Is metallica considered hard rock?

In the beggining of the group, they were metal band, i think until the black album, then they change their style a little bit. For me, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1ZxwUlRKQ8 this is one of the best metallica song :p

Yes. Metallica is definitely Hard Rock.
Edit: Also, as far as i know, there is no such genre as "Metal" . There are multiple rock genres that contain the word Metal in their name(Heavy Metal, Black Metal etc..) and they all are...subgenres?? of Hard Rock.

well, at least it's most definitely not a Metal band. Most likely it's Hard Rock, although a lot of their songs, especially newer ones, you can't even put in that category anymore

They used to be more of a thrash metal band in the past, but started changing their sound after Black
Last album i've heard was death magnetic, still metal just not as good

You are 25 years late. Metallica hovers between hard rock and metal. But I would say it's 75% hard rock.

Glad you like it :)
Labels are not always a good thing
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To me, it's none of the above. Metallica hasn't been good since the black album. They need to go back to their roots and rediscover how to play metal. Because now, it's just crap.

Thrash/Heavy Metal.

Redneck Metal with no doubts! :p
I'm sorry. :(

I say Metallica is more metal, AC/DC is hard rock.

I'd never label it hard rock, even their ballads are too metal to me. They were from thrash metal to hardcore/pop. No matter how metal they try to be today, they can't sound thrash anymore. Probably because they got tired of it.

(METAL)lica

They started of as trash metal and have transitioned to heavy metal and hard rock over time. Now they lost the metal part and are just pure trash.

They're heavy metal.

Thrash Metal (early), Hard Rock/Heavy/Thrash Metal (later)

They started as metal and now.. are they still around? :p
Funny how even black sabbath are considered metal (although granted they were rather heavy for their time) but they sound like hard rockish to modern ears.

I'm not a big fan of rock music, definitely not a specialist so I say nothing about their original genre
I just add here this amazing performance of Hetfield and Queen from 1992 (Stone Cold Crazy, Queen song originally placed on 1974s album) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVed8lxJs0

here's a lot of Rock fans probably so I just add another link to whole Freddie Tribute concert, stunning event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b9QB2zTY8k

hard rock are AC/DC.Metallica can't be called hard rock,they may be less thrashy than they where but are still metal.in 2010 i saw the big 4(Metallica,Megadeth,Slayer,Anthrax) and there where many boys and girls that thought Metallica are just a light concert because they have songs like unforgiven,one,turn the page etc.thats until creeping death came as an intro and many got bleeding noses after the very first song.also metal nowadays is more crappy with combination of normal and brutal vocals in many bands(plain shit) so something old school may be considered less metal..

Metallica's genre is shit.

Before: Heavy/Trash Metal
Now: Hard Rock

lol is this some kind of troll thread? :D

I don't know, but I do remember buying two Metallica songs as cd singles, funnily enough at a time when a lot of their older fans weren't liking some of the newer stuff they were putting out. They were being criticised for their sound becoming more commercial if I remember correctly. I got The Memory Remains and Unforgiven II.

I'd call Metallica 'Suck Rock" or 'Suck Metal'.

And for having some the the least complex music with very few cords in them, they sure do like to sue people who download their mind-numbing crap songs. They are businessmen and not artists.

Metal IS hard rock.