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Here are the famously ‘terrible’ metal albums we can’t get enough of
By Matt Mills published
From Metallica and Lou Reed’s Lulu to Iron Maiden’s No Prayer For The Dying, the Metal Hammer team band together to defend their favourite clangers

Metallica’s Master Of Puppets has been streamed one billion times on Spotify
By Matt Mills published
Master Of Puppets gets added to Spotify’s elite Billions Club, joining fellow Metallica hits Nothing Else Matters and Enter Sandman

This is the Metallica song that makes Kirk Hammett cry – and it’s really not the one you’d expect
By Matt Mills published
Turns out it’s not Fade To Black, One or Mama Said that gets Metallica’s guitarist misty-eyed…

While Kirk Hammett hails Black Sabbath as metal’s founders, Ghost’s Tobias Forge names the “neglected” aspect of their sound
By Matt Mills published
As the build-up to Black Sabbath’s farewell show continues, Metallica’s guitarist and Ghost’s mastermind explain why the Birmingham four-piece are so special

Kirk Hammett on his friendship with Jason Momoa
By Rich Hobson published
What do a heavy metal and Hollywood star have to bond over? A lot, it turns out.

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett is open to making another Load-style album
By Matt Mills published
As controversial as Metallica’s 90s rock tangent was, Kirk Hammett says re-exploring that side of their sound isn’t off the table

"We were all basket cases! But we created this thing called Metallica that’s been our refuge." Kirk Hammett on 40 years in one of the biggest bands in the world
By Stef Lach published
Toxic masculinity, matriarchal societies, fights with bandmates, Metallica's future – Kirk Hammett tells all
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