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Metallica is an American heavy metal band based in San Rafael, California.

The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles when vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield responded to an advertisement posted by drummer Lars Ulrich in a local newspaper.

Metallica's current line-up comprises founding members Hetfield and Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo.

Guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassists Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted are former members of the band.

The American River Parkway is a parkway that runs along the American River throughout Sacramento County, California and consists of many smaller parks and boat launching points.

It can be accessed by various exits off U.S. Route 50 in Sacramento County.

Aftershock Festival is an annual concert sponsored by Monster Energy held in Sacramento, California that features several rock and metal acts.

Beginning in 2012, the festival expanded from a one-day concert to a two-day festival.

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County.

It is at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley.

Its estimated 2014 population of 485,199 made it the sixth-largest city in California, and the 35th largest city in the United States.

Sacramento is the cultural and economic core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, which includes seven counties with a 2010 population of 2,414,783.

Its metropolitan area is the fourth largest in California after the Greater Los Angeles area, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the San Diego metropolitan area, and is the 27th largest in the United States.

In 2002, the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University conducted for Time magazine named Sacramento "America's Most Diverse City".