Band Members
- James HetfieldπποΈ (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar 1981-NOW)
- Lars Ulrich (Drums 1981-NOW)
- Dave Mustaine (Lead Guitar 1981-1983β)
- Kirk Hammett (Lead Guitar 1983-NOW)
- Ron McGovney (Bass 1981-1982)
- Cliff Burton (Bass 1982-1986)
- Jason Newstead (Bass 1986-2001)
- Robert Trujillo (Bass 2003-NOW)
I named my own guitar Genie (93nie) because theres a bunch of records of Kirk playing a Stratocaster in 1993, I think we can all see how much I admire this musician.
(1962-1986β‘) Cliff has the only serious video here, I want to use a clip from the documentary since this story has been beat to hell and I don't want to retell it myself.
Metallica is without a doubt the biggest metal band in the world, but it feels like overkill that they were also the first to play on literally every continent. Yes, including Antartica. I have so much more I want to say about this band but it will likely slowly show up with time.
If you click any of the red song titles below you can listen to them.
The audio is from the official Metallica YT channel and are counted as views, Lars.
1983 β Kill Em All (51m 20s) My rating: #4
This album was supposed to be called 'Metal Up Your Ass', but producers refused to let them use that title, and Lars said "Lets just kill 'em all' as a joke about being annoyed with the producers, and in my humble opinion its funny as hell that that became the title.
- "Hit the Lights" 4:17
- "The Four Horsemen" 7:13
- "Motorbreath" 3:08
- "Jump in the Fire" 4:41
- "(Anesthesia) β Pulling Teeth" 4:14
- "Whiplash" 4:08
- "Phantom Lord" 5:01
- "No Remorse" 6:26
- "Seek & Destroy" 6:54
- "Metal Militia" 5:11
1984 β Ride the Lightning (47m 26s) My rating: #3
- "Fight Fire with Fire" 4:44
- "Ride the Lightning" 6:37
- "For Whom the Bell Tolls" 5:11
- "Fade to Black" 6:55
- "Trapped Under Ice" 4:04
- "Escape" 4:24
- "Creeping Death" 6:36
- "The Call of Ktulu" 8:55
Behold this green monstosity of a misprint

1986 β Master of Puppets (54m 52s) My rating: #1
- "Battery" 5:13
- "Master of Puppets" 8:36
- "The Thing That Should Not Be" 6:37
- "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" 6:28
- "Disposable Heroes" 8:17
- "Leper Messiah" 5:40
- "Orion" 8:28
- "Damage, Inc." 5:33
1988 β ...And Justice for All (65m 25s) My rating: #5
- "Blackened" 6:42
- "...And Justice for All" 9:46
- "Eye of the Beholder" 6:25
- "One" 7:26
- "The Shortest Straw" 6:35
- "Harvester of Sorrow" 5:45
- "The Frayed Ends of Sanity" 7:43
- "To Live Is to Die" 9:49
- "Dyers Eve" 5:14
1991 β The Black Album (62m 31s) My rating: #2
- "Enter Sandman" 5:31
- "Sad but True" 5:24
- "Holier than Thou" 3:47
- "The Unforgiven" 6:27
- "Wherever I May Roam" 6:44
- "Don't Tread on Me" 4:00
- "Through the Never" 4:04
- "Nothing Else Matters" 6:28
- "Of Wolf and Man" 4:16
- "The God That Failed" 5:08
- "My Friend of Misery" 6:49
- "The Struggle Within" 3:53
1996 β Load (78m 59s)
I am gonna keep it a buck with you. I agree with James, the cover art is gross as hell. Its a photo of actual bulls blood mixed with actual semen. I am judging, yes. Not because its blood and semen, but because using bulls blood feels wrong, use your own, coward. And I'm still judging Lars for what he did to that poor snare drum.
- "Ain't My Bitch" 5:04
- "2 X 4" 5:28
- "The House Jack Built" 6:39
- "Until It Sleeps" 4:28
- "King Nothing" 5:30
- "Hero of the Day" 4:22
- "Bleeding Me" 8:18
- "Cure" 4:54
- "Poor Twisted Me" 4:00
- "Wasting My Hate" 3:57
- "Mama Said" 5:20
- "Thorn Within" 5:52
- "Ronnie" 5:17
- "The Outlaw Torn" 9:49
1997 β Reload (76m 03s)
- "Fuel" 4:29
- "The Memory Remains (featuring Marianne Faithfull)" 4:39
- "Devil's Dance" 5:18
- "The Unforgiven II" 6:36
- "Better than You" 5:21
- "Slither" 5:13
- "Carpe Diem Baby" 6:12
- "Bad Seed" 4:05
- "Where the Wild Things Are" 6:52
- "Prince Charming" 6:04
- "Low Man's" 7:36
- "Attitude" 5:16
- "Fixxxer" 8:15
(Not on Reload) 2000 "I Disappear"
(Single for the Mission Impossible 2 soundtrack)
2003 β Saint Anger (75m 01s)
- "Frantic" 5:50
- "St. Anger" 7:21
- "Some Kind of Monster" 8:25
- "Dirty Window" 5:24
- "Invisible Kid" 8:30
- "My World" 5:45
- "Shoot Me Again" 7:10
- "Sweet Amber" 5:27
- "The Unnamed Feeling" 7:08
- "Purify" 5:13
- "All Within My Hands" 8:48
2008 β Death Magnetic (74m 54s)
- "That Was Just Your Life" 7:10
- "The End of the Line" 7:50
- "Broken, Beat & Scarred" 6:25
- "The Day That Never Comes" 7:55
- "All Nightmare Long" 8:01
- "Cyanide" 6:41
- "The Unforgiven III" 7:47
- "The Judas Kiss" 8:02
- "Suicide & Redemption" 9:57
- "My Apocalypse" 5:01
2016 β Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (77m 42s)
RIP all the lost riffs on Kirks lost phone that could have been on this album
- "Hardwired" 3:10
- "Atlas, Rise!" 6:30
- "Now That We're Dead" 7:00
- "Moth into Flame" 5:50
- "Dream No More" 6:30
- "Halo on Fire" 8:15
- "Confusion" 6:43
- "ManUNkind" 6:55
- "Here Comes Revenge" 7:17
- "Am I Savage?" 6:30
- "Murder One" 5:45
- "Spit Out the Bone" 7:09
- "Lords of Summer" 7:10
2023 β 72 Seasons (77m 14s)
- "72 Seasons" 7:39
- "Shadows Follow" 6:12
- "Screaming Suicide" 5:30
- "Sleepwalk My Life Away" 6:56
- "You Must Burn!" 7:03
- "Lux Γterna" 3:22
- "Crown of Barbed Wire" 5:49
- "Chasing Light" 6:45
- "If Darkness Had a Son" 6:36
- "Too Far Gone?" 4:34
- "Room of Mirrors" 5:34
- "Inamorata" 11:10
1985 James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton
