The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear this week By Rich Hobson published 31 March 23 Metallica, The Hu and After The Burial are among this week's best new metal songs. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Metallica’s James Hetfield on the “fast” guitar that changed everything By Scott Munro published 31 March 23 In his new book Messengers: The Guitars Of James Hetfield, the Metallica frontman reflects on the guitar that changed the course of his history
Watch Metallica's Rob Trujillo play Black Sabbath's Hand Of Doom with his wife Chloe on vocals and his daughter Lullah on drums By Liz Scarlett published 31 March 23 Metallica bassist Robert isn't the only musical talent in the Trujillo clan
It's official: AC/DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses, Ozzy Osbourne and Tool confirmed for first ever Power Trip Festival By Merlin Alderslade published 30 March 23 The much-rumoured Power Trip Festival lineup has been confirmed, and it's packing the biggest set of rock and metal festival headliners ever
Listen to the title track from new Metallica album 72 Seasons, alongside a brand new video By Merlin Alderslade published 30 March 23 Metallica have given us the latest taste of new album 72 Seasons courtesy of its title track - and it comes with a video
Metallica have released a 30-second sample of upcoming single 72 Seasons By Fraser Lewry published 29 March 23 The title track of Metallica's new album sounds like a proper old-school thrasher
AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Tool and Ozzy Osbourne release teaser videos for PowerTrip festival By Fraser Lewry published 29 March 23 Updated It looks like a sequel to The Desert Trip is coming, and it promises to be a lot louder
Rob Trujillo will make his singing debut on new Metallica album 72 Seasons By Merlin Alderslade published 28 March 23 Metallica bassist Rob Trujillo will provide vocals for the band for the very first time on brand new track You Must Burn!
Watch Jason Newsted talk about being bullied by Metallica in this rare 1986 video interview with the baby-faced metalheads By Liz Scarlett published 27 March 23 In a 1986 interview, Jason Newsted discussed the "abuse" he received from an unapologetic Metallica and their crew due to being the group's "new kid on the block"
ChatGPT re-wrote the lyrics to Metallica's Ride the Lightning...and they don't totally suck By Stef Lach published 26 March 23 A Reddit user asked ChatGPT to re-write the lyrics to Metallica's track Ride the Lightning. They're better than you might think.
James Hetfield says Metallica are "really average" musicians By Stef Lach published 26 March 23 Metallica frontman James Hetfield doesn't think the band are great musicians individually – but says it's a different story when they get together
Dave Mustaine claims Metallica "has always tried to hold me back" By Merlin Alderslade published 23 March 23 Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine claims Metallica have tried to discredit him as a guitar player, says Megadeth "has been more consistent" as a band
This Queen Live Aid Lego set is awesome… now go Radio Ga Ga with your own amazing ideas By Scott Munro published 23 March 23 Support Lego designs you love or create your own with Lego Ideas and help turn them into reality
The story behind every single Metallica album cover art By Matt Mills last updated 25 August 23 Electric chairs, toilet bowl stabbings and, erm, semen – the Four Horsemen have had quite the eclectic visual journey
Metallica's Lars Ulrich believes criticism of Lulu stems from "ignorance", says the Lou Reed collab “took our fans to a place I wish they would go more often” By Paul Brannigan published 15 March 23 For Metallica's Lars Ulrich, the abuse heaped upon the band's 2011 collaboration with Lou Reed is unwarranted: "I can only put the reaction down to ignorance"
The 10 most viewed Metallica videos on YouTube By Simon Young published 15 March 23 Of all the clips on Metallica's official YouTube channel, which promo has been viewed 1.2 billion times?
Metallica sell so many records that they've now bought their own vinyl pressing plant to keep up with demand By Paul Brannigan published 14 March 23 Metallica have acquired a majority interest in Furnace Record Pressing in Virginia to ensure that their fans have "continued access to high-quality records"
Here's every single band every single member of Metallica was in before they were in Metallica By Matt Mills published 14 March 23 From James Hetfield kicking it in Phantom Lord to Dave Mustaine writing Mechanix while in Panic, here's everything each Metallica member was up to prior to being part of the Four Horsemen
Metallica share artwork created by Slipknot's Clown, My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way and more for their 2012 exhibition Obey Your Master By Paul Brannigan published 10 March 23 Take a look inside the latest exhibit to be included in Metallica's Black Box
Here are the astonishing US sales stats for every Metallica album By Simon Young published 9 March 23 We broke out the calculators for this forensic analysis of every unit Metallica have shifted in the United States since 1983. As it turns out, they've done quite well for themselves
