Metallica discography
The discography of Metallica includes ten studio albums, eight live albums, three extended plays, 43 singles, ten video albums, 42 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] 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. Jason Newsted was hired as a replacement. The band's first release to feature the new member was The $5.98 E.P. – Garage Days Re-Revisited, and then followed by ...And Justice for All in August 1988, which peaked at number six on the Billboard 200.[4]
Metallica discography | |
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Metallica in 2008 | |
Studio albums | 10 |
Live albums | 8 |
Video albums | 10 |
Music videos | 42 |
EPs | 3 |
Singles | 43 |
Soundtrack albums | 1 |
Collaboration albums | 1 |
Box sets | 3 |
Metallica's fifth, self-titled album, often called The Black Album, was released in 1991 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.[4] The band embarked on a two-year tour in support of the album. Metallica has since been certified 16 times platinum by the RIAA.[3] Metallica followed with the release of Load and Reload, respectively.[5] After the release of Garage Inc. and S&M, Newsted (who would later join Voivod) departed from the band. Metallica recorded St. Anger without an official bassist (bass parts for the writing & recording during the album sessions were played by the band's long-time producer Bob Rock). Bassist Robert Trujillo joined Metallica in 2003. In 2008, the band released its ninth studio album, Death Magnetic, which was produced by Rick Rubin and distributed through Warner Bros. Records. In April 2009, the band's catalogue was released on the iTunes Store as the Metallica Collection.[6]
In 2013, Metallica released the movie Metallica: Through the Never, together with its soundtrack. Metallica then started writing their tenth studio album, Hardwired... to Self-Destruct, which was released on November 18, 2016. Metallica has sold more than 125 million albums worldwide,[7] with over 65 million records in the United States alone (54,365,000 albums since 1991 when SoundScan started tracking actual sales figure).[8]
Albums
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||||
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US [9] |
AUS [10] |
CAN [11] |
FIN [12] |
GER [13] |
NOR [14] |
NZ [15] |
SWE [16] |
SWI [17] |
UK [18] | |||||
Kill 'Em All |
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66[upper-alpha 1] | 55 | — | 12 | 58 | — | — | 28 | 65 | 142 | |||
Ride the Lightning |
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48[upper-alpha 2] | 38 | — | 9 | 47 | 40 | 32 | 22 | 78 | 87 |
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Master of Puppets |
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29 | 33 | 52 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 33 | 14 | 18 | 41 |
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...And Justice for All |
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6 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
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Metallica |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 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 | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Live albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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US [9] |
AUS [10] |
CAN [11] |
FIN [12] |
GER [13] |
NOR [14] |
NZ [15] |
SWE [16] |
SWI [17] |
UK [18] | ||||
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 |
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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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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Helping Hands...Live & Acoustic at the Masonic[50] |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Live in Chile (1993 – 2017) (Available Only in Chile) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Live in Argentina (1993 – 2017) (Available Only in Argentina) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
S&M2 (with San Francisco Symphony) |
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4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 [52] | 7 | 7 [53] | 2 | 2 | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Cover albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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US [9] |
AUS [10] |
CAN [11] |
FIN [12] |
GER [13] |
NOR [14] |
NZ [15] |
SWE [16] |
SWI [17] |
UK [18] | ||||
Garage Inc. |
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2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 29 |
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Collaboration albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||||||
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US [9] |
AUS [10] |
AUT [56] |
CAN [11] |
FIN [12] |
GER [13] |
NZ [15] |
SWE [16] |
SWI [17] |
UK [18] | |||
Lulu (with Lou Reed) |
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36 | 33 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 36 |
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Extended plays
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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US [9] |
AUS [10] |
AUT [56] |
CAN [11] |
FIN [12] |
GER [13] |
NZ [15] |
SPA [58] |
SWI [17] |
UK [18] | |||
The $5.98 E.P. / $9.98 CD: Garage Days Re-Revisited |
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18 | 69 | 16 | 17 | — | 10 | — | 12 [59] | 62 | 27 | |
Some Kind of Monster[60] |
