Many fans agree that Metallica's first four albums, released between 1983 and 1988, were their finest. So, we ranked them.

"It's like a movie unto itself. What a song!" Billy Corgan on the Metallica classic that meant everything to him as a ...

Credit: Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Metallica could have packed ... thrash power ballad trilogy that started with Fade To Black and Welcome Home (Sanitarium).