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"Oh lord, YEAAAH!": Listen to this "scary accurate" AI James Hetfield cover of Black Sabbath's War Pigs

By Liz Scarlett published 7 August 23

The wonders of artificial intelligence continues to boggle our minds with this surprisingly impressive cover of Black Sabbath's War Pigs sung by "James Hetfield"

"If it's not good enough for myself, it's not good enough for you!": Watch Kirk Hammett botch the intro to Metallica's Nothing Else Matters at a recent show

By Liz Scarlett published 7 August 23

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett messes up the introduction to Nothing Else Matters on the first night of the band's US tour

The album art for Metallica's St Anger, Slayer's Diabolus In Musica and Destruction's The Least Successful Human Cannonball

10 terrible thrash metal albums with one classic song

By Stephen Hill published 7 August 23

Metallica, Megadeth and Exodus all have some clangers in their catalogue – but at least these songs saved them from being total write-offs

“Part of the deal was we couldn’t disturb the penguins”: Lars Ulrich looks back on Metallica’s record-breaking Antarctica gig

By Liz Scarlett published 5 August 23

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich reflects on "one of the best trips we ever had", the time the quartet performed at a research base in Antarctica surrounded by penguins

Album covers of Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast, Metallica's Ride the Lightning, Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled album and Korn's Follow the Leader

10 classic metal albums almost ruined by one terrible song

By Matt Mills published 4 August 23

Metallica, Korn and Machine Head have all got so close to perfection – just for one song to mess it up

The cover of Metal Massacre next to photos of James Hetfield and Kerry King

“They were a huge part of the beginnings of Metallica”: How the Metal Massacre albums launched Metallica, Slayer and the next decade of metal

By Matt Mills published 3 August 23

From Metallica and Slayer to Possessed and Overkill, Metal Blade Records’ underground demo series shone a light on the future of metal in the early ’80s

Someone has designed a load of comfortable armchairs inspired by classic album covers

By Fraser Lewry published 3 August 23

Before you ask, yes, AI was involved

"If you think you're rebelling against the authority or the man, the only people you're really rebelling against is Metallica": Lars Ulrich explains why he had to stop fans stealing cushions from venues

By Liz Scarlett published 1 August 23

According to Lars Ulrich, whenever Metallica used to play Long Beach Arena, they were always left with a hefty bill for... cushions

The 50 best metal albums of the 2000s

By Merlin Alderslade published 28 July 23

From nu metal classics by Slipknot, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit to metal legends like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest bouncing back in style, these are the albums that defined the 2000s

"The sight of Cliff wading into the insane mass of scrapping people with a hammer was legendary:” Cliff Burton's hammer, the Finnish schoolgirl, and the Metallica gig that turned into a mass brawl

By Paul Brannigan published 28 July 23

When Metallica's Bang That Head That Doesn't Bang European tour hit Finland in December 1984 things got a little lively

Watch Metallica defeat a superfan in a TV pop quiz then rifle through his wallet in search of a cash prize

By Matt Mills published 25 July 23

Remembering that time The Four Horsemen challenged a member of the 'Family' to a quiz about their band, then sought to empty his wallet

“The hardest thing in the world is to write a simple song”: Lars Ulrich on why Noel Gallagher is his favourite songwriter

By Niall Doherty published 23 July 23

Metallica’s biggest Oasis fan reveals what he loves about Noel Gallagher's Britpop legends

How the CIA inspired Firestarter, why Axl Rose hates JD Salinger, David Bowie’s Orwell musical and why Jimmy Savile was the first ever club DJ: The books and stories that influenced classic songs

By Scott Rowley published 23 July 23

How books by Hemingway, Stephen King, the Marquis De Sade etc influenced Metallica, Nirvana, Iron Maiden, Kate Bush, The Prodigy, The Jam, David Bowie and more

"It sounds like a Nickelback song": This AI James Hetfield cover of Seal's Kiss From A Rose is both ridiculous and impressive

By Liz Scarlett published 21 July 23

The wonders of AI has brought us this cover of Metallica frontman "James Hetfield" singing Seal's Kiss From A Rose

Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Metallica and Ghost performing live

10 metal b-sides and bonus tracks so perfect that they should have been classics

By Joe Daly published 20 July 23

These bangers by Metallica, Linkin Park and more never got an album or single release – but, in hindsight, they really deserved one

Jacoby Shaddix names Papa Roach and two other bands as the "next Metallicas"

By Liz Scarlett published 19 July 23

Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix flags who he thinks will be filling major venues like Metallica when the metal legends go into retirement

Freddie Mercury, Serj Tankian, Linkin Park and Led Zeppelin

These are the rock and metal songs that have achieved a billion or more streams on Spotify

By Paul Travers published 19 July 23

Queen, AC/DC, Nirvana, Journey, and who else? The rock tracks that have achieved over one billion streams on Spotify

Ozzy Osbourne posing for the camera, and Rob Trujilo on stage

“Ozzy would be running down the hallway, completely out of his mind…” Robert Trujillo on the time he joined Ozzy Osborne's band

By Niall Doherty published 18 July 23

Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo played in Ozzy’s band after leaving Suicidal Tendencies, and he later revealed some illuminating memories of how it happened

Corey Taylor says he "completely backed" Metallica and Lars Ulrich's Napster battle: "if more people realized how badly artists were paid, they might say something"

By Liz Scarlett published 17 July 23

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor backs Metallica's decision to sue Napster back in 2000

"When I’m happy, I’m writing the heaviest riff possible." From his deeply religious upbringing to fronting the world's biggest metal band, the life of Metallica's James Hetfield, in his own words

By Mick Wall published 17 July 23

Metallica's James Hetfield has certainly lived a life. This is what the man himself has had to say about it

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