.Metallica (pronounced /mɛ.ˈtæ.lɪ.kə/) is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1981. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists.^ Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1983.

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^ Metallica () is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1981.

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^ Metallica is the epitome of heavy metal.

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.Currently, the spot is held by Robert Trujillo.^ Currently, the spot is held by Robert Trujillo.

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.Metallica's early releases included fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship that placed them as one of the "big four" of the thrash metal subgenre alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax during the genre's development into a popular style.^ Metallica below Slayer or Megadeth is not right.

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^ Yeah and holy trinity of metal is Slayer, Megadeth and Metallica.

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^ Metallica is one of the first groups to popularize what's known as "speed" or "thrash" metal.

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^[1] .The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as one of the most influential and "heavy" thrash metal albums.^ His best solos are on Master Of Puppets (album).

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^ It was one of the most enjoyable moments on the album.

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^ But I do agree that Metallica are probably the most influential metal (not rock) band ever.

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.The band achieved substantial commercial success with Metallica (1991), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.^ Metallica is still, to this day a number one selling band.

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^ Metallica is still, to this day a number one selling band.” .

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^ It featured new bassist Robert Trujillo, was produced by Rick Rubin, and like St. Anger , Death Magnetic also debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 charts.

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.With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.^ With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.

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^ The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as one of the most influential and "heavy" thrash metal albums.

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^ The band has sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide as of the release of their latest album, Death Magnetic.

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.In 2000, Metallica was among several artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band's copyright-protected material for free without the band members' consent.^ And File Sharing is not illegal, sharing of copyrighted material is.

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^ Metallica was left without a bass player, and after much soul searching, the band elected to continue on.

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^ A very controversial album among fans, it included a song, "Shoot Me Again", which referred to the band's lawsuit against file-sharing company Napster.

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^[2] .A settlement was reached, and Napster became a pay-to-use service.^ A settlement was reached, and Napster became a pay-to-use service.

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^ While this stance ultimately doomed Napster (which was reborn as a legal pay-for-play music service similar to Apple’s iTunes ), it generated backlash against the band.

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^ Napster as a illegal download, and when Metallica heard it had been on the radio they decided to sue Napster, forcing Napster to change to a pay-to-use service and providing the songs of artists who approved.

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Despite reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the release of St. Anger alienated many fans with the exclusion of guitar solos and the "steel-sounding" snare drum. A film titled Some Kind of Monster documented the recording process of St. Anger.

.Metallica has released nine studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, twenty-four music videos, and forty-five singles.^ Lyrics of the songs from the album SINGLES By metallica .

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^ Metallica had petered out after an album or two ??

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^ Metallica are in talks to premiere the first single from their next studio album on a new version of the Rock Band video game.

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.The band has won nine Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the first band to do so, this record was later matched by the Dave Matthews Band.^ Metallica performed this at the Grammy awards in 1989.

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^ Metallica is still, to this day a number one selling band.

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^ The band achieved substantial commercial success with Metallica (1991), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

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^[3] .The band's 1991 album, Metallica, has sold over 15 million copies in the United States, and 22 million copies worldwide, which makes it the 25th-highest-selling album in the country.^ Metallica is a great band but they sold out after the black album.

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^ And by the way, Metallica has sold over 200 million albums worldwide and not 85 million, as someone incorrectly stated.

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^ Heavy metal giant Metallica has won seven Grammys, had five consecutive albums peak at number one including the classics "Metallica" and "Load," and sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide.

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^[4] .In December 2009, it became the highest-selling album of the SoundScan era, surpassing 1997's Come on Over by country artist Shania Twain.^ As of September 2008, Metallica is the fourth highest-selling music artist since the SoundScan era began tracking sales on May 25, 1991, selling a total of 51,136,000 albums in the United States alone.

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^ The band's 1991 album, Metallica, has sold over 15 million copies in the United States, and 22 million copies worldwide, which makes it the 25th-highest-selling album in the country.

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^ THE DAY THAT NEVER COMES Album: DEATH MAGNETIC (2008) Artist: metallica .

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^[5] .The band has sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide as of the release of their latest album, Death Magnetic.^ Compare the last two albums of the bands: Death Magnetic and ENDGAME...

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^ Metallica's most recent release, "Death Magnetic," went platinum and was called "huge, polished and tough" by Rolling Stone.

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^ Heavy metal giant Metallica has won seven Grammys, had five consecutive albums peak at number one including the classics "Metallica" and "Load," and sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide.

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.As of December 2009, Metallica is the fourth highest-selling music artist since the SoundScan era began tracking sales on May 25, 1991, selling a total of 52,160,000 albums in the United States alone.^ As of September 2008, Metallica is the fourth highest-selling music artist since the SoundScan era began tracking sales on May 25, 1991, selling a total of 51,136,000 albums in the United States alone.

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^ The band's 1991 album, Metallica, has sold over 15 million copies in the United States, and 22 million copies worldwide, which makes it the 25th-highest-selling album in the country.

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^ Metallica - 1991 Elektra 8 (11) Best song: Enter Sandman Y ou can call it "selling out" if you want; I call it "artistic progression."

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^[6]

Metallica was formed in Los Angeles, California, in late 1981 when drummer Lars Ulrich placed an advertisement in a Los Angeles newspaper—The Recycler—which read "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Iron Maiden."^[7] Guitarists James Hetfield and Hugh Tanner of Leather Charm answered the advertisement. .Although he had not formed a band, Ulrich asked Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel if he could record a song for the label's upcoming compilation Metal Massacre.^ Who'd have thought it when, on October 28th, 1981, drummer Lars Ulrich made guitar player/singer James Hetfield an offer he couldn't refuse: "I've got a track saved for my band on Brian Slagel's new Metal Blade label."

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^ Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1983.

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^ Metallica () is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1981.

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.Slagel accepted, and Ulrich recruited Hetfield to sing and play rhythm guitar.^ I'm in a band my self I play guitar and sing and its all because of metallica they inspired me to want to be a rock star.

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^ The two recorded their first track on a cheap recorder with James performing singing duties, rhythm guitar duties and bass guitar duties.

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^ Well, actually there is: It's called "singing and playing the guitar at the same time"!

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^[7] .The band was officially formed in October of 1981, five months after Ulrich and Hetfield first met.^ Metallica () is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1981.

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^ Their first song "Hit the Lights", performed by original members Hetfield, Dave Mustaine, Ron McGovney, and Ulrich appeared on the compilation album Metal Massacre .

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^ Finally, the lyrics take a dive on this record as well, as all the band members contributed for the first time, as opposed to just Hetfield.

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^[8]

.Ulrich talked to his friend Ron Quintana, who was brainstorming names for a fanzine.^ Hetfield's friend and housemate Ron McGovney was eventually talked into taking up bass and Dave Mustaine took lead guitar duties.

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Quintana had proposed the names Metal Mania and Metallica. .Ulrich used Metallica for the name of his band.^ Metallica has gone from not letting any 1 use their songs 2 freely giving their music to Rock Band POSTED: 11/30/2007 - 03:41 pm / quote .

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^ Metallica sucked with St.Anger, without a doubt the worst album by far I have ever heard from a band I used to enjoy.

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^ Most of today's big metal and heavy rock bands will name Metallica, Maiden, Pantera and Anthrax before Slayer is even brought up.

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A second advertisement was placed in The Recycler for a position as lead guitarist. .Dave Mustaine answered, and, after seeing his expensive guitar equipment, Ulrich and Hetfield recruited him.^ Their first song "Hit the Lights", performed by original members Hetfield, Dave Mustaine, Ron McGovney, and Ulrich appeared on the compilation album Metal Massacre .

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^ Then James had a cry due to him being such a girl and Dave Mustaine left.

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^ In Some Kind Of Monster , Ulrich and Hetfield (and their psychiatrist) meet with Mustaine in an effort to work out some unresolved issues.

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.In early 1982, Metallica recorded its first original song "Hit the Lights" for the Metal Massacre I compilation.^ I will still argue that "Hit the Lights" is the greatest metal song ever.

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^ Lyrics of the songs from the album POWER METAL (1982 DEMO) By metallica .

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^ The video for the song was Metallica's first.

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.Hetfield played bass on the song and Lloyd Grant was credited with a guitar solo.^ There are parts of songs that are just screaming for a guitar solo.

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^ The album doesn't lack old-style guitar solos and crunching bass lines, but does infuse a bit of new style into this album.

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^ And "Anesthesia" is really cool - sounds more like a guitar solo than a bass one though.

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^[7] .Released on June 14, 1982, early pressings of Metal Massacre I listed the band incorrectly as "Mettallica". Although angered by the error, Metallica managed to create enough "buzz" with the song and the band played its first live show on March 14, 1982, at Radio City in Anaheim, California with newly recruited bassist Ron McGovney.^ This was the first single released by the band to feature bassist Jason Newsted.

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^ Lyrics of the songs from the album POWER METAL (1982 DEMO) By metallica .

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^ Description: "One" was the first Metallica song for which a music video was created.

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^[9] .Metallica recorded its first demo, Power Metal, a name inspired by Quintana's early business cards in early 1982. In the fall of 1982, Ulrich and Hetfield attended a show at the West Hollywood nightclub Whisky a Go Go which featured bassist Cliff Burton in a band called Trauma.^ Lyrics of the songs from the album POWER METAL (1982 DEMO) By metallica .

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^ I saw Metallica with Cliff Burton in 1987.

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^ POWER METAL (1982 DEMO) song list .

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.The two were "blown away" by Burton's use of a wah-wah pedal and asked him to join Metallica.^ Two phone calls and one flight later, on April 1, 1983 Kirk Hammett joined Metallica.

