James Alan Hetfield is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and the main song-writer of the 9-times ‘Grammy Award’ winner heavy metal band, ‘Metallica.’ He was born and raised in California, US, in a strict Christian Science family. He joined hands with drummer Ulrich, and later founded the band, ‘Metallica.’ Making their beginning as thrash pioneers, the group went on to become one of the most commercially successful heavy metal bands. With his strong leadership, powerful vocal style, signature rhythm guitar-playing and skillful song-writing, Hetfield has etched a special place for himself and his band in the history of heavy metal music. He has played a major part in taking their group from being an underground roots band to one of the greatest metal bands in the history of music. ‘Metallica’ has released 10 studio albums, 4 live albums, 39 singles, and 41 music videos. They have sold over 145 million albums worldwide. He has been ranked as one of the top metal guitarists and metal vocalists of all time. Hetfield is married to Francesca Tomasi and the couple has three children.