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Metallica discography
Metallica live in London, 2003.
Studio albums8
EPs1
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums2
Tribute albums1
Singles38
Video albums8
Music videos21
Films1

This is a comprehensive discography of Metallica, a Los Angeles-based thrash metal band. Metallica has released eight studio albums, one extended play, one live album, one soundtrack, one cover album, nine DVDs, thirty-nine singles, twenty-one music videos, and one film. This list does not include material performed by members or former members of Metallica that was recorded with Spastik Children, Megadeth, Echobrain, Exodus, Flotsam and Jetsam, Voivod, Leather Charm.

Metallica was formed in 1981 by vocalist and rhythm guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich.[1] The position for lead guitar was originally held by Lloyd Grant, but he was replaced by Dave Mustaine,[2] with the position for bass guitar was passed on to Ron McGovney.[3] McGovney left and was replaced by Cliff Burton,[4] while Mustaine was fired for substance abuse and was replaced by Exodus founder and guitarist Kirk Hammet. Metallica was signed on to Megaforce Records, who released the band's first studio album, Kill 'Em All, in 1983.[5] After the band’s second album, Ride the Lightning, Metallica left Megaforce and signed to Elektra Records.[6] The band recorded Master of Puppets, which became Metallica's first gold album,[7] before Burton was killed in a bus accident on tour.

Ex-Flotsam and Jetsam bassist Jason Newsted replaced Burton and recorded four studio albums, two live albums, one cover album, and one EP with the band before leaving tension with other band members saw him leave. He was Metallica's longest standing bassist.[8] Metallica recorded St. Anger without an official bassist, with the duties filled in by Hetfield and producer Bob Rock. Robert Trujillo (ex-Ozzy Osbourne, Suicidal Tendancies) was offered one million dollars to join Metallica on bass guitar, and accepted.[9] The band is currently recording their first album in five years with Trujillo as the full time bassist, on Warner Bros. Records. Rick Rubin is producing the album; he is the first new producer for Metallica since 1990's Metallica, which was produced by Rock.[10] Metallica has sold over 100 million records worldwide,[11] with over 57 million records in the United States alone.[12][13] This makes the band the most successful thrash metal band of all time.[12]

Studio albums

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Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[14]
UK
[15]
AUS
[16]
SWI
[17]
AUT
[18]
FRA
[19]
NLD
[20]
BEL
[21]
SWE
[22]
FIN
[23]
NOR
[24]
NZ
[25]
RIAA
[7]
CRIA
[26]
BPI
[27]
1983 Kill 'Em All 120 129 28 12 3× platinum Platinum Gold
1984 Ride the Lightning
  • Released: July 30, 1984
  • Label: Megaforce (MEG #60396-4)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
100 126 22 9 40 5× platinum Platinum Gold
1986 Master of Puppets 29 18 111 14 7 34 6× platinum 2× platinum Gold
1988 ...And Justice for All
  • Released: August 25, 1988
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #60812-4)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
6 4 7 12 130 39 5 8 8 8× platinum 3× platinum Silver
1990 Metallica
  • Released: August 12, 1990
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #61113-1)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
1 1 1 5 93 1 1 4 1 9 14× platinum 10× platinum Platinum
1996 Load
  • Released: June 4, 1996
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #61923)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
1 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 5× platinum 4× platinum Gold
1997 ReLoad
  • Released: November 18, 1997
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #62126)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
1 4 1 1 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 3× platinum 2× platinum Gold
2003 St. Anger
  • Released: June 5, 2003
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #62853)
  • Formats: CD, LP
1 3 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2× platinum 2× platinum Gold
TBA Upcoming ninth studio album
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart.

EPs

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Year Album details Certifications
[7][26]
1987 The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited[III]
  • Released: August 21, 1987
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #60757-1)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
  • Billboard peak: 27[14]
RIAA:Platinum
CRIA:Gold

^ III The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited was later re-released as an amended version, titled The $10.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited.

Tributes

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Year Album details Peak chart positions RIAA certification[7]
US
[14]
UK
[15]
SWI
[17]
AUT
[18]
FRA
[19]
NLD
[20]
BEL
[21]
SWE
[22]
FIN
[23]
NOR
[24]
NZ
[25]
1998 Garage Inc. 2 29 10 3 9 8 9 1 1 1 3 5× platinum

Live albums

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Year Album details Peak chart positions RIAA certification[7]
UK
[15]
AUS
[16]
SWI
[17]
AUT
[18]
FRA
[19]
NLD
[20]
BEL
[21]
SWE
[22]
FIN
[23]
NOR
[24]
NZ
[25]
1993 Live Shit: Binge & Purge[I]
  • Released: November 23, 1993
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #61594)
  • Formats: VHS, DVD, CD
149 81 32 15× platinum
1999 S&M[II] 33 4 3 7 2 4 1 1 2 1 11 5× platinum
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart.

