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Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan once told Pantera to "shut the f**k up" when they kept moaning about Metallica not being metal

Billy Corgan once interrupted Pantera lamenting over Metallica's lighter sound during their Reload era, with surprising results

Louder

Watch Metallica's absolutely epic version of Whiskey in The Jar from Download Festival

Metallica's latest official live video from the M72 tour has been released and it's a banger

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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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11 brilliant albums that aren’t on Spotify

The classic studio albums by Black Sabbath, Neil Young, AC/DC, Judas Priest and more that aren’t on the world’s biggest streaming service

Louder

Rodrigo y Gabriela and the long journey towards the transcendent bliss of nondualism

With a new album that’s their heaviest, rockiest yet, Rodrigo y Gabriela are boldly taking metal and rock to where no one has so successfully taken it before

Louder

According to science, these are the bands with the saddest and angriest fanbases

Researchers analysed the fanbases of various artists to found out which bands were making people most miserable

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A YouTuber has covered Metallica's 72 Seasons in the style of Slayer and it's as brutal as you'd expect

Rob Trujillo reckoned Slayer would do a "cool" cover of the Metallica title track and Otu from Moonic Productions has done both bands proud

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Judas Priest and Elegant Weapons guitarist Richie Faulkner on Painkiller and the 10 albums that changed his life

“That is an album that changed my life in more ways than one because it almost killed me!”

MusicRadar

Zakk Wylde: “The sound of Pantera comes from Dimebag’s love for Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads. The playing is rooted in precision”

Is it a reunion or a tribute? If you ask Zakk, it’s simply a celebration of the music, spirit and legacy of his fallen brother. In this exclusive interview, he shares his fondest memories of Dimebag Darrell and reveals the challenges of mastering his iconic guitar parts

Guitar World

This Nintendo-style cover of Metallica's ...And Justice For All is the album you didn't know you needed

Some absolute wizard has recreated Metallica's classic 1988 album using the Super Mario 64 Soundfont and it'll make you want to mosh through Mushroom Kingdom

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Download festival review – 20th birthday brings double Metallica, occult glam and a new breed

After travel chaos this proves to be an epic four-dayer, with an eclectic mix from Bring Me the Horizon to AA Williams plus Metallica spanning their career

The Guardian - UK

Download Festival at Donington Park: this 20th anniversary of the rock-fest was a smasher

From Metallica to Nova Twins, the rock get-together showcased heavy metal’s changing of the guard

Evening Standard

Download Festival organiser responds to claims this year's event is 'louder'

Its festival booker said it could instead be down to weather conditions

Nottingham Post

Metallica at Download night two: the ultimate celebration of heavy metal

An even better setlist, a big party atmosphere and all the bells and whistles: Metallica's second night at Download was truly special

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Download headliners Metallica make 'lifeline' donation to local homeless charity

Thrash icons donate £40,000 to homeless charity based near Download festival site in Leicester, England

Daily Mirror

Residents 'can't sleep' as rock music blasting out 15 miles away makes walls RATTLE

People living in Derbyshire have complained about the noise coming from Download Festival this weekend, with some people saying that their walls were rattling due to loud rock music

Nottingham Post

Metallica's Download performance mistaken by residents 10 miles away in Stapleford as a 'party'

Residents have shared their thoughts on the noise, which was reportedly heard as far as Mapperley

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Kirk Hammett recalls Joey Jordison's onstage tears before playing Enter Sandman with Metallica at Download

Metallica's Kirk Hammett relives playing Download 2004 with Joey Jordison for a forthcoming oral history of the UK festival

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Manchester Evening News

Residents call police as Download Festival noise rattles windows 15 miles

Around 100,000 heavy metal fans are heading to Download Festival, which began on Thursday

Nottingham Post

Download Festival's loud Metallica set captured from 11 miles away

One resident filmed the sounds from their home

Guitar World

10 Metallica guitar techniques you need to know

How the rhythm and lead styles of James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett will power up your metal playing fast

Nottingham Post

Download Festival noise complaints made to police as acts heard 10 miles away

Fairly strong winds and a potential sound system upgrade may have contributed to the distance the noise travelled

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Metallica at Download night one: metal's biggest band slay Donington after more than a decade away

The Four Horsemen dazzle Donington with a career-spanning, celebratory set

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Five brilliant but obscure NWOBHM albums that could have been huge in a parallel universe

They could have been Iron Maiden. Or Def Leppard. Or even Saxon. But they weren't

Nottingham Post

Download Festival 2023 set times as Metallica, Slipknot and Bring Me The Horizon headline this year's event

The festival is back in full force for 2023 with an extra day of music marking its 20th anniversary

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