Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrumentals and aggressive musicianship made them one of the founding "big four" bands of thrash metal, alongside Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer. Metallica's current lineup comprises founding members and primary songwriters Hetfield and Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo. Guitarist Dave Mustaine (who formed Megadeth after being fired from the band) and bassists Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted are former members of the band.
Metallica first found commercial success with the release of its third album, Master of Puppets (1986), cited as one of the heaviest metal albums and the band's best work. The band's next album, ...And Justice for All (1988), gave Metallica its first Grammy Award nomination. Their self-titled fifth album, Metallica (1991), was the band's first not to root predominantly in thrash metal; it appealed to a more mainstream audience, achieving substantial commercial success and selling over 16 million copies in the United States to date, making it the best-selling album of the SoundScan era. After experimenting with different genres and directions in subsequent releases, Metallica returned to its thrash metal roots with the release of its ninth album, Death Magnetic (2008), which drew similar praise to that of the band's earlier albums. The band's most recent album is Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016).
In 2000, Metallica led the case against the peer-to-peer file sharing service Napster, in which the band and several other artists filed lawsuits against the service for sharing their copyright-protected material without consent, eventually reaching a settlement. Metallica was the subject of the acclaimed 2004 documentary film Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, which documented the troubled production of the band's eighth album, St. Anger (2003), and the internal struggles within the band at the time. In 2009, Metallica was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band co-wrote the screenplay for and starred alongside Dane DeHaan in the 2013 concert film Metallica: Through the Never, in which the band performed live against a fictional thriller storyline.
Metallica has released ten studio albums, four live albums, twelve video albums, a cover album, two extended plays, 37 singles and 39 music videos. The band has won nine Grammy Awards from 23 nominations, and its last six studio albums (beginning with Metallica) have consecutively debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Metallica ranks as one of the most commercially successful bands of all time, having sold over 125 million albums worldwide as of 2018. Metallica has been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by magazines such as Rolling Stone, which ranked them at no. 61 on its 100 Greatest Artists of All Time list. As of 2017, Metallica is the third best-selling music artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, selling a total of 58 million albums in the United States.
METALLICA MIDI-KARAOKE FILES HERE
- Metallica - Ain`t My Bitch (4:43)
- Metallica - Creeping Death (7:08)
- Metallica - Die De My Darling (2:19)
- Metallica - Don't Tread On Me (4:05)
- Metallica - Enter Sandman (5:24)
- Metallica - Fade To Black (6:37)
- Metallica - Fight Fire With Fire (4:41)
- Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls (4:54)
- Metallica - I Disappear (4:25)
- Metallica - Low Man's Lyric (7:19)
- Metallica - Master Of Puppets (7:53)
- Metallica - Nothing Else Matters 1 (6:02)
- Metallica - Nothing Else Matters 2 (6:33)
- Metallica - Nothing Else Matters 3 (5:45)
- Metallica - One (6:56)
- Metallica - Sad But True (5:19)
- Metallica - Seek And Destory (6:53)
- Metallica - The Memory Remains (4:30)
- Metallica - The Unforgiven II (6:16)
- Metallica - The Unforgiven (6:08)
- Metallica - The Wait (4:48)
- Metallica - Through The Never (4:03)
- Metallica - Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (6:22)
- Metallica - Whisky In The Jar (5:25)
MIDI'S
- Metallica - 2x4 (5:35)
- Metallica - 53rd And 3rd (2:15)
- Metallica - Aint My Bitch (5:13)
- Metallica - All Within My Hands (8:41)
- Metallica - Am I Evil (7:34)
- Metallica - And Justice For All (9:58)
- Metallica - Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) (2:18)
- Metallica - Apocalypse Dawn (3:55)
- Metallica - Astronomy (6:37)
- Metallica - BackstageJam (Cunning Stunts) (0:27)
