Metallica 

San Francisco metal band formed in the early 80's. Their four albums from the 80's are class, and incidentally their best known offerings. However the material released post-1991 is of curiously low standard with the occasional great track.

In 2002 (or was it 03?) they released St. Anger, an album which shocked us again at how low they could go. They completely removed the guitar solo (a vital part of the heavy metal song) from all the songs. This resulted in their worst album and their grouping with nu-metal.

One shouldn't forget, however, that their 80's albums are some of the best from that decade, including great tracks like Fade To Black, Sanitarium, One, Ride The Lightning, Battery, The Four Horsemen, Master Of Puppets.

Me: Man, you seen that Metallica DVD?
Friend: With the symphony? Yeah, that was cool, pity James's voice has gone down the drain.

Metallica by Bollocks43 September 5, 2005

Metallica 

A household name. The 7th biggest selling act in American history.

Metallica owns!

Metallica by Lbayncha1 February 14, 2009

Metalocalypse 

An apocalypse of METAL!

The Metalocalypse has begun.

Metalocalypse by Johnnyocalypse December 30, 2006

Metallica 

One of the greatest, and most prolific bands of all time. They were pioneers in the genre of thrash metal when they started out, with Kill Em' All. Their next three albums, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, and ...And Justice for All, were, and still are, all considered speedmetal masterpieces. When the 90's rolled around, Metallica released a self titled album, nicknamed the black album. This record featured a softer, more mainstream sound, but still had that characteristic Metallica edge to it. After years of tuoring for the black album, Metallica finally went back into the studio to record their 6th album, Load. Load had a much different sound than any of their previous stuff, opting for a more bluesy, hard rock style than the speedmetal that everyone associated the band with. Not too long after Load came out, a follow up album was released, ReLoad, which consisted of other songs that were written during the same time but didn't make it onto the album. Afterwards, an collection of various old cover songs from the 80's was compiled with brand new covers, and released as Garage Inc. And not too long after that came out, Metallica recorded a concert in which they played many of their classic songs, as well as some new ones, with the San Francisco Symphony. The result was the S&M album. Years later, in 2003, Metallica put out their most recent album, St. Anger. The album had mixed reactions among fans and non fans alike, but now, more than two years after its release, hopefully the controversy has died down, and we can all look foward to the next album.

~ Metallica ~
James Hetfield - Guitar, vocals
Lars Ulrich - Drums
Kirk Hammett - Guitar
Rob Trujillo - Bass

Cliff Burton - Bass
Jason Newsted - Bass, Backing vocals
Dave Mustaine - Guitar, vocals
Ron McGoveny - Bass
Lloyd Grant - Guitar

Metallica Rules!

Metallica by rastablowtorch September 16, 2005

metalligasm 

Act of having an orgasum due to the fact that METALLICA is in the same arena as you.

While I was at the metallica concert I totally had a metalligasm. It felt great!

metalligasm by k sweezy11334571727272 January 17, 2009

Old Metallica

As said by Metallica fans:

Also known as early Metallica. A time period in Metallicas lifetime when their highest quality music was produced and before they sold out to the music industry and became complete hypercrites. Usually the time period is before Load or the Black Album was released, depending on how you look at it.

Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, And Justice for All

OR

Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, And Justice for All, Metallica(Black Album)

Old Metallica by Arm April 22, 2004

metallica 

an awesome heavy metal band that helped pioneer metal and keep it alive and needs no introduction

Metallica is the greatest music pioneer ever

metallica by DanMo August 25, 2005