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How Metallica turned childhood trauma into The Unforgiven: heavy metal’s decades-spanning trilogy
By Matt Mills published
Inspired by James Hetfield’s isolated upbringing (and a little bit of Chris Isaak), Metallica made an honest, inverted ballad and kicked off a 27-year-long series

Vote: who are the Big 4 in all of metal?
By Merlin Alderslade published
Thrash's Big 4 has been settled for decades, but what if we push it out to the whole genre? Who gets in?

How Metallica turned tragedy into Fade To Black: the acoustic epic that put the elitists in their place
By Alec Chillingworth published
Inspired by the time Metallica’s gear was pinched, Fade To Black threw the metal scene into an uproar – but the band had the last laugh

From Max levitating via Kate Bush to Eddie Munson shredding Metallica, a guide to the very best Stranger Things needle drops
By Perran Helyes published
As we head towards the grand finale, here are the coolest, the funniest and the most emotional needle drops from Stranger Things so far

The surprising influences behind Metallica's most successful single (and no, it isn't Enter Sandman)
By Stephen Hill published
With a new look, a new attitude and a dizzying new set of musical influences, Metallica crafted one of their most controversial singles. It was also their best-selling

From drug hell to Stranger Things - the story behind Metallica's Master Of Puppets
By Joe Daly published
Metallica's most celebrated song helped define a generation of thrash metal and found new meaning decades later with a certain TV show

Dave Mustaine wants Megadeth's final show to be in space
By Merlin Alderslade published
Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine has lofty ambitions for the band's final ever show. Like, seriously lofty

Metallica gave Wolfgang Van Halen a ‘Perfect Attendance Award’ for playing every venue on their 2023 and 2024 tours
By Matt Mills published
Wolfgang’s band Mammoth supported Metallica on every leg of their M72 world tour for two years

The story of every song Dave Mustaine co-wrote for Metallica – and what Megadeth did with those riffs
By Matt Mills published
From The Four Horsemen to The Call Of Ktulu, this is everything you need to know about the six (maybe seven) Metallica songs with Dave Mustaine’s name on them
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