It goes with out saying that Metallica’s 1991 self-titled album is likely one of the greatest heavy metallic information of all time. However, to stress what we’re all pondering, the numbers show it too.
In latest information, Metallica has attained new RIAA certifications for 2 of their information. Firstly, their groundbreaking self-titled fifth studio album. Which has simply hit 20x platinum, for gross sales amounting to twenty million copies. Insane, proper? Alongside their critically acclaimed Grasp of Puppets (which hardly wants an introduction), has additionally been licensed 8x platinum, having secured the eight million mark.
To not make this about numbers, however for a band to be getting most of these figures on information which are over 20 years outdated is a big flex. Although it’s hardly stunning, since these albums have paved the best way for therefore many heavy metallic bands as we speak.
In different Metallica information, final week the group introduced UK and EU dates for 2026, with two reveals in London. Proper now, the band are persevering with their M72 World Tour, you recognize, the tour that by no means ends… To this point, that is the third consecutive yr this tour has run and has seen the band play to greater than three million followers throughout the globe.
Fairly unimaginable stuff.
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M72 World Tour UK and Europeon 2026 Dates
05/09 Athens, Greece @ Olympic Stadium *
05/13 Bucharest, Romania @ Area Națională *
05/19 Chorzów, Poland @ Stadion Śląski *
05/22 Frankfurt, Germany @ Deutsche Financial institution Park *
05/24 Frankfurt, Germany @ Deutsche Financial institution Park +
05/27 Zurich, Switzerland @ Stadion Letzigrund *
05/30 Berlin, Germany @ Olympiastadion *
06/03 Bologna, Italy @ Stadio Renato Dall’Ara *
06/11 Budapest, Hungary @ Puskas Area +
06/13 Budapest, Hungary @ Puskas Area *
06/19 Dublin, Eire @ Aviva Stadium +
06/21 Dublin, Eire @ Aviva Stadium *
06/25 Glasgow, Scotland @ Hampden Park *
06/28 Cardiff, Wales @ Principality Stadium *
07/03 London, England @ London Stadium *
07/05 London, England @ London Stadium +
* = w/ Gojira and Knocked Unfastened assist
+ = w/ Pantera and Avatar assist