The discography of American heavy metal band Metallica includes 11 studio albums, eight live albums, three extended plays, 49 singles, 10 video albums, 43 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 Newsted 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
Metallica playing at the San Siro in Milano, Italy in 2019
Studio albums11
EPs3
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums8
Tribute albums1
Singles49
Video albums10
Music videos43
Collaboration albums1
Box sets3

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. On April 14, 2023, Metallica released their eleventh studio album, titled 72 Seasons. Metallica has sold more than 125 million albums worldwide,[7] with over 67 million records in the United States alone (56.3 million albums since 1991 when SoundScan started tracking actual sales figures).[8][9][10]

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[11]
AUS
[12]
CAN
[13]
FIN
[14][15]
GER
[16]
NOR
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
UK
[21]
Kill 'Em All 66[A] 55 12 17 28 31 142
  • US: 4,500,000[B]
Ride the Lightning
  • Released: July 27, 1984
  • Label: Megaforce
48[C] 38 9 21 40 32 22 35 87
  • RIAA: 6× Platinum[3]
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum[23]
  • BPI: Platinum[24]
  • BVMI: Platinum[25]
  • MC: Platinum[26]
Master of Puppets
  • Released: March 3, 1986
  • Label: Elektra
29 33 52 5 4 30 33 14 17 41
...And Justice for All
  • Released: August 25, 1988
  • Label: Elektra
6 16 13 1 3 8 36 5 7 4
  • RIAA: 8× Platinum[3]
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum[23]
  • BPI: Platinum[24]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum[25]
  • IFPI FIN: Platinum[27]
  • IFPI NOR: Platinum[29]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum[30]
  • MC: 3× Platinum[26]
  • RMNZ: Platinum[28]
Metallica
  • Released: August 12, 1991
  • Label: Elektra
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1
  • RIAA: 16× Platinum[3] (Diamond)
  • ARIA: 13× Platinum[32]
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[24]
  • BVMI: 4× Platinum[25]
  • GLF: Platinum[33]
  • IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum[27]
  • IFPI NOR: 3× Platinum[34]
  • IFPI SWI: 4× Platinum[30]
  • MC: Diamond[26]
  • RMNZ: 12× Platinum[28]
Load
  • Released: June 4, 1996
  • Label: Elektra
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  • RIAA: 5× Platinum[3]
  • ARIA: 5× Platinum[23]
  • BPI: Platinum[24]
  • BVMI: 5× Gold[25]
  • GLF: Platinum[33]
  • IFPI FIN: Platinum[27]
  • IFPI NOR: Platinum[29]
  • MC: 4× Platinum[26]
  • RIAJ: Platinum[35]
Reload
  • Released: November 18, 1997
  • Label: Elektra
1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[3]
  • ARIA: 5× Platinum[23]
  • BPI: Gold[24]
  • BVMI: 5× Gold[25]
  • GLF: Platinum[33]
  • IFPI FIN: Platinum[27]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum[30]
  • MC: 2× Platinum[26]
St. Anger
  • Released: June 5, 2003
  • Label: Elektra
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[3]
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum[23]
  • BPI: Gold[24]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum[25]
  • GLF: Platinum[37]
  • IFPI FIN: Platinum[27]
  • IFPI NOR: Platinum[29]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum[30]
  • MC: 2× Platinum[26]
  • RMNZ: 2× Platinum[38]
Death Magnetic 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[3]
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum[41]
  • BPI: Platinum[24]
  • BVMI: 5× Gold[25]
  • GLF: 2× Platinum[42]
  • IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum[27]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum[30]
  • MC: 4× Platinum[26]
  • RMNZ: Platinum[28]
Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
  • Released: November 18, 2016
  • Label: Blackened
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
72 Seasons
  • Released: April 14, 2023
  • Label: Blackened
2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

