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The band was officially formed on October 28, 1981, five months after Ulrich and Hetfield first met. [10] [11] Metallica founding members James Hetfield (top) and Lars Ulrich (bottom) The band name came from Ulrich's friend Ron Quintana, who was brainstorming names for a fanzine and was considering MetalMania or Metallica.
The M72 World Tour is an ongoing concert tour by American heavy metal band Metallica in support of the band's eleventh studio album 72 Seasons, which was released on April 14, 2023. [1] The tour was announced on November 28, 2022, following the release of the album's first single, "Lux Æterna". The tour began on April 27, 2023 in Amsterdam and ...
Metallica's fifth, self-titled album, often called The Black Album, was released in 1991 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The band embarked on a two-year tour in support of the album. Metallica has since been certified 16 times platinum by the RIAA. Metallica followed with the release of Load and Reload, respectively.
72 Seasons is the eleventh studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on April 14, 2023, by their own record label Blackened Recordings. 72 Seasons was produced by Greg Fidelman, who produced the band's previous studio album, Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016), and is the band's second studio album to be released through Blackened.
Background and recording At the time of Metallica's recording, the band's songs were written mainly by frontman James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, with Hetfield being the lyricist. The duo frequently composed together at Ulrich's house in Berkeley, California. Several song ideas and concepts were conceived by other members of the band, lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Jason Newsted ...
2021–2022 tours. M72 World Tour. (2023–2024) American heavy metal band Metallica toured throughout 2021 and 2022 in support of the 30th anniversary of their fifth and self-titled studio album Metallica, [1] the 40th anniversary of the band, [2] and in continuation of the WorldWired Tour. [3] It was their first tour after the COVID-19 pandemic .
1983 studio album by Metallica Kill 'Em All Studio album by Metallica Released July 25, 1983 (1983-07-25) Recorded May 10–27, 1983 Studio Music America (Rochester, New York) Genre Thrash metal speed metal Length 51: 20 Label Megaforce Producer Paul Curcio Metallica chronology Kill 'Em All (1983) Ride the Lightning (1984) Singles from Kill 'Em All "Whiplash" Released: August 8, 1983 "Jump in ...
Ride the Lightning is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released on July 27, 1984, by the independent record label Megaforce Records.The album was recorded in three weeks with producer Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark.