Metalica Seek And Destroy

Metallica (pronounced /mɛ.ˈtæ.lɪ.kə/) is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1981. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists. Currently, the spot is held by Robert Trujillo.

Metallica's early releases included fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship that placed them as one of the "big four" of the thrash metal subgenre alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax during the genre's development into a popular style.[1] The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as one of the most influential and "heavy" thrash metal albums. The band achieved substantial commercial success with Metallica (1991), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.

In 2000, Metallica was among several artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band's copyright-protected material for free without the band members' consent.[2] A settlement was reached, and Napster became a pay-to-use service. Despite reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the release of St. Anger alienated many fans with the exclusion of guitar solos and the "steel-sounding" snare drum. A film titled Some Kind of Monster documented the recording process of St. Anger.

Metallica has released nine studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, twenty-four music videos, and forty-five singles. The band has won nine Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the first band to do so, this record was later matched by the Dave Matthews Band.[3][not in citation given] The band's 1991 album, Metallica, has sold over 15 million copies in the United States, and 22 million copies worldwide, which makes it the 25th-highest-selling album in the country.[4] In December 2009, it became the highest-selling album of the SoundScan era, surpassing 1997's Come on Over by country artist Shania Twain.[5] The band has sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide as of the release of their latest album, Death Magnetic. As of December 2009, Metallica is the fourth highest-selling music artist since the SoundScan era began tracking sales on May 25, 1991, selling a total of 52,160,000 albums in the United States alone.[6]

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• darko406

[darko406]

Can we get 200 likes ? :)

[kill10003]

3 people were seeked down and destroyed.

[thechango3000]

you know people should stop talking shit on hip hop cuz its dead.....thanks to souja boy......so remember people hip hop aint the enemy its pop

[sillydevin12]

i will Seek And Destroy the haters of metallica

[ShevyBDC]

@thechango3000 man,i agree with you,soulja boy destroyd it,and the real enemy of rock/heavy metal it's pop,but in my opinion hip hop isn't dead,because we still have Cube,WC,Maylay,Mr. Criminal,Lil' Eazy9Eazy-E's Son) and so on,but anyway the best genre of music it's hip hop,because of Pac & Biggie,they were 2 lyrical genius,Pac was a true poet,his lyrics had positive messages,he wanted to change the world,to make it better,and Biggie's flow was amazing!you should check them out;)!

[restrepo36]

aaaaaauuu que chinba

[nintendo768]

@heyitstyty I knew that.

[heyitstyty]

@nintendo768 No he isn't. The image is flipped. If you had seen any of their live performances, you would realize that he's right handed.

[Ex0ticGam3r]

3 song i learned on my guitar, so proud

[Inspiredbythefire123]

@thechango3000 Lol... Just because pop is more popular, it doesn't mean that hip hop isn't terrible >.< I don't understand your logic at all

[SuperElstupidos]

C'est metaLLica avec 2 L bande d'ignorant...

[BLPdevelopment]

ATTENTION ALL METAL HEADS THUMBS UP SO PEOPLE C READ THIS

October 15th 2011 is the 30th Anniversary of Metallica's formation.They have influenced alot of great bands that stand today.As they work on what is believed to be their LAST Studio album, instead of hating on other fools, hear me? out this time.

On October 15th,we will all watch Enter Sandman, making it the highest viewed video on youtube.Lets give a gift to the Gods Of Metal. All hail Metallica.THUMBS UP!