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Metallica

Metallica is a group from the US, active since 1981.

Group US since 1981 thrash metal heavy metal metal

TOTAL PLAYS

830

SONGS PLAYED

179

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-16 09:01 · 6 Music — "Enter Sandman"

LAST PLAYED

1 month ago · Radio 2 — "Nothing Else Matters"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

100 75 50 25 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 383 46%

Radio 1 307 37%

Radio 2 137 17%

1Xtra 3 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 23:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Enter Sandman 268 2026-03-06

2 Nothing Else Matters 51 2026-08-07

3 Master of Puppets 37 2026-02-28

4 For Whom the Bell Tolls 32 2025-12-25

5 Lux Æterna 19 2025-04-25

6 Battery 16 2025-07-27

7 One 16 2024-05-02

8 Sad but True 14 2024-08-16

9 Until It Sleeps 13 2026-01-02

10 The Day That Never Comes 11 2008-09-25

11 Seek and Destroy 10 2021-11-19

12 The Memory Remains 9 2025-02-05

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-07 22:30 Nothing Else Matters Radio 2

2026-08-04 18:55 For Whom The Bell Tolls (Remastered) 6 Music

2026-08-02 01:09 Master of Puppets (Pendulum Remix) Radio 1

2026-07-27 23:04 Harvester Of Sorrow (Radio 1 Session, 17 November 2016) Radio 1

2026-05-01 22:48 For Whom The Bell Tolls (Remastered) Radio 2

2026-04-17 22:13 Remember Tomorrow Radio 2

2026-03-06 01:41 Enter Sandman Radio 2

2026-03-05 20:51 Enter Sandman Radio 2

2026-03-03 00:49 Blackened Radio 1

2026-02-28 21:40 Master of Puppets Radio 2

2026-01-16 23:08 I Disappear Radio 2

2026-01-02 23:41 Until It Sleeps Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

