James Hetfield
James Alan Hetfield is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, co-founder, and a primary songwriter of heavy metal band Metallica. He is mainly known for his raspy voice and intricate rhythm playing, but occasionally performs lead guitar duties and solos both live and in studio. Hetfield co-founded Metallica in October 1981 after answering an advertisement by drummer Lars Ulrich in the Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler. Metallica has won 10 Grammy Awards and released 11 studio albums, three live albums, four extended plays, and 24 singles. Hetfield is often regarded as one of the greatest rhythm guitar players of all time.
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Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2
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2026
Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 1
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2026
Ozzy: No Escape from Now
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2025
The Thicket
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2024
Metallica: 40th Anniversary Shows Live at Chase Center 2021
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2021
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
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2019
Sad Hill Unearthed
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2018
Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly
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2017
Metallica: Freeze 'Em All
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2015
Mission to Lars
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2015
Metallica: Masters of Metal
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2014
Metallica: Freeze 'Em All - Live in Antarctica
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2013
Metallica: Through the Never
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2013
Metallica: Through the Never
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2013
An Evening with Lou Reed & Metallica - Live at Rockpalast
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2011
The Big Four: Live in Sofia
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2010
Lemmy
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2010
Metallica: Live in Copenhagen, Denmark - July 22, 2009
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2009
Metallica: Français pour une nuit
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2009
Aural Amphetamine: Metallica and the Dawn of Thrash
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2008
Metallica: Up Close and Personal
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2007
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
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2006
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
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2004
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M
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1999
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M
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1999
Metallica: Making of S&M
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1999
Metallica: [1999] Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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1999
Metallica: Cunning Stunts
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1998
Metallica: Poor East Asian Me - Live at Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea
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1998
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
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1992
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
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1992
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego 1992
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1992
Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock
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1991
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989
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1989
Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival
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1985
Metallica: Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983
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1983
Metallica: Moscow Magnetic
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