Metallica discography
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The discography of American heavy metal band Metallica includes 11 studio albums, one covers album, eight live albums, three extended plays, 49 singles, 10 video albums, 43 music videos, one soundtrack album, one collaboration album and three box sets. They are a San Francisco-based metal band formed in 1981 by James Hetfield (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and Lars Ulrich (drums). After several bassist and lead guitarist changes (including Dave Mustaine), the band settled on Cliff Burton and Kirk Hammett, respectively. Metallica started playing locally, releasing their first widely circulated demo, No Life 'til Leather, in 1982. The demo caught the attention of Johny Zazula, who signed Metallica to Megaforce Records.[1]
Studio albums11
EPs4
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums8
The band released Kill 'Em All in 1983, and the following year they released Ride the Lightning. After Ride the Lightning was released, Metallica left Megaforce and signed to Elektra Records.[2] In March 1986, the band released its third studio album, Master of Puppets, which was Metallica's first album to be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[3] While promoting the album, Burton was killed in a bus accident;[4] Jason Newsted was hired as a replacement.[5] The band's first release to feature Newsted was The $5.98 E.P. – Garage Days Re-Revisited EP, and then followed by ...And Justice for All in August 1988, which peaked at number six on the Billboard 200.[6]
Metallica's fifth, self-titled album, often called The Black Album, was released in 1991 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.[6] The band embarked on a two-year tour in support of the album. Metallica has since been certified 2× Diamond by the RIAA.[3] Metallica followed with the release of Load and Reload in 1996 and 1997, respectively.[7] Both albums debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.[6] After the release of Garage Inc. (1998) and S&M (1999), Newsted (who would later join Voivod) left the band.[8] Metallica recorded St. Anger without an official bassist (bass parts for the album sessions were played by the band's long-time producer Bob Rock). Bassist Robert Trujillo joined Metallica in 2003.[9] In 2008, the band released their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic, which was produced by Rick Rubin and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.[10][11] In April 2009, the band's catalogue was released on the iTunes Store as The Metallica Collection.[12] A collaborative album with Lou Reed, Lulu, was released in 2011.[13]
In 2013, Metallica released the movie Metallica: Through the Never and its accompanying soundtrack. Metallica then started writing their 10th studio album, Hardwired... to Self-Destruct, which was released in 2016. It became the band's sixth album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 and topped the charts in 57 countries.[14][15] Metallica released their 11th studio album, 72 Seasons, in 2023. It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, becoming their first album since ...And Justice for All not to debut at number one.[16] Nevertheless, it was their first to debut at number one in the UK since Death Magnetic.[17] Metallica has sold more than 150 million albums worldwide,[18] with over 67 million records in the United States alone (56.3 million albums since 1991 when SoundScan started tracking actual sales figures).[19][20][21]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||||
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| US [22] |
AUS [23] |
CAN [24] |
FIN [25][26] |
GER [27] |
NOR [28] |
NZ [29] |
SWE [30] |
SWI [31] |
UK [32] | |||||
| Kill 'Em All |
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66[A] | 55 | 66[B] | 12 | 17 | — | — | 28 | 31 | 142 |
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| Ride the Lightning |
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48[D] | 38 | 50[E] | 9 | 21 | 40 | 32 | 22 | 35 | 87 | |||
| Master of Puppets |
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29 | 33 | 38[G] | 5 | 4 | 30 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 41 | |||
| ...And Justice for All |
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6 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 4 | |||
| Metallica |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Load |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Reload |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| St. Anger |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Death Magnetic |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hardwired... to Self-Destruct |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 72 Seasons |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Cover albums
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [22] |
