Metallica in History

Events in Music

1983-07-25 Megaforce Records releases Metallica's debut album "Kill 'Em All"

1986-03-03 ELektra Records releases "Master of Puppets", the third studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica

1991-07-30 Heavy metal band Metallica release their single "Enter Sandman"

1991-08-12 Heavy metal band Metallica release their 5th album "Metallica"; debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 chart
1992-08-08 Metallica singer and guitarist James Hetfield suffers second and third-degree burns during a pyrotechnics explosion on stage at Olympic Stadium, Montreal
1997-11-18 Metallica release the album "ReLoad"
2000-04-14 Metallica file a lawsuit against P2P sharing phenomenon Napster. This lawsuit eventually leads the movement against file-sharing programs.
2009-04-04 24th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Jeff Beck; Little Anthony and the Imperials; Metallica; Run-D.M.C.; Bobby Womack; Wanda Jackson; Bill Black; DJ Fontana; and Spooner Oldham

2014-06-25 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Arcade Fire, and Metallica headline; other performers include The Black Keys; Lana Del Rey; Dolly Parton, Robert Plant, Bryan Ferry, and Ed Sheeran

1961-09-13 Dave Mustaine, American heavy metal guitarist and singer (Metallica, 1981-83; Megadeth), born in La Mesa, California
1962-02-10 Cliff Burton, American bass guitarist (Metallica), born in Castro Valley, California (d. 1986)

1962-11-18 American heavy-metal guitarist (Metallica - Master of Puppets; "Enter Sandman"), born in San Francisco, California

1963-03-04 American heavy-metal bassist (Metallica - "Nothing Else Matters"), born in Battle Creek, Michigan

1963-08-03 American heavy metal rocker (Metallica), born in Downey, California

1963-12-26 Danish heavy metal drummer (Metallica - ....And Justice for All), born in Gentoffe, Denmark

1964-10-23 Robert Trujillo, American musician and songwriter (Metallica), born in Santa Monica, California
1965-09-04 Greg Fidelman, American guitarist, sound engineer (Rick Rubin productions), and record producer (Metallica)

1997-08-17 Metallica lead vocalist James Hetfield (34) weds Francesca Tomasi

1986-09-27 Cliff Burton, American rock bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash at 24
2023-12-20 Torben Ulrich, Danish tennis player, musician, writer, filmmaker, and father of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, dies at 95