The List of Metallica Albums in Order of Release

Having sold over 125 million albums worldwide, Metallica ranks as one of the most commercially successful bands of all time, released 10 studio albums, 8 live albums, 3 extended plays, 43 singles, 10 video albums, 42 music videos, one soundtrack album, one collaboration album and 3 box sets. It’s fast tempos, instrumentals and aggressive musicianship made them one of the founding “big four” bands of thrash metal, alongside Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer.

Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, after several bassist and lead guitarist changes (including Dave Mustaine), the band settled on Cliff Burton and Kirk Hammett, respectively. Metallica’s current lineup comprises founding members and primary songwriters Hetfield and Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, and bassist Robert Trujillo.

Started playing locally, releasing their first widely circulated demo, No Life ’til Leather, in 1982, Metallica released their debut album “Kill ‘Em All” in 1983, and the following year they released Ride the Lightning . 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) and cited as one of the heaviest metal albums and the band’s best work. The band’s next album, …And Justice for All (1988), gave Metallica its first Grammy Award nomination, for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance, but controversially lost to Jethro Tull’s Crest of a Knave. Its fifth, self-titled album, often called The Black Album, was released in 1991 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making it Metallica’s first album to top the album charts. It was the band’s first not to root predominantly in thrash metal. It appealed to a more mainstream audience, achieving substantial commercial success and selling over 16 million copies in the United States to date; making it the best-selling album of the SoundScan era. After experimenting with different genres and directions in subsequent releases, Metallica returned to its thrash metal roots with the release of its ninth album, Death Magnetic (2008), which drew similar praise to that of the band’s earlier albums. The band’s most recent album is Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (2016). So, if you are a die heart fan of Metallica then check out here we have gathered all Metallica albums in order of release so far.

 

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All Metallica Albums in Order: Check Out The List of Metallica Albums in Order Here!

1. Kill ‘Em All — July 25, 1983
2. Ride the Lightning — July 27, 1984
3. Master of Puppets — March 3, 1986
4. …And Justice for All — September 7, 1988
5. Metallica — August 12, 1991
6. Load — June 4, 1996
7. Reload — November 18, 1997
8. St. Anger — June 5, 2003
9. Death Magnetic — September 12, 2008
10. Hardwired… to Self-Destruct — November 18, 2016

 

All Metallica Albums List in Order

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1. Kill ‘Em All (1983)

Tracks

1. Hit the Lights
2. The Four Horsemen
3. Motorbreath
4. Jump in the Fire
5. (Anesthesia)-Pulling Teeth
6. Whiplash
7. Phantom Lord
8. No Remorse
9. Seek & Destroy
10. Metal Militia

 

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2. Ride the Lightning (1984)

Tracks

1. Fight Fire with Fire
2. Ride the Lightning
3. For Whom the Bell Tolls
4. Fade to Black
5. Trapped Under Ice
6. Escape
7. Creeping Death
8. The Call of Ktulu

 

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3. Master of Puppets (1986)

Tracks

1. Battery
2. Master of Puppets
3. The Thing That Should Not Be
4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
5. Disposable Heroes
6. Leper Messiah
7. Orion
8. Damage, Inc.

 

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4. …And Justice for All (1988)

Tracks

1. Blackened
2. …And Justice for All
3. Eye of the Beholder
4. One
5. The Shortest Straw
6. Harvester of Sorrow
7. The Frayed Ends of Sanity
8. To Live Is to Die
9. Dyers Eve

 

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5. Metallica (1991)

Tracks

1. Enter Sandman
2. Sad but True
3. Holier than Thou
4. The Unforgiven
5. Wherever I May Roam
6. Don’t Tread on Me
7. Through the Never
8. Nothing Else Matters
9. Of Wolf and Man
10. The God That Failed
11. My Friend of Misery
12. The Struggle Within

 

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6. Load (1996)

Tracks

1. Ain’t My Bitch
2. 2 X 4
3. The House Jack Built
4. Until It Sleeps
5. King Nothing
6. Hero of the Day
7. Bleeding Me
8. Cure
9. Poor Twisted Me
10. Wasting My Hate
11. Mama Said
12. Thorn Within
13. Ronnie
14. The Outlaw Torn

 

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7. Reload (1997)

Tracks

1. Fuel
2. The Memory Remains
3. Devil’s Dance
4. The Unforgiven II
5. Better than You
6. Slither
7. Carpe Diem Baby
8. Bad Seed
9. Where the Wild Things Are
10. Prince Charming
11. Low Man’s Lyric
12. Attitude
13. Fixxxer

 

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8. St. Anger (2003)

Tracks

1. Frantic
2. St. Anger
3. Some Kind of Monster
4. Dirty Window
5. Invisible Kid
6. My World
7. Shoot Me Again
8. Sweet Amber
9. The Unnamed Feeling
10. Purify
11. All Within My Hands

 

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9. Death Magnetic (2008)

Tracks

1. That Was Just Your Life
2. The End of the Line
3. Broken, Beat & Scarred
4. The Day That Never Comes
5. All Nightmare Long
6. Cyanide
7. The Unforgiven III
8. The Judas Kiss
9. Suicide & Redemption
10. My Apocalypse

 

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10. Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (2016)

Tracks

1. Hardwired
2. Atlas, Rise!
3. Now That We’re Dead
4. Moth into Flame
5. Dream No More
6. Halo on Fire
7. Confusion
8. ManUNkind
9. Here Comes Revenge
10. Am I Savage?
11. Murder One
12. Spit Out the Bone

 

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