Hello and welcome to my Metallica page. I don't know about you, but I find there's something very cool about the way James Hetfield puts, "Aaahh", on the end of every other word. An example, "King Nothing", "Where's you Crown King Nothingaahh"?!? I love it! I first heard and then quickly brought, "Memory Remains", which had just been released at the time, next came, "King Nothing", and from there the entire, "Load", and, "Re-load", albums and all the other albums too, for that matter. Anyway, Metallica, 'Masters of Hate', what do you want to know about them? Hopefully, you'll find it a little further down this page.

General info. about Metallica and their albums.
 
 

This is a story of Metallica, from their garage days until present. "MetHistory" is based on various information resources including Metallica Club Online, MTV News, SonicNet Guide and some others.
 

1981  Lars Ulrich, a Dane abroad in Los Angeles and would-be tennis pro meets up with James Hetfield, a.k.a. "The Angriest Kid in the World." The pair form a band and call it Metallica (so old people wouldn't mistake them for an old-time jazz ensemble). Other players include a bass player, Ron McGovney, and a lead guitarist, Dave Mustaine.
 

1983 After two years of sticking out like a sore thumb on the scuzzy LA glam metal scene, Metallica relocates to San Francisco to hook up with a new band member, eccentric bass genius Cliff Burton. The band then boots Mustaine and moves to New York with new guitarist Kirk Hammett in tow to record their debut LP, appropriately entitled Kill 'Em All. Marked by speed, energy, and twisted innocence, Kill 'Em All blows the tired, brain-dead heavy metal genre all to hell.
 

1984 Metallica's much-awaited second album, Ride the Lightning, is released. The album--all rage and black fury--begins, shockingly, with acoustic guitar. (Afterward, 3,000 other bands steal this idea and follow suit.) Despite a solid wall of disinterest from commercial radio, Ride the Lightening goes gold and spends 50 weeks on Billboard's Top 200.
 

1986 The good news: Metallica's third release, Master of Puppets, redefines "thrash metal" (an unfortunate appellation) with its inexorable, intense, melodic sound. Without the dubious benefit of singles or videos--vanities Metallica remains uninterested in--Master of Puppets sells a million copies in the U.S. alone.
 

The bad news: While on their first headline tour of Europe, Metallica's tour bus skids off an icy Swedish road. Cliff Burton is killed instantly. Despite the grief shared by remaining members of the band, there is no doubt that Metallica will carry on. "Cliff would have been the first one to be pissed off if we didn't," says Lars. Weeks later, a new bassist is found in Jason Newsted.
 

1987 Metallica returns from Europe to play the gigs postponed after Cliff's death. Back in San Francisco, the band converts Lars' garage into a rehearsal room, records a handful of favorite cover songs, and releases them on the $9.98 CD: Garage Days Revisited (a.k.a., The $5.98 EP). In the summer, Metallica plays the Donington Festival, warming up with a gig at London's 100 Club. In the row is one John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin's bass player, who after the gig is seen shaking his head and muttering, "I didn't know that sort of thing was possible...."
 

1988 Metallica releases Cliff 'Em All, a long-form video complied largely from footage shot by fans during gigs, dedicated to their late friend. They then tour the States as part of the Monsters of Rock package, rendering the likes of Van Halen, The Scorpions, and Kingdom Come musically redundant. Metallica's fourth LP, ...And Justice for All--in all its sophisticated, mechanically violent glory--is released in September. Sales go through the roof, etc. Metallica embarks on a world tour, including 120 arena gigs in the U.S. alone. All this, without brown-nosing one MTV producer or a single DJ. Remarkable. For the first time, Metallica releases two singles--"Harvester of Sorrow" and "One"--as well as the two different videos for "One".

Metallica Albums.

Kill em' All. 1983.	Ride The Lightning. 1984.	Master of Puppets. 1986.	And Justice for All. 1988.
The Black album. 1991.	Load. 1996.	Re-Load. 1997.	Garage Inc. 1998.