^ I Live Shit: Binge & Purge is a boxed set which includes three CDs and two VHS/DVDs.

^ II S&M was also released as a DVD.

Soundtracks

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Year Album details Peak chart positions
US
[14]
SWI
[17]
AUT
[18]
2004 Some Kind of Monster
  • Released: July 13, 2004
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #48838)
  • Format: CD
37 71 40

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions RIAA
cert.[7]
Album
US[28] US Main[28] US Mod[28] UK
[15]
AUS
[29]
SWI
[30]
FRA
[31]
NLD
[32]
1983 "Whiplash" Kill 'Em All
"Jump in the Fire"
1984 "Fade to Black" Ride the Lightning
"Creeping Death"
1985 "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
1986 "Master of Puppets" Master of Puppets
"Battery"
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
1988 "Eye of the Beholder" ...And Justice for All
"...And Justice for All"
"Harvester of Sorrow" 20
1989 "One" 35 13 38 22 Gold
1991 "Enter Sandman" 16 10 5 10 11 Gold Metallica
"Don't Tread on Me" 21
"The Unforgiven" 35 10 15 10 28
1992 "Nothing Else Matters" 34 11 6 8 5
"Wherever I May Roam" 82 25 25 14 10
"Sad But True" 98 15 20 48 21
1996 "Until It Sleeps" 10 1 27 5 1 22 5 Gold Load
"Ain't My Bitch" 15
"Hero of the Day" 60 1 17 2 25
"Mama Said" 19 24 58
1997 "King Nothing" 90 6
"Bleeding Me" 6
"The Memory Remains" 28 3 13 6 30 15 ReLoad
1998 "The Unforgiven II" 59 2 15 9 89 16
"Fuel" 6 31 2 53
"Better Than You" 7
"Turn the Page" 1 39 11 42 Garage Inc.
1999 "Whiskey in the Jar" 4 29 14 47
"Die, Die My Darling" 26
"No Leaf Clover" 74 1 18 41 99 41 S&M
2000 "I Disappear" 76 1 11 35 20 45 36 Mission: Impossible II
Soundtrack
2003 "St. Anger" 2 17 9 15 28 12 St. Anger
"Frantic" 21 16 22 57 59 22
2004 "The Unnamed Feeling" 28 23 47 60 20
"Some Kind of Monster" 19
2007 "The Ecstasy of Gold" 21 We All Love Ennio Morricone
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart.

