James Hetfield
Biography
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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-08-03
Place of birth
Downey, California, USA
Images
Cast
Metallican Vid
1993
0.00
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
2004
7.05
Metallica: Wherever We May Roam
2021
6.00
The Thicket
2024
6.47
Cum On Feel The Noize
2017
7.00
Metallica: Cunning Stunts
1998
7.70
The Big Four: Live in Sofia
2010
8.30
Metallica: Cliff 'Em All
1987
7.60
METALLICA the Complete Story
2008
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Metallica: St. Anger Rehearsals
2003
9.50
Deep Purple: Made In Japan
1972
10.00
Metallica: Fan Can 6
2010
6.90
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
2006
7.60
Metallica Touring Europe
2008
10.00
Lemmy
2010
7.54
Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011
2011
7.10
Ennio
2022
8.30
Metallica: MTV Icon
2003
7.80
Metallica: Making Magnetic
2008
9.00
Absent
2011
2.67
Metallica: Quebec Magnetic
2012
8.10
Metallica: Through the Never
2013
6.79
Metallica: Up Close and Personal
2007
0.00
Surfing Your Dreams
2013
10.00
Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014
2014
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Metallica at Lollapalooza 2022
2022
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Hard Rock Treasures
2005
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Metallica Live Hellfest 2022
2022
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Metallica: Masters of Metal
2014
7.20
Metallica: Masters of Metal
2014
7.20
'Tallica Parking Lot
2014
6.00
Metallica Live at Blizzcon
2014
10.00
Metallica: The Night Before
2016
10.00
Metallica: Rock in Rio
2012
8.50
Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006
2006
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Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NY
1989
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Metallica: Day on the Green
1985
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Metallica: [1983] Kiss the Stone
1983
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Metallica: Live Covers
1998
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Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico
1993
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Metallica: [2015] X Games
2015
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Metallica: Detroit, Michigan
1986
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Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NY
1986
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Anton Corbijn Inside Out
2012
5.50
Metallica: Newark, Delaware
1989
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Metallica: This Monster Lives
2014
6.10
Metallica: Rock in Rio 2015
2015
7.50
Metallica: Fan Can 5
2006
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Metallica - Rock AM Ring
2008
10.00
Metallica: Woodstock '99
1999
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Metallica - Live Earth
2007
10.00
Sad Hill Unearthed
2018
6.93
Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009
2009
8.50
Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2012
2012
10.00
Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life
2006
6.80
Metallica: Live at Sonisphere
2010
8.50
Metallica: Live at Slane Castle
2020
10.00
![Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//1EgjQW1qQqbq9b6sCa39qua7VCy.jpg "Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore]")
Mission to Lars
2015
5.70
Metallica: Ride The Lightning
1985
10.00
Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival
1985
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Metallica: Live at San Diego
1992
9.00
Metallica: Nagoya, Japan
1986
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Metallica - Roskilde Festival
1986
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Metallica: The Black Album
2012
7.90
Metallica: Woodstock '94
1994
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Metallica - ...And Justice For All
1992
10.00
Flying V
2020
7.50
Metallica: Making of S&M
1999
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Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019
2019
8.50
Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019
2019
8.00
2 of One
1989
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Metallica: Fan Can 1
1996
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Randy Johnson: The Big Picture
2015
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The Darwin Awards
2007
5.52
Metallica Saved My Life
2025
0.00
Metallica: Polar Beach Party
2025
0.00
Metallica: Poor Swedish Me '96
2025
0.00
Metallica: Live in Baltimore
2000
0.00
Ozzy: No Escape from Now
2025
8.70