Metallica – The Collection 1983-2008 (2016 Remastered)

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Metallica were easily the best, most influential heavy metal band of the '80s and '90s. Responsible for bringing the genre back to earth, the bandmates looked and talked like they were from the street, shunning the usual rock star games of metal musicians during the mid-'80s pop-metal renaissance. 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.
After releasing their masterpiece Master of Puppets in 1986, tragedy struck the band when their tour bus crashed while traveling in Sweden. Burton died in the accident. When the band decided to continue, Jason Newsted was chosen to replace Burton; two years later, the band released the conceptually ambitious ...And Justice for All, which hit the Top Ten without any radio play and very little support from MTV. But Metallica completely crossed over into the mainstream with 1991's Metallica, a self-titled effort that found the band trading in its long compositions for more concise song structures. Peppered with hits like "Wherever I May Roam" and "Enter Sandman," it resulted in a number one album that sold over seven million copies in the U.S. alone. To support the record, Metallica launched a long tour that kept the musicians on the road for nearly two years.
By the '90s, Metallica had changed the rules for all heavy metal bands; they were the leaders of the genre, respected not only by headbangers, but by mainstream record buyers and critics. No other heavy metal band has ever been able to pull off such a feat. However, the group lost a portion of its core audience with its long-awaited follow-up to Metallica, 1996's Load. The album moved the band toward alternative rock in terms of image -- the bandmembers cut their hair and had their picture taken by Anton Corbijn. Although the album was a hit upon its summer release, entering the charts at number one and selling three million copies within two months, certain members of the Metallica fan base complained about the shift in image, as well as the group's decision to headline the sixth Lollapalooza. Re-Load, which combined new material with songs left off the original Load record, appeared in 1997; despite poor reviews, it sold at a typically brisk pace and spun off several successful singles, including "Fuel" and "The Memory Remains." Garage Inc., a double-disc collection of B-sides, rarities, and newly recorded covers, followed in 1998. Metallica's take on Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" helped maintain their presence in the charts, and the band continued its flood of product with 1999's S&M, which documented a live concert with the San Francisco Symphony. It debuted at number two, reconfirming the group's immense popularity.
In January 2001, bassist Jason Newsted announced his amicable departure from the band. Shortly after the band appeared at the ESPN Awards in April of the same year, Hetfield, Hammett, and Ulrich entered the recording studio to begin work on their next album, with producer Bob Rock lined up to handle bass duties for the sessions (meanwhile, rumors swirled of former Ozzy Osbourne/Alice in Chains bassist Mike Inez being considered for the vacated position). That same summer, the band's recording sessions (and all other band-related matters) were put on hold as Hetfield entered an undisclosed rehab facility for alcoholism and other addictions. He completed treatment and rejoined Metallica as they headed back into the studio in 2002 to record St. Anger, which was released in mid-2003.
The recording of St. Anger was capped with the search for a permanent replacement for Newsted. After a long audition process, former Ozzy Osbourne/Suicidal Tendencies bass player Robert Trujillo was selected and joined Metallica for their 2003-2004 world tour.
Death Magnetic spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard charts and the group supported it with an extensive international tour that included a festival gig with Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. In 2012 Metallica launched their own label, Blackened, which would be distributed by Universal; then, the following year, they announced the release of their second motion picture, Through the Never, which combined spectacular concert footage of them blasting through gems from their back catalog with a surreal road-trip odyssey starring Dane DeHaan. The film and its accompanying soundtrack album were released in September 2013. Over the next few years, Metallica played the occasional high-profile concert as they worked on a new studio album. In 2016, the band launched a series of expanded reissues, starting with deluxe editions of Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning.

Tracklist:
1983 - Kill 'Em All
1 Hit The Lights 4:17
2 The Four Horsemen 7:08
3 Motorbreath 3:03
4 Jump In The Fire 4:50
5 (Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth 3:27
6 Whiplash 4:06
7 Phantom Lord 4:52
8 No Remorse 6:24
9 Seek & Destroy 6:50
10 Metal Militia 6:06

1984 - Ride The Lightning
1 Fight Fire With Fire 4:44
2 Ride The Lightning 6:36
3 For Whom The Bell Tolls 5:10
4 Fade To Black 6:56
5 Trapped Under Ice 4:03
6 Escape 4:23
7 Creeping Death 6:36
8 The Call Of Ktulu 8:52

1986 - Master Of Puppets
1 Battery 5:13
2 Master Of Puppets 8:35
3 The Thing That Should Not Be 6:36
4 Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 6:26
5 Disposable Heroes 8:16
6 Leper Messiah 5:39
7 Orion 8:27
8 Damage, Inc. 5:31

1988 - ...And Justice For All
1 Blackened 6:40
2 ...And Justice For All 9:44
3 Eye Of The Beholder 6:25
4 One 7:24
5 The Shortest Straw 6:35
6 Harvester Of Sorrow 5:42
7 The Frayed Ends Of Sanity 7:40
8 To Live Is To Die 9:48
9 Dyers Eve 5:12