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^ There's still heavy use of the wah-wah pedal, of course, but it's mixed in well with other tones, and thus it has stronger impact in the moments when it's brought out.

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^ I used to not like the title track much at all, and I'm still not blown away by it, but I've come to enjoy it a lot.

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.Hetfield and Mustaine wanted McGovney out as they thought that he "didn't contribute anything, he just followed."^ They found an easy way to stop people pirating their music… simply stop recording anything people want to hear.

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^ Their first song "Hit the Lights", performed by original members Hetfield, Dave Mustaine, Ron McGovney, and Ulrich appeared on the compilation album Metal Massacre .

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^ They didn't "sell out" or "go corperate", they're just crap now.

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^[10] .Although Burton initially declined the offer, by the end of the year he accepted on the condition the band move to El Cerrito in the San Francisco Bay Area.^ Cliff refused to move to Southern California: it was enough to convince Metallica to relocate to the Bay Area, and Cliff subsequently joined Metallica.

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.Metallica's first live performance with Burton was at the nightclub The Stone in March 1983, and the first recording to feature Burton was the 1983 Megaforce demo.^ Metallica Live: Phoenix, AZ, America West Arena, March 8, 2004 [2CD] .

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^ The Garage Demos, which are actually just a live practice from what I can tell, really shine a light on where Metallica got it's 'unique' sound.

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^ They managed to generate enough buzz by using that strategy to land them a deal with Megaforce Records in 1983.

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^[10]

.Metallica was ready to record its debut album, but when Metal Blade was unable to cover the additional cost, the band began looking for other options.^ Get ready to thrash with the definitive collection of Metallica's music and over 20 other rocking bands on guitar, drums, vocals and bass.

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^ A few weeks later, I got a package in the mail with a bunch of other albums from the radio station, saying they had canceled their relationship with the record store, and these albums were to compensate.

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^ METAL MILITIA Album: METAL UP YOUR ASS (1982 LIVE) Artist: metallica .

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.Concert promoter Johnny "Z" Zazula, who had heard the 1982 No Life 'til Leather demo, offered to broker a record deal with Metallica and New York City-based record labels.^ SEEK & DESTROY Album: NO LIFE 'TIL LEATHER (1982 DEMO) Artist: metallica .

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^ NO LIFE 'TIL LEATHER (1982 DEMO) song list .

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^ A bootleg of Metallica's famous July, 1982 "No Life Til Leather" demo.

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.After receiving no interest from various record labels, Zazula borrowed the money to cover the record's recording budget and signed Metallica to his own label, Megaforce Records.^ The record labels used to make all their money from album sales, but now because of dl-ing they’re bleeding funds.

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^ It goes to the record label, the RIAA, and various other companies involved in the CD. He still Pirated and ripped off the other people involved in its creation, including the other band members.

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^ Mar 05, 2009 at 19:38 by Joe Bob Briggs He does not own the copyright, the record label does.

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^[11] .Band members decided to kick Mustaine out of the band due to drug and alcohol abuse and violent behavior.^ Mustaine was kicked out the band and formed Megadeth, which is very successful but nowhere near as popular as Metallica.

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^ First of all, mustain was kicked out cuz he was a fucking drunk loser.

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^ Dave mustaine was kicked out of the band because he got into more trouble than he was worth the last thing he did that got him kicked out was when therre bus had broken down he used a stolen u-haul to get them to the show not because of drugs and alchol the band use to be known as alcoholica thay all drank - Jesse , k@!#$&, MO .

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^[12] .Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett flew in to replace Mustaine the same afternoon.^ Them and Avenged Sevenfold have the most amazing guitarists ever,Synyster Gates and Kirk Hammett.

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^ Thus a few weeks after arrival, Mustaine was sent packing, roadie Mark Whitakker suggesting Kirk Hammett from Bay Area thrashers Exodus.

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^ Ron McGovney was soon replaced by Cliff Burton, then Dave Mustaine was fired and replaced by Kirk Hammett.

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.Metallica's first show with Hammett was on April 16, 1983, at the nightclub The Showplace in Dover, New Jersey.^ Metallica are in talks to premiere the first single from their next studio album on a new version of the Rock Band video game.

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^ He's just pissed because Rick Rubin showed his true colors and Metallica came first, Slayer 2nd....even after all these years.

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^ Metallica - October 22, 2004 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, New Jersey http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4PPXH4TR 781.

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^[10]

.Mustaine, who went on to found Megadeth, has expressed his dislike for Hammett in interviews.^ Dave, who co-wrote about half this album, went on to form Megadeth , another successful thrash band.

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^ It becomes clear that despite the popularity of Megadeth, Mustaine found it very difficult living in the shadow of his former band.

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^ Of course, that riff was apparently written by Dave Mustaine, a former bandmate (and lead guitarist prior to Hammett) who went on to form Megadeth, but who am I to complain?

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

He said Hammett "stole my job."^[13] .Mustaine was "pissed off" because he believes Hammett became popular by playing the guitar leads that Mustaine wrote.^ Of course, that riff was apparently written by Dave Mustaine, a former bandmate (and lead guitarist prior to Hammett) who went on to form Megadeth, but who am I to complain?

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Kirk Hammett's guitar playing here really impresses me though.

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^[14] .In a 1985 interview with Metal Forces, Mustaine slammed Hammett saying, "it's real funny how Kirk Hammett ripped off every lead break I'd played on that No Life 'til Leather tape and got voted No.^ NO LIFE 'TIL LEATHER (1982 DEMO) song list .

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^ Kirk Hammett's guitar playing here really impresses me though.

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^ No Life 'til Leather .

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1 guitarist in your magazine."^[15] On Megadeth's 1985 debut album .Business Is Good!">Killing Is My Business...^ Killing Is My Business......

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^ In the years following this release, such important thrash debut albums as "Show No Mercy", "Fistful of Metal" and "Killing is My Business..."

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^ Killing is My Business was a better debut album than Kill Em All.

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and .Business Is Good!, Mustaine included the song "Mechanix", which Metallica renamed as "The Four Horsemen" on Kill 'Em All.^ Kill 'Em All Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets, Garage Day's Revisated, ...And Justice For All, The Black Album, Load, Re-Load, Garage Inc., S&M Album, And St. Anger.

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^ Metal Militia Album: Kill'Em All Artist: metallica .

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^ Sure it's nowhere as good as Kill em all, ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets, And Justice For All, or their newest album Death Magnetic.

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.Mustaine said he did this to "straighten Metallica up", as Metallica referred to Mustaine as a drunk and said he could not play guitar.^ This time a message popped up that said, "You must read the entire license agreement before clicking OK!" So I did.

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^ HE SAID: "Rubin this, Rubin that, we got 2nd fiddle and basically we sucked it up for Metallica releasing DM? Fuck them."

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^ I never said anything about Metallica's arrangements being progressive - I can't even think of a single song in their catalogue that could claim progressive arrangements .

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^[15]

.In May 1983, Metallica traveled to Rochester, New York to record its first album, Metal up Your Ass, with production duties handled by Paul Curcio.^ Metallica Vulturous New song from the new Metallica album .

• 824 Metallica Bootlegs - Guitars101 - Guitar Forums 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.guitars101.com [Source type: General]

^ The new metallica album did nothing for me.

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^ Metallica are in talks to premiere the first single from their next studio album on a new version of the Rock Band video game.

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.Due to conflicts with the band's record label and the distributors' refusal to release an album with that name, it was renamed Kill 'Em All.^ In July of 1983 Kill 'Em All was released.

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^ Kill 'em All .

• Artist: Metallica - MusicBrainz 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC musicbrainz.org [Source type: News]

^ I have followed the band since their beginning, buying "Kill 'Em All" as a new release.

• No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.nolifetilmetal.com [Source type: General]

.Released on Megaforce Records in the United States and Music for Nations in Europe, the album peaked on the Billboard 200 at number 120 in 1988,^[16] and although the album was not initially a financial success, it earned Metallica a growing fan base in the underground metal scene.^ The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as one of the most influential and "heavy" thrash metal albums.

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^ Despite reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the release of St. Anger alienated many fans with the exclusion of guitar solos and the "steel-sounding" snare drum.

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^ The band has won nine Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the only band, other than the Dave Matthews Band, to do so.

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.The band embarked on the Kill 'Em All For One tour with Raven to support the release.^ In July of 1983 Kill 'Em All was released.

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^ I have followed the band since their beginning, buying "Kill 'Em All" as a new release.

• No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.nolifetilmetal.com [Source type: General]

^ James, Lars, Kirk and Jason perform a Kill 'Em All classic during their Live Shit: Binge & Purge...

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^[17] .In February 1984, Metallica supported Venom on the Seven Dates of Hell tour, where they performed in front of 7,000 people at the Aardschok Festival in Zwolle, Netherlands.^ Disc two comes first chronologically, and most Metallica fans will be happy as hell to be able to hear it (unless, of course, they already own bootlegs of it).

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Metallica - February 7, 1984 - Hemmerleinhalle - Nuremburg, Germany http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C2EUHNAL 34.

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^ Metallica - February 8, 1987 - Ijsselhallen - Zwolle, Netherlands http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W4CVODNQ 182.

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^[18]

.Metallica recorded its second studio album, Ride the Lightning, at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark.^ In 1984 Metallica released Ride the Lightning .

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Metallica - Ride the Lightning (Elektra) 1984 .

• No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.nolifetilmetal.com [Source type: General]

^ In 1984 they went to work with producer Flemming Rassmussen in Copenhagen at Sweet Silence Studios on their second album.

