This new; thoroughly updated edition is the ultimate tribute to Metallica; complete with coverage of the bands most recent DVD set and live albums.Formed in Los Angeles in 1981; Metallica has become the best-selling heavy metal group in music history; with an estimated 100 million worldwide album sales. The band has toured and performed on all seven continents.In this updated edition of Metallica: The Complete Illustrated History; acclaimed heavy metal journalist Martin Popoff leads a roster of celebrated heavy metal writers in taking on Metallicas story; analyzing studio albums; and providing a complete discography. More than 300 images complement the bands story: their formative years spent woodshedding in the clubs of Los Angeles; tragedies; such as the death of founding bassist Cliff Burton; the triumphs of multiple platinum recordings; personnel changes; such as the departures of Dave Mustaine and Jason Newsted; and tours around the world. Live-performance and candid backstage photographs are accompanied by memorabilia.This updated edition includes coverage of Metallicas two Orion Music + More festival gigs in 2012 and 2013; the bands 2012 departure from Warner Bros. and the formation of Blackened Records; the release of the Quebec Magnetic two DVD live set in 2012; and the release of Through the Never; an innovative 3D; no-dialog horror movie interspersed with Metallica live footage and a live soundtrack album in 2013. The bands Antarctica performance generated a digital live album; Freeze Em All; and Metallica toured the world in 2013; 2014; and 2015; with shows from England to Norway to Peru. All of this history and more is packed in the updated edition of Metallica.Consider this updated edition a loud tribute to one of heavy metals hardest-rocking bands.
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