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Metallica, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne and others have paid tribute to heavy metal journalist Malcolm Dome, who has died aged 66.Dome was known for coining the term “thrash metal” and his 1980 book Encyclopedia Metallica has long been thought to have inspired Metallica’s name upon their formation.The journalist had been writing about rock and heavy metal since 1979.

Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett and Rob Trujillo have linked up to deliver their rendition of The Edgar Winter Group classic ‘Frankenstein’.In a video for Blackened Whiskey shared via Kerrang!, Hammett and Trujillo can be seen jamming to the 1972 track in two separate locations.

Metallica have announced the rescheduled dates for their South American tour with Greta Van Fleet – you can see full schedule below.The band were due to embark on a six-date tour of South America back in April 2020 but were forced to postpone the dates after the global coronavirus pandemic shut down the live events industry.“As the saying goes, the third time is the charm, and we’re excited to be in this space today to announce the re-rescheduled South American tour dates!” Metallica said today

Metallica fans now have the opportunity to own a figurine of the statue that appears on the band’s ‘…And Justice For All’ album cover.Only 1,988 copies of Lady Justice will be created, tying in with the album’s release date of 1988.The figures come from Rock Iconz’ new ‘On Tour’ series of music memorabilia, which also features collectible statues of the members of Queen, individual figures of the four members of Metallica alongside other figures of Motörhead‘s Lemmy and more.Announcing the new

Miley Cyrus has reflected on her love for Metallica‘s ‘Nothing Else Matters’, saying she feels like the hit song “was written for me”.Cyrus first covered the track during her Glastonbury 2019 set, and shared a recorded version for recent tribute album ‘The Metallica Blacklist’.

Metallica have shared a new trailer for their photo book, The Black Album in Black & White.The book features images of the band at work on their 1991 self-titled fifth studio album, which became known as ‘The Black Album’.Continuing Metallica’s ‘Black Album’ 30th anniversary celebrations, Metallica have this week published The Black Album in Black & White in collaboration with the photographer Ross Halfin.The book features numerous classic and previously unpublished photographs of Metallica,

Metallica have shared professionally-shot footage from their recent headline performance at Aftershock Festival – you can watch the band perform ‘The God That Failed’ live below.The four-piece headlined the four-day Sacramento, California event earlier this month over two nights, with Cypress Hill and the Misfits also topping the bill.Metallica have now shared a live video from one of their two sets at Aftershock, which features the band performing ‘The God That Failed’ from their 1991 ‘The

Metallica‘s ‘Master Of Puppets’ in 50 different styles – watch it below.The new video is the brainchild of YouTuber and musician Anthony Vincent, who has recently brought us such delights as Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ in the style of Deftones and a jazz cover of Foo Fighters’ ‘Everlong’.For the new version, ‘Master Of Puppets’ is recreated in the style of 50 different bands or genres, including Harry Styles, Daft Punk, The Weeknd, Linkin Park, Soundgarden and many, many more, including Vincent’s own

Metallica attempted to recruit a different vocalist as their frontman during the group’s early days.The singer/guitarist hosted a new segment called ‘Road Dog Brothers’ on SiriusXM‘s Mandatory Metallica station, “about bands we’ve toured with, causing chaos, joy [and] debauchery”.“A lot of those early memories were celebrated with a band called Armored Saint, who were a fellow LA band back in the early ’80s when [Metallica] was getting started,” Hetfield told listeners.“John Bush was a singer we

Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett has revealed that when he first sat down to write ‘Enter Sandman’, he wanted to make the next ‘Smoke On The Water’ by Deep Purple.Speaking in a new interview, the guitarist went into detail about the classic song’s creation and how the riff was inspired by Soundgarden.“I sat down and I said to myself, as I always do, ‘I want to write the next ‘Smoke On The Water’,’ And I just started messing around,” Hammett told Guitar World.

Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich has shared an update on the status of the band’s long-awaited new material.Speaking in a new interview with Zane Lowe for his Apple Music 1 show, the 57-year-old drummer was asked where the band are at with regards to a follow-up to 2016’s ‘Hardwired… To Self-Destruct’.“I mean, listen, we haven’t been out of the house for a year and a half, and so it’s very rejuvenating,” Ulrich said.

Metallica have admitted they “weren’t equipped” to deal with former bassist Jason Newsted’s exit in 2001.He played with the band from 1986 but quit after becoming frustrated over his lack of creative input.Now, the band have admitted had they been equipped with a different mindset, Newsted may have remained in Metallica.“Jason is the only member of Metallica who has ever left willingly,” drummer Lars Ulrich told Apple Music in a new interview. “And that in itself is a statistic.

Depeche Mode has reflected on his experience coving Metallica for the latter’s recent ‘Blacklist’ album.Gahan was among the 53 artists who contributed covers of tracks from Metallica’s 1991 classic ‘The Black Album’ to celebrate its 30th anniversary. He was one of fourteen artists who delivered interpretations of ‘Nothing Else Matters’.A recent edition of The Metallica Podcast featured a number of different artists who were included on the release.

Metallica have announced a new set of Funko Pop! figures to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1991 LP ‘The Black Album’.The band’s fifth studio album reached the milestone back in August.