1991 - Metallica
1 Enter Sandman 5:29
2 Sad But True 5:24
3 Holier Than Thou 3:47
4 The Unforgiven 6:26
5 Wherever I May Roam 6:42
6 Don't Tread On Me 3:59
7 Through The Never 4:01
8 Nothing Else Matters 6:29
9 Of Wolf And Man 4:16
10 The God That Failed 5:05
11 My Friend Of Misery 6:47
12 The Struggle Within 3:51

1993 - Live Shit Binge & Purge
1 Enter Sandman 7:27
2 Creeping Death 7:28
3 Harvester Of Sorrow 7:18
4 Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 6:39
5 Sad But True 6:07
6 Of Wolf And Man 6:52
7 The Unforgiven 6:53
8 Justice Medley 9:38
9 Solos (Bass/Guitar) 18:49
10 Through The Never 3:47
11 For Whom The Bell Tolls 5:48
12 Fade To Black 7:12
13 Master Of Puppets 4:35
14 Seek & Destroy 18:08
15 Whiplash 5:34
16 Nothing Else Matters 6:21
17 Wherever I May Roam 6:32
18 Am I Evil? 5:41
19 Last Caress 1:24
20 One 10:27
21 Battery 10:05
22 The Four Horsemen 6:06
23 Motorbreath 3:14
24 Stone Cold Crazy 5:31

1996 - Load
1 Ain't My Bitch 5:04
2 2 X 4 5:28
3 The House Jack Built 6:39
4 Until It Sleeps 4:30
5 King Nothing 5:28
6 Hero Of The Day 4:22
7 Bleeding Me 8:18
8 Cure 4:54
9 Poor Twisted Me 4:00
10 Wasting My Hate 3:57
11 Mama Said 5:19
12 Thorn Within 5:51
13 Ronnie 5:17
14 The Outlaw Torn 9:53

1997 - Reload
1 Fuel 4:29
2 The Memory Remains 4:39
3 Devil's Dance 5:18
4 The Unforgiven II 6:36
5 Better Than You 5:21
6 Slither 5:13
7 Carpe Diem Baby 6:12
8 Bad Seed 4:05
9 Where The Wild Things Are 6:52
10 Prince Charming 6:04
11 Low Man's Lyric 7:36
12 Attitude 5:16
13 Fixxxer 8:15

1998 - Garage Inc
1 Free Speech For The Dumb 2:35
2 It's Electric 3:33
3 Sabra Cadabra 6:20
4 Turn The Page 6:06
5 Die, Die My Darling 2:29
6 Loverman 7:52
7 Mercyful Fate 11:11
8 Astronomy 6:37
9 Whiskey In The Jar 5:04
10 Tuesday's Gone 9:05
11 The More I See 4:48
12 Helpless 6:38
13 The Small Hours 6:43
14 The Wait 4:55
15 Crash Course In Brain Surgery 3:10
16 Last Caress / Green Hell 3:29
17 Am I Evil? 7:50
18 Blitzkrieg 3:36
19 Breadfan 5:41
20 The Prince 4:25
21 Stone Cold Crazy 2:17
22 So What 3:08
23 Killing Time 3:03
24 Overkill 4:04
25 Damage Case 3:40
26 Stone Dead Forever 4:51
27 Too Late Too Late 3:12

1999 - S&M
1 The Ecstasy Of Gold 2:30
2 The Call Of The Ktulu 9:34
3 Master Of Puppets 8:54
4 Of Wolf And Man 4:18
5 The Thing That Should Not Be 7:26
6 Fuel 4:35
7 The Memory Remains 4:42
8 No Leaf Clover 5:43
9 Hero Of The Day 4:44
10 Devil's Dance 5:26
11 Bleeding Me 9:01
12 Nothing Else Matters 6:47
13 Until It Sleeps 4:29
14 For Whom The Bells Tolls 4:52
15 Human 4:19
16 Wherever I May Roam 7:01
17 Outlaw Torn 9:58
18 Sad But True 5:46
19 One 7:53
20 Enter Sandman 7:39
21 Battery 7:24

2003 - St. Anger (88,2kHz/24bit)
1 Frantic 5:50
2 St. Anger 7:21
3 Some Kind Of Monster 8:25
4 Dirty Window 5:24
5 Invisible Kid 8:30
6 My World 5:45
7 Shoot Me Again 7:10
8 Sweet Amber 5:27
9 The Unnamed Feeling 7:08
10 Purify 5:13
11 All Within My Hands 8:48

2008 - Death Magnetic
1 That Was Just Your Life 7:08
2 The End Of The Line 7:52
3 Broken, Beat & Scarred 6:25
4 The Day That Never Comes 7:56
5 All Nightmare Long 7:57
6 Cyanide 6:39
7 The Unforgiven III 7:46
8 The Judas Kiss 8:00
9 Suicide & Redemption 9:57
10 My Apocalypse 5:01

James Hetfield - lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1981-present)
Kirk Hammett - lead guitar, backing vocals (1983-present)
Robert Trujillo - bass, backing vocals (2003-present)
Lars Ulrich - drums, percussion (1981-present)
Dave Mustaine - lead guitar, backing vocals (1982-83)
Ron McGovney - bass, backing vocals (1982)
Cliff Burton - bass, backing vocals (1982-86; died 1986)
Jason Newsted - bass, backing vocals (1986-2001)
Bob Rock - bass, backing vocals (2001-03){CVAL_traks}{%FS_TEXT%}

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