It's fun sometimes to dig out the old discs (or more simply, the mp3s because they're not packed out of the way)
I get a lot of old-school thrash like Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, Pantera, Megadeth, etc, on Ozzy's Boneyard, satellite radio.
Ozzy's DJs barely play anything from Metallica after Load or Reload. Mostly the classic albums. And barely any Load or Reload at that. (Edit: Forgot! Their Thin Lizzy cover tune Whiskey in the Jar was a late one for Metallica that was pretty good. But it was with the Garage Inc release, so I did mention it that way already.)
They play basically nothing from after that. So in a way it really is like Metallica is dead, as elf25s suggested.
Electric Funeral ~ Black Sabbath