Metallica

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About the Album --------------- Metallica is a heavy metal band from California, USA which was formed in 1981. Their Metallica album or The Black Album consists of twelve songs in two discs. The songs are Holier Than Thou, Sad But True, Don’t Tread On Me, Of Wolf And Man and more. Bob Rock has produced their album. They believed in jointly composing and a song. The collaborations brought more life and meaning to the songs. This album has more slow-paced music than their previous hard rock metal. They used unconventional instruments like cellos and even used an orchestra on this album. The songs in Metallica relate to the musicians private life. Nothing Else Matters talked about Hetfield’s girlfriend whom he was missing. The God That Failed was about the lack of cancer for Hetfield’s mother. The Struggle Within showcases Lars’ exceptional drum play. Enter Sandman consists of ghostly guitar sounds in a rhythmic blend. The Unforgiven is the first time an orchestra was used in a heavy metal song. This album was released in 2010 by Universal Music as a vinyl, which contains two discs. Key Features ------------ * This album has been remade three times at a cost of a whopping one million US dollars. * Six hundred and fifty thousand albums had been sold in its first week of release in USA.It was number one on the charts in more than ten countries. * In Rolling Stones’ list of top 500 hits of all time, it is number 255.It won a Grammy award for Best Metal Performance in 1992. * Thirty million copies of the album have been sold worldwide and it is ranked 52 in the top best albums of the ‘90s. About The Artist ---------------- Metallica is a band that consists of four musicians from USA called Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo. Ulrich has acted in HBO’s Hemingway & Gellhorn and Get Him to the Greek. Hammett was number 11 on Rolling Stones list of Top 100 Guitarists of all Time. Trujillo played in several bands in his backyard when he was a kid. Hetfield has written songs and been the lead vocalist for this band. Guitar’s World Poll has ranked him 19th, while Rolling Stones has ranked him as 87th in the world of guitarists.