<div>A landmark release, the first of a two?volume biography of Metallica follows the band and its world from 1981 to 1991 via exclusive interviews.<BR><BR>The first volume of the definitive two?volume story of the most significant rock band since Led Zeppelin covers Metallica’s formation up to its breakthrough eponymous fifth album. While the band’s earliest years saw the release of three unimpeachable classics that took hard rock to new heights, both artistically and commercially, it was the breakthrough of? <I>And Justice for All</I> that rent the fabric of mainstream culture. In 1991, with the release of ?The Black Album,” Metallica hit the next level.<BR><BR>Told through first?hand interviews with the band members and those closest to them, the story of Metallica’s rise to the mainstream has never been so vividly documented. At the saga’s emotional core is the intense and sometimes fraught relationship between lead singer James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich.<BR></DIV>