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Metallica discography
Metallica performing live in London, 2003
Studio albums9
Live albums2
Video albums8
Music videos23
EPs2
Singles44
Tribute albums1
Other appearances6
Box Sets1

Metallica is an American heavy metal band formed in 1981 by James Hetfield (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Lars Ulrich (drums). After several lead guitarist and bassist changes, the band settled on Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton, respectively. Metallica started playing locally, releasing its first well known demo, No Life 'til Leather in 1982 and live performance called "Night of the rivet heads", in 1981. The demo caught the attention of Johny Zazula, who signed Metallica to Megaforce Records.[1] The band released Kill 'Em All in 1983, and the following year they released Ride the Lightning. After the album came out, Metallica left Megaforce and signed to Elektra Records.[2] In March 1986, the band released its third studio album, Master of Puppets, which was Metallica's first gold certified album by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[3] While promoting the album, Burton was killed in a bus accident. Jason Newsted was hired as a replacement and the bands first release to feature the new member was an EP of cover songs. …And Justice for All was released in August 1988 and debuted at number six on the Billboard 200.[4]

Metallica's fifth, self-titled album was released in 1991 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.[4] The band embarked on a two year tour in support of the album. Metallica has since been certified 14 times platinum by the RIAA.[3] Metallica wrote enough material for a double album, but released it all as two separate albums, titled Load and ReLoad.[5] After the release of a cover album and a live album, Newsted departed from the band. Metallica recorded St. Anger without an official bassist. Robert Trujillo became Metallica's newest bassist in 2003. The band recently released its ninth studio album, Death Magnetic, which was produced by Rick Rubin. The album is distributed through Warner Bros. Records. In April 2009, the band's catalogue was released on the iTunes Store as The Metallica Collection.[6] Metallica has sold more than 100 million records worldwide,[7] with over 58 million records in the United States alone.[8][9] This makes the band the most successful thrash metal band of all time.[8]

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[4]
UK
[10]
JPN
[11]
AUS
[12]
SWI
[13]
AUT
[14]
NLD
[15]
SWE
[16]
FIN
[17]
NOR
[18]
CAN
[19]
GER
[20]
1983 Kill 'Em All 120 246 55 129 28 12 US: 3× Multi-Platinum[3]
CAN: 2× Platinum[21]
UK: Platinum[22]
ARG: Platinum[23]
1984 Ride the Lightning
  • Released: July 27, 1984
  • Label: Megaforce (MEG #60396-4)
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
100 87 240 38 126 22 9 40 US: 5× Multi-Platinum[3]
CAN: 2× Platinum[21]
UK: Gold[22]
ARG: Platinum[23]
1986 Master of Puppets
  • Released: March 3, 1986
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #60439-1)
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
29 41 221 33 18 111 14 7 34 54 US: 6× Multi-Platinum[3]
CAN: 4× Platinum[21]
UK: 2× Platinum[22]
ARG: 2× Platinum[23]
1988 ...And Justice for All
  • Released: August 25, 1988
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #60812-4)
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
6 4 11 16 7 12 39 5 8 8 13 39 US: 8× Multi-Platinum[3]
CAN: 5× Platinum[21]
UK: Gold[22]
GER: Gold[24]
ARG: 2× Platinum[23]
1991 Metallica
  • Released: August 12, 1991
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #61113-1)
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
1 1 3 1 1 5 1 1 4 1 1 11 US: 14× Multi-Platinum[3]
AUS: 11× Platinum[25]
CAN: 11× Platinum[21]
UK: Platinum[22]
GER: Platinum[24]
ARG: 9× Platinum[23]
1996 Load
  • Released: June 4, 1996
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #61923)
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
1 1 3 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 US: 5× Multi-Platinum[3]
BRA: Gold[26]
CAN: 4× Platinum[21]
UK: Gold[22]
GER: Platinum[24]
ARG: Platinum[23]
1997 ReLoad
  • Released: November 18, 1997
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #62126)
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
1 4 11 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 US: 4× Multi-Platinum[3]
AUS: 2× Platinum[25]
CAN: 2× Platinum[21]
UK: Gold[22]
GER: Platinum[24]
ARG: Platinum[23]
2003 St. Anger
  • Released: June 5, 2003
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #62853)
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
1 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 US: 2× Multi-Platinum[3]
AUS: 2× Platinum[25]
BRA: Gold[26]
CAN: 2× Platinum[21]
UK: Gold[22]
GER: 2× Platinum[24]
ARG: Gold[23]
2008 Death Magnetic 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 US: Platinum[3]
AUS: 2× Platinum[25]
CAN: 3× Platinum[21]
UK: Gold[22]
GER: 2× Platinum[24]
ARG: Platinum[23]
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart.

