Metallica’s 1991 self-titled fifth studio album, commonly referred to as “The Black Album,” was a landmark album for the metal world. While Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath had helped bring heavy metal ...

Help Loudwire Nights choose between the better late-era Metallica album, 'Hardwired ... to Self-Destruct' or '72 Seasons' ...

Make sure to say your prayers, because Metallica said so. In 1981, frontman James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich teamed up to form Metallica. Together with Kirk Hammett and original bassist Ron McGovney, ...

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Metallica’s 1991 self-titled album showed fans around the world that the band was looking to try something new. Thrash metal was a powerful genre in the 1980s, but as the decade came to a close, it ...

Written under label pressure, Escape became the one Ride the Lightning song Metallica only played live once.

Metallica's Lars Ulrich has proclaimed Deep Purple's Made in Japan as the best hard rock live album ever in a new promotional video hyping the reissue of the classic 1972 performance. Though Lars ...

Metallica’s self-titled album marked a departure in sound for the band. They moved away from thrash metal into something more accessible that brought them major mainstream success. Songs like “Enter ...