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List of live albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[11]
AUS
[12]
CAN
[13]
FIN
[14]
GER
[16]
NOR
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
UK
[21]
Live Shit: Binge & Purge
  • Released: November 23, 1993
  • Label: Elektra
26 18 40 68 32 54
  • RIAA: Diamond (15× Platinum)[3]
  • BVMI: Gold[25]
S&M
(with San Francisco Symphony)
  • Released: November 23, 1999
  • Label: Elektra
2 1 4 2 1 1 11 1 4 33
  • RIAA: 6× Platinum[3]
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum[23]
  • BPI: Platinum[24]
  • BVMI: 5× Gold[25]
  • GLF: Platinum[50]
  • IFPI FIN: Gold[27]
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[30]
  • MC: 3× Platinum[26]
  • RMNZ: 2× Platinum[51]
Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria: Tres Noches
en la Ciudad de México
  • Released: November 30, 2009
  • Label: Universal
Six Feet Down Under
  • Released: September 20, 2010
  • Label: Warner Bros.
The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria
(with Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax)
  • Released: November 2, 2010
  • Label: Warner Bros.
71 31 59 63
Six Feet Down Under Part II
  • Released: November 12, 2010
  • Label: Warner Bros.
Live at Grimey's
  • Released: November 26, 2010
  • Label: Universal
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, Metallica!
  • Released: April 16, 2016
  • Label: Blackened
Helping Hands...Live & Acoustic at the Masonic[52]
  • Released: February 1, 2019
  • Label: Blackened
Live in Chile (1993 – 2017)
  • Released: April 15, 2020
  • Label: Blackened
Live in Argentina (1993 – 2017)
  • Released: April 18, 2020
  • Label: Blackened
Live in Brazil (1993 – 2017)
  • Released: April 21, 2020
  • Label: Blackened
S&M2
(with San Francisco Symphony)
  • Released: August 28, 2020[53]
  • Label: Blackened
4 1 4 3 1 6 7 7 2 2
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Cover albums

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List of cover albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[11]
AUS
[12]
CAN
[13]
FIN
[14]
GER
[16]
NOR
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
UK
[21]
Garage Inc.
  • Released: November 24, 1998
  • Label: Elektra
2 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 10 29

Tribute albums

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List of tribute albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[11]
CAN
[13]
FIN
[14]
UK
The Metallica Blacklist
  • Released: September 10, 2021[56]
  • Label: Blackened
103
[57]
44
[58]
48
[59]
27
[60]

Collaboration albums

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List of collaboration albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US
[11]
AUS
[12]
AUT
[61]
CAN
[13]
FIN
[14]
GER
[16]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
UK
[21]
Lulu (with Lou Reed)
  • Released: October 31, 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros.
36 33 25 16 6 11 12 9 14 36

Soundtrack albums

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List of soundtrack albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[11]
AUS
[12]
AUT
[61]
CAN
[13]
FIN
[14]
GER
[16]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
UK
[21]
Metallica: Through the Never
  • Released: September 24, 2013
  • Label: Blackened
9 16 4 9 11 6 11 30 16 36

Extended plays

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List of extended plays, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[11]
AUS
[12]
AUT
[61]
CAN
[13]
FIN
[14]
GER
[16]
NZ
[18]
SPA
[62]
SWI
[20]
UK
[21]
The $5.98 E.P. / $9.98 CD: Garage Days Re-Revisited
  • Released: August 21, 1987
  • Label: Elektra
18 69 16 17 10 12
[63]
62 27
Some Kind of Monster[64]
  • Released: July 13, 2004
  • Label: Elektra
37
Beyond Magnetic
  • Released: December 13, 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros.
29 19 30 15 2 22 22 25
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box sets

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List of box sets, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[21]
The Good, the Bad & the Live
  • Released: May 7, 1990
  • Label: Vertigo
56
Limited-Edition Vinyl Box Set
  • Released: November 23, 2004
  • Label: Rhino
The Metallica Collection
  • Released: April 14, 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

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1980s

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[65]
US
Main.
Rock

[66]
AUS
[12]
GER
[16]
NLD
[67]
NOR
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
UK
[68]
"Whiplash"[69] 1983 Kill 'Em All
"Jump in the Fire" 1984 30
"Creeping Death"[70] 117 Ride the Lightning
"Master of Puppets"[72] 1986 35 18 19 100 [G] 17 69 22 Master of Puppets
"Harvester of Sorrow" 1988 100 30 20 ...And Justice for All
"Eye of the Beholder"[75]
"One" 1989 35 46 5 31 3 4 13 3 22 13
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1990s

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[65]
US
Main.
Rock

[66]
AUS
[12]
GER
[16]
NLD
[67]
NOR
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
UK
[68]
"Enter Sandman" 1991 16 10 10 1 10 2 8 14 11 5
  • RIAA: Platinum[3]
  • ARIA: 8× Platinum[71]
  • BPI: Platinum[24]
  • BVMI: Platinum[25]
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
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[71]
"Sad but True" 1993 98 15 48 42 10 5 42 31 20
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[71]
"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
"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 Reload
"The Unforgiven II" 1998 59 2 9 23 16 8 22 8 15
"Fuel" 6 2 57 53 35 49 31
"Turn the Page" [H] 1 11 23 42 11 22 13 Garage Inc.
"Whiskey in the Jar" 1999 [I] 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
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2000s

