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Last Updated: 04/02/2009

Welcome to Mandatory Metallica! The online home of my personal Metallica collection. My name is Chris. I am a Metallica fan and collector from Houston, Texas, USA. I first became a fan of Metallica back in 1988 after the release of their ...And Justice For All album. I had always been a fan of hard rock/heavy metal music, going way back to my elementary school days when I listened to bands such as Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and Kiss.

It was during my college years that I began this little hobby of mine. There were a handful of independent records shops in town that specialized in import records and CDs. It was in these shops that I discovered import CD singles. I visited these shops frequently in search of the latest Metallica items. By the time I finished college in 1997, I had amassed quite a collection of Metallica import singles.

As the years went by, I continued to search for the latest items to add to my collection. A few years ago, I was surfing the internet and came across several web sites devoted to this hobby of mine. These sites had some incredible discographies detailing hundreds, even thousands, of items that I did not even know existed. Items such as promotional CDs, test pressings (LPs), international versions of the major releases, and a virtual sea of singles from countries all over the world.

Along with these collector web sites, there were dozens of online retailers that carried many of these items. Many of the better sites are listed in my Links section below. In addition to these sites, there are online auctions such as eBay, where many of these items can be found.

In 2001, I began collecting Metallica LPs as well. I discovered a used record shop here in Houston, Black Dog Records, that occasionally has a handful of Metallica records both past and present.

As of November 2008, I have seen Metallica live in concert a total of eight (8) times. Click the date to see a scan of the ticket.

1. January 17, 1992 - Houston, Texas - The Summit - "Wherever We May Roam" Tour

2. September 4, 1992 - Houston, Texas - Astrodome - Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour

3. August 7, 1994 - Baytown (Houston), Texas - Houston Raceway Park - "Shit Hits The Sheds" Tour

4. May 19, 2003 - San Francisco, California - Fillmore Theater - Day 2 of 4

5. August 2, 2003 - Houston, Texas - Reliant Stadium - "Summer Sanitarium 2003"

6. November 16, 2004 - Houston, Texas - Toyota Center - "Madly In Anger With The World" Tour

7. August 9, 2008 - Frisco (Dallas), Texas - Pizza Hut Park - "Ozzfest 2008"

8. November 20, 2008 - Houston, Texas - Toyota Center - "World Magnetic" Tour

I also had the privilege of meeting all four members of Metallica once.

1. November 20, 2008 - Houston, Texas - Toyota Center - "World Magnetic" Tour

Updates

Broken, Beat & Scarred...The Single

(metallica.com / metclub.com)

We've got another one of those groovy CD single collector's packs in the works for you and next up from Death Magnetic is "Broken, Beat & Scarred". Just like when "All Nightmare Long" came out, you can pick up just the single CD or go for one of the digi-packs and collect 'em all starting April 3.

The digi-collectors edition will be available all over Europe and the CD "maxi" single will be available in Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia on April 13 and in South America. To everyone in North America please check your favorite import store/sites. The digi-collectors edition will be available in France on April 6.

Here's the track listing. All the live tracks were recorded in London at the O2 Arena on September 15, 2008 at the Death Magnetic release event.

CD 1 Digi Pack (with two clear trays to allow additional CDs)

1. "Broken, Beat & Scarred"

2. "Broken, Beat & Scarred" (live)

3. "End of the Line"

CD 2 J Card (to be collected and to insert into CD 1)

1. "Broken, Beat & Scarred"

2. "Stone Cold Crazy" (live)

3. "Of Wolf and Man" (live)

DVD Single (to be collected and to insert into CD 1)

1. "Broken, Beat & Scarred" (promo video)

2. "The Day That Never Comes" (promo video)

3. "Death Magnetic EPK" (Electronic Press Kit - running time - 17:25)

CD Maxi Single

1. "Broken, Beat & Scarred"

2. "Broken, Beat & Scarred" (live)

3. " End of the Line" (live)

4. "Stone Cold Crazy" (live)

5. "Of Wolf and Man" (live)

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"All Nightmare Long" is also being released in Japan as an EP on SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) on December 24th. It includes the title track along with "Wherever I May Roam", "Master of Puppets", "Blackened", and "Seek and Destroy", all recorded live in Berlin at the O2 World back in September.

