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Metallica is an American heavy metal band formed in October 1981. With over 200 million albums sold worldwide, they are the most commercially successful heavy metal act in history. They are also the seventh biggest act in America.
After building a following through its role in the development of heavy metal in the 1980s, the band broadened its audience in the early 1990s. Accordingly, the band stood as the most commercially visible example of the metal genre for most of that decade. In contrast, Metallica's vastly increased commercial success was accompanied by stylistic changes that fostered accusations of "selling out" by some long-time fans. Although their recent albums have sold well, these fans feel that Metallica abandoned their pure thrash-metal roots. Some fans also feel that Metallica's 1999-2001 stances against Internet file sharing deeply damaged their reputation.
In 2003 Metallica released their 8th studio album, entitled St. Anger, a collection of the most aggressive music they had written in a decade, to deeply divided critical reviews and ...more
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