Metallica is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on August 12,1991,by Elektra Records. Recording sessions took place at One on One Recording Studios in Los Angeles over an eight-month span that frequently found Metallica at odds with their new producer Bob Rock. The album marked a change in the band's music from the thrash metal style of their previous four albums to a slower,heavier,and more refined sound.
Load is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica,released on June 4,1996,by Elektra Records in the United States and by Vertigo Records internationally. The album showed more of a hard rock side of Metallica than the band's typical thrash metal style,which alienated much of the band's fanbase. It also featured influences from genres such as Southern rock,blues rock,country rock,and alternative rock. Drummer Lars Ulrich said about Load's more exploratory nature,"This album and what we're doing with it –that,to me,is what Metallica are all about:exploring different things. The minute you stop exploring,then just sit down and fucking die." At 79 minutes,Load is Metallica's longest studio album.
St. Anger is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica,released on June 5,2003. It was the last Metallica album released through Elektra Records and the final collaboration between Metallica and longtime producer Bob Rock,with whom the band had worked since 1990. This is also Metallica's only album as an official trio,as bassist Jason Newsted left the band prior to the recording sessions. Rock played bass in Newsted's place,and Robert Trujillo joined the band following its completion. Although he does not play on the album,Trujillo is credited in the liner notes and appears in photos with the band in the album's booklet.
"Nothing Else Matters" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. A power ballad,it was released in 1992 as the third single from their self-titled fifth studio album,Metallica. The song peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart,number 6 on the UK Singles Chart,number 1 in Denmark,and reached the top ten on many other European charts. Recognized as one of Metallica's best known and most popular songs,it has become a staple in live performances.
"One" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica,released as the third and final single from the band's fourth studio album,...And Justice for All (1988). Written by band members James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich,the song portrays a World War I soldier who is severely wounded—arms,legs and jaw blown off by a landmine,blind and unable to speak or move—begging God to take his life. In the music video,attempting to communicate with the hospital staff he jolts in his bed,spelling SOS in Morse code. Production of the song was done by the band alongside Flemming Rasmussen. The song was the band's first to chart in the U.S.,reaching number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also a number one hit in Finland.
"Fade to Black" is a song and the first power ballad by the American heavy metal band Metallica,released as the first promotional single from their second studio album,Ride the Lightning (1984). The song was ranked as having the 24th best guitar solo ever by Guitar World readers.
"Until It Sleeps" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica,released on May 20,1996,as the lead single from their sixth studio album Load. "Until It Sleeps" reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 making it Metallica's highest charting single and only top ten hit in the United States. The song was also their first number-one on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart,peaked in the top five in the United Kingdom,and reached number-one in Australia,Denmark,Finland,Hungary,and Sweden. The song's music video,directed by Samuel Bayer and inspired by the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch,won the Best Hard Rock Video award at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards.
"The Memory Remains" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica,with British singer Marianne Faithfull on backing vocals.
"Master of Puppets" is a thrash metal song by American metal band Metallica,released on July 2,1986,as the only single from the album of the same name. It was also issued as a promo single in the US by Elektra Records.
"Hero of the Day" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica from their 1996 album Load. The song was recorded on December 13,1995,at Plant Studios in Sausalito,California. "Hero of the Day" was Metallica's second single release from the album. The song became their second consecutive number-one hit on the US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and reached number two in Australia,number three in Finland and number eight in Norway. The song is one of the few Metallica songs written primarily in a major key. A promotional video for the track was also filmed.
"Fuel" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was written by James Hetfield,Lars Ulrich,and Kirk Hammett,and was released as the third single from their seventh album,Reload (1997). The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1999 but lost to Jimmy Page and Robert Plant for the song "Most High". It was moderately successful on the music charts,peaking at number two in Australia,number three in Hungary,number five in Finland and number six on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
"The Unforgiven" is a power ballad by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the second single from their eponymous fifth album Metallica. The song deals with the theme of the struggle of the individual against the efforts of those who would subjugate him.
"I Disappear" is a single by Metallica from the Mission:Impossible 2 soundtrack,which released on May 9,2000. The music and lyrics were written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich,and they were joined by Bob Rock to produce the song. The song's leak on the file-sharing service Napster prompted the band to sue the service. The soundtrack single was released on June 2,2000.
"No Leaf Clover" is the eighth song on the live album S&M by Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony. The song was one of two new pieces completed for the band's collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony in 1999. It begins with an intro section played by the orchestra,before entering into a clean guitar part by James Hetfield. The rest of the piece alternates between clean choruses and verses backed by heavily distorted guitars. Nowadays when the song is performed live,the orchestra backing track or footage of the S&M performance is used for the orchestra intro.
The Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by American rock bands Guns N' Roses and Metallica during 1992. It took place in the middle of Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion Tour,promoting their Use Your Illusion I and II albums,and between Metallica's Wherever We May Roam Tour and Nowhere Else to Roam,promoting their eponymous fifth album Metallica. The tour's initial opening act was Faith No More as Axl Rose had originally wanted Seattle rock band Nirvana to be the opening act,but frontman Kurt Cobain refused.
"All Nightmare Long" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica,released as the third single from their album Death Magnetic. The single was released on December 15,2008. The song is in drop D tuning. It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single.
"Enter Sandman" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It is the opening track and lead single from their self-titled fifth album,released in 1991. The music was written by Kirk Hammett,James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. Vocalist and guitarist Hetfield wrote the lyrics,which deal with the concept of a child's nightmares.
"Hardwired" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the lead single from their tenth studio album,Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016),on August 18,2016 as a download. The song was first played live near the end of the band's show at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on August 20,2016. The song received a nomination for Best Rock Song at the 2017 Grammy Awards.
"Atlas,Rise!" is a song by heavy metal band Metallica,and the third single from their tenth studio album,Hardwired... to Self-Destruct. It was released on October 31,2016. The song was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.
"Moth into Flame" is a song by heavy metal band Metallica and the second single from their tenth studio album,Hardwired... to Self-Destruct. The song debuted during the band's appearance on The Howard Stern Show on September 26,2016,with the official music video being uploaded to the band's official YouTube page hours later. The song made its live debut at Webster Hall on September 27,2016,the 30th anniversary of former bassist Cliff Burton's death.
