If you are looking for something to adorn your coffee table with, then rock photographer Ross Halfin -- who has been snapping shots of Metallica for 25 years -- will make your day. Halfin has collected tons of photos and laid them out in 'The Ultimate Metallica,' a photo book that spans two-plus decades. The book was compiled with Metallica's blessing, as drummer Lars Ulrich wrote the foreword, with guitarist Kirk Hammett authoring the afterword.

A hardcover edition of 'The Ultimate Metallica' is available now from Chronicle Books.

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