Artist: METALLICA
Album: METALLICA (CD IMPORT)

Release date: 1991
EAN/UPS: 0731451002229
Media type: CD

METALLICA's second leg of US touring, retaining QUEENSRYCHE as support, fired up on January 11th at the Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee. February found the band invited to perform at the Grammy awards. METALLICA did not win but this inaugural foot in the door at the Grammys was a portent of what was to come. METALLICA completed their '...And Justice For All' world tour in South America during October 1989.

Lars Ulrich, together with 'Kerrang!' editor Geoff Barton, compiled a compilation album featuring some of his favourite New Wave Of British Heavy Metal bands for the Vertigo label to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the movement.

In February of 1990 METALLICA returned to the Grammy awards once again. This time '... And Justice For All' won. A subsequent European tour beginning in May saw strong support from DIO prior to ensconcing themselves in the studio to begin the writing process for their next album.

The band picked up a further Grammy in February of 1991 for their take on QUEEN's 'Stone Cold Crazy'. By the start of the summer the Rock world was holding it's breath for the new album and when the simply titled 'Metallica' was launched it was apparent from the off that this was the record to propel METALLICA into the major league. Hitting the American number 1 position the album, racking up in excess of 598,000 first week sales, would doggedly retain its grip in the Billboard charts for a further staggering 85 weeks. The first single culled from the album 'Enter Sandman' would be instantly hailed a classic and would quickly be recognised as one of the greatest songs of the genre.

In August METALLICA undertook the European 'Monsters Of Rock' festivals as special guests to AC/DC before an appearance in Moscow.

The band returned home to headline the San Francisco 'Day On The Green' festival before kicking off their 'Wherever I May Roam' world tour.

TRACKLIST:

1. Enter Sandman
2. Sad But True
3. Holier Than Thou
4. The Unforgiven
5. Wherever I May Roam
6. Don't Tread On Me
7. Through The Never
8. Nothing Else Matters
9. Of Wolf And Man
10. The God That Failed
11. My Friend Misery
12. The Struggle Within

LINE-UP:

James Hetfield (vocals/ guitar)
Kirk Hammett (guitar)
Jason Newsted (bass)
Lars Ulrich (drums)