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Corey Taylor with arms outstretched on stage at Download
From Metallica surprise shows to Slipknot triumphs, these are the 13 greatest Download festival sets ever

By Stephen Hill Published

For over two decades, Download has been the premiere rock and metal festival in the UK. These are its finest moments

Music Festivals
Metallica onstage in 1997
Rare UK TV footage of Metallica playing The Memory Remains unearthed after almost 30 years

By Matt Mills Published

Just in time for the metal behemoths’ reissue of their 1997 album at the end of the month

Tracks & Singles
James Hetfield and Joey Jordison onstage in 2004
What happened the night Metallica’s Lars Ulrich went missing

By Alexander Milas Published

Unexpectedly down an original member, Metallica headlined Download festival 2004 backed up by Joey Jordison and Dave Lombardo

Bands & Artists
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“Metal needs a good f**king kick up the ass”: the story of Metallica’s Load

By Paul Brannigan Published

New haircuts, new sound, new Metallica: was Load the sound of metal’s biggest band trolling the world?

Albums
Two teenagers make a Metallica video in 1989
Two kids made their own Metallica video in 1989 and thinking about it, we're grateful we didn't have a camcorder then

By Metal Hammer Published

This is what some young metal fans used to do before the internet was a thing

Interviews
James Hetfield of Metallica onstage in 2025
Watch Metallica tear through Creeping Death and King Nothing during first concert of 2026 in Athens, Greece

By Matt Mills Published

The metal superstars are currently traipsing their way through European stadiums and will hit the UK towards the end of the month

Music
A composite photograph of Metallica’s James Hetfield performing onstage and Clint Eastwood in the movie The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
How Metallica turned a song from a Clint Eastwood movie into the greatest intro music in history

By Malcolm Dome Published

No Metallica show is complete without The Ecstasy Of Gold as its intro tape

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Bands & Artists
Diamond Head posing for a photograph in the early 1980s
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

Bands & Artists
Jason Newsted in a suit in front of a surrealist blue painting
Ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted opens up on recent cancer battle

By Merlin Alderslade Published

Jason Newsted recently got the all-clear from throat cancer

Music
Metallica in 1996
How Metallica rewrote their script – and irritated countless metalheads – with Load and Reload

By Paul Travers Published

When the former thrashers cut their hair and took influence from the blues, they didn’t emerge unscathed, but they remained heavy music’s biggest band all the same

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