James Hetfield: the ultimate interview By Ben Mitchell Meet the real James Hetfield – the mountain-man of metal whose background helped define the course of Metallica, through bust-ups, tragedy, alcoholism, drug abuse and breakdowns
Les Claypool and Robert Trujillo’s bass-slapping face-off is the funkiest thing you’ll see today By Scott Munro The Primus and Metallica bassists get gold rush fever in the Spaghetti Western-inspired short film Precious Metals - directed by Claypool’s soon, Cage
Scott Ian: the time I got arrested with Cliff Burton By Metal Hammer Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian looks back on his friendship with late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton
Lars Ulrich’s 92 year old dad has released an album By Elizabeth Scarlett Lars Ulrich's dad Torben Ulrich has proven music has no age limit, having just released a record at 92 years old
Watch Metallica’s first live performance of 2021 By Metal Hammer Metallica close The Late Show With Colbert Super Bowl special with epic blast through Enter Sandman
Metallica are performing a Super Bowl set this Sunday By Metal Hammer Metallica will make their first live appearance of 2021 this weekend
You want excavators ballet-dancing to Nothing Else Matters in the snow? You got it By Fraser Lewry Up in Canada, they're training excavators to dance gracefully to Apocalyptica's version of Metallica's Nothing Else Matters
These classic rock and metal album sleeves with added Bernie Sanders are truly iconic By Louder US politician Bernie Sanders is providing rich inspiration for highly entertaining rock album-related memes
Glastonbury 2021 cancelled due to on-going coronavirus pandemic By Classic Rock Glastonbury, the UK’s biggest festival, cancels for a second consecutive year due to fears over spread of coronavirus
Metallica producer Bob Rock cashes in his Black Album profits in multi-million dollar deal By Metal Hammer Black Album producer Bob Rock sells his rights in Metallica’s biggest album to investment firm Hipgnosis Songs Fund
The Top 20 best metal albums of 1999 By Metal Hammer 20 albums that soundtracked the end of metal’s most epic decade
The whole of Pantera’s Vulgar Display Of Power in the style of Metallica is the kick your day needs By Metal Hammer Pantera collides with Metallica in metal’s ultimate clash of the titans
40 years of friendship and one Zoom call: Lars Ulrich and Brian Tatler catch up By Dave Ling As Diamond Head celebrate the 40th anniversary of their debut album Lightning To The Nations, guitarist Brian Tatler and long-time fan Lars Ulrich catch up over Zoom
That James Hetfield meets Huey Lewis mashup you wanted is finally here By Fraser Lewry Metallica's James Hetfield and Huey Lewis And The News collide with almost miraculous results on Hip To Be The Sandman
Watch Donald Trump scream Metallica’s Damage Inc, a fitting end to four years of chaos, destruction and fake news By Metal Hammer As he enters the final days of his Presidency, Donald Trump channels all his rage into a vicious Metallica cover. Unless it’s - gasp! - fake news?
The Top 10 best Kirk Hammett solos By Jonny Scaramanga The guitar solos that helped build the Metallica legend
Toyah and Robert Fripp startle humanity with frisky cover of Enter Sandman By Fraser Lewry Toyah rides an exercise bike as her latest Sunday Lunch performance with Robert Fripp gets to grips with Metallica's Enter Sandman
Metallica and Anthrax pay tribute to Megaforce Records co-founder Marsha Zazula, dead at 68 By Metal Hammer Lars Ulrich salutes the ‘selfless matriarch’ of Megaforce Records, who helped launch Metallica’s career
Lars Ulrich interview: lockdown, missing live music, and the future of Metallica By Paul Elliott Metallica's Lars Ulrich reveals the album that's soundtracked his lockdown, explains why Bon Scott was great, and speaks of the brilliant unpredictability of Ritchie Blackmore
Watch a TikTok R&B star school angry metal fans by shredding Metallica songs By Metal Hammer R&B/hip-hop artist Zaria straps on her guitar to slay doubting metalheads with killer takes on Metallica anthems