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.Released in August 1984, the album peaked at number 100 on the Billboard 200.^ In August 1984, Ride the Lightning was released, and did slightly better than their debut, reaching #100 on the charts.

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^ These charges would only get louder upon the August 1991 release of Metallica , more often referred to as "The Black Album" .

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^[16] A French printing press mistakenly printed green covers for the album, which are now considered collectors' items. Other songs on the album include "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Fade to Black", "Creeping Death" (which tells the biblical story of the Hebrews' exodus from slavery in Egypt, focusing on the various plagues that were visited on the Egyptians), and the instrumental "The Call of Ktulu". Mustaine received a writing credit for "Ride the Lightning" and "The Call of Ktulu".^[18]

.Elektra Records A&R director Michael Alago, and co-founder of Q-Prime Management Cliff Burnstein, attended a September 1984 Metallica concert.^ Metallica - Ride the Lightning (Elektra) 1984 .

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^ Metallica has been selling Official/Live concert recordings on http://www.livemetallica.com since 2004-03-02.

• Artist: Metallica - MusicBrainz 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC musicbrainz.org [Source type: News]

.Impressed with what they saw, they signed Metallica to Elektra Records and made the band a client of Q-Prime Management.^ 'Ride The Lightning' proved that Metallica were not some thrash-in-the-pan one trick pony, the writing and sound illustrating a growth, maturity and intensity which saw them immediately targeted by major management in QPrime, and a major label in Elektra.

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^ They achieved brief immortality by grafting in the various factors that made them into an insane art-metal machine, but they were not, at heart, an art-metal band.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Metallica is one of the few bands to come out in recent years to have sold 85 Million records.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^[19] .Metallica's burgeoning success was such that the band's British label Music for Nations issued a limited edition Creeping Death EP, which sold 40,000 copies as an import in the U.S. Two of the three songs on the record (cover versions of Diamond Head's "Am I Evil?", and Blitzkrieg's "Blitzkrieg") appeared on the 1989 Elektra reissue of Kill 'Em All.^ Diamond Head cover.

• No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.nolifetilmetal.com [Source type: General]

^ They are a pair of the worst 80s Metallica songs not from Kill 'em All .

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Metallica-Kill 'Em All (Elektra) 1983 .

• No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.nolifetilmetal.com [Source type: General]

^[20] .Metallica embarked on its first major European tour with Tank to an average crowd of 1,300. Returning to the U.S. marked a tour co-headlining with W.A.S.P. and Armored Saint supporting.^ "The Unholy Alliance Tour" first launched in fall 2004 with a European edition that featured SLIPKNOT , SLAYER , MASTODON and HATEBREED .

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Metallica played its largest show at the Monsters of Rock festival on August 17, 1985, with Bon Jovi and Ratt at Donington Park in England, playing in front of 70,000 people.^ In 1985, Metallica appeared at the Monsters of Rock festival, appearing fourth on the bill.

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^ What I said was that Metallica can't play 70's hard rock as well as their predecessors.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Meanwhile, most people are familiar with Zeppelin, but most don't instantly think of mid-70's KC as examples of great hard rock.

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A show in Oakland, California, at the Day on the Green festival saw the band play in front of a crowd of 60,000.^[19]

.Metallica's third studio album, Master of Puppets was recorded at Sweet Silence Studios and was released in March 1986. The album peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200, and spent 72 weeks on the chart.^ His best solos are on Master Of Puppets (album).

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^ Metallica - Master of Puppets (Elektra) 1986 .

• No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.nolifetilmetal.com [Source type: General]

^ The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as one of the most influential and "heavy" thrash metal albums.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^[21] .The album was the band's first to be certified gold on November 4, 1986, and was certified six times platinum in 2003.^[4] Steve Huey of Allmusic considered the album "the band's greatest achievement".^[22] Following the release of the album, Metallica supported Ozzy Osbourne for a United States tour.^ Metallica is the greatest band of all time.

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^ I think Metallica is the greatest band in the world.

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^ The Mighty Metallica is the greatest band and will forever be the greatest band of all time!!!!!!

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^[19] .Hetfield broke his wrist skateboarding down a hill and continued the tour performing vocals, with guitar technician John Marshall playing rhythm guitar.^ The two recorded their first track on a cheap recorder with James performing singing duties, rhythm guitar duties and bass guitar duties.

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^[23]

.On September 27, 1986, during the European leg of Metallica's Damage Inc.^ Metallica - April 27, 1986 - Glen Falls Civic Center - Glen Falls, New York http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A6OM8JKT 111.

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^ Metallica - September 25, 1986 - Skedsmohallen - Lillistrom, Norway http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NUBH11RF 146.

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^ Metallica - September 20, 1986 - The Odeon - Birmingham, England http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F5KNG7LD 143.

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tour, members drew cards to see which bunk of the tour bus they would sleep in. Burton won and chose to sleep in Hammett's bunk. .Around dawn near Dörarp, Sweden, the bus driver lost control and skidded, which caused the bus to flip several times.^ While the band was sleeping, the tour bus driver lost control of the vehicle.

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^ In the fall of '86, while touring in Scandinavia with Anthrax , the band's tour bus skid off an icy patch of road and flipped over.

• No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.nolifetilmetal.com [Source type: General]

^ Burton was killed in 1986 when their tour bus skidded off an icy road in Sweden.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

.Ulrich, Hammett, and Hetfield sustained no serious injuries; however, bassist Burton was pinned under the bus and was killed.^ Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ Then again every bandmember (James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and new bassist, Robert Trujillo.

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^ Burton was killed in 1986 when their tour bus skidded off an icy road in Sweden.

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Hetfield recalls, "I saw the bus lying right on him. I saw his legs sticking out. I freaked. .The bus driver, I recall, was trying to yank the blanket out from under him to use for other people.^ What if I use, say, hotmail to send out song lyrics to all my friends, or maybe to a whole mailing list of people that have signed up to get the lyrics from me.

• Slashdot | RIAA Responds to Napster - Raises Serious Questions 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC slashdot.org [Source type: General]

^ Killed some, enabled others… you have got to roll with it and figure out how to use it to your advantage.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^ The reviewer probably just used TPB to search for a bundled list of files and servers he could try to contact to find out where on the Internet he might find people currently sharing those files.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

I just went, 'Don't fucking do that!' I already wanted to kill the guy."^[23] .Burton's death left Metallica's future in doubt.^ In August 1988, Metallica came back with its first full album since Burton's death, ...And Justice for All .

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.The three remaining members decided that Burton would want them to carry on, and with the Burton family's blessings, the band sought a replacement.^ With the material on "Death Magnetic" I would not say that the songwriting is better than the band's classic catalog, but I would say that at no point was I bored and wanting to skip songs.

• No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.nolifetilmetal.com [Source type: General]

^ The weaker songs may be passable as background music, but I don't think that's what the band would have wanted said when they were making these songs.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ It was at that point that the band had decided that three Happy Drunks and one Angry Drunk don't mix.

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^[24]

.Roughly 40 people tried out for auditions including Hammett's childhood friend Les Claypool of Primus, Troy Gregory of Prong, and Jason Newsted, formerly of Flotsam and Jetsam.^ What if I use, say, hotmail to send out song lyrics to all my friends, or maybe to a whole mailing list of people that have signed up to get the lyrics from me.

• Slashdot | RIAA Responds to Napster - Raises Serious Questions 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC slashdot.org [Source type: General]

^ The band soon went searching for a new bassist, and finally selected Jason Newsted of Flotsam & Jetsam , who was with them up through "S&M".

• No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.nolifetilmetal.com [Source type: General]

.Newsted learned Metallica's entire setlist, and after the audition Metallica invited him to Tommy's Joynt in San Francisco.^ Metallica performed 2 shows in San Francisco and found the crowds friendlier and more honest than LA's "there to be seen" mob.

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^ Metallica then teamed up with Michael Kamen & the San Francisco Orchestra, mixing heavy metal with a classical music ensemble.

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^ Metallica - May 19, 2003 - Fillmore Theatre - San Francisco, California http://www.megaupload.com/?d=47UXMEVT 649.

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.Hetfield, Ulrich, and Hammett decided that Newsted was the one to replace Burton, and Newsted's first live performance with Metallica was at the Country Club in Reseda, California.^ Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists.

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^ Real Name: James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo & Lars Ulrich Profile: Former band members: Ron McGovney (Bass) Lloyd Grant (Guitar) Dave Mustaine (Guitar) (Band leader of Megadeth ) Cliff Burton (Bass) (Died in a tour bus accident in Sweden in 1986) Jason Newsted (Bass) Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1981.

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^ Sites: metallica.com , metclub.com , MySpace , livemetallica.com , angelfire.com/mn2/disc Members: Cliff Burton , Dave Mustaine , James Hetfield , Jason Newsted , Kirk Hammett , Lars Ulrich , Lloyd Grant , Robert Trujillo , Ron McGovney Variations: All .

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The members took it on themselves to "initiate" Newsted by tricking him into eating a ball of wasabi.^[24]

.After Newsted's drafting into the band, the group left their El Cerrito practice space (dubbed the "the Metalli-mansion", a suburban house formerly rented by sound engineer Mark Whitaker) and relocated to the adjacent cities of Berkeley and Albany^[25] before eventually settling in the Marin County city of San Rafael, North of San Francisco.^ They achieved brief immortality by grafting in the various factors that made them into an insane art-metal machine, but they were not, at heart, an art-metal band.

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^ Why not congratulate a dirty little band that played in dirty little bars, in front of dirty little teens, in dirty San Francisco, who went on to be DIRTY RICH and Successful.