I just discovered this today on eBay (and pre-ordered it, naturally). It appears that "All Nightmare Long" is also being released in Australia as an "exclusive" EP on January 19th. It includes the title track, "Master of Puppets", "Blackened", and "Seek and Destroy", all recorded live in Berlin at the O2 World back in September.

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All Nightmare Long...The Single

(metallica.com / metclub.com)

The next track from Death Magnetic, "All Nightmare Long", will get the full on treatment with a CD single collection available throughout Europe and other parts of the world (sorry, not in North America). Here's how it works...starting December 15th you can pick up the collector's digipak with the album version of "All Nightmare Long" along with "Wherever I May Roam" and "Master of Puppets" recorded live in Berlin at the Death Magnetic release bash at the O2 World back in September.

If you would like to complete your single collection, there are two more components available in what our record company calls a "J card" (??)...CD 2 has the track again, "Blackened" and "Seek and Destroy", also recorded at the Berlin O2. Finally, if you just have to own the entire set, there is a third release...a DVD including a 10 minute mini-documentary about our day in Berlin along with 20 minutes worth of live tracks from that night's album release party, as well as another 15 minute movie of yours truly in the tuning room at the Rock Im Park show earlier that summer.

Happy Days!

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Here is the artwork for the digital singles that have been released so far. From left to right: "The Day That Never Comes", "My Apocalypse", "Cyanide", and "The Judas Kiss".

"The Day That Never Comes" was released as a single in the US exclusively at Hot Topic stores. There has been no word yet on whether or not it will be released internationally or if any of the other singles will be released physically (CD, EP, 7", etc.).

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If you haven't heard, Metallica is releasing a new album on September 12, 2008 worldwide. The album will be entitled Death Magnetic. Click here to see the artwork.

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I am slowly, but surely adding scans of my entire collection. Today, I added scans (front, back, and disc) of 43 items on the miscellaneous and Creed pages.

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I have added a few new scans on all of the collection pages, mainly of the latest additions. I have been testing various settings on my scanner to see what works the best, so some of the scans are not as clear as I would have liked them. Once I get that figured out, I hope to add scans for everything that doesn't currently have a scan.

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For full details on the various singles from St. Anger, please see the Update Archives page.

Guide To My Collection

My collection is divided into seven sections: Latest Additions, Want List, CDs, LPs, Cassettes, DVDs, and Videos. Items containing multiple discs or tapes are accounted as such in the respective totals. In the CDs, LPs, and Cassettes sections, items are listed chronologically by album release with singles from that album following it. In the DVDs and Videos sections, items are listed chronologically. The layout of the main collection page is as follows:

TITLE

1. TITLE (Description) [Country Catalog Number] Label

Each individual item has its own page. The layout of that page is as follows:

Title

Country

Label

Catalog Number

Released

Notes

Photos

Track Listing

Footnotes

Notes:

1. Description includes things such as ‘CD Single’ and ‘Limited Edition’.

2. Country refers to the country in which the item was released. My collection contains items from the following countries/regions: Australia, Benelux (Belgium/The Netherlands/Luxemburg), Canada, Denmark, The European Union (EU), France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, Spain, The United Kingdom (UK), and The United States of America (USA).

3. Catalog Number refers to the catalog number of the release as specified by the record label. PRCD refers to a promotional item.

4. Label refers to the record company which released the item.

5. Notes include information regarding where and when the tracks were recorded along with names of producers, etc.

6. Photos include scans of the front and back covers of the disc, the face of the disc itself, and any other scans which are relevant. LPs will include scans of the front and back covers, where possible, and album labels only. To see a larger picture, click on the thumbnail.

7. Track Listing includes track names and times.

8. Footnotes include information regarding where and when the tracks were recorded (for live tracks and demos) and original artist information (for cover songs).

My Metallica Collection

The purpose of this web site is to showcase my personal collection and provide a visual guide for fellow collectors. Click the Metallica logo below to view my Metallica collection.

Also included are pages to showcase my Creed and Megadeth collections. Click the Creed and Megadeth logos below to view my Creed and Megadeth collections respectively.

Additionally, you will find a page to showcase my collection of miscellaneous CD singles, which includes bands such as Anthrax, Danzig, Drowning Pool, Godsmack, Linkin Park, Nickelback, Pantera, Puddle of Mudd, and Staind, among others. Click the miscellaneous logo below to view my collection of miscellaneous CD singles.