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“Lars said, ‘You’re not really used to this kind of music, are you?’” Les Claypool on his failed Metallica audition

According to James Hetfield, Les Claypool was “too good” for the thrash metal giants

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The history of Metallica as told in 10 groundbreaking gigs

From San Francisco clubs to stadiums worldwide, these are the shows that marked the ascent of metal’s biggest band

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Every Metallica live film ranked from worst to best

Few bands put on a live show like Metallica – and here are their 10 official concert movies ranked in order of greatness

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“Though Dave Mustaine might claim he wrote Leper Messiah, he didn’t”: The track-by-track guide to Metallica’s Master Of Puppets

From Battery to Damage Inc., here’s the story behind every song on Metallica’s game-changing masterpiece

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The 11 greatest final shows in heavy metal history

From Black Sabbath to Metallica’s Cliff Burton, these excellent gigs also proved to be bittersweet goodbyes

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“I played Sweet Home Alabama, and that became part of Metallica’s The Four Horsemen”: The Four Horsemen vs Mechanix – how Metallica and Megadeth released two warring versions of the same song

Megadeth leader and ex-Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine wrote a thrash metal classic called The Mechanix in the early ’80s. Today, both bands lay claim to vastly different versions of the song.

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“Stephen said, 'Why don't you just play along with my guitar line?' I said: 'Why don't you just p**s off?'” A classic interview with Deftones bassist Chi Cheng

Deftones bassist Chi Cheng died 10 years ago this year. Back in 2003 he talked to us about his influences, his approach to bass playing and his fights to play things his way…

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“I didn’t realise how much I missed Cliff until I went into rehab”: When Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson interviewed Metallica’s James Hetfield about Some Kind Of Monster and the death of Cliff Burton

James Hetfield admitted to “hazing” ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted and discussed “weeping in the corner in the foetal position” while talking with one of his heavy metal heroes

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"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

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

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"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

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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10 all-time classic bass guitar tones - and how to recreate them

Delving into some of the best low-end tones of all time

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The story of Aria Guitars: the unsung brand that has served metal shredders and jazz virtuosos alike for over 60 years

Aria has a long, proud history, played by the likes of Cliff Burton, George Lynch, Herb Ellis and Andy Summers. Join us as we access all Arias and pay tribute to a slept-on guitar icon

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"I'd sweat so much I had to test my basses by dunking them in water!" True story: Jason Newsted sweated so much with Metallica that his basses would short-circuit

“To test each one, I’d fill up a big tub with super hot water, dump in some salt, and submerge the bass”

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James Hetfield once revealed what Cliff Burton would have made of Metallica's 90s era: "there would have been some resistance"

Metallica underwent a drastic evolution in the 1990s, and James Hetfield had some interesting thoughts on what Cliff would have made of it all

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When Cliff Burton met Geddy Lee: “He started pacing, he started smoking pot, and he was like, ‘Oh my God!’”

Kirk Hammett remembers when Rush frontman Geddy Lee showed up at a Metallica show

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Joe Satriani: the 10 greatest instrumental tracks ever written

Guitar wiz Joe Satriani picks 10 instrumentals that have guided him on his long career through rock

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“Metallica loved it”: why Hesher is the greatest Hollywood movie ever to be inspired by Cliff Burton

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt channelled late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton as the nihilistic title character in cult movie Hesher

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Jason Newsted calls And Justice For All the best garage duo album ever: "There was never any big bass on Metallica's albums until the Black Album"

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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett: “With 72 Seasons, I improvised 20, 30 solos, gave them all to Lars and Greg Fidelman, and went, ‘You guys edit them!’”

Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo draw back the curtain on the metal album of the year: the gear shakeups, the Angus Young and Ritchie Blackmore-inspired guitar approach, and the response to critics of Kirk’s improvisational soloing approach

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"With no disrespect to Cliff Burton, I think my picking brought a new tightness to Metallica. Cliff's sound wasn't very defined": An interview with Jason Newsted on the release of The Black Album

From the Bass Player archive: Jason Newsted on picking vs fingers, the gear and technique behind The Black Album and how it feels to fill Cliff Burton's shoes...

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Cliff Burton wrote one of Metallica’s heaviest riffs on a de-tuned classical guitar

Kirk Hammett: “To this day, I think: ‘How did Cliff write that?’”

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10 surprising artists who have sampled Metallica

From hip hop icon Eminem to drum 'n' bass heavyweights Chase & Status, these are some of the artists to have reimagined classic Metallica moments for their own songs

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Flashback: see remastered footage of Metallica doing press for Master Of Puppets in 1986 with Cliff Burton

"We're doing it our way"

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Metallica's Kirk Hammett shares tender memories of the late, great Cliff Burton: "When he left us, Cliff was as powerful as he could be as a person"

As part of Classic Rock magazine's Metallica cover feature, guitarist Kirk Hammett salutes his late room-mate, friend and bandmate Cliff Burton

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The story behind every single Metallica album cover art

Electric chairs, toilet bowl stabbings and, erm, semen – the Four Horsemen have had quite the eclectic visual journey

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