Дело было в Барселоне, 19 февраля 2002 года.... Второй день концерта Dream Theater... Взяли и сыграли полностью один из лучших альбомов Металлики Master Of Puppets, а почему бы и нет?! Вторая гитара сыграна.... клавишами, вокал Ла Бри (никак не дотягивает до Хетфилда) плюс живой звук, барабаны не хуже оригинала - в общем, картина получилась неоднозначная. Для "фанов" Металлики скорее всего МИНУС, для почитателей таланта "теотралов" - жирный ПЛЮС, но в любом случае - работа достойная внимания! Бутлег вышел два года спустя в 2004 году.

В The Many Faces of Metallica мы рассмотрим их каталог через трибьют-выступления групп, которые подверглись сильному влиянию калифорнийского квартета. Сюда включены версии песен Metallica от их первого альбома Kill 'Em All (1983) и до St. Anger (2003). А также представлены группы, которые помогли сформировать звучание Metallica, включая Motorhead, Saxon, Venon, Blitzkrieg и Budgie.

Однако не так страшна кукла, как ее размалевали. Идея создать тот самый музыкальный оксюморон удалась: совмещены два столь различных стиля, две диаметрально противоположные по энергетике манеры исполнения. И слушать это можно. А местами даже приятно и интересно.

Reload is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on November 18, 1997 by Elektra Records. The album is a follow-up to Load, released the previous year, and Metallica's last studio album to feature bassist Jason Newsted. Reload debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 436,000 copies in its first week. It was certified 3× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping three million copies in the United States.

Death Magnetic is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on September 12, 2008 through Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Rick Rubin, marking the band's first album since ...And Justice for All (1988) not to be produced by longtime collaborator Bob Rock. It is also the first Metallica album to feature bassist Robert Trujillo, and the second to be completely co-written by all of the band's members.
Musically, Death Magnetic is a radical departure from Metallica's previous album, St. Anger (2003), and is considered a return to the band's thrash metal roots, with more complex compositions, standard guitar tuning on most songs and long guitar solos from Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield. It also includes the band's first instrumental ("Suicide & Redemption") since "To Live Is to Die" from ...And Justice for All.

Kill 'Em All is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released on July 25, 1983, by the independent record label Megaforce Records. Kill 'Em All is regarded as a groundbreaking album for thrash metal because of its precise musicianship, which fuses new wave of British heavy metal riffs with hardcore punk tempos. The album's musical approach and lyrics were markedly different from rock's mainstream of the early 1980s and inspired a number of bands who followed in similar manner. The album did not enter the Billboard 200 until 1986, when it peaked at number 155, following Metallica's commercial success with its third studio album Master of Puppets; the 1988 Elektra reissue peaked at number 120. Kill 'Em All was critically praised at the time of its release and in retrospect, and was placed on a few publications' best album lists. It was certified 3× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1999 for shipping three million copies in the United States. The album generated two singles, "Whiplash" and "Jump in the Fire".

Metallica is the self-titled fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica. Released on August 12, 1991, by Elektra Records, it is commonly referred to as The Black Album because of its packaging design. Its recording took place at One on One Studios in Los Angeles over an eight-month span that frequently found Metallica at odds with their new producer Bob Rock. The album marked a change in the band's music from the thrash metal style of their previous four albums to a slower, heavier, and more refined sound.