Briony Edwards

It's official – Metallica's Master Of Puppets album has been ranked the best album of the 80s by Louder readers

It's official – Metal Hammer readers have voted Master Of Puppets the greatest Metallica album of them all

A film documenting Metallica's upcoming S&M 20th anniversary shows will be screened in 3,000 cinemas for one night only

A Canadian woman fends off attack from hungry cougar using Metallica song Don't Tread On Me

You can get an Ozzy Osbourne-approved tattoo while listening to his new album Ordinary Man a day before everyone else

Drummer Lars Ulrich introduces the latest Metallica Monday performance – and updates fans on the upcoming S&M2 album

Metallica's therapist Phil Towle became an "easy target" following the release of Some Kind Of Monster – but drummer Lars Ulrich actually credits him with keeping the band together

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich tells Phoebe Bridgers that the band are "three, four weeks into some pretty serious writing"

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett opens up on the impact he believes the band's 1991 Black Album had on the wider alternative music scene at the time

After spotting 10-year-old Owen Anderson in the crowd, Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl invites him up to the side of the stage and even lets him have a go on his guitar

Iron Maiden have released the video for latest single Stratego, taken from new album Senjutsu

Iron Maiden have unveiled the latest in their Trooper range with the announcement of new sake lager Sun And Steel

Dave Grohl reveals that insecurities in his own singing and songwriting abilities, plus a desire to not 'rock the boat' were behind him not writing any music for Nirvana

Foo Fighters release Times Like Those: "a 25-year visual journey through the band’s most memorable moments" – and confirm exclusive performance as part of Amazon Music’s Holiday Plays series

Megadeth vocalist Dave Mustaine has spoken out about his recent cancer diagnosis - "I’m just dealing with life... I’m not gonna let this even scare me"

House Of Vans are streaming Metallica's 2016 set – captured at their intimate London venue

Metallica's 1986 classic Master Of Puppets is voted the band's best song ever by Metal Hammer readers

Watch a man perform Metallica's For Whom The Bell Tolls on Europe's largest carillion in front of an audience of headbanging children

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett admits he'd love to diversify the band's sound, but that he's frequently shot down by the band's "tone police"

Metallica announce they have cancelled appearances at Sonic Temple and Louder Than Life festivals, as part of James Hetfield's "continuing effort to get and stay healthy"

The third part of Iron Maiden's The Studio Collection Remastered will include Fear Of The Dark, The X Factor, Virtual XI and Brave New World and will be released in July