Live albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[4]
UK
[10]
AUS
[12]
SWI
[13]
AUT
[14]
FRA
[27]
BEL
[28]
DEN
[29]
SWE
[16]
FIN
[17]
NOR
[18]
GER
[20]
1993 Live Shit: Binge & Purge
  • Released: November 23, 1993
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #61594)
  • Formats: CD, DVD, VHS
26 18 149 81 32 68 US: 15× Multi-Platinum[3] (as a video, not an album)
1999 S&M
  • Released: November 23, 1999
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #62463)
  • Format: CD, DVD
2 33 1 3 7 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 US: 6× Multi-Platinum[3]
AUS: Platinum[25]
GER: Platinum[24]
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart.

Cover albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
[3][25]
US
[4]
UK
[10]
AUS
[12]
NZ
[30]
AUT
[14]
BEL
[28]
FIN
[17]
FRA
[27]
SWI
[13]
SWE
[16]
NLD
[15]
NOR
[18]
1998 Garage Inc.
  • Released: November 24, 1998
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #62299)
  • Formats: CD, LP
2 29 2 3 3 9 1 9 10 1 8 1 US: 6× Multi-Platinum
CAN: Platinum

Box sets

Year Album details
2009 The Metallica Collection
  • Released: April 14, 2009
  • Format: Digital

Extended plays

Year Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications Notes
US
[4]
AUT
[14]
SWI
[13]
1987 The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited
  • Released: August 21, 1987
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #60757-1)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
27 US: Platinum[3]
CAN: Gold[21]
The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited was later re-released as an amended version, titled The $9.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited.
2004 Some Kind of Monster
  • Released: July 13, 2004
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #48838)
  • Format: CD
37 40 71
2007 Live from Live Earth
  • Released: July 08, 2007
  • Format: Digital
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart.

Singles

Year Song Peak chart positions RIAA
cert.
[3]
Album
US
[31]
US Main.
[31]
US Mod.
[31]
UK
[10]
AUS
[32]
FRA
[33]
CAN
[34]
SWE
[35]
FIN
[36]
DEN
[37]
NOR
[38]
GER
[39]
AUT
[40]
SWI
[41]
NLD
[42]
1983 "Whiplash" Kill 'Em All
"Seek & Destroy"
"Jump in the Fire"
1984 "Fade to Black" 100 Ride the Lightning
"Creeping Death"
1985 "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
1986 "Master of Puppets" Master of Puppets
"Battery"
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
1988 "Eye of the Beholder" ...And Justice for All
"...And Justice for All"
"Harvester of Sorrow" 20
1989 "One" 35 46 13 38 3 31 22 3 Gold
1991 "Enter Sandman" 16 10 5 10 17 14 2 9 11 10 Gold Metallica
"The Unforgiven" 35 10 15 10 28 32 47 25
1992 "Nothing Else Matters" 34 11 6 8 41 12 14 2 6 5 4
"Wherever I May Roam" 82 25 25 14 10 28 26 3 30 22
"Sad but True" 98 15 20 48 31 5 42 10
1996 "Until It Sleeps" 10 1 27 5 1 5 1 1 2 15 12 22 5 Gold Load
"Ain't My Bitch" 15
"Hero of the Day" 60 1 17 2 10 3 8 39 29 25
"Mama Said" 19 24 24 4 14 58
1997 "King Nothing" 90 6 67
"Bleeding Me" 6
"The Memory Remains" 28 3 13 6 4 1 3 20 20 30 15 ReLoad
1998 "The Unforgiven II" 59 2 15 9 89 8 1 8 23 18 16
"Fuel" 6 31 2 49 5 57 53
"Better than You" 7
"Turn the Page" 102 1 39 11 83 13 7 11 23 19 42 Garage Inc.
1999 "Whiskey in the Jar" 124 4 29 14 15 16 4 23 30 55 47
"Die, Die My Darling" 26
"No Leaf Clover" 74 1 18 41 50 9 40 99 S&M
2000 "I Disappear" 76 1 11 35 20 45 25 2 8 14 25 20 36 Mission: Impossible II
2003 "St. Anger" 107 2 17 9 15 24 9 5 4 6 15 17 28 12 St. Anger
"Frantic" 21 16 22 59 13 4 6 5 21 30 57 22
2004 "The Unnamed Feeling" 28 42
[43]
23 60 37 2 3 10 24 42 47 20
"Some Kind of Monster" 19 5
2007 "The Ecstasy of Gold" 21 We All Love Ennio Morricone
2008 "The Day That Never Comes" 31 1 5 19 18 9 3 1 3 1 25 32 20 Death Magnetic
"My Apocalypse" 67 38 51
[44]
38 28 15 3 15 9 56 33
"Cyanide" 50 1 19 48
[44]
48 19 14 4 23 15
"The Judas Kiss" 112 79
[45]
71 44 20 13
"All Nightmare Long" 22 90 55 44 11 15 51 7
2009 "Broken, Beat & Scarred" 75 36 4 35 74 25
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Video albums

