While Slayer, Exodus, and others were also pioneers of thrash metal, Metallica’s first two albums created a dividing line in music history. Once Metallica had arrived, they established a new blueprint ...

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

There can be endless debates about the genre's GOAT, but without a doubt, Metallica are the most successful band to ever play ...

You don’t become the biggest band in heavy metal by having a crap back-catalogue, you know? Since forming in 1981, Metallica have built a canon with dozens of must-hear megahits, any one of which ...