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[65]
US
Main.
Rock

[66]
AUS
[12]
GER
[16]
NLD
[67]
NOR
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
UK
[68]
"No Leaf Clover"
(with San Francisco Symphony)
2000 74 1 41 40 41 9 50 99 S&M
"I Disappear" 76 1 14 36 8 25 20 35 Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack
"St. Anger" 2003 [J] 2 15 15 12 6 38 9 28 9 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
"The Day That Never Comes" 2008 31 1 18 20 1 14 3 32 19 Death Magnetic
"My Apocalypse" 67 38 38 33 9 15 51
"Cyanide" 50 1 48 15 14 48
"The Judas Kiss" [K] 13 44 79
"All Nightmare Long" 9 90 15 7 44
"Broken, Beat & Scarred" 2009 15 75 35 25
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2010s

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[65]
US
Main.
Rock

[66]
US Hard Rock Digi. AUS
[12]
GER
[16]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
UK
[68]
"The View" (with Lou Reed) 2011 Lulu
"Lords of Summer" 2014 141 Hardwired... to Self-Destruct bonus track
"Hardwired" 2016 [L] 1 1 70 [M] 72 186 Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
"Moth into Flame" 5 2 91
"Atlas, Rise!" 1 2 100 87
"Now That We're Dead" 2017 2 7 69
"Spit Out the Bone" 4 10
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2020s

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[65]
US
Main.
Rock

[66]
US Hard Rock Digi. AUS
[12]
GER
[16]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
UK
[68]
"All Within My Hands"
(with San Francisco Symphony)
2020 1 S&M2
"Lux Æterna" 2022 [N] 1 1 [O] [P] [Q] 72 Seasons
"Screaming Suicide" 2023 1 3 [R] [S] [T]
"If Darkness Had a Son" 2 [U] [V]
"72 Seasons" 1 6 [W] [X]
"Too Far Gone?" 1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

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List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
Main.
Rock

[66]
US
Rock

[88]
SWI
[20]
"Fade to Black" 1984 100 Ride the Lightning
"For Whom the Bell Tolls"[89] 18
"...And Justice for All"[90] 1989 ...And Justice for All
"Stone Cold Crazy"[91] 1990 Elektra's 40th Anniversary
"Don't Tread on Me"[92] 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"[93] 2009 Death Magnetic
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted and certified songs

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List of songs, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
Bub.

[76]
US
Heri.
Rock

[94]
US
Main.
Rock

[66]
AUS
[12]
AUT
[61]
FIN
[14]
NOR
[17]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
UK
[95]
"Seek & Destroy" 1983 Kill 'Em All
"Battery" 1986 Master of Puppets
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
"Blackened" 1988 …And Justice for All
"Remember Tomorrow" 2008 32 Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden
"That Was Just Your Life" 16 Death Magnetic
"The Unforgiven III" 14 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

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Song Year Album Ref(s)
"Hit the Lights" (original version, later re-recorded for Kill 'Em All) 1982 Metal Massacre, Vol. 1 [96]
"Stone Cold Crazy" 1990 Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary [97]
"For Whom the Bell Tolls (The Irony of It All)" (with DJ Spooky) 1997 Spawn: The Album
"I Disappear" 2000 Mission: Impossible 2 [98]
"We Did It Again" (with Ja Rule) 2002 Swizz Beatz Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories [99]
"53rd & 3rd" 2003 We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones [100]
"The Ecstasy of Gold" 2007 We All Love Ennio Morricone
"Remember Tomorrow" 2008 Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden
"You Really Got Me" 2010 See My Friends [101]
"When a Blind Man Cries" 2012 Re-Machined: A Tribute To Deep Purple's Machine Head
"Ronnie Rising Medley" 2014 Ronnie James Dio – This is Your Life
"Nothing Else Matters – Jungle Cruise Version" 2021 Jungle Cruise (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [102]

Videos

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Video albums

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List of video albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
Video

[103]
AUS
DVD

[104]
CAN
Video

[105]
FIN
DVD

[106]
GER
[16]
NZ
DVD

[107]
UK
Video

[108]
Cliff 'Em All
  • Released: November 28, 1987
  • Label: Elektra
20 7
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum[3]
2 of One
  • Released: June 20, 1989
  • Label: Elektra
31
  • RIAA: Platinum[3]
A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
  • Released: November 17, 1992
  • Label: Elektra
26
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[3]
Cunning Stunts
  • Released: December 8, 1998
  • Label: Elektra
3 1 1
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[3]
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[24]
  • IFPI FIN: Gold[27]
  • RMNZ: Platinum[110]
S&M (with San Francisco Symphony)
  • Released: November 23, 1999
  • Label: Elektra
12 1 4
  • RIAA: 6× Platinum[3]
  • ARIA: 7× Platinum[111]
  • MC: 3× Platinum[26]
The Videos 1989–2004
  • Released: December 5, 2006
  • Label: Warner Bros.
4 1 4 34 1
Français Pour une Nuit
  • Released: November 23, 2009
  • Label: Universal
2 2 9
Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México
  • Released: November 30, 2009
  • Label: Universal
2
The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria
(with Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax)
  • Released: November 1, 2010
  • Label: Universal
1 1 1 4 1 1
Quebec Magnetic
  • Released: December 10, 2012
  • Label: Blackened
3 3 1 29 9
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