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^ Newsted left the band because of "Private and personal reasons, and the physical damage I have done to myself over the years while playing the music that I love."

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^[26]

.Metallica finished its tour in the early months of 1987. In March 1987, Hetfield broke his wrist a second time skateboarding, forcing the band to cancel a Saturday Night Live appearance.^ Metallica is the greatest band of all time.

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^ Tom is just jealous that Metallica have sold 100 million albums and is the best heavy metal band of all time.

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^ The Mighty Metallica is the greatest band and will forever be the greatest band of all time!!!!!!

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

.In August 1987 an all-covers EP titled The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited was released.^ This EP has been out of print for years, although all the tracks were re-released on the "Garage Inc."

• No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.nolifetilmetal.com [Source type: General]

^ Both the infamous Garage Days (in the EPs section) and S&M discs one and two (in the Live section) are also here, they're just a bit scattered.

• Artist: Metallica - MusicBrainz 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC musicbrainz.org [Source type: News]

^ Add Release Title Format Label ↑ Year All Genres edit genres sort Discography .

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.The EP was recorded in an effort to utilize the band's newly constructed recording studio, test out the talents of Newsted, and to relieve grief and stress following the death of Burton.^ Metallica is one of the few bands to come out in recent years to have sold 85 Million records.

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^ Megadeth is definitely the most musically talented band out of megadeth, metallica, and slayer.

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^ Every song is played with conviction and intensity and some songs, like "Creeping Death", actually sound better than the original studio recordings.

• No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.nolifetilmetal.com [Source type: General]

.A video titled Cliff 'Em All was released in 1987 commemorating Burton's three years in Metallica.^ I saw Metallica with Cliff Burton in 1987.

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^ This three disc bootleg also contains a ton of other demo material from the classic, Cliff-years of Metallica as well as an 8-page booklet featuring photos from those early years with Dave Mustaine.

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^ Langas de los Langas (putolangas@hotmail.com) (07/31/05) Cliff Burton, the only true musical genius in Metallica...?

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

Footage included bass solos, home videos, and pictures.^[27]

.…And Justice for All, the group's first studio album since Burton's death, was released in 1988. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number six on the Billboard 200, the band's first album to enter the top 10.^[16] The album was certified platinum nine weeks after its release.^ The best metal albums since Justice.

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Metallica are in talks to premiere the first single from their next studio album on a new version of the Rock Band video game.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Metallica (Band Tees - Plus Size) This black cotton Metallica t-shirt features the "And Justice for All" design!

• Metallica Merchandise | Get Cheap Official Merch 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.planet13.com.au [Source type: General]

^[28] .Newsted's bass was purposely turned down on the album as a part of the continuous "hazing" he received, and his musical ideas were ignored (However, he did receive a writing credit on track one, "Blackened").^ His bass parts are as inaudible as Newsted's in most of the tracks.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ However, they have prevailed to be one of the most successful bands in music history."

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^ Two tracks later, after Cyanide and Unforgiven III, comes one of my two favorite tracks of the album, The Judas Kiss.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^[29] .There were complaints with the production; namely, Steve Huey of Allmusic noted Ulrich's drums were clicking more than thudding, and the guitars "buzz thinly".^[30] The Damaged Justice tour followed to promote the album.^ Damaged Justice Tour '88-'89: Yoyogi Olympic Pool, Tokyo, Japan .

• Artist: Metallica - MusicBrainz 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC musicbrainz.org [Source type: News]

^ They quickly secured a tour with Ozzy Osbourne, and that stint (plus a top 30 album chart position) saw their fan base and name take a quantum leap.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ Reload - 1997 Elektra 6 (9) Best song: Fuel B elieve it or not, I actually like this album more than its predecessor.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^[31]

.In 1989, Metallica received its first Grammy Award nomination for …And Justice for All, in the new Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrument category.^ Metallica the best metal band of all time?????

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Metallica is the most influental hard rock/metal band in the world.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ The best metal albums since Justice.

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Metallica was the favorite to win; however, the award was given to Jethro Tull for the album Crest of a Knave.^ This is my favorite Metallica album.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Speaking of which, I still prefer Crest Of A Knave over naything Metallica has ever done.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^[32] .The result generated controversy among fans and the press, as Metallica was standing off-stage waiting to receive the award after performing the song "One". Jethro Tull had been advised by its manager not to attend the ceremony as he was expecting Metallica to win.^ A very controversial album among fans, it included a song, "Shoot Me Again", which referred to the band's lawsuit against file-sharing company Napster.

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

^ Description: "One" was the first Metallica song for which a music video was created.

• Metallica - One | SPIKE 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

^ Best song: The Judas Kiss or Suicide And Redemption T he first decade of the 21st century was a rough one for Metallica, to say the least.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^[32] The award was named in Entertainment Weekly's "Grammy's 10 Biggest Upsets".^[33]

.Following the release of …And Justice for All, Metallica released its debut music video for the song "One". The band performed the song in an abandoned warehouse, and footage was remixed with the film, Johnny Got His Gun.^ Metallica is the greatest band of all time.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ Description: "One" was the first Metallica song for which a music video was created.

• Metallica - One | SPIKE 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica is one of the best bands of all time.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

.Rather than organize an ongoing licensing deal, Metallica purchased the rights to the film.^ I may have put them down and stressed their weaknesses more than their strengths at times and that it partly due to my rather negative attitude toward them right now.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

The remixed video was submitted to MTV, with the alternate performance-only version held back in the event that MTV banned the remix version. .MTV accepted the remix version, and the video was viewers' first exposure to Metallica.^ Metallica are in talks to premiere the first single from their next studio album on a new version of the Rock Band video game.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Description: "One" was the first Metallica song for which a music video was created.

• Metallica - One | SPIKE 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

^ Posted: April 28, 2006 Description: "One" was the first Metallica song for which a music video was created....

• Metallica - One | SPIKE 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

.It was voted number 38 in 1999 when MTV aired its "Top 100 Videos of All Time" countdown,^[34] and was featured in the network's 25th Anniversary edition of ADD Video, which showcased the most popular videos on MTV in the last 25 years.^ Favorite Metallica video of all time!!!

• Metallica - One | SPIKE 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

^ Tom is just jealous that Metallica have sold 100 million albums and is the best heavy metal band of all time.

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Also the fact that in my opinion Metallica are one of the most overrated bands of all time POSTED: 11/30/2007 - 05:52 pm / quote .

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[35]

.In October 1990, Metallica entered One on One studio in North Hollywood to record its next album.^ Metallica are in talks to premiere the first single from their next studio album on a new version of the Rock Band video game.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Metallica is one of the few bands to come out in recent years to have sold 85 Million records.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ I love metallica and really hope this next one is good.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Bob Rock, who had worked with the bands The Cult, Bon Jovi, and Mötley Crüe, was hired as producer.^ Also, no-one cares who made Rock Band, who made Guitar Hero III, why etc.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ I now bring up the subject of "The Black Album" this would not have sounded the same without Bob Rock, hopefully everyone knows who he is.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ Who cares I am buying it anyways I get xbox360 fer xmas and i think my mom is gettin me rock band and ozzfest tickets.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Metallica (also known as "The Black Album") was remixed three times, cost $1 million, and ended three marriages.^ Metallica lost it with The Black album is bs.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ Tom is just jealous that Metallica have sold 100 million albums and is the best heavy metal band of all time.

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ I personally think Metallica should throw some S & M type shit in there, mix in the black album, some ...and justic e for all album guitar parts, and you should be good.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[36] .Although the release was stalled until 1991, Metallica debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 650,000 units in its first week.^ Metallica is still, to this day a number one selling band.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^ The band achieved substantial commercial success with Metallica (1991), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica is still, to this day a number one selling band.” .

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^[37] .The album was responsible for bringing Metallica to the attention of the mainstream and has been certified 15 times platinum in the United States, which makes it the 26th highest-selling album in the country.^ The band's 1991 album, Metallica, has sold over 15 million copies in the United States, and 22 million copies worldwide, which makes it the 25th-highest-selling album in the country.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ As of September 2008, Metallica is the fourth highest-selling music artist since the SoundScan era began tracking sales on May 25, 1991, selling a total of 51,136,000 albums in the United States alone.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ Tom is just jealous that Metallica have sold 100 million albums and is the best heavy metal band of all time.

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[38] .The making of Metallica and the following tour was documented in A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica.^ The following year, Metallica would tour with Guns N' Roses .

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica have been making crap for 20 years and then they make an ok album wich is advertised to shit and all of a sudden they are god again for some people.

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica...Continued .

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

Dubbed the Wherever We May Roam Tour, it lasted 14 months and included dates in the United States, Japan, and the UK.^[36]

.On August 8, 1992, during the co-headlining GNR-Metallica Stadium Tour with Guns N' Roses, Hetfield suffered second and third degree burns to his arms, face, hands, and legs.^ Metallica - August 22, 1991 - Nep Stadium - Budapest, Hungary http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H7GEDOXI 323.

• 824 Metallica Bootlegs - Guitars101 - Guitar Forums 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.guitars101.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica - July 17, 1992 - RFK Stadium - Washington, D.C. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G67CBHEZ 374.

• 824 Metallica Bootlegs - Guitars101 - Guitar Forums 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.guitars101.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica - August 2, 2003 - Reliant Stadium - Houston, Texas http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9RUA7R5W 668.

