History Music / METALLICA

* 2023 - ''72 Seasons''

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* SesameStreetCred: Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield guest-starred in ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'' as a pair of dragons.

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* VocalDissonance: Watch any early interviews with James. That deep, powerful-speaking voice should not come from a zitty, skinny blond-haired kid, especially one who sung like a spotty teenager. Eventually averted progressively during the time between ''Justice'' and ''Load'', during which, in addition to lowering his singing to match his standard voice, James aged and bulked up, growing into the voice.

Metallica is perhaps best known for their somewhat turbulent relationship with their [[BrokenBase fans]], in part the result of their long career and their experimentation with musical styles. The fanbase tends to divide thusly: "hardcore" metalheads that stay away from anything after ''Justice'', or after ''Master'' if they're not into prog-metal (Hetfield even mentioned in interviews that the band lost some especially vocal fans after the acoustic guitar intro on "Fade to Black"); fans who got into the band with the Black Album and like their anthemic '90s style better; those who uncritically love everything the band releases; and some who seem to exist solely to antagonise the band and other fans.

** The so-called "Unforgiven Trilogy" consists of "The Unforgiven" from their 1991 self-titled album, "The Unforgiven II" from 1997's ''[=ReLoad=]'', and "The Unforgiven III" from 2008's Death Magnetic.
** "Lux Æterna" from ''72 Seasons'' can be viewed as something of a successor to "Hit the Lights" from ''Kill 'Em All''. The song's name means "Eternal Light" in [[GratuitousLatin Latin]], and both songs are short, punk-y affairs with a very similar structure and tempo.

** Metallica borrowed the intro of Bleak House's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zowid7KAmnM "Rainbow Warrior"]] for "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"; the bridge is based on [[Music/{{Rush}} "Tom Sawyer"]]. The latter was acknowledged / lampshaded by thanking Rush in the ''Music/MasterOfPuppets'' liner notes.

** {{Inverted|Trope}} on ''Death Magnetic'', which ends with "My Apocalypse" (5:00), the shortest song of the album.

* 2011 - ''Beyond Magnetic'' (EP of B-sides from ''Death Magnetic'')

!! Studio Discography:

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!! Other Discography:

* AvantGardeMetal: Their collaboration with Lou Reed, ''Lulu'' combines ThrashMetal with PostRock, SpokenWord and NoiseRock.

->''"You can always tell a Metallica fan; a fan of any other band, you ask them, 'What music do you like?' they say, 'I like Music/{{U2}}, I like Music/{{Genesis|Band}}', you ask a Metallica fan, they're like '''Metallica, man!'' Oh, 'scuse me, I gotta get to work...'"''

* ReligionRantSong: "The God That Failed" (Type 2) and "Leper Messiah" (Type 3).

* 1983 - ''Kill 'Em All''

* AvantGardeMetal: Their collaboration with Lou Reed, ''Lulu'' combines ThrashMetal with post-rock, spoken word and noise rock.

The band was formed in the early [[TheEighties 1980s]] when aspiring Danish tennis player/drummer Lars Ulrich placed an ad in a UsefulNotes/LosAngeles newspaper, which, in one of those moments of synchronicity, was answered by singer/guitarist James Hetfield. The roster was then filled out by lead guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist Ron [=McGovney=] (soon to be replaced by virtuoso Cliff Burton).

The band's next album, ''Death Magnetic'', came in 2008, and was the most in-character effort they'd had in years in the sense of it being a return to their thrash roots. However, it was a casualty of the LoudnessWar, and whether it's any good depends entirely on [[BrokenBase who you ask]]. In 2011, they collaborated with Music/LouReed on ''Lulu'', which opened to mixed-at-best reviews and was panned by just about every fan that had an opinion on it, although it received the unwavering support of Music/DavidBowie, who loved it and cited it as an influence on his last album, ''Music/BlackstarAlbum''.

In December 2011, to tie into their 30th anniversary mega-reunion shows, they released ''Beyond Magnetic'', an EP consisting of four songs left over from the studio sessions for ''Death Magnetic''. On 30 November, 2012 the same year, they left Creator/WarnerBrosRecords (where they'd been since being signed to subsidiary Creator/ElektraRecords in 1984), with the rights to all their studio albums, master recordings and videos, and formed a new independent label, Blackened Recordings. Its first release, a month later, was ''Quebec Magnetic'', a live DVD culled from two performances in Quebec City in 2009.

In late 2016, the band released their 10th album, ''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'', which marked [[RevisitingTheRoots another clear return to their '80s thrash/speed metal roots]]. The effectiveness of the stylistic throwback at this stage in their career became a topic of debate, but it was a commercial success regardless. The album became Metallica's sixth to debut at #1 on the ''Billboard'' 200, making them the second band in music history to have that many consecutive #1 debuts after Music/DaveMatthewsBand. Their 11th album, ''72 Seasons'', was released on April 14, 2023.

