Metallica

is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The currentline-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett (who joined the band in 1983) and bassist Robert Trujillo (a member since 2003) alongside Hetfield and Ulrich. Previous members of the band arelead guitarist Dave Mustaine (who went on to found the band Megadeth), and bassists Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted. The band also had a long collaboration with producer Bob Rock, whoproduced all of its albums from 1990 to 2003 and served as a temporary bassist between the departure of Newsted and the hiring of Trujillo.
-------------------------------------------------Metallica's early releases included fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship that placed the band as one of the founding "big four" of thrash metal alongside Slayer, Megadeth,and Anthrax.[1] The band earned a growing fan-base in the underground musiccommunity and critical acclaim, with its third album Master of Puppets (1986) described as one of the most influential and "heavy" thrash metalalbums. Metallica achieved substantial commercial success with their eponymous fifth album (also known as The Black Album), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. With this release theband expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.

 banda de Los Angeles, California. Formado en 1981, cuandoJames Hetfield respondió a un anunciode que el baterista Lars Ulrich había publicado en un periódico local. La formación actual cuenta con mucho tiempo el guitarrista Kirk Hammett (quien se unió a la banda en 1983) y el bajista RobertTrujillo (miembro desde 2003) junto con Hetfield y Ulrich. Los miembros anteriores de la banda son el guitarrista Dave Mustaine (que fundó la banda Megadeth ), y los bajistas Ron McGovney , Cliff...