Metallica (1991) | 96.2 | 45 |
| 13 | Enter Sandman | Metallica (1991) | 95.4 | 50 |
| 14 | Seek & Destroy | Kill 'Em All (1983) | 93.9 | 46 |
| 15 | Sad But True | Metallica (1991) | 93.7 | 43 |
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