A Metal Militia

Metallica....so how to start writing about this incredible band? Well they started in 1981 and Lars Ulrich could be described as the founder. They started with guitarist dave mustaine (now of Megadeth) and then James Hetfield and bassist Ron McGovney. They were an alcohol fuelled metal machine and soon recruited the best bass player in the world that ever lived....the amazing Cliff Burton. They also took up Kirk Hammett from Exodus on lead guitar as there were too many issues with Dave. Megadeth went onto continued success with thrashing rhythmns, "evil" lyrics and vocals with atttitude but never claimed the success Metallica did. The album Kill em all was released and an absolute killer!. The album to me defines thrash metal. Hyperspeed rhythmn, blazing solos and James Hetfield screaming his young lungs out with attitude and aggression. The album is so good and real it feels like you are getting sweat on you from the pure aggression coming from the band. They then released Ride the Lightning another amazing album which includes Creeping Death which was covered my Machine Head excellently. Metallica were amazing. Good lyrics, strong vocals, lightning guitar with brilliant melody and Lars on the drums (who I have heard many drummers say, is very hard to replicate his style). Metallica then created the best metal album of all time in many people's opinions "Master of Puppets". This album defines the band at it's peak. Heavy riffs, speed guitar, melody, sick bass and more grown up vocals from Hetfield. Kerrang magazine created a "Master of Puppets Covers" cd which included Machine Head on Battery. Sad news followed. After a show in Sweden, a bus crash killed Cliff Burton. The bus landed on him and when it was lifted off it was dropped by accident again on top of him confirming his death. It is known as one of the saddest days of Metal. Jason Newsted was recruited in his place. He was a Metallica fan himself and worked his ass of for the band but was bullied because the rest of the band missed Cliff so much. ....And Justice for All was then released which was also an immense album and Metallica success continued. Metallica have continued to make good albums until today although I the material after "the black album" is not near as impressive as the period before. They released Death Magnetic in 2008 and it is pretty good I must say. Solos are back, vocals sound good (although James's vocals are getting stretched to the limit) and Robert Trujillo who filled in on bass is fantastic. I love this band so much because they started everything themselves. From young drunk teenagers to Gods of Metal, producing many brilliant cds, winning Grammy Awards and still being a major name in the business. I know this seems quite rushed but it is hard to make a short article on this band. If you like it please ask for requests maybe from certain Metallica eras or albums and I will write about them again more specifically. My last piece of advice is to go see this band live. When you see them work the stage you will see why they are the powerhouse they are today.
Favourite songs to check out are fade to black, one, battery, disposable heroes, seek and destroy and let's say....creeping death!
P.S. Check out Metallica with Symphony....that just shows what this band is capable of!