Metallica in MRSOTY

Metallica is an American thrash metal band formed in San Fransisco, California in 1981 by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. The band currently consists of rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist James Hetfield, lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, bassist Robert Trujillo, and drummer Lars Ulrich. The band has released ten studio albums, eight live albums, three EPs, forty-three singles, ten video albums, forty-two music videos, one soundtrack album, one collaboration album, and three box sets.

Metallica has been featured in MRSOTY nine times: in 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2016. Metallica has come top three on multiple occasions but has only won once, in 1988 with their song One.

Participation overview
{| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Song !! Album !! Place !! Participant
 * + Metallica's entries
 * -bgcolor="silver"
 * 1983 || The Four Horsemen || Kill Em All || 2 || Aryganyx
 * -bgcolor="silver"
 * 1984 || Fade To Black || Ride The Lightning || 2 || Aryganyx
 * -bgcolor="#c96"
 * 1986 || Battery || Master Of Puppets || 3 || Aryganyx
 * -bgcolor="gold"
 * 1988 || One || ...And Justice For All || 1 || TYOER
 * 1991 || My Friend Of Misery || The Black Album || 8 || Aryganyx
 * 1996 || King Nothing || Load || 20 || Aryganyx
 * 1997 || Fuel || Reload || 16 || Mrpurple
 * 1998 || Stone Cold Crazy || Garage Inc. || 21 || Mrpurple
 * 2016 || Halo On Fire || Hardwired...To Self-Destruct || 8 || TheBricker
 * 1991 || My Friend Of Misery || The Black Album || 8 || Aryganyx
 * 1996 || King Nothing || Load || 20 || Aryganyx
 * 1997 || Fuel || Reload || 16 || Mrpurple
 * 1998 || Stone Cold Crazy || Garage Inc. || 21 || Mrpurple
 * 2016 || Halo On Fire || Hardwired...To Self-Destruct || 8 || TheBricker
 * 1998 || Stone Cold Crazy || Garage Inc. || 21 || Mrpurple
 * 2016 || Halo On Fire || Hardwired...To Self-Destruct || 8 || TheBricker
 * 2016 || Halo On Fire || Hardwired...To Self-Destruct || 8 || TheBricker
 * 2016 || Halo On Fire || Hardwired...To Self-Destruct || 8 || TheBricker