When thrash metal began to gain a major following in the mid-to-late 1980s, Anthrax were dubbed one of the " big four " of thrash metal alongside Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer.

Some bands, such as the Tindersticks, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Crowded House, Van Halen, Duran Duran, Bang Camaro, Santana, Living in a Box, and the Ramones, have released more than one and are thus referred to in other ways, including number and album art ( e. g., The Blue Album ).

Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the " Big Four " thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax.

They were one of the early thrash metal bands to sign to a major label ( Atlantic Records, in 1986 ), though Overkill would not achieve commercial success until they popularized " thrash " in the late 1980s with their contemporaries Anthrax, Exodus, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Testament.

One critic writes that the album is " one of the more complex and simply confounding records ever released by a major label " and another writes that the single "' A Small Victory ', which seems to run Madame Butterfly through Metallica and Nile Rodgers (...) reveals a developing facility for combining unlikely elements into startlingly original concoctions.

Bands rising at their prime, such as Metallica, Alice in Chains, Anthrax and Guns N ' Roses, have picked Faith No More as one of their favorite bands.

Metallica was one of the most influential bands in heavy metal music | heavy metal, as they bridged the gap between commercial and critical success for the genre.

The United States was especially known for one of these subgenres, thrash metal, which was innovated by bands like Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer, with Metallica being the most commercially successful.

from Retox, references include AC / DC, Spinal Tap ( Cleveland, Ohio ), Metallica, producer Bob Rock, Iggy Pop and James Williamson's album Kill City, The Stooges album Funhouse and notorious sports arena stampedes such as the one prior to a concert by The Who at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum, where 11 people died in December 1979.

Lars Ulrich ( ; ; born December 26, 1963 ) is a Danish-American drummer, and one of the founding members of the American heavy metal band Metallica.

He got the name " Metallica " from a friend, Ron Quintana, who was brainstorming names for a heavy metal fanzine he was creating, and Metallica was one of the options, the other being " Metal Mania ".

* The heavy metal band Metallica covered this song and " A National Acrobat " on their Garage, Inc. cover album in one condensed song entitled " Sabbra Cadabra ".

Sorum was one of the first drummers to endorse the Easton Ahead sticks in the early 90s during the Guns N ' Roses Use Your Illusion Tour, drum sticks which are now used by many famous drummers, including Lars Ulrich of Metallica and Tico Torres of Bon Jovi.

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has called Born Again " one of the best Black Sabbath albums ".

Butt-head usually knows when Beavis is approaching his breaking point and will back off ( as seen when he calls Beavis " Buttknocker " or insults Metallica one too many times ).

Old Man's Child was officially founded in 1993, but its roots go as far back as 1989 when Galder, Jardar, and Tjodalv founded a death / thrash band called " Requiem " who was originally playing Slayer and Metallica covers but as time was going on they have released one demo album 1990. It was extinguished in 1992 and all members of " Requiem " went in new band which was playing black metal.

It is one of the few Metallica songs in which Hetfield, not Kirk Hammett, plays the guitar solo.

Given that Hetfield recorded all rhythm and most harmony tracks on the band's first five albums, Hammett does not play on the studio recording, making it one of two songs in the whole Metallica repertoire, along with Cliff Burton's "( Anesthesia ) Pulling Teeth ", in which he does not appear.

*" Battery " was featured as a playable track in Rock Band 2 where it is among one of the hardest to perform for all instruments and Guitar Hero: Metallica.

The film was well received by critics and currently holds an 88 % " Certified Fresh " rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus that the film is a " Fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how Metallica survives one of their more turbulent periods.

In 2010 Metallica played several shows with the other three " big four of thrash metal ", one of which included a cover of Diamond Head's " Am I Evil?

People who have, at one time or another, been part of heavy metal band Metallica.

Some of speed metal's earlier influences include Black Sabbath's " Children of the Grave ", Deep Purple's " Fireball " and Queen's " Stone Cold Crazy " ( which was eventually covered by the thrash metal band Metallica ), from their 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack, and Deep Purple's song " Highway Star ", from their album Machine Head.

American heavy metal band, Metallica has run " The Ecstasy of Gold " as prelude music at their concerts since 1985 ( except 1996 – 1998 ), and recently recorded a version of the instrumental for a compilation tribute to Morricone.

Metallica recorded a cover version of " Stone Cold Crazy ", which first appeared on the Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary album in 1990, and won their first Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1991.

The band has stated that their primary influences include Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Sepultura, Faith No More, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Helmet, Rage Against the Machine, Slayer, Pink Floyd, Primus, Tool, Ministry, Mr. Bungle, Biohazard, Nine Inch Nails, Pantera, Beastie Boys, Black Sabbath, and Jane's Addiction.

In 2009, thrash metal band Metallica played their version of " La Marseillaise " as an intro to " Master Of Puppets ".

Dream Theater, Queensrÿche, Tool, and Fates Warning are a few examples of progressive metal bands who achieved commercial success ; additionally, heavy metal bands such as Metallica incorporated elements of progressive music in their work.

They also played the main stage of the 2004 and 2009 Big Day Out festival and opened for Metallica in their Australian tour in 2004.

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich had previously praised The Datsuns on the revival debut of Headbangers Ball before playing their video for " In Love.

With many other thrash bands such as Metallica and Anthrax changing their sound for a more commercial approach, Kreator began experimenting with death metal and industrial metal around this time.

* A song adaptation was written by American heavy metal band Metallica for their 1984 album Ride the Lightning.

Earlier in that tour, backstage at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Show, Metallica met with Spinal Tap and discussed how their " black album " was an homage to Spinal Tap's Smell the Glove.

* Dover is where the band Metallica performed their first show with lead guitarist Kirk Hammett.

* Metallica uses the line " Love is a four-letter word " in the song " The Day That Never Comes " from their album Death Magnetic.

The US version on Kapp Records includes " Crash Course in Brain Surgery ", originally released as a single and covered by Metallica on their 1987 EP Garage Days Re-Revisited.

Metallica itself is known for doing covers ; later releases of their original album, Kill ' Em All, included a couple of covers ( Diamond Head's " Am I Evil?

* September 27 – A tour bus carrying the heavy metal band Metallica crashes in Sweden, killing their influential bassist, Cliff Burton.

Metallica has also covered " Tuesday's Gone " on their Garage Inc. album.

On June 28, 2007, Metallica played the title track for the first time since October 1989, in Lisbon on the first show of their Sick of the Studio ' 07 tour and made it a set-fixture for the remainder of that routing.

Metallica themselves cite the band as an influence and even recorded a medley of their songs simply titled " Mercyful Fate " on their cover album Garage Inc .).