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Metallica's fifth, self-titled album, often called The Black 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 16 times platinum by the RIAA. [3] Metallica followed with the release of Load and Reload, respectively. [5]
The classic Metallica logo, designed by James Hetfield and used on most of the band's releases. [7] [8]Metallica was formed in Los Angeles in late 1981 when Danish drummer Lars Ulrich placed an advertisement in a Los Angeles newspaper, The Recycler, which read, "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Iron Maiden."
The new line-up has continued to make music and tour worldwide. Metallica's ninth studio album, Death Magnetic, was released on September 12, 2008. Like St. Anger and every album of original material released by Metallica since 1991's Metallica, Death Magnetic went to #1 on the Billboard charts in over 30 countries during its first week of ...
Founded Band/project name Project co-ordinator(s) Notes 1971 The Concert for Bangladesh: George Harrison; Ravi Shankar; Concert to raise awareness of the Bangladesh Liberation War and refugee problems in said country, raised funds to benefit UNICEF relief fund, released a film of the concert and an album, The Concert for Bangla Desh. 1979 Rockestra
Lars Ulrich (/ ˈ ʊ l r ɪ k / ⓘ; Danish: [ˈlɑːs ˈulˀʁek]; born 26 December 1963) is a Danish [1] [2] musician who is the drummer and a founding member of American heavy metal band Metallica.
Metallica is an American Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band formed in 1981 from Los Angeles, California. Metallica consists the lineup of lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter James Hetfield who is also co-founder of the band along with the drummer Lars Ulrich, while Kirk Hammett is lead guitarist and Robert Trujillo is bassist. [1]
Three re-recordings of the song to raise further money for charity also topped the charts, first the Band Aid II version in 1989, the Band Aid 20 version in 2004 and finally the Band Aid 30 version in 2014. [6] Band Aid II and Band Aid 20 were also Christmas number one. The original was produced by Ure. The 12" version was mixed by Trevor Horn.
This 90-minute video shows how Metallica and their producer Bob Rock worked their way through making the Metallica album. It also includes the making of the video for "Enter Sandman" and also a listening party for invited fans to come and listen to the album in full. The video as well highlights tensions between Bob Rock and Metallica.