In the ideal order as if we're attending a Metallica show, here's an in-depth playlist of the best 25 songs the band has offered throughout the decades.

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In 2008, eager to mend fences with fans after the Napster debacle, the biggest band in metal played one of the tiniest shows ...

The hard rock outfit is one of the bestselling acts of all time, and they have ... Else Matters” has ranked as one of Metallica’s most successful songs for decades, and it is still reaching ...

They’re tied with Van Halen for the fifth-most of all ... put Metallica on the same level as both the Foo Fighters and Five Finger Death Punch. Shinedown claims the most No. 1 songs ever on ...

Rest in Peace – Lars.” Faithfull famously contributed vocals to the Metallica song ‘The Memory Remains’ from their 1997 ‘ReLoad’ album. In 1998, frontman James Hetfield told CMJ New ...

[RELATED: 4 Songs for People Who Say They Don’t Like Metallica’s Albums from the ’90s] Yesterday (January 13), the band’s All Within My Hands Foundation announced that it would be donating ...