Scream on Metallica

1981, Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in New York Newspaper which lead to the formation of an American heavy metal band. Metallica’s line-up has primarily consisted of Drummer Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while witnessing some Dutch hoes for the bassist spot, which by now is held by Robert Trujillo.

Metallica has released nine studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, twenty-two music videos, and forty-three singles. The band has won seven Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the only band ever to do so. Now it’s really befuddling to figure out Metallica’s best songs as each song has its own effect on the listener according to the Genre. The names of Metallica’s albums are:

· Kill ‘Em All

· Ride the Lightning

· Master of Puppets

· And Justice for all

· Metallica

· Load, ReLoad, Garage Inc., and S&M

· Napster controversy

· St. Anger

· Death Magnetic

Departure of Dave Mustaine

Dave Mustaine remained Metallica’s Lead Guitarist for the initial two years but was ousted by the band later due to his drinking and drugs issues. Mustaine has expressed his dislike for Hammett in interviews. He said Hammett “stole my job, but at least I got to bang his girlfriend before he took my job — how do I taste, Kirk?”.Mustaine was “pissed off” because he believes Hammett became popular by playing the guitar leads that Mustaine wrote. In a 1985 interview with Metal Forces, Mustaine slammed Hammett saying, “it’s real funny how Kirk Hammett ripped off every lead break I’d played on that No Life ’til Leather tape and got voted No. 1 guitarist in your magazine.”

Burton’s death

On September 27, 1986, during the European leg of Metallica’s Damage Inc. tour, members drew cards to see which bunk of the tour bus they would sleep in. Burton (bassist) won and chose to sleep in Hammett’s bunk. Around dawn near Dörarp, Sweden, the bus driver lost control and skidded, which caused the bus to flip several times. Ulrich, Hammett, and Hetfield sustained no serious injuries; however, bassist Burton was pinned under the bus and was killed. Hetfield recalls, “I saw the bus lying right on him. I saw his legs sticking out. I freaked. The bus driver, I recall, was trying to yank the blanket out from under him to use for other people. I just went, ‘Don’t fucking do that!’ I already wanted to kill the guy.” Burton’s death left Metallica’s future in doubt. The three remaining members decided that Burton would want them to carry on, and with the Burton family’s blessings, the band sought a replacement.

Napster Controversy

In 2000, Metallica discovered that a demo of its song “I Disappear” was receiving radio airplay. Tracing the source of the leak, the band found the file on the Napster peer-to-peer file-sharing network, and also found that the band’s entire catalogue was freely available. Legal action was initiated against Napster with Metallica filing a lawsuit at the U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Ulrich led the case against Napster.

Death Magnetic

Death Magnetic marks the group’s split with producer Bob Rock, who helmed every Metallica album from 1991 to 2004 and pushed them toward concision and immediacy — until St. Anger, when he seemed to throw up his hands altogether. (As the 2004 documentary Some Kind of Monster demonstrates, Rock deserved credit for getting any music at all out of a band determined to self-destruct.) New producer Rick Rubin shoves Metallica in the opposite direction: Half of Death Magnetic‘s tracks are over seven minutes long, with song structures that are not so much “verse/chorus/verse” as “long intro/heavy jam/verse/even heavier jam/chorus/bridge/wild solo/outro.” There’s supposed to be a lyrical theme here — something about death — but it’s hard to discern. After expanding his lyrical palette on previous albums, Hetfield is now so determined to re-metallize that he pushes toward self-parody: “Venom of a life insane/Bites into your fragile vein,” he barks on “The Judas Kiss.” The “One”-style half-ballad, half-thrasher “The Day That Never Comes” appears to be yet another tale from Hetfield’s rough childhood, complete with the awful pun “son shine.” So it is with Death Magnetic. Self-plagiarization abounds. “That Was Just Your Life” and “Cyanide” harken back to “Blackened” from …And Justice for All. “The Day That Never Comes” has the clean tones of “Fade to Black” and the machine gun riff from “One”. In the 1980s, Metallica wrote hundreds of riffs without repeating themselves. To hear them so bereft of new ideas is disheartening. So is the fact that Load, ReLoad, and St. Anger are indelibly part of their bloodstream. “The End of the Line” and “The Judas Kiss” have bland hard rock riffs à la Load and ReLoad. Like most sequels, the turgid “The Unforgiven III” need not have been made. “Cyanide” tapes a Stone Temple Pilots riff to a disastrous stop-start section straight out of St. Anger. Metallica aren’t good at being bluesy or unpredictable. They’re best at heavy metal thunder, and they’ve forgotten that.

Some tributes videos dedicated to metallica are here

Metallica – Unforgiven II

Metallica – Whisky in the jar

Metallica- One

Metallica – Turn The Page