Metallica - The Band

Metallica was formed by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich on October 28, 1981 in Downey, California, USA and sold up to date 57 million albums in the United States alone as well as 35 million albums sold outside the U.S. The band has sold just over 90 million albums, making them one of the most commercially successful heavy/trash metal history.

After building a loyal following by helping to develop modern heavy metal, especially thrash metal in the mid-1980s, the band broadened its audience in the early 1990s.

You can read about the individual Band members of Metallica below.

James Hetfield
Metallica's main songwriter, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and a founding member.

Lars Ulrich
Besides being one of Metallica's founding members and main songwriters, drummer Lars Ulrich is also the band's spokesman.

Kirk Hammett
Lead guitarist and is one of the most well-known guitar students of guitarist Joe Satriani.

Robert Trujillo
is a bassist, who has played in Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Cyco Miko, Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne before joining Metallica.