Metallica

San Francisco metal legends Metallica were formed in 1981 and are the most successful of the founding "big four" bands of thrash metal, alongside Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer.

Their line-up of James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo have filled stadiums the world over, and famously opened the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium in 1992.

Their fast tempos, instrumentals and aggressive musicianship has made them one of the best-selling bands of all time, with over 150 million record sales worldwide, with the Platinum-selling singles "Enter Sandman", "Nothing Else Matters", "Master of Puppets",  "One", "The Unforgiven", "Wherever I May Roam", "Sad but True", and "Until it Sleeps" proving hits in the UK charts.