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June 26, 2008

Metallica: Still Heavy After All These Years

Band returns to speed metal on new disc with Rick Rubin
June 12, 2008

Secrets of the Guitar Heroes: Kirk Hammett
April 22, 2008

Lars Ulrich: "We've Always Been Fiercely Independent and Controlling"

Metallica's outspoken drummer talks embracing the Web and metal's new-millennium surge
December 15, 2004

People of the Year 2004: James Hetfield

Metallica's frontman keeps it sane

St. Anger

Metallica released the best-selling album of their career, 1991's Black Album, in the middle of an identity crisis. That same year Nirvana released Nevermind, a disc that immediately made the previous decade's worth of metal seem kitschy and outdated. Even while outselling the albums on which...

2003 RS: 4of 5 Stars

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In the '80s — when big hair and small ideas dominated heavy metal — Metallica's dense blend of brains and brawn gave the genre a much-needed charge. By 1991, fans had responded to Metallica's message in droves, buying 6 million copies of the group's fifth full-length album, Metallica, and elevating their previous LPs to platinum. In the process, grim-faced guitarist-singer James...

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