Metallica
Biography
Metallica was easily the best, most influential heavy metal band of the '80s. Responsible for bringing the genre back to Earth, the bandmates looked and talked like they were from the street, shunning the usual rockstar games of metal musicians during the early '80s. Metallica also expanded the limits of thrash, using speed and volume not for their own sake, but to enhance their intricately structured compositions. The release of 1983's Kill 'Em All marked the beginning of the legitimization of heavy metal's underground, bringing new complexity and depth to thrash metal. With each album, the band's playing and writing improved; James Hetfield developed a signature rhythm playing that matched his growl, while lead guitarist Kirk Hammett became one of the most copied guitarists in metal. To complete the package, Lars Ulrich's thunderous (yet complex) drumming clicked in perfectly with Cliff Burton's innovative bass playing.
After releasing their masterpiece Master of Puppets in 1986, tragedy struck the band when their tour bus crashed while traveling in Sweden. Burton died in the accident. When the band decided to continue, Jason Newsted was chosen to replace Burton; two years later, the band released the conceptually ambitious ...And Justice for All
Selected Discography
I think that explains everything i blame public schools!!!!
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fighting on the internet is the the special olyimics you may win but ur still a f**kin retard
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Ok, so Fake Leg thinks he knows me. How much do you want to bet, and who will judge? Here's another bet: you're typing with one hand while the thumb of your other is up your butt. Why don't you just go back to your queerbait Foo Fighters page and talk about the Grohl and Love killed Cobain conspiracy? Or better yet, go watch you're favorite Barney show and see what he has to say about making assumptions about people.
F**king moron. You don't even know who Metallica is, do you? |
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wanted to listen to music 10 minutes latter still dickin around these brouser options Has to be a better way!!!!!
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Metallica blows. always have and always will. they soled out to the people that did actually like them. @ Dirty Focker- thats not saying much. im sure you checklist of shows isnt that great.
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As wee get old, It wouldnt suprise me to see Jaymz Hetfield do a solo thing. I think he is metal to the core, yet has a very diverse insperationa l dialect. (pretty fancy eh!) And, all of us die hard metal fans are getting old! I was 12 when Kill'em All Came out on LP! (LP? Whats that?) I used to spin it backwards and listen for the devil music till my mom caught me(long story). Anyway, it wont be long till were all looking at 'Tallica the way we look @ Sabbath today. Sad- But True.
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As far as I'm concerned the black album was the last of the True Metallica albums. As fun as Death Magnetic is, it's nothing but an attempt to recapture the energy and EDGE which they no longer have.
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They were great when I saw them...Fifte e n years ago before all the s**tty albums. I hear they still play mostly old stuff, good luck with that.
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Just look up Serenity, Rhapsody of Fire, Dark Moor, and Falconer. All power metal, and all way more interesting than DF.
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eh... I don't like power metal much. the stuff I hear is too... bland... (no wait, that's DragonForce. . . never mind!)
the bits of thrash that I have heard at least keeps me from dozing off more than power metal. |
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I've finally pinpointed what I don't like about thrash metal...it's that it sounds like death metal and power metal got together and had a baby, except the baby isn't good at either of the things its parents are good at. (I'm fully aware that thrash came before death, but it's just an analogy.)
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u guys r awesome. just don't really like ur material. idk why.
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Metallica puts on the best show I have ever f**kin seen. They were awesome in concert on this last tour.
...or are you guys just referring to the CDs? |
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Lars does not have sh!t stained balls, that midget bald fu ck only bangs GGILF's (great grandmothers )
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Lars sucks. Any news on another album, perhaps with a retard not mixing it and not cheesy lyrics?
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@Moomoo: Redistribute it to the less fortunate? (And by less fortunate, I mean those to lazy to go trick-or-tre a t i n g for themselves.)
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well focker its a matter of opinion. i personally think testament were heavier and had better vocals(espec i a l l y on their new album; chuck billy can really hold is own on the song henchmen ride). but metallica had 4 classic albums while testament only had 2.
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pretty clever, Moomoo... I guess.
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LOL! Moo, usually your bullshit is dumb, but that's a keeper.
Testament is highly underrated, but definitely not better than Metallica. |
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Trade Metalica for Testament and I'll go see the big 3.5
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...never been much a thrash fan...Althou g h the groups riding the death metal side weren't bad...Light This City was pretty good and Sacred Storm was pretty fun...
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Throw Testament in there. Always thought they were just a little better than Anthrax.
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that'd be pretty sweet if it was true! :'(
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how about the big four to tour?. the idea has benn going around lately but its been denied. think: anthrax,slay e r , m e g a d e t h and etallica. id suffer from awesome-itus if that happened
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Hetfield for Halloween? I was also thinking of Lars as a Master of Puppets.
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lol, milk. XD
anyhow, that tour would be awesome. if only... |
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