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37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Beyond Magnetic |
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29 | 19 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 25 | — | — | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Box sets
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
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UK [18] | |||||||||||||
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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— | |||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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US [61] |
US Main. Rock [62] |
AUS [10] |
GER [63] |
NLD [64] |
NOR [14] |
NZ [15] |
SWE [16] |
SWI [17] |
UK [65] | |||||
"Whiplash"[66] | 1983 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kill 'Em All | ||
"Jump in the Fire" | 1984 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | |||
"Creeping Death"[67] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ride the Lightning | |||
"Master of Puppets"[68] | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Master of Puppets | ||
"Harvester of Sorrow" | 1988 | — | — | 100 | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | 20 | ...And Justice for All | ||
"Eye of the Beholder"[69] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"One" | 1989 | 35 | 46 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 13 | |||
"Enter Sandman" | 1991 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 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" | 1993 | 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 |
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"Mama Said" | — | — | 24 | — | 58 | 13 | — | 24 | — | 19 | ||||
"King Nothing" | 1997 | 90 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"The Memory Remains" | 28 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 30 | 13 |
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Reload | ||
"The Unforgiven II" | 1998 | 59 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 8 | — | 15 |
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"Fuel" | — | 6 | 2 | 57 | 53 | — | 35 | 49 | — | 31 |
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"Turn the Page" | 102 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 42 | 11 | 22 | 13 | — | — | Garage Inc. | |||
"Whiskey in the Jar" | 1999 | 124 | 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 | |||
"No Leaf Clover" (with San Francisco Symphony) |
74 | 1 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 9 | — | 50 | 99 | — | ||||
"I Disappear" | 2000 | 76 | 1 | — | 14 | 36 | 8 | — | 25 | 20 | 35 | Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack | ||
"St. Anger" | 2003 | 107 | 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 | — | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"The Day That Never Comes" | 2008 | 31 | 1 | 18 | — | 20 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 32 | 19 |
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Death Magnetic | |
"My Apocalypse" | 67 | 38 | 38 | — | 33 | 9 | — | 15 | — | 51 | ||||
"Cyanide" | 50 | 1 | 48 | — | — | 15 | — | 14 | — | 48 | ||||
"The Judas Kiss" | 112 | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | 44 | — | 79 | ||||
"All Nightmare Long" | — | 9 | 90 | 15 | 7 | — | — | 44 | — | — | ||||
"Broken, Beat & Scarred" | 2009 | — | 15 | 75 | 35 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"The View" (with Lou Reed) | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lulu | ||
"Lords of Summer" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 141 | Non-album single | ||
"Hardwired" | 2016 | 119 | 1 | 70 | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 6] | 72 | — | 186 | Hardwired... to Self-Destruct | ||
"Moth into Flame" | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | — | — | ||||
"Atlas, Rise!" | — | 1 | — | 100 | — | — | — | 87 | — | — | ||||
"Now That We're Dead" | 2017 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | |||
"Spit Out the Bone" | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"All Within My Hands" (with San Francisco Symphony) |
2020 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S&M 2 | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Promotional singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
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US Main. Rock [62] |
US Rock [75] |
SWI [17] | ||||
"Fade to Black" | 1984 | — | — | 100 |
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Ride the Lightning |
"For Whom the Bell Tolls"[76] | — | — | — |
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"...And Justice for All"[77] | 1989 | — | — | — | ...And Justice for All | |
"Stone Cold Crazy"[78] | 1990 | — | — | — | Elektra's 40th Anniversary | |
"Don't Tread on Me"[79] | 1991 | — | — | — | 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"[80] | 2009 | — | — | — | Death Magnetic | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Other charted songs
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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US | US Heri. Rock [81] |
US Main. Rock [62] |
AUS [10] |
AUT [56] |
FIN [12] |
NOR [14] |
SWE [16] |
SWI [17] |
UK [82] | |||||
"Remember Tomorrow" | 2008 | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden | ||
"That Was Just Your Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | Death Magnetic | |||
"The Unforgiven III" | —[upper-alpha 7] | — | — | 41 | — | 16 | 8 | 34 | 12 | 120 | ||||
"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 | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Other appearances