• 824 Metallica Bootlegs - Guitars101 - Guitar Forums 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.guitars101.com [Source type: General]

.There was confusion with the new pyrotechnics setup, which resulted with Hetfield walking into a 12-foot (3.7 m) flame during "Fade to Black". Newsted recalls Hetfield's skin was "bubbling like on The Toxic Avenger".^[39] Guitar technician John Marshall, who had previously filled in on rhythm guitar and was now playing in Metal Church, replaced Hetfield for the remainder of the tour as Hetfield was unable to play guitar, although he was able to sing.^ Mar 05, 2009 at 22:46 by memyselfandi Its horrible, musicians will have to make money touring or putting their music up on rockband and guitar hero now.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^ Sure the new album sucks but is there a better Heavy Metal album than Master of Puppets?

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ On August 8, 1992 at a concert in Montreal while touring with Guns 'N' Roses, James Hetfield was burned by the pyrotechnics which burned his entire left side of his body.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

.The band's first box set was released in November 1993 called Live Shit: Binge & Purge.^ James, Lars, Kirk and Jason perform a Kill 'Em All classic during their Live Shit: Binge & Purge...

• Metallica - One | SPIKE 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

^ It's unfortunate that Metallica's first cheaply available live album (yeah, Binge and Purge had come out many years before, but that's part of a big mega-expensive set) had to come at this point in their career, because there's a lot of mediocre late-period material to be found here.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ LewisMasonx wrote: Mail-OrderdMan wrote: Oh and ya Fall out boy is shit First posts involving dissing of bands don't win friends .

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The collection contained three live CDs, three home videos, and a book filled with riders and letters.^[39]

.After almost three years of touring to support Metallica, including a headlining performance at Woodstock '94, Metallica returned to the studio to write and record its sixth studio album.^ Metallica were on tour when the album was mixed and mastered.

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Metallica are in talks to premiere the first single from their next studio album on a new version of the Rock Band video game.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Metallica is one of the few bands to come out in recent years to have sold 85 Million records.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

The band took a break in the summer of 1995 and played three outdoor shows which included headlining Donington Park in the United Kingdom, supported by Slayer, Skid Row, Slash's Snakepit, Therapy?, and Corrosion of Conformity. .The short tour was titled Escape From The Studio '95. The band spent roughly one year writing and recording new songs, resulting in the release of Load in 1996, which entered the Billboard 200 and ARIA Charts at number one, marking the band's second number one.^ The band still knows how to write decent songs.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Ostensibly, these are (for the most part) the odder, more "experimental" songs that the group had done in those sessions, and which hadn't been fully mixed by the time Load was ready for release.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Still, I find it a little disappointing that the band reached a point where it was so terrified of trying something new and failing that it decided to cling so tightly to a formula it hadn't used in a studio album in over 20 years.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^[16] .The cover of Load was created by Andres Serrano, and was called Blood and Semen III.^ The original artwork on the cover is entitled “Semen and Blood III” and is one of three photos by Andres Serrano, who mixed his own semen with bovine blood between two pieces of Plexiglass.

• Metallica: Retrospective » Sleevage » Music, Art, Design. 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC sleevage.com [Source type: General]

Serrano pressed a mixture of his own semen and bovine blood between sheets of plexiglass.^[40] .The release marked a change in musical direction for the band and a new look with band members receiving haircuts.^ With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ If the music still sounds good, who cares that the band got a haircut?

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Older fans were unhappy with the band's new style, and new haircuts for the band, famous for their long hair, only added to the charges.

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

Metallica headlined the alternative rock festival Lollapalooza in the summer of 1996.^[29][41]

.During early production of the album, the band had produced enough material for a double album.^ They certainly aren't my favorite metal band, nor have they produced one of my top five heavy metal albums.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Fast-forwarding to early 2001, when I originally wrote my reviews for this page, I enjoyed the band enough to give them the same 3/5 overall rating that I give them now.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ But alas, two double albums with barely enough solid material to fill out one doesn't really qualify.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

.It was decided that half of the songs were to be released, and the band would continue to work on the remaining songs and release them the following year.^ The weaker songs may be passable as background music, but I don't think that's what the band would have wanted said when they were making these songs.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ I think it's weird that this story follows a story bout a band called fandeath and a song called reunited… .

• Perez Hilton: Metallica Offers Reward For Missing Fan 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC perezhilton.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ If you took the best songs off this and Load, I'd give it something like a 9(12), but they decided that ALL 27 SONGS they recorded were good enough for release, which is a shame, since only about half of them were.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

.This resulted in the follow-up album, ReLoad.^ In June 1996 Load was released, once again bringing in a #1 album for the band, followed a year later by their third straight #1, Reload .

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

^ I'm determined to stick up for this album and Caress Of Steel for all eternity in the Underrated Albums Hall Of Fame, even if no one else but me follows that opinion.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

.The cover was created by Serrano, this time using a mixture of blood and urine.^ Obviously, Napster wasn't created with or used for pure goodness, but there will come a time when a pure site is used for bad things, and then we've got ourselves a distinction to make.

• Slashdot | RIAA Responds to Napster - Raises Serious Questions 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC slashdot.org [Source type: General]

^[40] .ReLoad peaked at number one on the Billboard 200, and number two on the Top Canadian Album chart.^ Despite reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the release of St. Anger alienated many fans with the exclusion of guitar solos and the "steel-sounding" snare drum.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ The band has won nine Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the only band, other than the Dave Matthews Band, to do so.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ It featured new bassist Robert Trujillo, was produced by Rick Rubin, and like St. Anger , Death Magnetic also debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 charts.

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

^[16] .Hetfield noted in the 2004 documentary film Some Kind of Monster that the songs on these albums were initially thought by the band to be of average quality, and were "polished and reworked" until judged to be releasable.^ A very controversial album among fans, it included a song, "Shoot Me Again", which referred to the band's lawsuit against file-sharing company Napster.

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

^ Let's face it, it is hardly the case that the band's strengths were only conducive to quality prog thrash; this was a band with masterful guitar interplay and a knack for writing solid riffs and solid vocal melodies, and these are ideal ingredients for the kind of hard pop metal that the band pursued on this album.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ All of the songs on this album have some flaw, but not this one, no sirree.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^[42] .To promote ReLoad, Metallica performed on NBC's Saturday Night Live in December 1997, performing "Fuel" and "The Memory Remains" with Marianne Faithfull.^ Metallica - December 6, 1997 - Saturday Night Live - New York, New York http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G2SK36HS 546.

• 824 Metallica Bootlegs - Guitars101 - Guitar Forums 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.guitars101.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica - December 8, 1997 - Billboard Music Awards - Las Vegas, Nevada http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0LRZZOEC 547.

• 824 Metallica Bootlegs - Guitars101 - Guitar Forums 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.guitars101.com [Source type: General]

^ I haven't heard Reload in its entirety, but I liked most songs (yeah, even The Memory Remains and The Unforgiven II, which I adore).

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^[43]

In 1998, Metallica compiled a double album of cover songs titled Garage Inc.. .The first disc contained newly recorded covers by bands such as Diamond Head, Killing Joke, The Misfits, Thin Lizzy, Mercyful Fate, and Black Sabbath.^ (Also, the second side disc ends with what's essentially an extension of the first; a bunch of Motorhead covers, done while the band was putting together Choad and Rechoad .

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Surely this can be said for loads of bands e.g Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, AC/DC, The Ramones, Cream, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, the list goes on!

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ Some of them totally rule - From the first disc, the Mercyful Fate medley kicks ass and lots of it (who says Metallica can't play thrash anymore?

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

.The second disc featured the original The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited, which had become a scarce collectors' item.^ Both the infamous Garage Days (in the EPs section) and S&M discs one and two (in the Live section) are also here, they're just a bit scattered.

• Artist: Metallica - MusicBrainz 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC musicbrainz.org [Source type: News]

^ In August 1987 Metallica released their first post-Burton project, an EP titled The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited , followed by their second appearance at the Monsters of Rock festival.

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

^ Garage Days Re-Revisited .

• Artist: Metallica - MusicBrainz 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC musicbrainz.org [Source type: News]

.The album entered the Billboard 200 at number two.^ The band has won nine Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the only band, other than the Dave Matthews Band, to do so.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ The band achieved substantial commercial success with Metallica (1991), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ Hitting my number two (for the album, not the band) spot is "Fade to Black."

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^[43][44]

.On April 21 and April 22, 1999, Metallica recorded two performances with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen.^ Berkley Center San Francisco 1999 .

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica then teamed up with Michael Kamen & the San Francisco Orchestra, mixing heavy metal with a classical music ensemble.

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica Live: Nassau Coliseum , Uniondale, NY- April 21, 2004 [2CD] .

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

.Kamen, who had previously worked with producer Rock on "Nothing Else Matters", approached the band in 1991 with the idea of pairing Metallica's music with a symphony orchestra.^ Megadeth is definitely the most musically talented band out of megadeth, metallica, and slayer.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ No, the band hadn't become the absolute greatest in the world at any one of these facets, but in aggregate, Metallica briefly reached a place in rock music whose very existence probably hadn't even been considered by anybody else.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Bands like Megadeth, Metallica, Testament just keep on putting out some of the best music in the industry.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

Kamen and his staff of over 100 composed additional orchestral material for Metallica songs. .Metallica wrote two new Kamen-scored songs for the event, "No Leaf Clover" and "-Human". The audio recording and concert footage were released in 1999 as the album and concert film S&M.^ LordThon wrote: NEW Metallica?

