![]() ![]() The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as one of the most influential and heavy metal albums. Metallicas early releases included fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship that placed them as one of the big four of the thrash metal sub-genre alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. The current bassist is Robert Trujillo, who joined in 2003. Metallica has been through several bassists, including Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton (who died in a bus crash while the band was on tour), and Jason Newsted. Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett took his place. Mustaine was later fired due to problems with alcoholism and drug addiction - he went on to form the band Megadeth. Metallicas line-up originally consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Dave Mustaine. ![]() ![]() Metallica is an American metal band formed in 1981 in Los Angeles, California, United States when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in The Recycler. ![]()
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