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The 80s pop culture icon that bizarrely tried to join Metallica
By Merlin Alderslade published
This week, wrestling icon Hulk Hogan passed away aged 71. We revisit one of the strangest stories involving the Hulkster, which included the world's biggest metal band

Inside the night James Hetfield caught fire - and Axl Rose caused a riot
By Philip Wilding published
A look back at one of the most chaotic gigs in the history of rock 'n' roll

The lost NWOBHM classic that Metallica turned into one of metal’s most famous songs
By Greg Prato published
How Lars Ulrich and co gave a leg up to a cult early 80s British metal band

Awards and no-shows: inside the depressing night Metallica split with Jason Newsted
By Matt Mills published
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
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
James Hetfield wasn't sure about letting his Metallica bandmates hear Nothing Else Matters. Thank goodness he did

System Of A Down's Daron Malakian on being asked to fill in for injured James Hetfield on Metallica's 2000 Summer Sanitarium tour
By Stef Lach published
System Of A Down had yet to make their breakthrough – but guitarist Malakian was thrust onto the stage with metal royalty

Iron Maiden, Metallica, Rush, Bon Jovi and more: 26 things we're looking forward to in 2026
By Dave Ling published
Over the next twelve months, rock will keep rolling smoothly forward - here are 26 ways its wheels will remain lubricated
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