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Metallica are in talks to premiere the first single from their next studio album on a new version of the Rock Band video game.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ All of the songs on this album have some flaw, but not this one, no sirree.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

.It entered the Billboard 200 at number two, and the Australian ARIA charts and Top Internet Albums chart at number one.^ Despite reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the release of St. Anger alienated many fans with the exclusion of guitar solos and the "steel-sounding" snare drum.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ The band has won nine Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the only band, other than the Dave Matthews Band, to do so.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ Two tracks later, after Cyanide and Unforgiven III, comes one of my two favorite tracks of the album, The Judas Kiss.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^[16]

.In 2000, Metallica discovered that a demo of its song "I Disappear", which was supposed to be released in combination with the Mission: Impossible II soundtrack, was receiving radio airplay.^ After discovering that Metallica’s entire back catalogue could be found on the service he could hardly contain his anger and by July 2000 he was testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^ I'm looking forward to the next album when it comes out (Newstead free, unfortunately), even though I hate that damn "I Disappear" song from the Mission Impossible II soundtrack.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ They only had a problem because of the fact that a song of their's (i think it was i disappear) was being downloaded before it was ever finished or released.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

.Tracing the source of the leak, the band found the file on the Napster peer-to-peer file-sharing network, and also found that the band's entire catalogue was freely available.^ After discovering that Metallica’s entire back catalogue could be found on the service he could hardly contain his anger and by July 2000 he was testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^ In 2000, Metallica was among several artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band's copyright-protected material for free without the band members' consent.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ Napster is probably the only possible file sharing system that is absolutely, authentically non-commercial with respect to its users' activities.

• Slashdot | RIAA Responds to Napster - Raises Serious Questions 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC slashdot.org [Source type: General]

^[45] .Legal action was initiated against Napster with Metallica filing a lawsuit at the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, alleging that Napster violated three areas of the law: copyright infringement, unlawful use of digital audio interface device, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).^ Metallica once brought legal action against the online Napster service, putting them out of business because Napster gave out samples of Metallica's music, and made money from advertising.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ Fair use is a doctrine in United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, such as use for scholarship or review.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^ In April 2000, Lars Ulrich launched his vocal campaign against file-sharing service Napster.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^[29][46]

Though the lawsuit named three universities for copyright infringement, the University of Southern California, Yale University, and Indiana University, no individuals were named. Yale and Indiana complied and blocked the service from its campuses, and Metallica withdrew the universities' inclusion in the lawsuit.^[47] .Southern California, however, had a meeting with students to figure out what was going to happen with Napster.^ I would have to predict that Napster is going down, they will be shut down and out of business in six months time.

• Slashdot | RIAA Responds to Napster - Raises Serious Questions 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC slashdot.org [Source type: General]

.School administrators wanted it banned as its usage accounted for 40% of the bandwidth not being used for educational purposes.^ Mar 06, 2009 at 03:40 by joe Because no one else buys his album nor would want to waste bandwidth downloading it.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^[48]

.Metallica hired online consulting firm NetPD to monitor the Napster service for a weekend.^ Metallica once brought legal action against the online Napster service, putting them out of business because Napster gave out samples of Metallica's music, and made money from advertising.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

.A list of 335,435 Napster users who were believed to be sharing Metallica's music was compiled, and the 60,000 page document was delivered to Napster's office as Metallica requested the users be banned from the service.^ Metallica once brought legal action against the online Napster service, putting them out of business because Napster gave out samples of Metallica's music, and made money from advertising.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ Any of these words followed by the word "ALL" in the user's termination request will cancel all of the user's registered wireless services with Spike.

• Metallica - One | SPIKE 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

^ JimPrenier_11 : Metallica= Good music The Who= Great Music The Rolling Stones= great music Fall out Boy= Pop shit that should be pushed off the Grand Canyon .

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[49] The users were banned, and rap artist Dr. Dre joined the lawsuit against Napster, which resulted in an additional 230,142 Napster users banned.^[50]

.Ulrich provided a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding copyright infringement on July 11, 2000.^[45] Federal Judge Marilyn Hall Patel ordered the site place a filter on the program in 72 hours or be shut down.^ After discovering that Metallica’s entire back catalogue could be found on the service he could hardly contain his anger and by July 2000 he was testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^ We therefore employ multiple measures to prevent copyright infringement over this Site and to promptly end any infringement that might occur.

• Metallica - One | SPIKE 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

^ Eventually all torrent sites will get shut down, even if it takes some time.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^[51] .A settlement was reached between Metallica and Napster when German media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG BMG showed interest to purchase the rights to Napster for $94 million.^ A settlement was reached, and Napster became a pay-to-use service.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ Napster didn't ask permission from Metallica, Metallica was perfectly within their rights to sue them for it.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

.Under the terms of settlement, Napster agreed to block users who shared music by artists who do not want their music shared.^ It's nice to know that if you're an artist not involved in the case, you're "commercially insignificant" and as such not deserving of the right to use Napster to distribute your music.

• Slashdot | RIAA Responds to Napster - Raises Serious Questions 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC slashdot.org [Source type: General]

^ But I support my local music shops and the artists who’ve never let me down.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^ Thus, under Diamond, a computer is not a covered device, and a copy made by one Napster user of an MP3 file residing on another Napster user's computer hard drive is not a copy of a digital musical recording, and is not covered by Section 1008.

• Slashdot | RIAA Responds to Napster - Raises Serious Questions 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC slashdot.org [Source type: General]

^[52] .However, on June 3, 2002 Napster filed for Chapter 11 protection under U.S. bankruptcy laws.^ In 2000, Metallica was among several artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band's copyright-protected material for free without the band members' consent.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

On September 3, 2002, an American bankruptcy judge blocked the sale to Bertelsmann and forced Napster to liquidate its assets according to Chapter 7 of the U.S. bankruptcy laws.^[53]

.At the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, Ulrich appeared in a skit with host Marlon Wayans that blasted the idea of using Napster to share music.^ In 2000, Metallica was among several artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band's copyright-protected material for free without the band members' consent.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ It's nice to know that if you're an artist not involved in the case, you're "commercially insignificant" and as such not deserving of the right to use Napster to distribute your music.

• Slashdot | RIAA Responds to Napster - Raises Serious Questions 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC slashdot.org [Source type: General]

^ (Score:2) Tuesday August 01 2000, @12:23PM Re: If Napster used Microsoft's wiles?

• Slashdot | RIAA Responds to Napster - Raises Serious Questions 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC slashdot.org [Source type: General]

.Marlon played a college student sitting in his dorm room listening to Metallica's "I Disappear". Ulrich walked in and asked for an explanation.^ So the older songs will always be better...to listen and also to play...I know that Metallica's new album will be much better than Load, Re-Load and St. Anger (S &M and Garage Inc.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

.On receiving Wayans' excuse that using Napster was just "sharing", Lars retorted that Marlon's idea of sharing was "borrowing things that were not yours without asking."^ In 2000, Metallica was among several artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band's copyright-protected material for free without the band members' consent.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ It just proved a correlation, ie: people who use Napster buy more CDs than those who don't.

• Slashdot | RIAA Responds to Napster - Raises Serious Questions 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC slashdot.org [Source type: General]

^ It's nice to know that if you're an artist not involved in the case, you're "commercially insignificant" and as such not deserving of the right to use Napster to distribute your music.

• Slashdot | RIAA Responds to Napster - Raises Serious Questions 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC slashdot.org [Source type: General]

.He called in the Metallica road crew, who proceeded to confiscate all of Wayans' belongings, leaving him almost nude in an empty room.^ A lot of these kiddies tend to go with the flow, but when all is gone, we know who will be left standing, Lars and Metallica!

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ In fact I knew that this could be a great album as soon as I heard that he was in charge; and I think Metallica fans (who are very pleased by now) have a lot to thank him.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ To all who Love Metallica...Keep loving them as they love you.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

.Napster creator Shawn Fanning responded later in the ceremony by presenting an award wearing a Metallica shirt, saying, "I borrowed this shirt from a friend.^ You can then say you are true metallica fans.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ I have been a huge Metallica fan since Master of Puppets was released and like some over their later stuff but to say they did not sell out is just silly.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ I will say this one more time: Metallica is not and never has been about the money, they are about the music and their fans.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

.Maybe, if I like it, I'll buy one of my own."^ If its really like "Ride the Lightning" like its rumored to be, that'll just make my year.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ I'm sure your answer would be to arrogant and ignorant questions like your own one "Coz we fucking want to!"

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[54]

.As plans were being made to enter the recording studio, Newsted left the band on January 17, 2001. His statement revealed his departure was based on "private and personal reasons, and the physical damage I have done to myself over the years while playing the music that I love."^ Newsted left the band because of "Private and personal reasons, and the physical damage I have done to myself over the years while playing the music that I love."

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ Their music changes coincided with various personality changes throughout the years.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ I kinda want to rate it higher, as it's one of the first records I ever really fell in love with (due to me being completely saturated with it for a long time), but on a purely musical basis, I can't give it any higher.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^[55] .During a Playboy interview with Metallica, Newsted revealed intentions he wanted to release an album with his side project, Echobrain.^ "Risk", but Metallica have'nt released a good album sice the black album.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ During the interview, Araya was asked if he has heard METALLICA 's new album, "Death Magnetic" , and what he thinks of it.

