By his own admission, in the early '80s, when he was Metallica's guitarist, Dave Mustaine was an angry young man, and wasn't ...

A classic Metallica song was originally set to have a much different sound thanks to a last-minute change to one of its solos. How Cliff Burton Changed Metallica’s Plans Current Metallica bassist ...

This win gives the USC Gamecock band the opportunity to record a Metallica song and the “Campus Clash” opening scene theme ...

In 2001, Metallica hired an old army barracks in California to try and record album eight. The songs were scrapped when James Hetfield entered rehab, but many fans still want to hear them finished.

Robert Trujillo revealed that an '80s Ozzy Osbourne song inspired Metallica 's "You Must Burn!," which appeared on their most recent record 72 Seasons. The bassist spoke in depth about the Metallica ...

Power house rockers Metallica have had more than their fair share of controversy. Original members Lars Ulrich and James ...

Kirk Hammett (Metallica guitarist): I could tell it was really blossoming into something to be reckoned with. Every song we came up with was like the greatest thing. Every time we’d write another it ...

"Does Megadeth need Metallica?" Megadeth bandleader Dave Mustaine asks in a new interview before answering the question himself. "No." Metallica "talks about their fans," the founding and only ...

Heavy-metal band Metallica selects University of South Carolina marching band to play its music in a new EA Sports College football video game.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Metallica doesn’t need any help selling music. The hard rock outfit ...

Metallica stunned fans and critics with their self-titled fifth album — colloquially known as the Black Album — which pivoted from topical, breakneck thrash metal to pulverizing, catchy and even ...

There’s little debate that “Enter Sandman” is not only one of the most popular songs in the Metallica catalog, but could be singlehandedly responsible for launching the metal titans into the ...