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List of music videos, with directors, showing year released along with albums
Title Year Director(s) Album
"One" 1989 Bill Pope, Michael Salomon[114] ...And Justice for All
"Enter Sandman" 1991 Wayne Isham[115] Metallica
"The Unforgiven" Matt Mahurin[116]
"Nothing Else Matters" 1992 Adam Dubin[117]
"Wherever I May Roam" Wayne Isham[118]
"Sad but True"
"Fade to Black (Live)" 1993 Live Shit: Binge and Purge
"Until It Sleeps" 1996 Samuel Bayer[119] 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[120] Garage, Inc.
"Whiskey in the Jar" 1999
"Die, Die My Darling" Joe Friday
"No Leaf Clover" Wayne Isham S&M
"I Disappear" 2000 Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack
"St. Anger" 2003 The Malloys St. Anger
"Frantic" Wayne Isham
"The Unnamed Feeling" The Malloys[121]
"Some Kind of Monster" 2004 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[122] Death Magnetic
"All Nightmare Long" Roboshobo[123]
"Broken, Beat & Scarred" 2009 Wayne Isham[124]
"Master of Puppets" (Live) 2013 Nimród Antal[125] Metallica: Through the Never
"Hardwired" 2016 Colin Shane Hakes[126] Hardwired... to Self Destruct
"Moth into Flame" Tom Kirk[127]
"Atlas, Rise!" Clark Eddy[128]
"Dream No More" Tom Kirk[129]
"Confusion" Claire Marie Vogel[130]
"ManUNkind" Jonas Åkerlund[131]
"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
"Lux Æterna" 2022 Tim Saccenti 72 Seasons
"Screaming Suicide" 2023
"If Darkness Had a Son"
"72 Seasons"
"Sleepwalk My Life Away"
"Room of Mirrors" Tristan Zammit
"Shadows Follow"
"Too Far Gone?" Team Rolfes
"Crown of Barbed Wire" Corey Daigle
"Chasing Light" Kim Asendorf, Dina Chang
"You Must Burn!" Tim Saccenti
"Inamorata" Jess Cope
"Too Far Gone?"
(second music video)
Coan “Buddy” Nichols

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.[22]
  2. ^ United States sales figures for Kill 'Em All as of March, 2023. This does not include copies sold before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data on May 25, 1991.[10]
  3. ^ Ride the Lightning peaked at No. 100 in 1985. The 2016 re-mastered release peaked at No. 48.[22]
  4. ^ United States sales figures for Ride the Lightning as of March, 2023. This does not include copies sold before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data on May 25, 1991.[10]
  5. ^ United States sales figures for Master of Puppets as of March, 2023. This does not include copies sold before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data on May 25, 1991.[10]
  6. ^ United States sales figures for ...And Justice for All as of March, 2023. This does not include copies sold before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data on May 25, 1991.[10]
  7. ^ "Master of Puppets" did not enter the Dutch Single Top 100, but peaked at number four on the Single Tip chart.[73]
  8. ^ "Turn the Page" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[76]
  9. ^ "Whiskey in the Jar" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[76]
  10. ^ "St. Anger" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[76]
  11. ^ "The Judas Kiss" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 12 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[76]
  12. ^ "Hardwired" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[76]
  13. ^ "Hardwired" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 7 on the NZ Heatseeker Singles Chart.[77]
  14. ^ "Lux Æterna" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 13 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[76]
  15. ^ "Lux Æterna" did not enter the ARIA Singles Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the ARIA Digital Track Chart.[78]
  16. ^ "Lux Æterna" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 8 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[79]
  17. ^ "Lux Æterna" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 28 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[80]
  18. ^ "Screaming Suicide" did not enter the Official German Charts, but peaked at number 25 on the German Rock Airplay Chart.[81]
  19. ^ "Screaming Suicide" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 20 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[82]
  20. ^ "Screaming Suicide" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 32 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[83]
  21. ^ "If Darkness Had a Son" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 34 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[84]
  22. ^ "If Darkness Had a Son" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 53 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[85]
  23. ^ "72 Seasons" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[86]
  24. ^ "72 Seasons" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 51 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[87]

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