Metallica

Metallica is an extremely successful American Thrash metal band that has been active since the early 1980s.

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After building a loyal following through its role in the development of thrash metal in the 1980s, the band successfully broadened its audience in the early 1990s to include many new fans. Accordingly, the band stood as the most commercially visible example of the metal genre for most of that decade. However, Metallica's vastly increased commercial success was accompanied by stylistic changes that fostered accusations of "selling out" by some long-time fans.

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In 2003 Metallica released St. Anger, a collection of the most aggressive music they had written in a decade, to deeply divided critical reviews and comparatively mediocre sales figures. Nevertheless, extensive and successful tours throughout 2003 and 2004 reinforced the band's reputation as a top-notch live act.

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American: :This page disambiguates the many uses of American. For an article about those various uses, please see Use of the word American....

Thrash metal: Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music....

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