From the raw speed of 'Kill 'Em All' to the massive reach of the Black Album.
For the full picture, listen to the relentless thrash of 'Master Of Puppets' and the more melodic reach of 'Fade To Black'.
Metallica took the New Wave of British Heavy Metal's energy and cranked it into something faster and heavier, creating thrash metal with 'Kill 'Em All' in 1983. Songs like 'Master Of Puppets' showed they could blend that aggression with real melody, and later, 'Enter Sandman' from their 1991 Black Album brought that intensity to a stadium level. They've kept pushing that sound for decades, from 'Load' to 'Death Magnetic'.
They started in Los Angeles in 1981 with Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield, soon adding Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton. After Burton's death in 1986, Jason Newsted joined, and the band's 1991 Black Album with 'Nothing Else Matters' marked a shift toward a broader sound. Since 2003, Robert Trujillo has been on bass, and they've continued releasing albums like 'Death Magnetic' in 2008.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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