AUS [23] |
CAN [24] |
FIN [25] |
GER [27] |
NOR [28] |
NZ [29] |
SWE [30] |
SWI [31] |
UK [32] | ||||
| Live Shit: Binge & Purge |
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26 | 18 | 40 | — | 68 | 32 | — | — | — | 54 | ||
| S&M (with San Francisco Symphony) |
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2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 33 | ||
| Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Six Feet Down Under |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (with Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax) |
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— | 71 | — | 31 | 59 | — | — | — | 63 | — | ||
| Six Feet Down Under Part II |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live at Grimey's |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, Metallica! |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Helping Hands...Live & Acoustic at the Masonic[64] |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live in Chile (1993 – 2017) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live in Argentina (1993 – 2017) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live in Brazil (1993 – 2017) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| S&M2 (with San Francisco Symphony) |
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4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
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Soundtrack albums
Collaboration albums
Tribute albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [22] |
CAN [24] |
FIN [25] |
UK | ||
| A Tribute to the Four Horsemen |
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— | — | — | — |
| The Metallica Blacklist |
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103 [69] | 44 [70] | 48 [71] |
27 [72] |
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [22] |
AUS [23] |
AUT [66] |
CAN [24] |
FIN [25] |
GER [27] |
NZ [29] |
SPA [73] |
SWI [31] |
UK [32] | |||
| The $5.98 E.P. / $9.98 CD: Garage Days Re-Revisited |
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18 | 69 | 16 | 17 | — | 10 | — | 12 [74] | 62 | 27 | |
| Some Kind of Monster[75] |
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37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Beyond Magnetic |
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29 | 19 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 25 | — | — | |
| M72 World Tour: Mexico City |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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Box sets
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [32] | |||||||||||||
| The Good, the Bad & the Live |
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56 | |||||||||||
| Limited-Edition Vinyl Box Set |
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— | |||||||||||
| The Metallica Collection |
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Singles
1980s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [76] |
US Main. Rock [77] |
AUS [23] |
GER [27] |
NLD [78] |
NOR [28] |
NZ [29] |
SWE [30] |
SWI [31] |
UK [79] | |||||
| "Whiplash"[80] | 1983 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kill 'Em All | ||
| "Jump in the Fire" | 1984 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | |||
| "Creeping Death"[81] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ride the Lightning | |||
| "Master of Puppets"[J][83] | 1986 | 35 | 18 | 19 | 100 | —[K] | — | 17 | 69 | — | 22 | Master of Puppets | ||
| "Harvester of Sorrow" | 1988 | — | — | 100 | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | 20 | ...And Justice for All | ||
| "Eye of the Beholder"[86] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "One" | 1989 | 35 | 46 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 13 | |||
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1990s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [76] |
US Main. Rock [77] |
AUS [23] |
GER [27] |
NLD [78] |
NOR [28] |
NZ [29] |
SWE [30] |
SWI [31] |
UK [79] | |||||
| "Enter Sandman" | 1991 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 5 | Metallica | ||
| "The Unforgiven" | 35 | 10 | 10 | 47 | 25 | — | 24 | 32 | — | 15 | ||||
| "Nothing Else Matters" | 1992 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 6 | |||
| "Wherever I May Roam" | 82 | 25 | 14 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 28 | — | 25 | ||||
| "Sad but True" | 98 | 15 | 48 | 42 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 31 | — | 20 | ||||
| "Until It Sleeps" | 1996 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 5 | Load | ||
| "Hero of the Day" | 60 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 25 | 8 | 21 | 10 | — | 17 | ||||
| "Mama Said" | — | — | 24 | — | 58 | 13 | — | 24 | — | 19 |
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| "King Nothing" | 1997 | 90 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "The Memory Remains" | 28 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 30 | 13 | Reload | |||
