Metallica is a legendary band that helped define the genre of thrash metal (though nowadays their sound can be considered more hard rock or garage than thrash). Their first lineup was James Hetfield (vocals and rhythm guitar), Lars Ulrich (drums), Dave Mustaine (lead guitar), and Ron McGoveney (bass). Ron was replaced with Cliff Burton and Dave was replaced with Kirk Hammett and they released their first album (Kill 'em All) in 1983. The rest of their albums include Ride the Lightning (1984), Master of Puppets (1986), ...And Justice For All (1988), Metallica (aka ''The Black Album'')(1991), Load (1996), Reload (1997), Garage Inc. (1998), S&M (1999), and St. Anger (2003). During their Master of Puppets tour, Cliff Burton died in a tragic bus accident on September 27, 1986. He was replaced with Jason Newsted, and Jason left in the late 90's and was replaced with Robert Trujillo. Metallica has gone through their share of struggles and hardships (Cliff's death, James' alchohol problems, Lars filing a lawsuit against Napster, and conflicts with each other), but they have managed to withstand the test of time and give it their all. Metallica is a great band and those who disagree need to stop making a big deal about it.
by 62Orion86 September 26, 2005
Get the metallica mug.Completely shocking. Metallica has completely changed their message, attitude, and even their genre of music... and there nothing more on the face of the earth that angers me more. I'd say something like "James, I'm madly in anger with you", but that would require me to admit that i actually listened to their new crap. Their lyrics have changed from brutal statements of the truth of the world (except for battery... i have no idea what that song's about) to angsty "I hate the world but i'm too busy feeling sorry for myself to try to change it" stuff that appeals to pimps and Iron Maiden fans who've never heard of Eddie. I mean, if you listend to Saint Anger, you sit there and wonder "Did They even listen to kill em all?". The lyrics aren't deep or truthful; they are angsty and damn near emo. If I hadn't heard Ride the Lightning, I'd swear that they don't know how to play their instruments, but they can. They just choose not to for some reason. New Metallica's songs are about what people want to hear, not about what Metallica wants to say, there is no denying that. So, as music is a method of self expression, it can be argued that the new metallica is not even music. The original style of metallica is dead, but to add insult to injury, the mainstream which has grabbed them and disfigured their music to sound just like Slayer and Iron Maiden and nearly every other popular band (About nothing, no change in tempo, and sounds exactly the same) also claims that the true metallica music was uninspired, boring, and immature. "They did some demo recordings called "Kill em all", "Ride the Lightning", "Master of Puppets", and "And justice for all" " ?!?!?!!?!?!? Master of puppets is a masterpiece. Music like that is NOT easy to play at all. The guitars are more important than the lyrics. Can you even imagine the new "metallica" doing an instrumental? Metallica started in their prime and left it. They forgot what their music is about. They forgot how to play their instruments. Hetfield forgot how to sing. They forgot to forget to get a haircut. New metallica is uninspired, boring, severely unintellegent, lethargic, tallentless, drab, pointless and meaningless. And guess what? ALL YOU NEW IDIOTS LOVE IT! If an autistic 9 year old missing 3 fingers can play a song on guitar, it is NOT really metallica. A decent riff has not escaped James Hetfield's guitar since "Fuel", and that one only had 4 different notes in it so it barely counts. Metallica are thrash, and these new guys are nothing.
by Zack. email me at night_dragon13@yahoo.com if you disagree so i can yell at you. January 12, 2006
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James Hetfield - Vocals, rhythm guitar
Lars Ulrich - drums (crazy)
Kirk Hammet - lead guitar
Robert Trujillo - bass
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by mike. May 13, 2005
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When displayed it can take on a few meanings:
1. An open statement of one's heterosexuality.
2. Having Anti-Homosexual sentiment.
3. A fan of the Metal genre of music.
4. In protest against the use of the rainbow as a homosexual symbol.
5. Replacement for non-homosexual emblems, labels, signs or etc. that feature a colored rainbow, as to avoid confusion.
When displayed it can take on a few meanings:
1. An open statement of one's heterosexuality.
2. Having Anti-Homosexual sentiment.
3. A fan of the Metal genre of music.
4. In protest against the use of the rainbow as a homosexual symbol.
5. Replacement for non-homosexual emblems, labels, signs or etc. that feature a colored rainbow, as to avoid confusion.
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Get the metalicized mug.A riffing style popularized by legendary Metallica frontman James Hetfield. It is basically a punk-rock style rhythm meets Motorhead/NWOBHM etc (new Wave Of British Heavy Metal) resulting in a potent machine-gun gallop sounding orgasmic tune to what most Metalhead calls now as Thrash. Their milestone debut album "Kill 'Em All" introduced that kind of sound and after that it literally spawned hundreds of Thrash bands mimicing that style.
"Metallica single-handedly patented and perfected the Metalli-crunch, that's why they became a legend to the music world"
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