B-sides

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Year B-side A-side Version
1983 "Whiplash" (remix) "Whiplash" 12"
"Seek and Destroy" (live)
"Phantom Lord" (live)
"Seek and Destroy" (live) "Jump in the Fire"
"Phantom Lord" (live)
"Phantom Lord" (live) 7" pic
1984 "Am I Evil?"[33] "Creeping Death" 12" pic
"Blitzkrieg"[34]
1986 "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" "Master of Puppets" 7"
1988 "Breadfan"[35] "Eye of the Beholder" Cass
"Breadfan"[35] "Harvester of Sorrow" 12"
"The Prince"[33]
1989 "The Prince"[33] "One" 7"
"Breadfan"[35] CD
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (live)
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
"One" (demo)
"One" (demo) 12" maxi
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (live)
"Creeping Death" (live)
1991 "Stone Cold Crazy"[36] "Enter Sandman" 7"
"Stone Cold Crazy"[36] 12"
"Holier Than Thou" (demo)
"Enter Sandman" (demo)
"Killing Time"[37] "The Unforgiven" 12"
"So What!"[38]
"The Unforgiven" (demo)
1992 "Enter Sandman" (live) "Nothing Else Matters" 12"
"Harvester of Sorrow" (live)
"Nothing Else Matters" (demo)
"Fade to Black" (live) "Wherever I My Roam" CD
"Wherever I My Roam" (demo)
"Last Caress"/
"Am I Evil?"/"Battery" (live)
12"
"Wherever I My Roam" (demo)
"Fade to Black" (live) 7"
"So What!"[38] "Sad But True" 7"
"So What!"[38] CD maxi I
"Harvester of Sorrow" (live)
"Nothing Else Matters" (Elevator mix) CD maxi II
"Creeping Death" (live)
"Sad But True" (demo)
1996 "2×4" (live) "Until it Sleeps" CD I
"F.O.B.D." (demo)
"2×4" (live) 10"
"Until it Sleeps" (remix)
"Until it Sleeps" (remix) CD II
Kill/Ride medley (live)
"2×4" (live)
"Overkill" (live)[39]
"F.O.B.D." (demo)
"Kill/Ride medley" (live) "Hero of the Day" CD I
"Overkill" live[39] CD II
"Damage Case" (live)[39]
"Mouldy" (demo)
"Hero of the Day" (remix)
"Overkill" (live)[39] CD III
"Damage Case" (live)[39]
"Stone Dead Forever" (live)[39]
"Too Late Too Late" (live)[39]
"King Nothing" (live) "Mama Said" CD maxi
"Whiplash" (live)
"Mama Said" (edit)
1997 "Ain't My Bitch" (live) "King Nothing" CD
"The Outlaw Torn" (long) "The Memory Remains" CD I
"King Nothing" (remix)
"Fuel For Fire" (demo) CD II
"Memory" (demo)
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (live) CD III
1998 "Helpless" (live)[33] "The Unforgiven II" CD I
"The Four Horsemen" (live)
"Of Wolf and Man" (live)
"The Thing That Should Not Be" (live) CD II
"The Memory Remains" (live)
"King Nothing" (live)
"Until it Sleeps" (live) "Fuel" CD I
"Fuel" (live)
"Fuel" (demo)
"Sad But True" (live) CD II
"Nothing Else Matters"
"Bleeding Me" (live) "Turn the Page" CD I
"Stone Cold Crazy" (live)[36]
"The Wait" (live)[40]
"Damage Inc." (live) CD II
1999 "Last Caress/Green Hell" (live)[41] "Whiskey in the Jar" CD I
"Whiskey in the Jar" (live)
"The Small Hours" (live)[42] CD II
"The Wait" (live)[40]
"Blitzkrieg" (live)[34] CD III
"The Prince" (live)[33]
"Sabbra Cadabra" (live)[43] "Die, Die My Darling" CD
"Mercyful Fate" (live)[44]
"One" (live) "No Leaf Clover" CD
"Enter Sandman" (live)
2000 "I Disappear" (instumental) "I Disappear" CD
2003 "We're a Happy Family"[45] "St. Anger" CD I
"Commando"[45] CD II
"Today Your Love, Tommorrow the World"[45]
"Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue"[45]
"Frantic" (remix) "Frantic" 12"
"Blackened" (live) CD I
"Harvester of Sorrow" (live)
"No Remorse" (live) CD II
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" (live)
2004 "Lepper Messiah" (live) "The Unamed Feeling" 12"
"The Four Horseman" (live) CD I
"Damage Inc." (live)
"Dirty Window" (live) CD II
"Master of Puppets" (live)
"Battery" (live)

Miscellaneous

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Year Song Soundtrack
1990 "Stone Cold Crazy" Rubaiyat –
Elektra's 40th Anniversary
1996 "The Call of Ktulu" Paradise Lost:
The Child Murders
at Robin Hood Hills
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
"Orion"
1997 "Enter Sandman" ECW Barely Legal
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" Spawn
1999 "53rd & 3rd" We're a Happy Family -
A Tribute to Ramones
"Hell Isn't Good" South Park:
Bigger, Longer & Uncut
"Seek and Destroy" (live) WCW Mayhem: The Music
2000 "I Disappear" Mission: Impossible II
2001 "Poor Twisted Me" The Pledge
2003 "We Did It Again" Biker Boyz
"Master of Puppets" Old School
"The Wait" The School of Rock
2004 "Whiplash" Tony Hawk's Underground 2
2005 "Master of Puppets" Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
2006 "Hero of the Day" Annapolis
"No Leaf Clover" The Darwin Awards
2007 "The Ecstacy of Gold" We All Love Ennio Morricone
"Frantic" Shoot 'Em Up
"One" Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
"...And Justice for All" Rock Band
"Enter Sandman"
"Ride the Lightning"
"Blackened"

Music videos

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Year Title Director
1989 "One" Michael Salomon
Bill Pope
1991 "Enter Sandman" Wayne Isham
"The Unforgiven" Matt Mahurin
1992 "Nothing Else Matters" Adam Dubin
"Wherever I May Roam" Wayne Isham
"Sad But True"
1996 "Until it Sleeps" Samuel Bayer
"Hero of the Day" Anton Corbijn
"Mama Said"
1997 "King Nothing" Matt Mahurin
"The Memory Remains" Paul Andresen
1998 "The Unforgiven II" Matt Mahurin
"Fuel" Wayne Isham
"Turn the Page" Jonas Åkerlund
1999 "Whiskey in a Jar"
"No Leaf Clover" Wayne Isham
2000 "I Disappear"
2003 "St. Anger" The Malloys
"Frantic" Wayne Isham
2004 "The Unamed Feeling" The Malloys
"Some Kind of Monster" Bruce Sinofsky

