2. Background of the band Metallica is an American heavy metal band formed in 1981 in San Francisco, California. The band consists of four members who are Kirk Hammet, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo. Their past members are Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted.

3. Genre of Metallica Metallica is known for their heavy and fast metal beats. They are very well known metal band. Just about anyone that listens to music regularly will know or at least have heard one of their songs.

4. Studio Albums Kill 'Em All (1983) Ride the Lightning (1984) Master of Puppets (1986)...And Justice for All (1988) Metallica (1991) Load (1996) Reload (1997) St. Anger (2003) Death Magnetic (2008) Live Albums Live Shit: Binge & Purge · S&M · Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México Others Metal up your ass Jump in the Fire The Best of Metallica Creeping Death Damaged Justice The Unnamed Feeling

5. Singles "Whiplash" · "Jump in the Fire“ "Seek & Destroy" · "Fade to Black" · "Creeping Death" · "For Whom the Bell Tolls“ · "Master of Puppets" · "Battery" · "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)“ · "Eye of the Beholder“ · "Harvester of Sorrow" · "...And Justice for All“ · "One" · "Enter Sandman“ · "Don't Tread on Me“ · "The Unforgiven" · "Nothing Else Matters“ · "Wherever I May Roam“ · "Sad but True" · "Until It Sleeps" · "Ain't My Bitch" · "Hero of the Day" · "Mama Said" · "King Nothing" · "Bleeding Me" · "The Memory Remains" · "The Unforgiven II" · "Fuel" · "Better than You" · "Turn the Page" · "Whiskey in the Jar“ · "Die, Die My Darling" · "No Leaf Clover" · "I Disappear" "St. Anger" · "Frantic" · "The Unnamed Feeling" · "Some Kind of Monster" · "The Ecstasy of Gold" · "The Day That Never Comes" · "My Apocalypse" · "Cyanide“ · "The Judas Kiss" · "All Nightmare Long“ · "Broken, Beat & Scarred

6. Awards Grammy Awards: 1990: Best Metal Performance – "One" 1991: Best Metal Performance – "Stone Cold Crazy" 1992: Best Metal Performance – Metallica 1999: Best Metal Performance – "Better than You" 2000: Best Hard Rock Performance – "Whiskey in the Jar" 2001: Best Rock Instrumental Performance – "The Call of Ktulu" with Michael Kamen and the San Francisco Symphony 2004: Best Metal Performance – "St. Anger" 2009: Best Metal Performance – "My Apocalypse" 2009: Best Recording Package - Death Magnetic MTV Awards: 1992: Best Metal Video – "Enter Sandman" 1996: Best Metal Video – "Until It Sleeps" American Music Awards: 1996: Favourite Artist: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock: Metallica – Load 1996: Favourite Metal/Hard Rock Song – "Until It Sleeps" Billboard Music Awards: 1997: Billboard Rock and Roll Artist of the Year – Metallica (RIAA Diamond Award) 1999: Catalogue Artist of the Year – Metallica 1999: Catalogue Album of the Year – Metallica Kerrang! Awards: 2003: Hall of Fame – Metallica