American heavy metal band

Claude says:Los Angeles-born thrash giants who formed in 1981 and became one of the "big four" alongside Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer — Hetfield and Ulrich still at the core, Kirk Hammett on lead guitar since the early days. You've been cycling through their catalog since March 2016, circling back hardest in early 2024 when you hit Reload and the Black Album heavy, leaning on "Fuel" and "Memory Remains" as much as the classic thrash anthems like "Master of Puppets."