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Jason Newsted onstage
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

Bands & Artists
James Hetfield on stage in 1997
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

Concerts & Shows
Metallica in 1997
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

Bands & Artists
Pictures of Ghost’s Tobias Forge, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, Judas Priest’s Rob Halford and Accept’s Wolf Hoffman performing onstage
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

Bands & Artists
Metallica
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

Music
Dave Mustaine onstage
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

Music
Slipknot/Evanescence/Skindred/Iron Maiden/Sleep Token
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

Albums
Metallica performing with the San Francisco Symphony during the S&M2 shows in 2019
“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

Interviews
Metallica MTV Music Video Awards 2000
The story of the album that almost killed Metallica

By Stephen Hill Published

Metallica almost destroyed themselves making 2003's St. Anger

Tracks & Singles
Metallica in 1986
What it was like seeing Metallica in their early days, according to Death Angel frontman Mark Osegueda

By Merlin Alderslade Published

Mark knew that Metallica were destined for great things from the very start

Music
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