179 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

...and Justice for All —

1 2012-06-11 ▶

2 x 4 - Donington Park 1995 —

1 2014-01-18 ▶

53rd And 3rd —

1 2015-04-10 ▶

72 Seasons —

5 2025-03-04 ▶

All Nightmare Long —

1 2008-11-11 ▶

Anaesthaesia (Pulling Teeth) —

1 2009-03-04 ▶

Atlas Rise —

1 2016-11-03 ▶

Atlas, Rise! —

5 2019-06-23 ▶

Atlas, Rise! (Radio 1 Session, 20th Nov 2016) —

2 2016-12-18 ▶

Atlas, Rise! (Radio Edit) —

1 2018-06-10 ▶

Battery —

16 2025-07-27 ▶

BED: Sad But True —

1 2008-09-15 ▶

Blackened —

3 2026-03-03 ▶

Blackened (Fred Faulke Remix) —

1 2008-09-15 ▶

Blitzkrieg —

2 2017-03-01 ▶

Breadfan / Master Of Puppets - Donington Park 1995 —

1 2016-08-20 ▶

Broken , Beat & Scarred —

1 2008-09-19 ▶

Broken, Beat & Scarred —

1 2012-06-11 ▶

Call of Ktulu —

1 2008-09-15 ▶

CLIP: That Was Just Your Life —

1 2008-09-10 ▶

Crash Course in Brain Surgery —

3 2018-02-04 ▶

Creeping Death —

7 2025-09-14 ▶

Creeping Death (Glastonbury 2014) —

2 2014-06-29 ▶

Creeping Death (Glastonbury, 2014) —

1 2022-06-23 ▶

Cyanide —

2 2008-09-19 ▶

Cyanide (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-28 ▶

Damage Inc. —

1 2011-02-17 ▶

Damage, Inc. —

4 2025-03-04 ▶

Die, Die My Darling (Misfits cover) —

2 2014-02-05 ▶

Disposable Heroes —

2 2017-10-15 ▶

Don't Tread on Me —

4 2023-10-27 ▶

Dream No More —

3 2017-02-12 ▶

Dyers Eve —

1 2018-09-09 ▶

Enter Sandman —

268 2026-03-06 ▶

Enter Sandman (Dirty Funker Remix) —

1 2012-08-04 ▶

Enter Sandman (Glastonbury 2014) —

5 2014-07-01 ▶

Enter Sandman (Glastonbury, 2014) —

1 2025-06-26 ▶

Enter Sandman (Herve Refix) —

1 2008-09-15 ▶

Enter Sandman (Live at Reading 2008) —

3 2008-09-06 ▶

Enter Sandman (Live Earth) —

1 2007-07-09 ▶

Enter Sandman (Live from Glastonbury '14) —

2 2022-06-22 ▶

Enter Sandman (Radio 1 Rock Show Session) —

2 2016-11-21 ▶

Enter Sandman (Radio 1 Session, 20th Nov 2016) —

1 2016-11-20 ▶

Enter Sandman - Donington Park 1995 —

3 2025-03-04 ▶

Enter Sandman Live —

1 2013-10-08 ▶

Fade to Black —

2 2013-10-21 ▶

Fade To Black 1995 —

1 2009-07-18 ▶

Fade To Black (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-28 ▶

Fade To Black - Donington Park 1995 —

3 2016-08-20 ▶

Fade To Black - Donnington Park 1995 —

1 2014-05-11 ▶

Fade To Black <edit> —

1 2008-09-15 ▶

Fight Fire With Fire —

2 2025-03-04 ▶

For Whom the Bell Tolls —

32 2025-12-25 ▶

For Whom The Bell Tolls 1995 —

1 2009-07-18 ▶

For Whom The Bell Tolls (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-28 ▶

For Whom The Bell Tolls (Remastered) —

4 2026-08-04 ▶

For Whom The Bell Tolls - Donington Park 1995 —

2 2014-06-27 ▶

For Whom The Bell Tolls/ Roam (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-07-06 ▶

