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James Hetfield
Downey, California, USA
James Alan Hetfield is an American musician and songwriter best known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the American heavy metal ban…
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James Alan Hetfield is an American musician and songwriter best known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield is mainly known for his intricate rhythm playing, but occasionally performs lead guitar duties and solos, both live and in the 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 nine Grammy Awards and released ten studio albums, three live albums, four extended plays and 24 singles. In 2009, Hetfield was ranked at no. 8 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists and no. 24 by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. In Guitar World's poll, Hetfield was placed as the 19th greatest guitarist of all time, as well as being placed second (along with Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett) in The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists poll of the same magazine. Rolling Stone placed Hetfield as the 87th greatest guitarist of all time. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
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2026
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
Movie Self
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2026
Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2
Movie Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
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2026
Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 1
Movie Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
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2025
Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer
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2025
Ozzy: No Escape from Now
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2025
Metallica: Polar Beach Party
Movie Self
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2025
Metallica: Poor Swedish Me '96
Movie Self
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2025
Metallica: Studio Shit + U.K. Shenanigans
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2025
Metallica Saved My Life
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2024
Metallica: Helping Hands Concert & Auction
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2024
The Thicket
Movie Simon Deasy
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2024
On the Roam
TV show Theme Song Performance
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2023
Metallica: 72 Seasons - Global Premiere
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2022
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
TV show James Hetfield (voice)
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2022
Metallica at Lollapalooza 2022
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2022
Metallica Live Hellfest 2022
Movie Self
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2022
Ennio
Movie Self
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2021
Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2)
Movie vocals, guitars
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2021
Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1)
Movie vocals, guitars
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2021
Metallica: Wherever We May Roam
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2020
Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away
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