Metallica

Awards and no-shows: inside the depressing night Metallica split with Jason Newsted

By Matt Mills published 16 January 26

By the time Jason took to the stage with Metallica near the end of 2000, it was so clearly already over

That time Metallica launched a worldwide search to find a new vocalist via an ad in a British music magazine

By Paul Brannigan published 7 January 26

If you were reading Kerrang! in December 1983, you could have had a shot at fronting Metallica

How Metallica wrote the power ballad that saved Miley Cyrus - and that Elton John adored

By Rich Hobson published 7 January 26

James Hetfield wasn't sure about letting his Metallica bandmates hear Nothing Else Matters. Thank goodness he did

Iron Maiden, Metallica, Rush, Bon Jovi and more: 26 things we're looking forward to in 2026

By Dave Ling published 2 January 26

Over the next twelve months, rock will keep rolling smoothly forward - here are 26 ways its wheels will remain lubricated

The ultimate Motorhead playlist (as picked by Metallica, Judas Priest and more)

By Rich Hobson published 28 December 25

We asked some of metal's biggest names to share which Motorhead songs mean most to them

James Hetfield has dropped a spoken word version of one the most famous Christmas stories of all time

By Metal Hammer published 20 December 25

“While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads-ah!”

How Metallica broke the thrash metal mould with biblical barnstormer Creeping Death

By Dave Everley published 9 December 25

Pinching a riff from Kirk Hammett’s former band and inspired by a Charlton Heston film, Metallica reached a new level with their 1984 single