| "The Unforgiven II" | 1998 | 59 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 8 | — | 15 | |||
| "Fuel" | — | 6 | 2 | 57 | 53 | — | 35 | 49 | — | 31 | ||||
| "Turn the Page" | —[L] | 1 | 11 | 23 | 42 | 11 | 22 | 13 | — | — | Garage Inc. | |||
| "Whiskey in the Jar" | 1999 | —[M] | 4 | 14 | 23 | 47 | 4 | 41 | 15 | 55 | 29 | |||
| "Die, Die My Darling" | — | 26 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Nothing Else Matters '99" (with San Francisco Symphony) |
— | — | 28 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 4 | — | S&M | |||
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2000s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [76] |
US Main. Rock [77] |
AUS [23] |
GER [27] |
NLD [78] |
NOR [28] |
NZ [29] |
SWE [30] |
SWI [31] |
UK [79] | |||||
| "No Leaf Clover" (with San Francisco Symphony) |
2000 | 74 | 1 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 9 | — | 50 | 99 | — | S&M | ||
| "I Disappear" | 76 | 1 | — | 14 | 36 | 8 | — | 25 | 20 | 35 | Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack | |||
| "St. Anger" | 2003 | —[N] | 2 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 38 | 9 | 28 | 9 |
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St. Anger | |
| "Frantic" | — | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 57 | 16 | ||||
| "The Unnamed Feeling" | 2004 | — | 28 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 10 | — | 37 | 47 | 42 | |||
| "Some Kind of Monster" | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Day That Never Comes" | 2008 | 31 | 1 | 18 | — | 20 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 32 | 19 | Death Magnetic | ||
| "My Apocalypse" | 67 | 38 | 38 | — | 33 | 9 | — | 15 | — | 51 | ||||
| "Cyanide" | 50 | 1 | 48 | — | — | 15 | — | 14 | — | 48 | ||||
| "The Judas Kiss" | —[O] | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | 44 | — | 79 | ||||
| "All Nightmare Long" | — | 9 | 90 | 15 | 7 | — | — | 44 | — | — | ||||
| "Broken, Beat & Scarred" | 2009 | — | 15 | 75 | 35 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
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2010s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Bub. [88] |
US Main. Rock [77] |
US Hard Rock Digi. | AUS [23] |
GER [27] |
NZ [29] |
SWE [30] |
UK [79] | |||||||
| "The View" (with Lou Reed) | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lulu | ||||
| "Lords of Summer" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 141 | Hardwired... to Self-Destruct bonus track | ||||
| "Hardwired" | 2016 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 70 | — | —[P] | 72 | 186 | Hardwired... to Self-Destruct | ||||
| "Moth into Flame" | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 91 | — | ||||||
| "Atlas, Rise!" | — | 1 | 2 | — | 100 | — | 87 | — | ||||||
| "Now That We're Dead" | 2017 | — | 2 | 7 | — | — | — | 69 | — | |||||
| "Spit Out the Bone" | — | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
2020s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Bub. [88] |
US Main. Rock [77] |
US Hard Rock Digi. | US Rock [90] |
AUS Digital [91] |
GER Air. [92] |
NZ Hot [93] |
SWE [30] |
UK Rock [94] |
UK Sales [95] | |||||
| "All Within My Hands" (with San Francisco Symphony) |
2020 | — | 1 | —[Q] | —[R] | — | — | — | — | — | — | S&M2 | ||
| "Lux Æterna" | 2022 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 38 | 7 | — | 10 | 28 | 72 Seasons | ||
| "Screaming Suicide" | 2023 | — | 1 | 3 | 32 | 25 | 37 | 20 | — | 19 | 32 | |||
| "If Darkness Had a Son" | —[S] | —[T] | 2 | 34 | — | 44 | 34 | — | —[U] | 53 | ||||
| "72 Seasons" | — | 1 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 182 | — | —[V] | 11 | 51 | ||||
| "Too Far Gone?" | — | 1 | —[W] | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
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Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Main. Rock [77] |
US Rock [103] |
SWI [31] | |||||
| "Fade to Black" | 1984 | — | — | 100 | Ride the Lightning | ||
| "For Whom the Bell Tolls"[104] | — | 18 | — | ||||
| "...And Justice for All"[105] | 1988 | — | — | — |
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...And Justice for All | |
| "Stone Cold Crazy"[106] | 1990 | — | — | — | Elektra's 40th Anniversary | ||
| "Don't Tread on Me"[107] | 1991 | — | — | — |
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Metallica | |
| "Ain't My Bitch" | 1996 | 15 | — | — | Load | ||
| "Bleeding Me" | 1997 | 6 | — | — | |||
| "Better than You" | 1998 | 7 | — | — | Reload | ||
| "The Ecstasy of Gold" | 2007 | 21 | — | — | We All Love Ennio Morricone | ||
| "The End of the Line"[108] | 2009 | — | — | — | Death Magnetic | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
Other charted and certified songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Bub. [88] |