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ One of my problems with Metallica during their golden 80s years is that every album they released in that time was topped by another from the year.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

.Hetfield was against the idea and said, "When someone does a side project, it takes away from the strength of Metallica" and a side project is "like cheating on your wife in a way".^[29] Newsted countered his statement by saying Hetfield recorded vocals for a song in the film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, and appears on two Corrosion of Conformity albums.^ A few weeks later, I got a package in the mail with a bunch of other albums from the radio station, saying they had canceled their relationship with the record store, and these albums were to compensate.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ I have been a huge Metallica fan since Master of Puppets was released and like some over their later stuff but to say they did not sell out is just silly.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ After hitting a bit of a standstill on side two with Trapped Under Ice and Escape, we come to my second favorite of the album.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

Hetfield replied, "My name isn't on those records. And I'm not out trying to sell them", and pondered questions such as, "Where would it end? Does he start touring with it? Does he sell shirts? Is it his band?"^[29]

.In April 2001, filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky began following Metallica to document the recording process of the next studio album.^ Metallica are in talks to premiere the first single from their next studio album on a new version of the Rock Band video game.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ It documented the recording of their album St. Anger , and shows how personal differences can hinder the recording process.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ So wat ur saying is Metallica should now make 20 more studio albums and give em out for free?

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Over two years, more than 1,000 hours of footage was recorded.^ Aprentice (nikus80@hotmail.com) (12/15/03) To me, this is much more of a sell out than any of the other records.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ It could be shown that Napster users buy a more-than-average number of records in the first place, and that Napster is causing them to buy fewer than they would, although still more than average.

• Slashdot | RIAA Responds to Napster - Raises Serious Questions 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC slashdot.org [Source type: General]

^ The album's biggest coup is the complete rebirth of Kirk Hammett, whose soloing is more diverse and more inspired than it's been in years.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

.On July 19, 2001, before preparations to enter the recording studio, Hetfield entered rehab due to "alcoholism and other addictions". All recording plans were put on hiatus and the band's future was in doubt.^ Hetfield entered an Arizona rehab center in 2001 to treat his drug and alcohol addictions.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ However, perhaps the best track on the record is "The Unnamed Feeling," where Hetfield just pours out all of his bottled up emotional feelings for over seven minutes.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ If the media or any other outlet, be it public or private distributes the material without the permission of the band AND the Recording Company, then it is called "Piracy" "Theft" "Stealing"..

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^[56] .However, when Hetfield returned on December 4, 2001, the band returned to the recording studio and Hetfield was required to work four hours a day, noon to 4 PM, and spend the rest of his time with his family.^ However, perhaps the best track on the record is "The Unnamed Feeling," where Hetfield just pours out all of his bottled up emotional feelings for over seven minutes.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Metallica are currently holed up in the studio working on their ninth studio record.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Also the fact that in my opinion Metallica are one of the most overrated bands of all time POSTED: 11/30/2007 - 05:52 pm / quote .

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The footage recorded by Berlinger and Sinofsky was compiled into the documentary, Some Kind of Monster, which premiered at the Sundance film festival.^ In Some Kind Of Monster , Ulrich and Hetfield (and their psychiatrist) meet with Mustaine in an effort to work out some unresolved issues.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ I was never a big Metallica fan (familiar with all of their stuff, intimate with none of it) when I saw "Some Kind of Monster."

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Then came all the stuff that happened during the recording of St. Anger , captured in all of its gory detail in the documentary Some Kind of Monster (a fine way to spend a couple of hours, by the way).

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

In the documentary, Newsted described his former bandmates' decision to hire a therapist to help solve their problems which they could have solved on their own as "really fucking lame and weak".^[42]

.Metallica held auditions for Newsted's permanent replacement in early 2003, after St Anger 's completion, for which Bob Rock recorded bass.^ To orion - Bob Rock played bass for St. Anger not Rob.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ It documented the recording of their album St. Anger , and shows how personal differences can hinder the recording process.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ And then the band made a relatively awkward attempt to get back to its "roots" with St. Anger , which I actually enjoy, but which seems to be hated by the overwhelming majority of Metallica and metal fans.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

Bassists that auditioned included Pepper Keenan, Jeordie White, Scott Reeder, Eric Avery, Danny Lohner, and Chris Wyse. .Following three months of auditions, Robert Trujillo, formerly of Suicidal Tendencies and Ozzy Osbourne's band, was chosen as the new bassist.^ Then again every bandmember (James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and new bassist, Robert Trujillo.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^[42] .As Metallica moved on, Newsted joined Canadian thrash metal band Voivod in 2002, and was Trujillo's replacement in Osbourne's band during the 2003 Ozzfest tour, which included Voivod as part of the touring bill.^ Metallica's early releases included fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship that placed them as one of the "big four" of the thrash metal subgenre alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ You see, after letting Newsted leave (replaced by some guy named Rob Trujillo), word came out that Metallica wanted to get back to its roots and be a thrash band with long songs again.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ And then the band made a relatively awkward attempt to get back to its "roots" with St. Anger , which I actually enjoy, but which seems to be hated by the overwhelming majority of Metallica and metal fans.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^[57]

In June 2003, Metallica's eighth studio album, St. Anger, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and drew mixed reaction from critics.^[58] .Ulrich's "steely" sounding snare drum, and the absence of guitar solos received particular criticism.^ Despite reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the release of St. Anger alienated many fans with the exclusion of guitar solos and the "steel-sounding" snare drum.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ Attempting to repeat that kind of sound, especially with the lack of guitar solos, wouldn't have worked out well at all.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ And "Anesthesia" is really cool - sounds more like a guitar solo than a bass one though.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^[58] Kevin Forest Moreau of Shakingthrough.net commented that "the guitars stumble in a monotone of mid-level, processed rattle; the drums don't propel as much as struggle to disguise an all-too-turgid pace; and the rage is both unfocused and leavened with too much narcissistic navel-gazing",^[59] and Brent DiCrescenzo of Pitchfork Media described it as "an utter mess".^[60] However, Blender magazine called it the "grimiest and grimmest of the band's Bob Rock productions", and New York Magazine called it "utterly raw and rocking".^[58] The title track, "St. Anger", won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2004, and was used as the official theme song for WWE's SummerSlam 2003.^[61]

.Before the band's set at the 2004 Download Festival in England, Ulrich was rushed to hospital with a mysterious illness, and was unable to perform.^ Metallica - June 2, 2004 - Download Festival - Glasgow, Scotland http://www.megaupload.com/?d=63NGRU11 732.

• 824 Metallica Bootlegs - Guitars101 - Guitar Forums 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.guitars101.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica - June 6, 2004 - Download Festival - Donnington, England http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WK03D1SH 734.

• 824 Metallica Bootlegs - Guitars101 - Guitar Forums 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.guitars101.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica - June 10, 2006 - Download Festival - Donnington, England (2nd Source) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YHKNHICT 817.

• 824 Metallica Bootlegs - Guitars101 - Guitar Forums 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.guitars101.com [Source type: General]

^[62] Hetfield searched for volunteers at the last minute to replace Ulrich. .Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo, and Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison volunteered.^ Dave Lombardo and Paul Bostaph of Slayer would tear Lars apart.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

.Lombardo performed the songs "Battery" and "The Four Horsemen", Ulrich's drum technician Flemming Larsen performed "Fade to Black", with Jordison performing the remainder of the set.^ Kill 'Em All - 1983 Megaforce 8 (12) Best song: The Four Horsemen O h my, did I ever underappreciate this album when I first reviewed it.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Their first song "Hit the Lights", performed by original members Hetfield, Dave Mustaine, Ron McGovney, and Ulrich appeared on the compilation album Metal Massacre .

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

^ My logic was since Mustaine has a song-writing credit to a lot of great early Metallica songs (Ride the Lightning, The Four Horsemen, etc.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^[62] Having toured for two years in support of St. Anger on the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003 and the Madly in Anger with the World tour, with multi-platinum rockers Godsmack in support, Metallica took a break from performing and spent most of 2005 with friends and family. .However, for two shows on November 13, 2005, and November 15, 2005, Metallica opened for The Rolling Stones at AT&T Park in San Francisco.^ JimPrenier_11 : Metallica= Good music The Who= Great Music The Rolling Stones= great music Fall out Boy= Pop shit that should be pushed off the Grand Canyon .

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ My two cents on Slayer vs. Metallica posted by : Chainedown 11/17/2008 8:13:26 PM .

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Metallica - March 15, 1985 - Kabuki Night Club - San Francisco, California, United States Of America http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WCLI2A81 87.

• 824 Metallica Bootlegs - Guitars101 - Guitar Forums 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.guitars101.com [Source type: General]

^[63]

.In December 2006, Metallica released a DVD containing all the music videos from 1989 to 2004. The DVD, titled The Videos 1989–2004, sold 28,000 copies in its first week, and entered the Billboard Top Videos chart at number three.^ Description: "One" was the first Metallica song for which a music video was created.

• Metallica - One | SPIKE 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

^ The Videos 1989-2004 .

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

^ Favorite Metallica video of all time!!!

• Metallica - One | SPIKE 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

^[64] .Metallica recorded a cover of Ennio Morricone's "The Ecstasy of Gold" for a tribute album titled We All Love Ennio Morricone, released in February 2007. The cover received a Grammy nomination at the 50th Grammy Awards for the category "Best Rock Instrumental Performance".^[65] A recording of "The Ecstasy of Gold" has been played as the introduction for Metallica performances since the 1980s.^ I really loved Metallica since the Black Album came out.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^ The band has won nine Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the only band, other than the Dave Matthews Band, to do so.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ Tom is just jealous that Metallica have sold 100 million albums and is the best heavy metal band of all time.

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.However, this new version features the band itself performing the piece, giving a new guitar-based interpretation to the music.^ Metallica are in talks to premiere the first single from their next studio album on a new version of the Rock Band video game.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ I don't know anything about Rock Band but I am sure it will be a fun game, but probably won't hit as big as guitar hero because guitar hero was first and this is not anything too new.

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^ Plus Rock Band's guitar is the worst piece of videogame hardware ever made.