Metallica played ‘The Black Album’ in its entirety during their headline set at Louder Than Life festival last night (September 26) – see footage below.‘The Black Album’ was reissued this month to celebrate its 20th anniversary, while alongside the record’s reissue came ‘The Metallica Blacklist’, a mammoth covers album.To continue the celebrations, Metallica played their second headline set of the weekend at Louder Than Life in Louisville, Kentucky, playing the album in reverse order.The set

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has said he still finds it “surreal” that Metallica have a “record of this magnitude’ in ‘The Black Album’.Ulrich, who was speaking to NME for the Big Read cover feature, where Metallica and famous fans – shared their love for the landmark LP upon its 30th anniversary, says he is still baffled by its success.“It’s still surreal to have a record of this magnitude [and] that still means this much to so many people 30 years later,” he said.When it was released on

Metallica have announced a new book to mark the 30th anniversary of ‘The Black Album’, The Black Album In Black & White.The metal icons released their seminal fifth record – featuring the singles ‘Enter Sandman’, ‘Nothing Else Matters’ and ‘Sad But True’ – back in August 1991.Arriving earlier this month, the star-studded ‘Metallica Blacklist’ saw the likes of St. Vincent, Royal Blood and Sam Fender take on their favourite cuts from the LP in celebration of its three-decade milestone.

Metallica and Beatles mash-up band, have announced a new album.The group will release their fourth studio album, ‘The Devolver Album’ on November 12 via Metal Assault Records.The band will release a music video for the album’s lead single, ‘Wherever And Everywhere’ on October 1.

Metallica played their first full concert in 2021 with a surprise show in San Francisco last night (September 16).The metal veterans played a 16 song set spanning hits across their entire back catalogue at The Independent venue including the likes of ‘Sad But True’, ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’, ‘Moth Into The Flame’, ‘One’, ‘Master Of Puppets’ and ‘Seek And Destroy’, the latter of which you can view below.

Lars Ulrich has given an update on the possibility of a new Metallica album, saying the band are currently “creating at some level”.Speaking to SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk last week (September 9), the 57-year-old drummer was asked if a follow-up to 2016’s ‘Hardwired… To Self-Destruct’ was on the way.“We’re on that path. I don’t know if it’s cohesive enough to call a record, but we’re dipping our toes,” Ulrich explained (via Blabbermouth).

Metallica will headline the first-ever German edition of Download Festival when it takes place in 2022.The inaugural Download Festival Germany will take place at the motor racing circuit Hockenheimring in the Rhine valley on June 24 next year.

Slipknot‘s frontman Corey Taylor has reflected on Joev Jordison’s performance with Metallica at Download Festival in 2004.The drummer and founding member of Slipknot, who died in July aged 46, famously filled in for Lars Ulrich in his absence at the metal event.Speaking about the performance with Knotfest.com‘s Ryan J.

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich – Myles and Layne Ulrich – have played their first-ever live gig.The inaugural show on Thursday (September 9) at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, California came less than a month after the Ulrich brothers announced the formation of their band.Myles has followed in his father’s footsteps by taking up drums, while Layne has taken up bass and singing.The band opened for Earth guitarist Dylan Carlson and also played a bill that included Not A Friend and DJ Dove Armitage.See a

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has praised the impact of Metallica‘s ‘Enter Sandman’, saying the track was “our generation’s ‘Stairway To Heaven’.”The iconic 1991 single appears on the metal titans’ ‘The Black Album’, which was reissued this month to celebrate its 20th anniversary.Alongside the album reissue came ‘The Metallica Blacklist’, a mammoth covers album featuring Taylor and many, many more.

Metallica read some one-star reviews of their seminal record ‘The Black Album’ during an appearance on US TV.The band are celebrating the album’s 30th anniversary with a new box set and a covers compilation called ‘The Metallica Blacklist’.During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Friday (September 10), Metallica taped a segment where they read out one-star reviews from customers on Amazon.

Metallica and Miley Cyrus will perform live together on The Howard Stern Show later today (September 9) to celebrate the 30th anniversary reissue of ‘The Black Album’.The band will mark the milestone with tomorrow’s commemorative release (September 10), which also includes ‘The Metallica Blacklist’: a star-studded covers album of tracks from Metallica’s August 1991 album.Metallica will be the virtual guests on The Howard Stern Show today, with the band set to be joined by Cyrus, who contributed

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich’s sons have formed a new two-piece band named Taipei Houston.The band – consisting of Layne Ulrich on bass and vocals, and Myles on drums – took to Instagram yesterday (September 1) to share a snippet of a new song entitled ‘Respecter’.‘Respecter’ features reverberating vocals sandwiched between heavily distorted bass and tight, snappy drumming reminiscent of Lars’ early days in Metallica.

Kamasi Washington has shared his version of Metallica’s ‘My Friend of Misery’, taken from the upcoming anniversary edition of ‘The Black Album’.To celebrate 30 years since the release of their self-titled fifth album (commonly known as ‘The Black Album)’, Metallica have curated an impressive deluxe edition that sees the record’s twelve tracks reworked by over 50 artists.For ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ Rina Sawayama has covered ‘Enter Sandman’, Idles have taken on ‘The God That Failed’ and Royal

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has joined the legion of rock ’n’ roll heavyweights honouring the late Charlie Watts – legendary drummer of the Rolling Stones, who died at age 80 earlier this week – praising him as “such a significant part of [the Stones’] sound, and an underrated part of their sound”.In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Ulrich said he was shocked by Watts’ passing, noting that “it hits hard on many levels” because “as a Stones fan, it’s sort of the end of at least an era within