Year Video details Top Music
Video peak
Certifications
[3][21][26]
1987 Cliff 'Em All
  • Released: December 4, 1987
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #40106)
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
20[46] US: 4× Platinum
1989 2 of One
  • Released: June 20, 1989
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #60812)
  • Format: VHS
31[47] US: Platinum
1992 A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
  • Released: August 12, 1992
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #40148)
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
26[48] US: 3× Platinum
1993 Live Shit: Binge & Purge[VI]
  • Released: November 23, 1993
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #61594)
  • Formats: VHS, DVD, CD
27[49] US: 15× Platinum
1998 Cunning Stunts
  • Released: December 8, 1998
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #40202)
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
3[50] US: 3× Platinum
1999 S&M[VII]
  • Released: November 23, 1999
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #40218)
  • Format: VHS, DVD
14[51] US: 6× Platinum
BRA: Platinum
2001 Classic Albums: Metallica - The Black Album
  • Released: November 6, 2001
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #61113)
  • Format: DVD
US:Platinum
CAN:Gold
2006 The Videos 1989-2004
  • Released: December 5, 2006
  • Label: Warner Bros. (WB #38696)
  • Format: DVD
3[52] US:Platinum
CAN:Gold
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart.

Music videos

Year Title Director(s)[53]
1989 "One" Bill Pope, Michael Salomon
1991 "Enter Sandman" Wayne Isham
"The Unforgiven" Matt Mahurin
1992 "Nothing Else Matters" Adam Dubin
"Wherever I May Roam" Wayne Isham
"Sad but True"
1996 "Until It Sleeps" Samuel Bayer
"Hero of the Day" Anton Corbijn
"Mama Said"
1997 "King Nothing" Matt Mahurin
"The Memory Remains" Paul Andresen
1998 "The Unforgiven II" Matt Mahurin
"Fuel" Wayne Isham
"Turn the Page" Jonas Åkerlund
1999 "Whiskey in the Jar"
"No Leaf Clover" Wayne Isham
2000 "I Disappear"
2003 "St. Anger" The Malloys
"Frantic" Wayne Isham
2004 "The Unnamed Feeling" The Malloys
"Some Kind of Monster" Bruce Sinofsky
2008 "The Day That Never Comes" Peter Hjors, Thomas Vinterberg[54]
"All Nightmare Long" Roboshobo[55]
2009 "Broken, Beat & Scarred" Wayne Isham

Other appearances

Year Song Album
1982 "Hit the Lights" Metal Massacre, Vol. 1[56]
1990 "Stone Cold Crazy" Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary[57]
2000 "I Disappear" Mission: Impossible 2[58]
2002 "We Did It Again" Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories[59]
2003 "53rd & 3rd" We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones[60]
2007 "The Ecstasy Of Gold" We All Love Ennio Morricone
2008 "Remember Tomorrow" Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden

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