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^[66]

.In 2006, Metallica announced on its official website that after 15 years, long-time producer Bob Rock was stepping down and would not be producing Metallica's next studio album.^ Metallica are in talks to premiere the first single from their next studio album on a new version of the Rock Band video game.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Metallica stopped being cool 15 years ago, that is for people that ever considered them "cool" to begin with POSTED: 11/30/2007 - 07:02 pm / quote .

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ And people think Metallica are so gready but if they really were they wouldnt have changed their formulas as they have done over the last 15 years.

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.Metallica chose to work with producer Rick Rubin, who has produced albums for the bands Danzig, Slayer, Slipknot and System of a Down.^ It featured new bassist Robert Trujillo, was produced by Rick Rubin, and like St. Anger , Death Magnetic also debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 charts.

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica are in talks to premiere the first single from their next studio album on a new version of the Rock Band video game.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Megadeth is definitely the most musically talented band out of megadeth, metallica, and slayer.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^[67] Metallica set the release date for the album Death Magnetic as September 12, 2008, and they filmed a music video for the first single "The Day That Never Comes".

.On September 2, 2008, a French record store began selling copies of Death Magnetic nearly two weeks ahead of its scheduled worldwide release date,^[68] which resulted in the album being made available on peer-to-peer clients.^ It remains their biggest-selling album to date.

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

^ Five years later, on September 12, 2008, Metallica released their ninth album, Death Magnetic .

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

^ Death Magnetic is a real good release...

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.This prompted the band's United Kingdom distributor, Vertigo Records, to officially release the album two days ahead of schedule, on September 10, 2008. It is currently unconfirmed whether Metallica or Warner Bros.^ Death Magnetic - 2008 Warner Bros.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ As of September 2008, Metallica is the fourth highest-selling music artist since the SoundScan era began tracking sales on May 25, 1991, selling a total of 51,136,000 albums in the United States alone.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

will be taking any action against the retailer, though drummer .Lars Ulrich has made such responses to the leak as, "…We're ten days from release.^ You understand, acknowledge and agree that we have the right to delete, re-format and/or change your Postings in any manner that we may determine (although you will not be responsible for any such changes made).

• Metallica - One | SPIKE 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

I mean, from here, we're golden. If this thing leaks all over the world today or tomorrow, happy days. Happy days. Trust me,"^[69] and, "By 2008 standards, that's a victory. .If you'd told me six months ago that our record wouldn't leak until 10 days out, I would have signed up for that."^ If you aren't signed up, sign up now.

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ I hope modern day Metalheads know that being jealous of a band that makes more money than you equals selling out.

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ What if I use, say, hotmail to send out song lyrics to all my friends, or maybe to a whole mailing list of people that have signed up to get the lyrics from me.

• Slashdot | RIAA Responds to Napster - Raises Serious Questions 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC slashdot.org [Source type: General]

^[70]

.Death Magnetic debuted at number one in several countries to make it top the Australian, Canadian, Mexican^{[citation needed]} and European album chart.^ Death Magnetic is leaps and bounds better than The Black Album.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^ So no, this album isn't going to break my top 100, it's not going to get the nod as Metallica's best, and it's not going to make me into a total metalhead all by its lonesome.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Make no mistake, the last couple of sentences are just mild quibbles: this album is easily one of my favorites of the 1980's (and definitely my favorite of 1986), and a solid inclusion into my overall top 100.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

.Selling 490,000 units in the United States to debut at number one, Metallica became the first band to have five consecutive studio albums debut at number one in the history of the Billboard 200.^ Metallica is still, to this day a number one selling band.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^ The band achieved substantial commercial success with Metallica (1991), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ The band has won nine Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the only band, other than the Dave Matthews Band, to do so.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^[71] After a week of its release, Death Magnetic remained at number one on the Billboard 200, the European album chart, and became the fastest selling album in Australia for 2008.^[72]

.Death Magnetic stayed at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart for three consecutive weeks.^ Despite reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the release of St. Anger alienated many fans with the exclusion of guitar solos and the "steel-sounding" snare drum.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ The band has won nine Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the only band, other than the Dave Matthews Band, to do so.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ It featured new bassist Robert Trujillo, was produced by Rick Rubin, and like St. Anger , Death Magnetic also debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 charts.

• Albums by Metallica - Rate Your Music 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC rateyourmusic.com [Source type: General]

.Metallica became the only artist, aside from Jack Johnson with the release of the album Sleep Through the Static, to remain on the Billboard 200 for three consecutive weeks at number one in 2008. Death Magnetic had also remained at number one on Billboard's Hard Rock, Modern Rock/Alternative and Rock album charts for five consecutive weeks.^ Death Magnetic only has the Metallica sound to me at times.

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Death Magnetic - 2008 Warner Bros.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ Death Magnetic is a real good release...

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Internationally, the album peaked at number one in 32 countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.^ Anyway, there were a bunch of albums that I never would have chosen in the package, including this one.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ The band's 1991 album, Metallica, has sold over 15 million copies in the United States, and 22 million copies worldwide, which makes it the 25th-highest-selling album in the country.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^[73]

.Death Magnetic is a return by Metallica to their mid-eighties heavy/thrash metal roots.^ Metallica are the kings of heavy metal!

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica to me is the bedrock of all Heavy Metal.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ Slayer are doing fine and do what they wanna do and their albums sound way better then most metallica albums, and much better then Death Magnetic.

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[74][75] .It is more similar to Master of Puppets and ...And Justice for All rather than their more recent albums.^ His best solos are on Master Of Puppets (album).

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ Master of Puppets, ride the lightning and justice.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ You say they have no respect for their fans, but i bet they have a lot more than all the shitty "image based" bands of today.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Since this album's success, MTV Europe nominated Metallica in two categories (Rock Out and Headliner) of their Music Awards edition and also MTV Latin America invited them to perform in their Music Awards edition.^ I really loved Metallica since the Black Album came out.

• Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album | TorrentFreak 12 September 2009 15:26 UTC torrentfreak.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica are in talks to premiere the first single from their next studio album on a new version of the Rock Band video game.

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Megadeth is definitely the most musically talented band out of megadeth, metallica, and slayer.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^[76] .Metallica performed "The Day That Never Comes."^ The Day That Never Comes (Single) ◄ (2 versions) .

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ The Day That Never Comes (CD, Single) .

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ The Day That Never Comes (CD, Single, Promo) .

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

.On October 21, 2008, Metallica started their World Magnetic Tour.^ Metallica - October 21, 1996 - Westfalenhalle - Dortmund, Germany http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QPTH6JGU 489.

• 824 Metallica Bootlegs - Guitars101 - Guitar Forums 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.guitars101.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica - October 21, 1988 - Desmeyerhalle - Munich, Germany http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3J6P3JIM 239.

• 824 Metallica Bootlegs - Guitars101 - Guitar Forums 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.guitars101.com [Source type: General]

.In November 2008, Metallica came to the end of their record deal with Warner Bros., and the band is now considering their options for the future and, according to Ulrich, one of their options is to release their next album through the internet.^ Death Magnetic - 2008 Warner Bros.

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as one of the most influential and "heavy" thrash metal albums.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^ With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.

• Metallica Discography at Discogs 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

^[77] .Recently, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett were added to "Chop Shop's" list of "Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time" at number fourteen and twenty-six, respectively.^ James Hetfield is better than kirk at guitar..

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ Tom is just jealous that Metallica have sold 100 million albums and is the best heavy metal band of all time.

• BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On New METALLICA Album, OBAMA's Election Victory 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.roadrunnerrecords.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The guitar is so compressed that at times the melody is completely stripped out and seems like bursts of percussion ("Dirty Windows").

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^[78]

.On January 14, 2009, it was announced that Metallica would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 4, 2009,^[79] and that former bassist Jason Newsted (who left the band in 2001), would perform with the band at the ceremony.^ On April 4th at 9pm/8c METALLICA will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

• Metallica - One | SPIKE 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

^ Join FUSE for the 2009 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony of heavy metal legends Metallica...

• Metallica - One | SPIKE 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica started sucking when Jason Newsted left the band...

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^[80] .Initially, it was announced that the matter had been discussed, and that current bassist Robert Trujillo had agreed not to play, as he "wanted to see the Black Album band".^[81] However, during the band's set of "Master of Puppets" and "Enter Sandman", both Trujillo and Newsted were on stage.^ His best solos are on Master Of Puppets (album).

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ Metallica - 1991 Elektra 8 (11) Best song: Enter Sandman Y ou can call it "selling out" if you want; I call it "artistic progression."

• Metallica 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org [Source type: General]

^ They are a very creative band and are not afraid to try new things, as they showed with the black album and st. Metal music is supposed to be about no rules or restriction, yet "fans" want their bands to remain on a predetermined path.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^[82] .Ray Burton, the father of late bassist Cliff Burton accepted the honor on his behalf.^ They performed at the ceremony with their former bass player Jason Newsted, and Ray Burton spoke in honor of his son Cliff.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

.Metallica also invited Dave Mustaine to take part in the induction ceremony, but he declined, citing his touring commitments in Europe.^ And i don't care about the dave mustaine/metallica controversy, seriously just get over with it..and listen it the music.

• Metallica Artistfacts 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: General]

^ Join FUSE for the 2009 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony of heavy metal legends Metallica...

• Metallica - One | SPIKE 28 January 2010 0:27 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

^ FYI: metallica is constantly ridiculed for being "sell-outs", while dave mustaine is praised for staying "tr00".

• Metallica To Premiere New Song In 'Rock Band' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 3 February 2010 16:59 UTC www.ultimate-guitar.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[83]