Metallica is perhaps best known for their somewhat turbulent relationship with their [[BrokenBase fans]]. Some of this is the result of their long career and their experimentation with other musical styles. The fan-base tends to divide thusly: "hardcore" metalheads that stay away from anything after ''Justice'', or after ''Master'' if they're not into prog-metal (Hetfield even mentioned in interviews that the band lost some especially vocal fans after the acoustic guitar intro on "Fade to Black"); fans who got into the band with the Black Album and like their anthemic '90s style better; those who uncritically love everything the band releases; and some who seem to exist solely to antagonise the band and other fans.

Further division among the fandom -- in particular those who play guitar, bass or whatever -- divide their material based on the band's line-up at any given time. Bass players tend to favour the Cliff Burton years, although Newsted has his fans as well, as does Trujillo (though even fans of Trujillo's work with other bands--mostly Ozzy or Suicidal Tendencies--split over whether his funk-influenced tone and style suit Metallica's material). Guitarists may debate whether Hammett's solos or Hetfield's riff-based rhythmic style are the true core of the band's sound. Others love to argue Hammett vs. Mustaine -- still.

They also cottoned on with atypical shrewdness to the popularity of ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' and the potential that their guitar-driven songs had in the format. After licensing a few of their more popular tunes for the series, they went the whole hog by releasing their most recent album as downloadable content, and followed it up by co-developing ''Guitar Hero: Metallica'', an entire game allowing players to perform as the band themselves. (The Metallica tracks in any given ''Guitar Hero'' or ''VideoGame/RockBand'' game are generally amongst the hardest, because... Well, it's ''Metallica'').

In the heady days of the '80s, they forged their way from being the supporting act at tiny club gigs to opening for and headlining stadium tours, with next to no support from radio. Their third album, ''Music/MasterOfPuppets'' (1986), created the band's first notable commercial success, and was and is hailed by critics as a metal masterpiece. Unfortunately, on their subsequent tour, Burton was killed in a bus accident. Choosing to continue on in spite of their grief, the band auditioned and hired Music/JasonNewsted, an intense young musician who became the perennial "New Guy" and the butt of 14 long years of hazing, with the [[NobodyLovesTheBassist bass being almost non-existent]] in the mix of their next album, ''[[Music/AndJusticeForAll1988 ...And Justice For All]]'' (1988), being seen as the first major instance. It was also with this album that the band first started getting accusations of "selling out" after they put out a music video for the song "One", something fans claimed they had promised in the past they'd never do.

* 2013 - ''Metallica Through the Never''

* ManOnFire:
** The very thing that resulted in James getting severe burns on the left side of his body and (indirectly) allowing Music/GunsNRoses to cause a riot by refusing to play for more than half an hour. They later mocked this very trope during the ''Load'' tour, where the stage setup "collapsed" during "Enter Sandman" and a member of the crew ran across the stage while on fire. They then came back out and played encores using small lights hanging from the scaffolding and mobile amps wheeled onto the stage. This was recycled for the concert portions of ''Through the Never''.
** Used to great effect during their performances of "One".

* CoolOldGuy: It's commonly accepted that Metallica handled their aging pretty well. James Hetfield in particular has embraced the "Papa Het" persona in later years. In particular, the band pictures in ''72 Seasons'' are starkly-lit black and white portraits with absolutely ''no'' retouching or other editing, demonstrating that the members are all in their late 50s and not afraid to admit it.
** Ray Burton, Cliff Burton's father. He appeared in various media related to the band up until his death in January 2020 at the age of 94, and appeared remarkably cheery despite his often depressing life ([[OutlivingOnesOffspring he outlived his two sons and his wife]]).
** Torben Ulrich, Lars Ulrich's father. A former tennis champion and now in his nineties, he has since ridden his son's success into a musical career of his own.

* 2008 - ''Death Magnetic''

* FanRemake: A rare music example. There exists [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h99nhdNnfm8 a fan remake]] of ''St. Anger'' on [=YouTube=] that attempts to correct many of the complaints people had with the official release. It has ''vastly'' improved production, partially streamlined songs[[note]]some of the more notorious parts of the album, like the bridge in "Invisible Kid", were removed altogether, while some of the extended jams were shortened to give the songs more focus[[/note]], and the notorious snare of the original is ditched in favor of more standard drum tuning/mixing. On the other hand, guitar solos are still absent, and a number of {{Narm}}-tastic lines like "Fran-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tok!" were kept in. Nevertheless, despite being essentially a cover album with no involvement from the band itself, a number of fans have agreed that it's probably better to just listen to this instead of the official album.