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Lars Ulrich on the band that made him ditch tennis, get a drumkit and change rock history

Metallica? You can thank a little band called Deep Purple for that

Metal Hammer

“We’re bored, let’s do some stuff” – How James Hetfield wrote Metallica’s longest-ever song in a Zoom call with Lars

Hetfield and Ulrich tell Apple Music's Zane Lowe that one minute you're bored on Zoom, the next you have a Sabbath-inspired riff, and before long you have the most epic track you’ve ever written

MusicRadar

The guitar gear secrets behind James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett’s tones on 72 Seasons

Metallica co-producer Greg Fidelman reveals how the new album was made with the help of a Marshall modded by Eddie Van Halen’s amp wizard and a rack full of battle-hardened guitars, including one that makes Hetfield “immediately want to play fast riffs”

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Jason Newsted lambasts "idiots" who criticise Lars Ulrich's drumming: "they have no idea what they're talking about"

Jason Newsted has leapt to the defence of his former Metallica bandmate Lars

Metal Hammer

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"

"It was their trip, you know?"

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Lars Ulrich: "Metallica is just as clusterf***ed as everything else"

Lars Ulrich and Rob Trujillo take us behind the scenes of Metallica's 72 Seasons - a dramatic record even by their standards

Metal Hammer

Metallica's new album, '72 Seasons,' has met critical acclaim. What's their secret?

On their new record 72 Seasons, Metallica proves they're still making inspired music for hardcore fans. For a metal band with many of its members approaching 60, that's no small feat.

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Metallica just threw Amsterdam the world's biggest heavy metal party

Metallica's first set of the M72 world tour was a triumphant, rousing success

Metal Hammer

The 10 drummers that inspired Joey Jordison

Former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison once shared the top 10 drummers who inspired his iconic style

Metal Hammer

"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...

Guitar World

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?’”

Guitar World

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich silences the haters with impromptu double kick breakdown during Howard Stern interview

The Great Dane proves he’s still got it, and also names some of the Metallica songs he finds most difficult

MusicRadar

Metallica weren't allowed to make eye contact with Mick Jagger when they supported the Rolling Stones

Lars Ulrich's dreams of partying 'til dawn with Keith Richards when Metallica played with the Rolling Stones were somewhat wide of the mark

Metal Hammer

Metallica's Lars Ulrich has moments where he feels as insecure as the rest of us: "I have days where I feel like a ****ing idiot"

Even metal legends have their moments of self-doubt

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The Guardian - UK

Metallica: 72 Seasons review – a poignant if protracted nostalgia kick

With weighty lyrics referencing James Hetfield’s ongoing recovery and harking back to the band’s formative British influences, 72 Seasons has the edge of Metallica’s 80s heyday – albeit one blunted by overlong songs

The Independent UK

Metallica returns with '72 Seasons'; band not slowing down

Zoom has been credited for keeping students and teachers connected and the judicial system working

Metal Hammer

Metallica's James Hetfield on going to rehab: "there was a rebirth...realizing my life was needing some help"

James Hetfield has discussed rehab, the pandemic and Metallica's new album 72 seasons in a rare interview

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Metallica's Lars Ulrich drinking nothing but Earl Grey tea is metal AF

Earl Grey is the only fuel Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich needs these days

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The Independent UK

Bob Lee: A genius tech visionary killed in a ‘horrifying act of violence’

Bob Lee’s creations helped to change the world. In touching online eulogies, friends say his work as a software developer and digital payment pioneer was only part of his brilliance. Bevan Hurley reports.

Metal Hammer

"I have days where I feel like a f***ing idiot": 11 things we learned about Metallica's 72 Seasons in the new issue of Metal Hammer

Metallica return to the cover of Metal Hammer to talk new album 72 Seasons - here's what we learned

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Yes, Lars Ulrich reads online comments about Metallica's music: "I challenge anybody in a band to say they don't"

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich admits that he had a cheeky look online to see what people were saying about the band's first single in seven years, Lux Æterna

Guitar World

James Hetfield says “if there was a guitar that changed the course of my history” it was this one – and it’s a cheap copy

The story of this particular guitar features in the Metallica man’s new book about his six-strings, Messengers: The Guitars Of James Hetfield

Metal Hammer

Watch Jason Newsted talk about being bullied by Metallica in this rare 1986 video interview with the baby-faced metalheads

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"

MusicRadar

Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert: 10 drum highlights you need to see

From the tragedy of Taylor Hawkins' death, came the light of the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts, here are our highlights from the televised Wembley event

Metal Hammer

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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