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Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band. It was formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career.

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About Band

Metallica first found commercial success with the release of its third album, Master of Puppets (1986), which is cited as one of the heaviest metal albums and the band’s best work. The band’s next album, …And Justice for All (1988), gave Metallica its first Grammy Award nomination. Its fifth album, Metallica (1991), was a turning point for the band that saw them transition from their thrash roots; it appealed to a more mainstream audience, achieving substantial commercial success and selling more than 16 million copies in the United States to date, making it the best-selling album of the SoundScan era. After experimenting with different genres and directions in subsequent releases, Metallica returned to its thrash metal roots with its ninth album, Death Magnetic (2008), which drew similar praise to that of the band’s earlier albums. The band’s eleventh and most recent album, 72 Seasons, was released in 2023.

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Genre

Metallica is primarily known for their music in the heavy metal genre, specifically within the subgenre of thrash metal. Over their longstanding career, they have tremendously shaped thrash metal, being titled one of the ‘Big Four’ bands in the genre.

On the spectrum of metal genres, Metallica has carved out a significant footprint. Their musical style has deeply influenced the thrash metal subgenre, a more aggressive and faster counterpart to traditional heavy metal. Over time, they also tried out hard rock, speed metal, and even worked with orchestras, showing their ability to change while staying true to their metal roots.

Some of the top hits

1) One

Inside the Fire by Disturbed, and Surfacing by Slipknot, but One is the ultimate best song that has ever been created, in my opinion. The song is so good I can almost feel the incapacitated soldiers’ pain that you hear in the first half and the anger that you hear in the second half. Such a good job they did with the lyrics. I love the beautiful guitar play in the intro, the miserable-sounding verses and choruses, the fast-paced, angry singing (nearly screaming), and the awesome solos in this song. I have listened to it many hundreds of times and will hear it again thousands more.

2) Master of Puppets

One of the most recognizable songs by Metallica, and rightfully so. The song has great guitar and vocal parts, which have deeper meanings that many people don’t fully catch.

No doubt, this is the best Metallica song ever! I can only reiterate how great the vocals, riffs, bass, drums, and all that awesomeness are! But for me, the best part of the song is that the lyrics are about drugs. Ahem, let me rephrase that. The lyrics are about the negative effects of drugs.

Next time you listen to it, listen closely to the lyrics or look them up, and you’ll see that they are describing how drugs mess you up completely. It’s not often that you’ll find a heavy metal song that isn’t glamorizing drugs but putting them down. Sweetness of a song.

3) Fade to Black

An incredible masterpiece. More meaningful than One or Master of Puppets, and it has one of the most incredible guitar solos ever. This song is incredibly deep and should be number one. I have never heard a song so wonderfully composed to be soft and pleasant but still heavy and epic. The way it fades away at the end stays true to the title. The musicianship with Kirk’s shredding, Cliff’s epic bass skills, James’ singing, and Lars’ drums – this song could not possibly be better. It takes the best of all music and combines it into one amazing song. Greatest song ever, in my opinion, and Metallica should get more credit for this song than they do.

4) Enter Sandman

Overplayed, yes. But that’s not the song’s fault. The fault lies with unimaginative DJs. Forget all of that overplayed B.S. It’s easily one of the top rock songs of all time. If everyone can recognize it and yes, it’s overplayed, yet you still like it a lot, it testifies to how great the song is. It has the power to overcome all of that baggage! Songs like this come along rarely.

5) For Whom the Bell Tolls

My god, what can I say about this gem? The legendary opening of the song, one that a live version simply hasn’t been able to capture. The rest of the song feels powerful and holds your attention. You don’t realize it’s about to end until it does, and then you’re left wishing it was longer than the original five or so minutes. However, I feel increasing the length of time would have been a detriment to the song.