Commemorating 40 years of METALLICA, the band’s release of a special extremely limited ring, sold out in a few hours after being put on the METALLICA store at Metallica.com. It was only available to members of METALLICA‘s fan club, affectionately known as Fifth Members at a cost of $399.99
The 40 rings were made to order, crafted from silver, and hand-numbered 1 through 40. Each feature engravings of James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted. One side will display the number 40 with the M logo struck through the zero, and the other will feature the years 1981 and 2021, also separated by the M logo. The face of the ring will proudly display the number 40 with a raised, brass M logo struck through the zero.
A standard, unnumbered, all-silver edition will follow in December and will cost $249.99.
The standard 40th-anniversary silver ring features the same design elements. The two differences are that it is not numbered and the M logo on the face of the ring is neither raised nor brass. The M logo is engraved in the same manner as the 40 on the face.
This past July, METALLICA announced details of its massive 40th-birthday celebration: The band will mark this milestone by inviting the worldwide METALLICA family to join them in their hometown of San Francisco for two unique live shows featuring two different setlists December 17 and 19 at Chase Center. Tickets for these shows were made available only to registered members of METALLICA‘s Fifth Member fan club.
The 40th-anniversary shows see METALLICA return to Chase Center for the first time since the September 2019 “S&M²” concerts that also served as the venue’s grand opening. It was impossible not to notice that fans from more than 60 countries traveled to the City by the Bay and completely took over San Francisco for “S&M²” weekend. That outpouring of positive vibes from around the world inspired METALLICA to invite those Fifth Members back — and this time, in addition to the two shows at Chase Center, METALLICA will be curating other live music and comedy events, Blackened Whiskey tastings, and so much more all around the city during the long four-day weekend of celebrations starting on Thursday, December 16.
Formed in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield, METALLICA has become one of the most influential and successful rock bands in history, having sold nearly 120 million albums worldwide and generating more than 2.5 billion streams while playing to millions of fans on literally all seven continents. The band’s several multi-platinum albums include “Kill ‘Em All”, “Ride The Lightning”, “Master Of Puppets”, “… And Justice For All”, “Metallica” (commonly referred to as The Black Album), “Load”, “Reload”, “St. Anger”, “Death Magnetic” and “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct”, released in November 2016 and charting at No. 1 in 32 countries.
METALLICA‘s awards and accolades include nine Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, multiple MTV Video Music Awards, and its 2009 induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. In June of 2018, the band was awarded one of the most prestigious musical honors in the world: Sweden’s Polar Music Prize. METALLICA‘s newest release, the “S&M²” album and film, arrived last August on the band’s own Blackened Recordings label. “S&M²” chronicles METALLICA and San Francisco Symphony‘s September 6 and September 8, 2019 “S&M²” concerts that served as the grand opening of San Francisco’s Chase Center and reunited the band and Symphony for the first time in 20 years. “S&M²” brings those historic shows back to life, capturing more than two and a half hours of James, Lars, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo joining forces with the nearly 80-strong San Francisco Symphony, legendary music director of the orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas and conductor Edwin Outwater.
