Metallica
- metal
- thrash metal
- rock
- heavy metal
- hard rock
- United States
- formed 1981, Los Angeles
- 5 albums
- 14 Dutch Top 40 hits
Metallica is a group from the United States, formed on 28 October 1981 in Los Angeles. Over the years, James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine, Lars Ulrich, Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett, Jason Newsted and Robert Trujillo played in the group. The collection holds five albums by the group, released between 1986 and 1998: Master Of Puppets (1986), …And Justice for All (1988), Metallica (1990), Load (1996) and Garage Inc. (1998). On top of that, the group appears on one album by others: Stranger Things Season 4. In the Dutch Top 40 there were fourteen records. The highest was One: number 3 in week 21 of 1994.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Sound of Metallica
Metallica sounds more electric and more energetic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 119 bpm.
Across 71 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of Metallica
The members of Metallica over the years: eight members, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums, the red ones the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.
James Hetfield
Dave Mustaine
Lars Ulrich
Ron McGovney
Cliff Burton
Kirk Hammett
Jason Newsted
Robert Trujillo198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
Albums by Metallica
By kind of album and then by year of release. Click a cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Also appears on
Metallica also turns up beyond the own albums: on one album by others, from compilations and soundtracks to guest contributions. Each album lists the tracks concerned.
Biggest hits of Metallica
Metallica had fourteen records in the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record comes first. The graph with each record shows how it moved through the chart week by week. These are the five biggest. The button below opens all entries.
week 21, 199498weeks in the chart
with 14 records1991first entry
week 34, 19912009latest entry
week 4, 200911years with an entry
- 3OneMetallica199414 weeks
- 5Nothing Else MattersMetallica199920 weeks
- 5Nothing Else MattersMetallica199214 weeks
- 9Until It SleepsMetallica19965 weeks
- 12Enter SandmanMetallica19918 weeks
All Dutch Top 40 entries of Metallica
Source: top40.nl
Frequently asked questions
Who played in Metallica?
Over the years that was James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine, Lars Ulrich, Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett, Jason Newsted and Robert Trujillo. The timeline shows for each member the years they belonged; the names are also in the side column.
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Metallica have?
In the Dutch Top 40 there were 14 records. The best-charting record is One, which reached number 3 in week 21 of 1994. The graph next to each record shows its run from week to week. This page shows the five biggest; the button below opens all entries.
Which albums by other artists feature Metallica?
On one album: Stranger Things Season 4 (Various). Each album lists the tracks concerned.
How many albums by Metallica are in the collection?
There are five, released between 1986 and 1998: Master Of Puppets (1986), …And Justice for All (1988), Metallica (1990), Load (1996) and Garage Inc. (1998). A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify.
Where can you see and hear Metallica?
The Dutch Top 40 entries have a round Spotify button. A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify. The music plays in the player at the bottom and keeps going while you browse on, after one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.