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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

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

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

The Metallica song that made both James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett cry
By Paul Brannigan published
One Metallica song above all others had a profound effect on James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett

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
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