US Heri. Rock [109] |
US Main. Rock [77] |
AUS [23] |
AUT [66] |
FIN [25] |
NOR [28] |
SWE [30] |
SWI [31] |
UK [110] | ||||||
| "Seek & Destroy" | 1983 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kill 'Em All | |||
| "The Four Horsemen" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Ride the Lightning" | 1984 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
Ride the Lightning | ||
| "Battery" | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Master of Puppets | |||
| "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Blackened" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | …And Justice for All | |||
| "Remember Tomorrow" | 2008 | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden | |||
| "That Was Just Your Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | Death Magnetic | ||||
| "The Unforgiven III" | 14 | — | — | 41 | — | 16 | 8 | 34 | 12 | 120 |
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| "Hate Train" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | Beyond Magnetic | |||
| "When a Blind Man Cries" | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head | ||||
| "Halo on Fire" | 2018 | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hardwired... to Self-Destruct | |||
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Other appearances
| Song | Year | Album | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Hit the Lights" (original version, later re-recorded for Kill 'Em All) | 1982 | Metal Massacre, Vol. 1 | [111] |
| "Stone Cold Crazy" | 1990 | Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary | [112] |
| "For Whom the Bell Tolls (The Irony of It All)" (with DJ Spooky) | 1997 | Spawn: The Album | [113] |
| "I Disappear" | 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | [114] |
| "We Did It Again" (with Ja Rule) | 2002 | Swizz Beatz Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories | [115] |
| "53rd & 3rd" | 2003 | We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones | [116] |
| "The Ecstasy of Gold" | 2007 | We All Love Ennio Morricone | [117] |
| "Remember Tomorrow" | 2008 | Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden | [118] |
| "You Really Got Me" | 2010 | See My Friends | [119] |
| "When a Blind Man Cries" | 2012 | Re-Machined: A Tribute To Deep Purple's Machine Head | [120] |
| "Ronnie Rising Medley" | 2014 | Ronnie James Dio – This is Your Life | [121] |
| "Nothing Else Matters – Jungle Cruise Version" | 2021 | Jungle Cruise (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | [122] |
Videos
Video albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Video [123] |
AUS DVD [124] |
CAN Video [125] |
FIN DVD [126] |
GER [27] |
NZ DVD [127] |
UK Video [128] | |||||||
| Cliff 'Em All |
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20 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2 of One |
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31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica |
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26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Cunning Stunts |
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3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |||||
| S&M (with San Francisco Symphony) |
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12 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| The Videos 1989–2004 |
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4 | 1 | — | 4 | 34 | 1 | — | |||||
| Français Pour une Nuit |
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— | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 9 |
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| Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México |
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— | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (with Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax) |
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1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
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| Quebec Magnetic |
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3 | 3 | — | 1 | 29 | — | 9 |
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Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "One" | 1989 | Bill Pope, Michael Salomon[134] | ...And Justice for All |
| "Enter Sandman" | 1991 | Wayne Isham[135] | Metallica |
| "The Unforgiven" | Matt Mahurin[136] | ||
| "Nothing Else Matters" | 1992 | Adam Dubin[137] | |
| "Wherever I May Roam" | Wayne Isham[138] | ||
| "Sad but True" | |||
| "Fade to Black (Live)" | 1993 | Live Shit: Binge and Purge | |
| "Until It Sleeps" | 1996 | Samuel Bayer[139] | Load |
| "Hero of the Day" | Anton Corbijn | ||
| "Mama Said" | |||
| "King Nothing" | 1997 | Matt Mahurin | |
| "The Memory Remains" | Paul Andresen | Reload | |
| "The Unforgiven II" | 1998 | Matt Mahurin | |
| "Fuel" | Wayne Isham | ||
