These are the sixteen songs that have never been played live by Metallica

metallica They played their first show on March 14, 1982. Since then, they've released 10 studio albums (12 if you count garage company And the lulu), and perform on all seven continents. That's a lot of material, a lot of concerts.

As bands release more music and become bigger over time, it is understandable that they have to carefully choose the songs they will play during each show. Thus, a lot of fans have their hopes and dreams shattered when their favorite deep cuts aren't done, but some groups decide to switch them up every now and then.

Since Metallica has been performing live for over four decades now, we were curious as to what songs hadn't been played before, so we went to Setlist.fm And plug in all of their songs to see which songs didn't appear in the list.

Not surprisingly, Metallica plays a lot of their songs. In the early stages of a band's career, they usually have a few tracks to choose from, so it stands to reason that all of the songs would be from Kill them all And the Lightning ride been played. However, everything from their subsequent three albums have also been played, so this list starts a little later in their career.

For the sake of this list, we didn't count garage company or Lulu Because we wanted it to only consist of Metallica's own songs.. no offense to that Lou Reed. Instrumentals aren't counted either, though she's played a lot of her instrumental tracks live before.

Watch 16 songs that Metallica has never played live according to Setlist.fm below.