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Metallica: 24 Career Highs and Lows

Metallica: 24 Career Highs and Lows

These heavy-metal statesmen have been headbanging for more than 25 years, and on the eve of their new album, ''Death Magnetic,'' we ride the lightning and relive their historic ups and downs

By Mike Bruno

September 10, 2008 at 07:00 PM EDT

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