| "Turn the Page" | Jonas Åkerlund[140] | Garage, Inc. | |
| "Whiskey in the Jar" | 1999 | ||
| "Die, Die My Darling" | Joe Friday | ||
| "No Leaf Clover" | Wayne Isham | S&M | |
| "I Disappear" | 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack | |
| "St. Anger" | 2003 | The Malloys | St. Anger |
| "Frantic" | Wayne Isham | ||
| "The Unnamed Feeling" | The Malloys[141] | ||
| "Some Kind of Monster" | 2004 | Bruce Sinofsky | |
| "Iron Man" | 2006 | Joel Gallen, Tim Kettle | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| "The Day That Never Comes" | 2008 | Peter Hjors, Thomas Vinterberg[142] | Death Magnetic |
| "All Nightmare Long" | Roboshobo[143] | ||
| "Broken, Beat & Scarred" | 2009 | Wayne Isham[144] | |
| "Master of Puppets" (Live) | 2013 | Nimród Antal[145] | Metallica: Through the Never |
| "Hardwired" | 2016 | Colin Shane Hakes[146] | Hardwired... to Self Destruct |
| "Moth into Flame" | Tom Kirk[147] | ||
| "Atlas, Rise!" | Clark Eddy[148] | ||
| "Dream No More" | Tom Kirk[149] | ||
| "Confusion" | Claire Marie Vogel[150] | ||
| "ManUNkind" | Jonas Åkerlund[151] | ||
| "Now That We're Dead" | Herring & Herring | ||
| "Here Comes Revenge" | Jessica Cope | ||
| "Am I Savage?" | Herring & Herring | ||
| "Halo on Fire" | |||
| "Murder One" | Robert Valley | ||
| "Spit Out the Bone" | Phil Mucci | ||
| "Lords of Summer" | Brett Murray | ||
| "Now That We're Dead" (second music video) |
2017 | ||
| "Lux Æterna" | 2022 | Tim Saccenti | 72 Seasons |
| "Screaming Suicide" | 2023 | ||
| "If Darkness Had a Son" | |||
| "72 Seasons" | |||
| "Sleepwalk My Life Away" | |||
| "Room of Mirrors" | Tristan Zammit | ||
| "Shadows Follow" | |||
| "Too Far Gone?" | Team Rolfes | ||
| "Crown of Barbed Wire" | Corey Daigle | ||
| "Chasing Light" | Kim Asendorf, Dina Chang | ||
| "You Must Burn!" | Tim Saccenti | ||
| "Inamorata" | Jessica Cope | ||
| "Too Far Gone?" (second music video) |
Coan “Buddy” Nichols |
Demos
| Title | Recorded | Details | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiskey Audition Tape | March 1982 | These two cover songs were recorded in then-bassist Ron McGovney’s garage, during rehearsals that took place in March 1982. On the strength of this demo tape, Metallica were booked to open for NWOBHM band Saxon on March 27, 1982, at the Los Angeles club Whisky a Go Go.[citation needed] | [citation needed] |
| Ron McGovney's '82 Garage demo | Recorded in McGovney's garage during March 1982. Although the demo has never been officially released, it has been in wide circulation in various bootleg versions.[citation needed] | [citation needed] | |
| Power Metal demo | April 1982 | Although the demo has never been officially released, it was given the bootleg name "Power Metal" after the tagline McGovney had printed on Metallica's first business cards. The tape contained four original songs, including two new songs, "The Mechanix", written by Dave Mustaine, and "Motorbreath", written by James Hetfield. It was, like all previous demos, also recorded in McGovney's garage.[citation needed] | [citation needed] |
| No Life 'Til Leather | July 1982 | Metallica's most widely circulated demo tape. All of the tracks are early recordings of songs that would later appear on Kill 'Em All. The title of the demo comes from the first line of "Hit the Lights". The planned expanded release in 2016 was delayed indefinitely following objections from Mustaine over writing credits.[152] | [152] |
| Metal Up Your Ass | November 1982 | Recorded on November 29, 1982, at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. Features all nine original songs that the band wrote up to that point.[citation needed] | [citation needed] |
| Megaforce demo | [citation needed] | ||
| Ride the Lightning demo | October 1983 | Contained all original material Metallica had written that was not released on Kill 'Em All, including the last two tracks that Mustaine wrote. [citation needed] | [citation needed] |
| Metallica demo | August 1990 | Recorded by James and Lars on August 13, 1990, in Lars’ home studio, "The Dungeon". Four of the songs from this particular session were later released as B-sides on various album singles.[citation needed] | [153] |
| Demo Magnetic | November 2005 – January 2007 | Released as a bonus disc under the slogan of a different "experience" version of Death Magnetic. [citation needed] | [citation needed] |
See also
Notes
- Kill 'Em All peaked at No. 66 in 2008.
- Ride the Lightning peaked at No. 50 in 2008.
- Master of Puppets peaked at No. 38 in 2008.
- All chart positions occurred in 2022.
- "Master of Puppets" did not enter the Dutch Single Top 100, but peaked at number four on the Single Tip chart.[84]
- "Turn the Page" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[88]
- "Hardwired" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 7 on the NZ Heatseeker Singles Chart.[89]
- "72 Seasons" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[101]