Videos

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Year Video details Top Music Video
peak
Certifications
[7][26]
1987 Cliff 'em All 20[46] RIAA: 4× platinum
1989 2 of One
  • Released: June 20, 1989
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #60812)
  • Format: VHS
31[47] RIAA: Platinum
1992 A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica 26[48] RIAA: 3× platinum
1993 Live Shit: Binge & Purge[IV]
  • Released: November 23, 1993
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #61594)
  • Formats: VHS, DVD, CD
27[49] RIAA: 15× platinum
1998 Cunning Stunts
  • Released: December 8, 1998
  • Label: Elektra (ELK #40202)
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
3[50] RIAA: 3× platinum
1999 S&M[V] 14[51] RIAA: 6× platinum
2001 Classic Albums: Metallica - The Black Album RIAA: RIAA:Platinum
CRIA:Gold
2006 The Videos 1989-2004
  • Released: December 5, 2006
  • Label: Warner Bros. (WB #38696)
  • Format: DVD
3[52]
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart.

^ IV Live Shit: Binge & Purge is a boxed set which includes three CDs and two VHS/DVDs.

^ V S&M was also released as a CD.

Films

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Year Title Director Studio
2004 Some Kind of Monster Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky Paramount

References

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  • Christe, Ian (2003), Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-380-81127-8

Notes

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  1. ^ "Metallica.com - History Part 1". Metallica.com. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
  2. ^ "Metallica timeline Early 1981 - Early 1982". MTV. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  3. ^ "Metallica timeline March 14, 1982 - July 6, 1982". MTV. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  4. ^ "Metallica timeline Fall 1982 - April 16, 1983". MTV. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  5. ^ Christe 2003, p. 86
  6. ^ "Metallica timeline Fall, 1984 – March 27, 1986". MTV. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "RIAA Searchable database – Gold and Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  8. ^ Basham, David (2001-01-17). "Bassist Jason Newsted Leaves Metallica". MTV. Retrieved 2008-04-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ Some Kind of Monster feature film, Metallica, January 2004, Paramount Pictures
  10. ^ "Metallica Studio Update". Metallica. 2006-02-16. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
  11. ^ "Metallica.com "Metallica, Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park committed to the Sanitarium"". Metallica.com. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
  12. ^ a b "RIAA Total Sales". RIAA. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
  13. ^ ""So What! The Good, The Mad, and The Ugly" - Review". Popmatters.com. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
  14. ^ a b c d "Metallica – Artist chart history". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  15. ^ a b c d "UK Top 40 Hit Database". Every hit. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  16. ^ a b "Australian charts portal". Australian charts. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  17. ^ a b c d "Discography Metallica" (in German). Hit parade. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  18. ^ a b c d "Discography Metallica" (in German). Austrian charts. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  19. ^ a b c "Discography Metallica" (in French). Les charts. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  20. ^ a b c "Discography Metallica" (in Dutch). Dutch charts. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  21. ^ a b c "Discography Metallica" (in Dutch). Ultra top. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  22. ^ a b c "Discography Metallica" (in Swedish). Swedish charts. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  23. ^ a b c "Discography Metallica" (in Finnish). Finnish charts. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  24. ^ a b c "Discography Metallica" (in Norwegian). Norwegian charts. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  25. ^ a b c "Discography Metallica". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  26. ^ a b c "CRIA Searchable Database". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  27. ^ "British Phonographic Industry statistics". BPI. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  28. ^ a b c "Artist Chart History – singles". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  29. ^ "Australian charts portal". Australian charts. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  30. ^ "Metallica singles" (in German). Hit parade. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  31. ^ "Metallica singles" (in French). Les charts. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  32. ^ "Metallica singles" (in Dutch). Dutch charts. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  33. ^ a b c d e This track is a Diamond Head cover.
  34. ^ a b This track is a Blitzkrieg cover.
  35. ^ a b c This track is a Budgie cover.
  36. ^ a b c This track is a Queen cover.
  37. ^ This track is a Sweet Savage cover.
  38. ^ a b c This track is a Anti-Nowhere League cover.
  39. ^ a b c d e f g This track is a Motörhead cover.
  40. ^ a b This song is a Killing Joke cover
  41. ^ This track is a The Misfits cover.
  42. ^ This track is a Holocaust cover.
  43. ^ This track is a Black Sabbath cover.
  44. ^ This track is a Mercyful Fate cover.
  45. ^ a b c d This track is a Ramones cover.
  46. ^ "Top Music Videos – Cliff 'em All". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  47. ^ "Top Music Videos – 2 of One". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  48. ^ "Top Music Videos – A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  49. ^ "Top Music Videos – Live Shit: Binge & Purge". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  50. ^ "Top Music Videos – Cunning Stunts". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  51. ^ "Top Music Videos – S&M". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  52. ^ "Top Music Videos – The Videos 1989-2004". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
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