Thrash metal pioneers Metallica have made another piece of music history by taking their place in the new Guinness World Records 2015 book.

The US rockers have been recognised for being the first musical act to perform a concert on every continent.

The band set the record after they entertained 120 scientists and competition winners in a transparent dome at Carlini Station in Antarctica in December 2013.

The hour-long show, appropriately dubbed “Freeze ‘Em All”, saw the rock band perform ten tracks.