Year | Song | Album |
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1982 | "Hit the Lights" (original version, later re-recorded for Kill 'Em All) | Metal Massacre, Vol. 1[84] |
1990 | "Stone Cold Crazy" | Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary[85] |
2000 | "I Disappear" | Mission: Impossible 2[86] |
2002 | "We Did It Again" (with Ja Rule) | Swizz Beatz Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories[87] |
2003 | "53rd & 3rd" | We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones[88] |
2007 | "The Ecstasy of Gold" | We All Love Ennio Morricone |
2008 | "Remember Tomorrow" | Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden |
2012 | "When a Blind Man Cries" | Re-Machined: A Tribute To Deep Purple's Machine Head |
2014 | "Ronnie Rising Medley" | Ronnie James Dio – This is Your Life |
Guest appearances
Year | Song | Album |
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2010 | "You Really Got Me" | See My Friends |
Videos
Video albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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US Video [89] |
AUS DVD [90] |
CAN Video [91] |
FIN DVD [92] |
GER [13] |
NZ DVD [93] |
UK Video [94] | |||||||
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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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Music videos
Title | Year | Director(s) | Album |
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"One" | 1989 | Bill Pope, Michael Salomon[102] | ...And Justice For All |
"Enter Sandman" | 1991 | Wayne Isham[103] | Metallica |
"The Unforgiven" | Matt Mahurin[104] | ||
"Nothing Else Matters" | 1992 | Adam Dubin[105] | |
"Wherever I May Roam" | Wayne Isham[106] | ||
"Sad but True" | |||
"Fade to Black" | 1993 | Live Shit: Binge and Purge | |
"Until It Sleeps" | 1996 | Samuel Bayer[107] | 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[108] | Garage, Inc. | |
"Whiskey in the Jar" | 1999 | ||
"Die, Die My Darling" | Joe Friday | ||
"No Leaf Clover" | Wayne Isham | S&M | |
"I Disappear" | 2000 | non-album single | |
"St. Anger" | 2003 | The Malloys | St. Anger |
"Frantic" | Wayne Isham | ||
"The Unnamed Feeling" | 2004 | The Malloys[109] | |
"Some Kind of Monster" | 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[110] | Death Magnetic |
"All Nightmare Long" | Roboshobo[111] | ||
"Broken, Beat & Scarred" | 2009 | Wayne Isham[112] | |
"Master of Puppets" (Live) | 2013 | Nimród Antal[113] | Metallica: Through The Never |
"Hardwired" | 2016 | Colin Shane Hakes[114] | Hardwired... To Self Destruct |
"Moth Into Flame" | Tom Kirk[115] | ||
"Atlas, Rise!" | Clark Eddy[116] | ||
"Dream No More"[117] | Tom Kirk[118] | ||
"Confusion"[119] | Claire Marie Vogel[120] | ||
"ManUNkind"[121] | Jonas Åkerlund[122] | ||
"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 | ||
Notes
- Kill 'Em All entered the Billboard 200 chart in 1986 and peaked at No. 155. The Elektra Records re-issue peaked at No. 120 in 1988. The 2016 re-mastered release peaked at No. 66.[19]
- Ride the Lightning peaked at No. 100 in 1985. The 2016 re-mastered release peaked at No. 48.[19]
- United States sales figures for Ride the Lightning as of December, 2009. This does not include copies sold before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data on May 25, 1991.[24]
- United States sales figures for Master of Puppets as of December, 2009. This does not include copies sold before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data on May 25, 1991.[24]
- United States sales figures for ... And Justice for All as of December, 2009. This does not include copies sold before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data on May 25, 1991.[24]
- "Hardwired" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 7 on the NZ Heatseeker Singles Chart.[74]
- "The Unforgiven III" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[83]
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- Peak chart positions for video albums in Australia:
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- Peak chart positions for video albums in Finland:
- All except The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria: "Suomen virallinen lista – Artistit: Metallica" (select individual albums for chart information) (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
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- Peak chart positions for video albums on the Music DVDs chart in New Zealand:
- The Videos 1989–2004: "Top 10 Music DVDs Chart: Chart #1546 (Monday 8 January 2007)". Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
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- Peak chart positions for video albums on the Music Video chart in the United Kingdom:
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- The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria: "2010-11-13 Top 40 Music Video Archive". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on May 21, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
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- MetallicaTV (31 October 2016). "Metallica: Atlas, Rise! (Official Music Video)" – via YouTube.
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- "Metallica Reveal Traumatic 'Confusion' Video".
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- "Video Premiere: METALLICA's 'ManUNkind'". 16 November 2016.
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External links
- Official website
- Metallica at AllMusic
- Metallica discography at Discogs