Metallica was easily the best, most influential heavy metal band of the 80s. Responsible for bringing the genre back to Earth, the bandmates looked and talked like they were from the street, shunning the usual rockstar games of metal musicians during the early 80s. Metallica also expanded the limits of thrash, using speed and volume not for their own sake, but to enhance their intricately structured compositions. The release of 1983 s Kill Em All marked the beginning of the legitimization of heavy metal s underground, bringing new complexity and depth to thrash metal. With each album, the band s playing and writing improved; James Hetfield developed a signature rhythm playing that matched his growl, while lead guitarist Kirk Hammett became one of the most copied guitarists in metal. To complete the package, Lars Ulrich s thunderous (yet complex) drumming clicked in perfectly with Cliff Burton s innovative bass playing.

Tracklist

Disc 1

01. Enter Sandman
02. Battery
03. Nothing Else Matters
04. One
05. Wherever I May Roam
06. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
07. Sad But True
08. Fade To Black
09. Blackened
10. Don t Tread On Me
11. The Four Horsemen
12. For Whom The Bell Tolls
13. Seek And Destroy

Disc 2

01. Master Of Puppets
02. Holier Than Thou
03. Harvester Of Sorrow
04. The Unforgiven
05. The Thing That Should Not Be
06. Of Wolf And Man
07. Creeping Death
08. Through The Never
09. ... And Justice For All
10. Jump In The Fire
11. Ride The Lightning
12. Hit The Lights
13. Orion

Disc 3

01. That Was Just Your Life
02. I Disappear
03. Fuel
04. The Day That Never Comes
05. Until It Sleeps
06. Whiskey In The Jar
07. The Unforgiven II
08. Die Die My Darling
09. Broken Beat And Scarred
10. Turn The Page
11. Ain t My Bitch
12. Frantic
13. Mama Said
14. No Leaf Clover

Disc 4

01. The End Of The Line
02. It s Electric
03. The Memory Remains
04. The Unforgiven III
05. Hero Of The Day
06. Sabbra Cadabra
07. Better Than You
08. King Nothing
09. Cyanide
10. Loverman
11. Some Kind Of Monster
12. 1 X 4
13. Devil s Dance
14. Human