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Members:
James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo
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GRAMMY award-winning Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career.
The band has won ten Grammy Awards from 26 nominations and has had six consecutive studio albums.
Metallica has been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by magazines such as Rolling Stone, which ranked the band in 61st place on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. As of 2017, Metallica is the third best-selling music artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, selling 58 million albums in the United States.
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax performed on the same bill for the first time on June 16, 2010, at Warsaw Babice Airport, Poland, as a part of the Sonisphere Festival series.
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Metallica announced they would be touring the US and Canada in the summer of 2017 for the WorldWired Tour. The stadium tour also includes Avenged Sevenfold, Volbeat and Gojira as supporting acts.
Metallica‘s sound has been described as heavy metal, thrash metal, speed metal, and hard rock. Metallica was influenced by early heavy metal and hard rock bands and artists Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Ted Nugent, AC/DC, Rush, Aerosmith, and Judas Priest and by the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) bands Raven, Venom, Motörhead, Saxon, Diamond Head, Blitzkrieg, and Iron Maiden as well as European bands Scorpions, Accept, and Mercyful Fate. Early punk rock bands Ramones, Sex Pistols, and the Misfits also influenced Metallica‘s style, as did post-punk band Killing Joke and hardcore punk acts Discharge, GBH, and Suicidal Tendencies. Lars Ulrich has cited Iron Maiden as probably the biggest influence on Metallica‘s career.
Metallica has become one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time and is credited as one of the “big four” of thrash metal, along with Slayer, Anthrax, and Megadeth. The band has sold more than 125 million records worldwide, including an RIAA-certified 66 million and Nielsen SoundScan-reported 58,000,000 in the US, making Metallica one of the most commercially successful bands of all time.
On April 4, 2009, Metallica were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the second year they were eligible and the first year they were nominated.
On March 7, 1999, Metallica was inducted into the San Francisco Walk of Fame.
The band was awarded the MTV Icon Award in 2003, and a concert paying tribute to the band with artists performing its songs was held. Performances included Sum 41 and a medley of “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, “Enter Sandman”, and “Master of Puppets”. Staind covered “Nothing Else Matters”, Avril Lavigne played “Fuel”, hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg performed “Sad but True”, KoRn played “One”, and Limp Bizkit performed “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)”.
In October 2020, Miley Cyrus announced that she was planning on recording a Metallica covers album, and on January 7, 2021, she announced that she had recorded a cover version of “Nothing Else Matters” that would feature Elton John on piano, drummer Chad Smith from Red Hot Chili Peppers and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Their discography includes eleven studio albums, four live albums (including two performances with the San Francisco Symphony), twelve video albums, one cover album, two extended plays, 37 singles, and 39 music videos.
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