Metallica
American heavy metal band
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| March 13 2025 | Metallica released the extended play 'M72 World Tour: Mexico City' on their own Blackened label. |
| 2024 | Metallica won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the song '72 Seasons'. |
| May 2024 | Kirk Hammett reveals he has 767 new musical ideas for the next Metallica album in a Rolling Stone interview, but does not anticipate starting the album for at least another year while still finishing their current tour. |
| May 2024 | James Hetfield confirmed he has been actively writing music, playing guitar daily, potentially laying groundwork for future Metallica material. |
| 2023 | Metallica's All Within My Hands Foundation granted $200,000 for relief efforts following the destructive Hawaii wildfires. |
| 2023 | Metallica collaborated with Fortnite Festival for a Metallica-centric season from June to August 2024, including virtual performances and in-game cosmetics based on band members. |
| April 2023 | Lars Ulrich revealed in a Loudwire Nights radio interview that Metallica has initial ideas for a follow-up album to '72 Seasons' and expressed excitement about their creative process. |
| April 27 2023 | Metallica begins their M72 World Tour in Amsterdam, which is set to conclude on November 19, 2025, in Auckland. |
| April 14 2023 | Metallica releases their eleventh studio album '72 Seasons'. |
| March 30 2023 | Metallica releases a music video for the album's title track '72 Seasons'. |
| March 1 2023 | Metallica releases the third single 'If Darkness Had a Son'. |
| January 19 2023 | Metallica releases the second single 'Screaming Suicide'. |
| November 28 2022 | Metallica releases the single 'Lux Æterna'. |
| 2021 | Metallica's song 'Nothing Else Matters' was featured in the Jungle Cruise movie soundtrack, providing a unique version of their classic track for the film. |
| 2021 | Nikki Sixx publicly applauded Metallica's longevity and praised several of their album releases during an interview. |
| September 10 2021 | A 30th anniversary remastered edition of the album was released, with remastering by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering and executive production by Greg Fidelman. A limited edition box set was also released, containing the remastered album on vinyl and CD, along with three live LPs, 14 CDs, six DVDs of unreleased content, and additional merchandise. |
| September 6 2021 | Metallica's All Within My Hands Foundation raises $377,450, partnering with Carhartt to support their Metallica Scholars initiative for workforce job opportunities. |
| August 2021 | Metallica includes Jason Newsted in their 30th anniversary celebration of their self-titled album by inviting him to do an unboxing video of the album's reissue for their YouTube channel. |
| January 7 2021 | Miley Cyrus announced the recording of a cover version of 'Nothing Else Matters' featuring Elton John, Chad Smith, and Yo-Yo Ma, to be released on The Metallica Blacklist tribute album. |
| 2020 | Rolling Stone ranked the album number 235 on their 'The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. |
| October 2020 | Miley Cyrus announced plans to record a Metallica covers album. |
| August 28 2020 | Released 'S&M2' live album in collaboration with San Francisco Symphony through Blackened Records, achieving Gold certification from BVMI. |
| August 10 2020 | Metallica plays a show at Gundlach-Bundschu Winery in Sonoma, California, attended only by crew members, which was later played at drive-in movies across the U.S. and Canada. |
| April 21 2020 | Released 'Live in Brazil (1993 – 2017)' live album through Blackened Records. |
| April 18 2020 | Released 'Live in Argentina (1993 – 2017)' live album through Blackened Records. |
| April 15 2020 | Released 'Live in Chile (1993 – 2017)' live album through Blackened Records. |
| March 2020 | Metallica launches #MetallicaMondays, streaming full archived shows on YouTube and Facebook during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| December 2019 | Metallica album reached the 550-week milestone on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the fourth release in American history to do so. |
| October 9 2019 | S&M2 concerts are screened in over 3,000 theaters worldwide, featuring new and original arrangements, and conducted by Edwin Outwater and Michael Tilson Thomas. |
| September 2019 | Metallica performs S&M2 concerts at the grand opening of San Francisco's Chase Center with the San Francisco Symphony, celebrating the 20-year anniversary of their original S&M concerts. |
| September 27 2019 | James Hetfield re-enters rehabilitation, causing the band to postpone their Australia/New Zealand tour. |
| March 2019 | Metallica begins jamming on new material for their next studio album, with Robert Trujillo expressing excitement about the upcoming record and the band's quick progress. |
| March 2019 | Metallica announces the WorldWired Tour continuation in Australia and New Zealand in October, with Slipknot as support. |
| February 1 2019 | Released 'Helping Hands...Live & Acoustic at the Masonic' live album through Blackened Records. |
| 2018 | Metallica released the track 'Halo on Fire' from the album 'Hardwired... to Self-Destruct', which charted at number 14 in some regions. |
| January 2018 | Metallica announces they will reissue 'The $5.98 E.P. – Garage Days Re-Revisited' for Record Store Day. |
| 2017 | James Hetfield appeared on Nikki Sixx's radio show 'Sixx Sense', suggesting a potential calming of tensions between the bands. |
| August 7 2017 | Metallica is invited by the San Francisco Giants for the fifth annual 'Metallica Night', with Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield performing the national anthem. |
| February 2017 | Metallica launched the All Within My Hands Foundation, a charitable organization focused on creating sustainable communities through workforce education, hunger relief, and critical local services. |
| 2016 | Released Hardwired... to Self-Destruct, continuing their streak of albums debuting at number one on the Billboard 200. |
| August 18 2016 | Metallica announces their tenth studio album 'Hardwired... to Self-Destruct', to be released on November 18, and unveils the track listing and first single 'Hardwired'. |
| April 16 2016 | Released 'Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, Metallica!' live album through Blackened Records. |
| 2015 | Tommy Lee reignited the feud by tweeting a picture of Lars Ulrich with 'Straight Outta Tempo' superimposed on his face. |
| June 14 2015 | James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett perform The Star-Spangled Banner on electric guitars before game 5 of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena. |
| May 2 2015 | Metallica performs their third annual Metallica Day at AT&T Park. |
| 2014 | Metallica album was reissued for the third time. |
| 2014 | Metallica released the song 'Lords of Summer' and recorded the 'Ronnie Rising Medley' for the Ronnie James Dio tribute album |
| November 2014 | Metallica performs at the closing ceremony of BlizzCon 2014. |
| June 2014 | Metallica headlines the Glastonbury Festival in an attempt to attract new fans. They also release a 'first take' demo of their new song 'Lords of Summer'. |
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