Assuming Quote by Charlie Benante

So many bands would say that they were alternative, or they were this or that... 'Heavy metal' was a pretty uncool word after about…

— Vinnie Paul

The power, the complexity, the aggression - there's so many things that would attract anyone to Metallica. I think that they are the prime…

— David Draiman

We're just some little metal band.

— Mitch Lucker

As iconic a band as Metallica has become, I think sometimes we forget just how raw they were in the beginning of their career,…

— Corey Taylor

Without Metallica, we wouldn't have a lot of the bands that we have now.

— Joey Jordison

Bands like Metallica never sat around and said, 'We're speed metal,' or 'We're thrash metal.' If it feels good at the end of the…

— Ivan Moody

We're definitely a metal band. We push a lot of boundaries. But at the core we're a metal band.

— Wayne Static

Even when metal was on the radio, it was always the watered down stuff. There were only a couple real metal bands - Metallica…

— Wayne Static

We're trying to leave no stone unturned, to push forward in every aspect of what it means to be a band. Because this really…

— Synyster Gates

The most metal? Some would say Slayer, but I think they're a dreadful band. Unbelievably boring. Terrible. Apparently it's not metal to say that,…

— Floor Jansen

We were lumped into the Lite Metal radio bands.

— Kip Winger

I didn't realize Metallica was as big as they were. I just thought it was my buddy Kirk's band - we went to high…

— Les Claypool