Vinyl records

Metallica vinyl records

45 albums with 1,394 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Thrash Metal (Heavy Metal) band from Los Angeles, California (USA). Metallica formed in 1981 by vocalist/guitarist and drummer . The duo first met through an ad in a Los Angeles-based music newspaper. At the time, Ulrich had little musical experience and no band but managed to secure a slot on an upcoming compilation record called “63482”. Metallica’s contribution, “Hit The Lights”, featured Hetfield, Ulrich and lead guitarist . Afterwards, became the band's bassist and joined the band as lead guitarist. This line-up would re-record "Hit The Lights" for subsequent re-pressings of "Metal Massacre" and would also issue several demos.