Many fans agree that Metallica's first four albums, released between 1983 and 1988, were their finest. So, we ranked them.

Even the album’s weakest song, "Escape", would make for a stellar track had it been released by any other band during the time period. Overall, Ride the Lightning features Metallica at their ...

At Orion in 2012, Metallica included "Escape" in the set as part of playing their Ride The Lightning album in full for the first and only time. Gearing up to play the much-maligned song ...

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Metallica could have packed it all in and walked away after the tragic bus crash that claimed the life of bassist Cliff Burton on 27 September 1986. But they didn’t. They persisted, recruiting Jason ...

Metallica frontman James Hetfield recalled trying to be too perfectionist on 'And Justice For All', which encouraged him to loosen up for the following records.

"It's like a movie unto itself. What a song!" Billy Corgan on the Metallica classic that meant everything to him as a ...

How do y’all feel about “Escape,” the sixth of eight tracks on Metallica’s legendary Ride the Lightning? Well ... they need one more for the album.’ “I was like, ‘You didn’t tell me that…’ So we had ...

Using data from setlist.fm, we've compiled a list of the most and least-played song live from every one of Metallica's studio albums. There are, of course, some songs the band has never played ...

Once the kings of thrash metal, Metallica reinvented themselves in the 1990s to become an even larger force on the hard-rock/mainstream metal scene. While the road hasn't always been easy ...

Metallica‘s members are all in their 60s ... “Kurt [also] told me that he freaking loved ‘Ride the Lightning,'” Hammett says. “There’s a riff on Bleach that reminds me of ‘Ride ...