- Metallica - Battery (5:11)
- Metallica - Better Than You (4:52)
- Metallica - Blackened (6:42)
- Metallica - Bleeding Me (8:24)
- Metallica - Blitzkrieg (3:30)
- Metallica - Breadfan (5:24)
- Metallica - Burn It Down (2:39)
- Metallica - Call Of Ktulu (8:30)
- Metallica - Carpe Diem Baby (5:45)
- Metallica - Commando (1:43)
- Metallica - Crash Course In Brain Surgery (2:52)
- Metallica - Creeping Death (7:08)
- Metallica - Cure (3:20)
- Metallica - Devils Dance (5:05)
- Metallica - Die Die My Darling (2:22)
- Metallica - Dirty Window (5:14)
- Metallica - Disposable Heroes(2) (8:26)
- Metallica - Disposable Heroes (7:44)
- Metallica - Dont Tread On Me(2) (4:15)
- Metallica - Dont Tread On Me (4:05)
- Metallica - Dyers Eve (5:01)
- Metallica - Ecstacy Of Gold (Symphony Version) (2:03)
- Metallica - Ecstasy Of Gold (2:01)
- Metallica - Enter Sandman(2) (5:38)
- Metallica - Enter Sandman (5:31)
- Metallica - Escape (4:49)
- Metallica - Eye Of The Beholder (6:22)
- Metallica - Fade To Black (6:37)
- Metallica - Fight Fire With Fire(2) (4:38)
- Metallica - Fight Fire With Fire (4:41)
- Metallica - Fixxxer (8:17)
- Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls (4:54)
- Metallica - Four Horsemen (7:14)
- Metallica - Frantic (Live) (2:02)
- Metallica - Frantic (5:48)
- Metallica - Frayed Ends Of Sanity (3:31)
- Metallica - Fuck Like A Beaver (1:48)
- Metallica - Fuel (Live) (4:35)
- Metallica - Fuel (4:26)
- Metallica - Gone With You (3:53)
- Metallica - Green Hell
- Metallica - HARDWIRED
- Metallica - Harvester Of Sorrow
- Metallica - Helpless
- Metallica - Hero Of The Day
- Metallica - Hit The Lights
- Metallica - Holier Than Thou
- Metallica - House Jack Built
- Metallica - Human
- Metallica - I Disappear
- Metallica - Imperial March
- Metallica - Invisible Kid
- Metallica - Its Electric
- Metallica - Jump In The Fire
- Metallica - Killing Time
- Metallica - King Nothing
- Metallica - Last Caress
- Metallica - Leper Messiah
- Metallica - Little Wing
- Metallica - Loverman
- Metallica - Low Mans Lyrics
- Metallica - Mama Said
- Metallica - Master Of Puppets (Live In Woodstock 99)
- Metallica - Master Of Puppets
- Metallica - Melbourne
- Metallica - Memory Remains
- Metallica - Mercyful Fate
- Metallica - Metal Militia
- Metallica - Mexico City Guitar Solo
- Metallica - Moth Into Flame
- Metallica - Motorbreath
- Metallica - My Friend Of Misery
- Metallica - My World
- Metallica - No Leaf Clover
- Metallica - No Remorse
- Metallica - Nothing Else Matters(2)
- Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
- Metallica - Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
- Metallica - Of Wolf And Man
- Metallica - One (Live In Woodstock 99)
- Metallica - One
- Metallica - Orion
- Metallica - Outlaw Torn
- Metallica - Overkill
- Metallica - Phantom Lord
- Metallica - Poor Twisted Me
- Metallica - Prince Charming
- Metallica - Purify
- Metallica - Ride The Lightning
- Metallica - Ronnie
- Metallica - Sabbra Cadabra
- Metallica - Sad But True
- Metallica - Seek and Destroy
- Metallica - Shoot Me Again
- Metallica - Shortest Straw
- Metallica - Silent Distortions Puppets Medley
- Metallica - Slither
- Metallica - So What(2)
- Metallica - So What
- Metallica - Some Kind Of Monster
- Metallica - Spin Out The Bone
- Metallica - St Anger(2)
- Metallica - St. Anger
- Metallica - Stone Cold Crazy
- Metallica - Struggle Within
- Metallica - Sweet Amber
- Metallica - The Art Of Kirk Hammett
- Metallica - The Call Of Ktulu
- Metallica - The Four Horsemen
- Metallica - The God That Failed
- Metallica - The Outlaw Torn
- Metallica - The Shortest Straw
- Metallica - The Small Hours
- Metallica - The Thing That Should Not Be
- Metallica - The Unnamed Feeling
- Metallica - The Wait
- Metallica - Thing That Should Not Be
- Metallica - Thorn Within
- Metallica - Through The Never
- Metallica - To Live Is To Die
- Metallica - Today Your Love Tomorrow The World
- Metallica - Too Late Too Late
- Metallica - Trapped Under Ice
- Metallica - Tuesdays Gone
- Metallica - Turn The Page
- Metallica - Unforgiven Ii (2)
- Metallica - Unforgiven II
- Metallica - Unforgiven
- Metallica - Until It Sleeps(2)
- Metallica - Until It Sleeps
- Metallica - Wasting My Hate(2)
- Metallica - Wasting My Hate
- Metallica - Where The Wild Things Are
- Metallica - Wherever I May Roam
- Metallica - Whiplash 1
- Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar (2)
- Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar
- Metallica - Wiplash
- Metallica - You're Going To Hell