Metal
Metallica were
easily the best, most influential heavy metal band of the '80s and '90s.
Responsible for bringing the genre back to earth, the bandmates looked
and talked like they were from the street, shunning the usual rock star
games of metal musicians during the mid-'80s pop-metal renaissance.
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, which hit the Top Ten
without any radio play and very little support from MTV. But Metallica
completely crossed over into the mainstream with 1991's Metallica, a
self-titled effort that found the band trading in its long compositions
for more concise song structures. Peppered with hits like "Wherever I
May Roam" and "Enter Sandman," it resulted in a number one album that
sold over seven million copies in the U.S. alone. To support the record,
Metallica launched a long tour that kept the musicians on the road for
nearly two years. By the '90s, Metallica had changed the rules for all
heavy metal bands; they were the leaders of the genre, respected not
only by headbangers, but by mainstream record buyers and critics. No
other heavy metal band has ever been able to pull off such a feat.
However, the group lost a portion of its core audience with its
long-awaited follow-up to Metallica, 1996's Load. The album moved the
band toward alternative rock in terms of image -- the bandmembers cut
their hair and had their picture taken by Anton Corbijn. Although the
album was a hit upon its summer release, entering the charts at number
one and selling three million copies within two months, certain members
of the Metallica fan base complained about the shift in image, as well
as the group's decision to headline the sixth Lollapalooza. Re-Load,
which combined new material with songs left off the original Load
record, appeared in 1997; despite poor reviews, it sold at a typically
brisk pace and spun off several successful singles, including "Fuel" and
"The Memory Remains." Garage Inc., a double-disc collection of B-sides,
rarities, and newly recorded covers, followed in 1998. Metallica's take
on Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" helped maintain their presence in the
charts, and the band continued its flood of product with 1999's S&M,
which documented a live concert with the San Francisco Symphony. It
debuted at number two, reconfirming the group's immense popularity.
Metallica spent most of 2000 embroiled in controversy by spearheading a
legal assault against Napster, a file-sharing service that allowed users
to download music files from each other's computers. Aggressively
targeting copyright infringement of their own material, Metallica
notoriously had over 300,000 users kicked off the service, creating a
widespread debate over the availability of digital music that raged for
most of the year. In January 2001, bassist Jason Newsted announced his
amicable departure from the band. Shortly after the band appeared at the
ESPN Awards in April of the same year, Hetfield, Hammett, and Ulrich
entered the recording studio to begin work on their next album, with
producer Bob Rock lined up to handle bass duties for the sessions
(meanwhile, rumors swirled of former Ozzy Osbourne/Alice in Chains
bassist Mike Inez being considered for the vacated position). In July,
Metallica surprisingly dropped their lawsuit against Napster, perhaps
sensing that their controversial stance did more harm than good to their
"band of the people" image. That same summer, the band's recording
sessions (and all other band-related matters) were put on hold as
Hetfield entered an undisclosed rehab facility for alcoholism and other
addictions. He completed treatment and rejoined Metallica as they headed
back into the studio in 2002 to record St. Anger, which was released in
mid-2003. The recording of St. Anger was capped with the search for a
permanent replacement for Newsted. After a long audition process, former
Ozzy Osbourne/Suicidal Tendencies bass player Robert Trujillo was
selected and joined Metallica for their 2003-2004 world tour. The
growing pains that the band experienced during the recording of St.
Anger were captured in the celebrated documentary Some Kind of Monster,
which saw theatrical release in 2004. Four years later, the band
returned with Death Magnetic, an energized album that returned the band
to its early-'80s roots. Former Slayer producer Rick Rubin helmed the
album, having replaced the band's longtime producer Bob Rock, while Kirk
Hammett (who was forbidden to play guitar solos on St. Anger) peppered
the record with metallic riffs and frenetic solos. Death Magnetic spent
three weeks at number one on the Billboard charts and the group
supported it with an extensive international tour that included a
festival gig with Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. Metallica closed out
their Warner contract with Death Magnetic -- outtakes from the sessions
appeared as the Beyond Magnetic EP in late 2011 -- and while they were
exploring their options, they struck up a collaboration with Lou Reed,
releasing the ambitious, arty Lulu in the fall of 2011. In 2012
Metallica launched their own label, Blackened, which would be
distributed by Universal; then, the following year, they announced the
release of their second motion picture, Through the Never, which
combined spectacular concert footage of them blasting through gems from
their back catalog with a surreal road-trip odyssey starring Dane
DeHaan. The film and its accompanying soundtrack album were released in
September 2013. Over the next few years, Metallica played the occasional
high-profile concert as they worked on a new studio album. In 2016, the
band launched a series of expanded reissues, starting with deluxe
editions of Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning. ~ Stephen Thomas
Erlewine & Greg Prato, Rovi
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Sep 24 SaturdayNew York, NY, US Central Park
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Oct 22 SaturdayMountain View, CA, US Shoreline Amphitheatre
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Oct 23 SundayMountain View, CA, US Shoreline Amphitheatre
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Oct 26 WednesdaySan Juan, Puerto Rico Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot
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Oct 29 SaturdayQuito, Ecuador Parque Bicentenario De Quito
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Nov 01 TuesdayBogota, Colombia Hipódromo de Los Andes
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Nov 03 ThursdayGuatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Cementos Progreso
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Nov 05 SaturdaySan Jose, Costa Rica Estadio Nacional
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