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Jason Newsted reveals how addiction struggles contributed to Metallica exit
By Matt Mills published
The veteran bassist says that the metal giants’ refusal to slow down and let him seek help played a part in his 2001 departure

Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted celebrates all clear from throat cancer
By Stef Lach published
Ex-Metallica man Jason Newsted "free and clear" of cancer after intensive treatment

The time Metallica played a gig in a car park and managed to anger half a city
By Matt Mills published
As Metallica prepare to reissue 1997’s Reload, we look back on the calamitous free gig that launched the album 29 years ago

Metallica announce remastered reissue of 1997 album Reload, featuring never-before-heard demos, live recordings and more
By Matt Mills published
The US metal titans gave 1996’s Load a similar treatment last summer

Ghost’s Tobias Forge, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Judas Priest’s Rob Halford to appear on new album celebrating 50 years of Accept
By Matt Mills published
Members of Korn, The Smashing Pumpkins and Scorpions will also be on the 19-song set

The inside story of Master Of Puppets and the two-year whirlwind that took Metallica to the big time
By Paul Brannigan published
From an El Cerrito garage to stadiums with Ozzy Osbourne – as told by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and more

Watch Megadeth play Metallica's Ride The Lightning for the first time
By Fraser Lewry published
Megadeth gave a debut to Ride The Lightning at the Movistar Arena in Bogota, Colombia

Every metal album to get to number one in the UK - and the story behind them all
By Rich Hobson published
From Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden to Skindred and Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK

“Metallica have tried some crazy things, some which have worked better than others. That’s a part of being an artist”: Twenty thousand people, an 80-piece symphony and the world’s biggest metal band – the epic story behind rock’s greatest orchestral gig
By Merlin Alderslade published
Metallica’s S&M2 remains the ultimate meeting of metal and classical music
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