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Event Information:
On May
1, , Metallica confirmed on
their official website that they
would headline the Indian edition of
Sonisphere set to take place in
Bangalore on October 30 at the
Palace Grounds. It marks the first
time that Metallica play in India.
Metallica is an American heavy
metal band from Los Angeles,
California. Formed in 1981 when
James Hetfield responded to an
advertisement that drummer Lars
Ulrich had posted in a local
newspaper. The current line-up
features long-time lead guitarist
Kirk Hammett (who joined the band in
1983) and bassist Robert Trujillo (a
member since 2003) alongside
Hetfield and Ulrich. Previous
members of the band are lead
guitarist Dave Mustaine (who went on
to found the band Megadeth), and
bassists Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton
and Jason Newsted. The band also had
a long collaboration with producer
Bob Rock, who produced all of its
albums from 1990 to 2003 and served
as a temporary bassist between the
departure of Newsted and the hiring
of Trujillo.
Metallica's early releases included
fast tempos, instrumentals, and
aggressive musicianship that placed
the band as one of the founding "big
four" of thrash metal alongside
Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. The
band earned a growing fan-base in
the underground music community and
critical acclaim, with its third
album Master of Puppets (1986)
described as one of the most
influential and "heavy" thrash metal
albums. Metallica achieved
substantial commercial success with
their eponymous fifth album (also
known as The Black Album), which
debuted at number one on the
Billboard 200. With this release the
band expanded its musical direction
resulting in an album that appealed
to a more mainstream audience.
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