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“Just like the pied piperrrrr!” Watch Metallica’s James Hetfield sing Symphony Of Destruction by Megadeth (and no, it’s not A.I.)

By Matt Mills published 13 September 23

In 2008, Metallica frontman James Hetfield threw a good-natured joke towards former bandmate Dave Mustaine by imitating his higher-pitched vocal style

"I tried for two weeks and never heard a word back." The strange story of Hulk Hogan's phantom 'audition' for Metallica

By Merlin Alderslade published 12 September 23

Hulk Hogan's claim that he tried to join Metallica is legendary. Not least because Metallica had no idea what he was talking about

The 10 most underrated Metallica songs

By Merlin Alderslade published 11 September 23

Metallica might be titans of heavy metal, but we reckon these ten tracks from deep within their back catalogue deserve a lot more love

James Hetfield singing Nothing Else Matters

“It actually changed something culturally." James Hetfield wrote Nothing Else Matters because he missed his girlfriend. It'd make ballads cool again, outrage Metallica elitists and, eventually, help Miley Cyrus mend her broken heart

By Rich Hobson published 6 September 23

James Hetfield was shy in letting his Metallica bandmates hear Nothing Else Matters. They loved it: and so have generations since

Photos of Metallica, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit and Avenged Sevenfold performing live

10 iconic metal bands with one bad album

By Stephen Hill published 5 September 23

Metallica, Slipknot and Avenged Sevenfold are all hugely reliable bands – apart from on one painful occasion

A picture showing James Hetfield's positive Covid-19 test in September 2023

Metallica postpone Arizona show as James Hetfield tests positive for COVID

By Stef Lach published 3 September 23

Metallica frontman James Hetfield's positive COVID test is a stark reminder that the music business is not in the clear yet

“The solo on Enter Sandman is a real hummer! I just love it!” King Crimson’s Robert Fripp shares his love for Metallica, Megadeth, Slipknot and Korn

By Matt Mills published 2 September 23

King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp, whose YouTube covers with wife Toyah Willcox frequently go viral, has expressed his admiration for a host of heavy metal stars

"We knew it was provocative and we knew that it might not be accepted by anyone": Metallica's Kirk Hammett revisits the making of Master Of Puppets

By Paul Brannigan published 1 September 23

Kirk Hammett: "Master of Puppets, for me, it's a very sentimental album. We knew we were on to something"

A dog sat in a stadium seat, watching a concert

“Master Of Puppies”: A dog ran away from home, watched a Metallica show and stayed for the whole thing

By Matt Mills published 1 September 23

A pooch called Storm snuck out and somehow made her way to Metallica’s record-breaking show at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium

James Hetfield and Cliff Burton of Metallica being interviewed in 1986

“We do what we wanna do. If people consider that selling out, then… whatever!” Watch Metallica respond to being called sell-outs all the way back in 1986

By Matt Mills published 31 August 23

Metallica frontman James Hetfield and late bassist Cliff Burton had some pretty passionate answers when an interviewer asked them about being called sellouts after Master Of Puppets

"These ****ers opened with Whiplash!" Watch Jason Momoa excitedly moshing at Metallica's record-breaking Los Angeles show at the Sofi Stadium

By Liz Scarlett published 31 August 23

Game Of Thrones star Jason Momao filmed himself having the time of his life at a recent Metallica show, and was also caught in the pit via fan-filmed footage

Photos of James Hetfield and Dane DeHaan, and a poster for Metallica Through The Never

“We put a lot of money, time and effort into it, then it disappeared.” The story of Metallica: Through The Never – how metal’s biggest band and a Spider-Man star disastrously bombed at the box office

By Stephen Hill published 29 August 23

Metallica wanted to make their answer to Pink Floyd’s The Wall and Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains The Same, and even hired future Spider-Man star Dane DeHaan to help. But then Metallica: Through The Never became one of the band’s most costly misadventures.

The poster for the movie Metalhead, featuring a woman in corpse paint

“The idea was a girl in a leather jacket, holding a Flying V guitar, surrounded by cows.” The story of Metalhead – the most authentic heavy metal movie to feature Metallica, Megadeth and buckets of existential dread

By Joe Daly published 29 August 23

2013’s Metalhead understands heavy music better than any other film – and features nods to Metallica, Megadeth, Judas Priest and Venom along the way

The artwork for Metallica's St Anger, Iron Maiden's Virtual XI, Slayer's Divine Intervention and Judas Priest's Ram It Down

10 terrible metal albums with amazing cover art

By Matt Mills published 27 August 23

Metallica, Iron Maiden and Slayer have all released the odd clanger – but that doesn’t mean they don’t look the part

Metallica onstage on the Monsters Of Rock tour

"Van Halen could do nothing, night after night, to stem the charge of this Godzilla": How 1988's Monsters Of Rock tour was the making of Metallica

By Steffan Chirazi published 25 August 23

In 1988 Metallica released ...And Justice For All. Then they went out on the road to claim the throne of modern metal

"When it came out, I was a raging alcoholic prick...I wasn't paying attention to the songs": Corey Taylor on why he now loves Metallica's St. Anger

By Liz Scarlett published 25 August 23

Slipknot's Corey Taylor explains how he went from hating Metallica's St. Anger to being a fan

Photos of Nick Menza, James LoMenzo and Chris Poland

Three ex-Megadeth members once started a Metallica cover band together

By Matt Mills published 21 August 23

Drummer Nick Menza, bassist James LoMenzo and guitarist Chris Poland recorded some takes on Metallica and Megadeth tunes in 2014, before quickly and sadly disbanding

Photos of James Hetfield and Dave Mustaine in the 1980s

“I played Sweet Home Alabama, and that became part of Metallica’s The Four Horsemen”: The Four Horsemen vs Mechanix – how Metallica and Megadeth released two warring versions of the same song

By Joe Daly published 17 August 23

Megadeth leader and ex-Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine wrote a thrash metal classic called The Mechanix in the early ’80s. Today, both bands lay claim to vastly different versions of the song.