Frantic —

1 2007-10-27 ▶

Frayed Ends of Sanity —

1 2014-06-03 ▶

Fuel —

2 2020-11-20 ▶

Hard Wired —

1 2016-08-19 ▶

Hardwired —

5 2019-12-29 ▶

Hardwired (Radio 1 Session, 20th Nov 2016) —

1 2016-11-20 ▶

Harvester of Sorrow —

6 2021-10-31 ▶

Harvester Of Sorrow (Radio 1 Session, 17 November 2016) —

1 2026-07-27 ▶

Harvester Of Sorrow (Radio 1 Session, 20th Nov 2016) —

2 2016-12-18 ▶

Hate Train —

1 2011-12-14 ▶

Helpless —

3 2023-04-27 ▶

Here Comes Revenge —

1 2017-06-18 ▶

Hit the Lights —

5 2025-01-03 ▶

Hit The Lights (demo) —

1 2015-04-19 ▶

Holier Than Thou —

4 2018-09-01 ▶

I Disappear —

5 2026-01-16 ▶

If Darkness Had a Son —

4 2024-02-09 ▶

If Darkness Had A Sun —

1 2023-03-24 ▶

Imperial March —

1 2008-01-10 ▶

Inamorata —

1 2023-04-24 ▶

It's Electric —

1 2014-06-22 ▶

Jump in the Fire —

5 2025-01-23 ▶

Kill / Ride (Medley) - Donington Park 1995 —

1 2014-01-18 ▶

La Bamba —

1 2007-07-24 ▶

Lords of Summer —

3 2014-06-26 ▶

Lords of Summer (First Pass Version) —

1 2014-11-30 ▶

Lux Aeterna —

2 2025-03-04 ▶

Lux Æterna —

19 2025-04-25 ▶

Mama Said —

3 2015-04-02 ▶

Mama Said (Single Edit) —

1 2011-10-08 ▶

Mama_Said —

1 2012-05-19 ▶

Master of Puppets —

37 2026-02-28 ▶

Master Of Puppets 1995 —

1 2009-07-18 ▶

Master Of Puppets (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-28 ▶

Master of Puppets (Live) —

3 2013-09-30 ▶

Master of Puppets (Pendulum Remix) —

1 2026-08-02 ▶

Master Of Puppets (Reading + Leeds 2015) —

1 2020-08-30 ▶

Master of Puppets (The Phantom's Revenge Remix) —

1 2008-09-15 ▶

Master Of Puppets - Donington Park 1995 —

2 2014-06-27 ▶

Metallica Live At Reading —

1 2008-08-26 ▶

Moth Into Flame —

2 2025-02-05 ▶

Moth Into Flame (Radio 1 Session, 20th Nov 2016) —

1 2016-11-20 ▶

Motorbreath —

1 2014-06-28 ▶

My Apocalypse —

3 2008-10-21 ▶

My World —

1 2012-06-11 ▶

Nothing Else Matters —

51 2026-08-07 ▶

Nothing Else Matters (Edit) —

9 2011-06-16 ▶

Nothing Else Matters (Live at Live Earth 2007) —

1 2007-07-10 ▶

Nothing Else Matters - Donington Park 1995 —

3 2016-08-20 ▶

Nothing Else Matters 1995 —

1 2009-07-18 ▶

Nothing Else Matters <Not Full Edit> —

3 2008-06-14 ▶

Now That We're Dead —

1 2016-11-21 ▶

Of Wolf and Man —

8 2023-11-24 ▶

One —

16 2024-05-02 ▶

One (Glastonbury 2014) —

4 2014-06-29 ▶

One - Donington Park 1995 —

1 2016-08-20 ▶

Orion —

2 2019-02-10 ▶

Orion (Instrumental) —

1 2013-04-15 ▶

Phantom Lord —

1 2022-01-27 ▶

Rebel of Babylon —

1 2012-01-10 ▶

Remember Tomorrow —

3 2026-04-17 ▶

Ride the Lightning —

3 2018-04-09 ▶

Ride The Lightning LIVE —

1 2013-10-08 ▶

Room of Mirrors —

2 2025-03-04 ▶

Sabbra Cadabra —

2 2025-07-07 ▶

Sabra Cadabra —

1 2012-06-11 ▶

Sad but True —

14 2024-08-16 ▶

Sad But True (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-28 ▶

Sad But True (Recorded Live in 1007 at the 'Live Earth' Wembley Stadium —

1 2023-06-09 ▶

Sad But True - Donington Park 1995 —

2 2016-08-20 ▶

Screaming Suicide —

5 2023-04-24 ▶

Seek & Destroy —

2 2014-11-23 ▶

Seek and Destroy —

10 2021-11-19 ▶

Seek And Destroy (demo) —

1 2015-04-19 ▶

Seek And Destroy - Donington Park 1995 —

1 2016-08-20 ▶

Shadows Follow —

1 2023-04-24 ▶

Shortest Straw —

1 2007-07-03 ▶

Some Kind of Monster —

1 2012-06-11 ▶

Spit Out the Bone —

7 2017-11-05 ▶

St. Anger —

1 2012-06-11 ▶

Star Wars —

1 2006-11-14 ▶

Stone Cold Crazy —

1 2024-01-14 ▶

That Was Just Your Life —

1 2008-09-22 ▶

The Call of Ktulu —

2 2021-12-05 ▶

The Day That Never Comes —

11 2008-09-25 ▶

The Day That Never Comes <very short edit> —

2 2008-09-17 ▶

The Four Horsemen —

1 2013-10-04 ▶

The Frayed Ends of Sanity —

1 2018-07-08 ▶

The God That Failed —

1 2012-05-28 ▶

The Judas Kiss —

1 2012-06-11 ▶

The Memory Remains —

9 2025-02-05 ▶

The Memory Remains (Feat. Marianne Faithfull) —

1 2025-02-04 ▶

The Memory Remains (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-28 ▶

The Memory Remains (Live With The SFSO) —

1 2015-08-06 ▶

The Memory Remains live —

1 2013-10-08 ▶

The Outlaw Tom —

1 2012-06-11 ▶

The Shortest Straw —

1 2012-03-20 ▶

The Thing That Should Not Be —

3 2020-03-29 ▶

The Unforgiven —

9 2024-06-14 ▶

The Unforgiven (Glastonbury 2014) —

2 2014-06-28 ▶

The Unforgiven 111 —

1 2012-06-11 ▶

The Wait —

1 2013-01-15 ▶

Through the Never —

5 2021-09-19 ▶

Through the Never (Live in Mexico City) —

1 2024-12-06 ▶

Too Far Gone (Live at Metlife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, August 6, 2023) —

4 2023-10-03 ▶

Too Far Gone? —

4 2025-03-04 ▶

Trapped Under Ice —

1 2018-10-26 ▶

Turn the Page —

2 2019-10-05 ▶

Until It Sleeps —

13 2026-01-02 ▶

Welcome Home —

2 2012-09-29 ▶

Welcome Home (Sanatarium) —

1 2006-08-06 ▶

Welcome Home (Sanitarium) —

1 2014-07-22 ▶

Wherever I May Roam 1995 —

1 2009-07-18 ▶

Wherever I May Roam —

3 2022-08-12 ▶

Wherever I May Roam (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-28 ▶

Wherever I May Roam - Donington Park 1995 —

1 2014-01-18 ▶

Whiplash —

1 2021-11-04 ▶

Whiskey in the Jar —

8 2025-05-30 ▶

Whiskey In The Jar (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-30 ▶

Whisky In The Jar (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-07-01 ▶

You Must Burn! —

1 2023-05-01 ▶