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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett flubs intro to Nothing Else Matters in front of 80,000 people and recovers like a champ

“If it’s not good enough for myself, it’s not good enough for you!” says Hammett, as he and Greeny get over first night nerves and get restart the song

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"If it's not good enough for myself, it's not good enough for you!": Watch Kirk Hammett botch the intro to Metallica's Nothing Else Matters at a recent show

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett messes up the introduction to Nothing Else Matters on the first night of the band's US tour

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10 terrible thrash metal albums with one classic song

Metallica, Megadeth and Exodus all have some clangers in their catalogue – but at least these songs saved them from being total write-offs

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“Part of the deal was we couldn’t disturb the penguins”: Lars Ulrich looks back on Metallica’s record-breaking Antarctica gig

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich reflects on "one of the best trips we ever had", the time the quartet performed at a research base in Antarctica surrounded by penguins

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10 classic metal albums almost ruined by one terrible song

Metallica, Korn and Machine Head have all got so close to perfection – just for one song to mess it up

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“They were a huge part of the beginnings of Metallica”: How the Metal Massacre albums launched Metallica, Slayer and the next decade of metal

From Metallica and Slayer to Possessed and Overkill, Metal Blade Records’ underground demo series shone a light on the future of metal in the early ’80s

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Someone has designed a load of comfortable armchairs inspired by classic album covers

Before you ask, yes, AI was involved

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“I'd hear Dave Mustaine aimlessly riffing on the couch, and it's the riffs that ended up on the first two Megadeth – and, frankly, Metallica – records”: Megadeth's first lead guitarist Greg Handevidt on the birth of a metal institution

The first guitar player to stand toe-to-toe with Dave Mustaine in Megadeth looks back on his intense initial meeting with the metal icon, and his memories of the band's mythical demo tape – their equivalent of Metallica's No Life 'Til Leather

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Metallica's Kill 'Em All played in the style of ZZ Top actually works really well

Denis Pauna has given the 40-year-old thrash classic a Gibbons makeover

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"Some Kind Of Monster? It was all a bit Spinal Tap." Bill Bailey on the rock and metal albums that have defined his life

From Mastodon and Opeth's prog metal majesty to Metallica going off the rails with St Anger, these are the albums that have sountracked Bill Bailey's life

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10 metalheads in movies and TV that break all the cliches

Hollywood likes to portray metalheads as either bullies or dimwits. These 10 movie and TV characters smash all the stereotypes.

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"If you think you're rebelling against the authority or the man, the only people you're really rebelling against is Metallica": Lars Ulrich explains why he had to stop fans stealing cushions from venues

According to Lars Ulrich, whenever Metallica used to play Long Beach Arena, they were always left with a hefty bill for... cushions

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"Neither James nor Bruce are gonna suck your d**k for this, LOVE": Hayley Williams calls out "incel internet bros" after suggestions that Paramore's enthusiasm for touring compares badly to Metallica and Iron Maiden

Following Paramore's recent postponement of shows due to illness, Hayley Williams has received criticism from men online who think that veteran rock bands would never let sickness force them to pull live dates

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The 10 greatest Megadeth riffs of all time

Love him or hate him, no one can deny that Megadeth mastermind Dave Mustaine has written a host of legendary riffs. Here are the 10 most neck-snapping.

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"I just carried all this anger and horror." From his grandmother's experiences in Nazi Germany scarring his childhood to Godflesh being labelled the 'new Nirvana', Justin Broadrick is an extreme music icon like no other

Justin Broadrick's work has influenced everyone from Faith No More to Metallica, yet a recent diagnosis has finally helped him find himself.

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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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"I grew up listening to Megadeth, Metallica and White Zombie. A good riff will always grab my attention": How metal-raised blues dynamo Eric Johanson is taking a heavy approach to a classic genre

The Louisiana gunslinger on why stacking overdrive pedals is the key to great sustain, what he learned from working with Jesse Dayton and how being present opens him up as a guitarist

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Watch Metallica defeat a superfan in a TV pop quiz then rifle through his wallet in search of a cash prize

Remembering that time The Four Horsemen challenged a member of the 'Family' to a quiz about their band, then sought to empty his wallet

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‘On reflection, it’s very uncool’: readers’ scrapbooks of pop fandom

With the Wham! documentary showcasing Andrew Ridgeley’s mum’s scrapbooks of their career, readers share their own shrines to Roxy Music, Metallica, David Bowie and more

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“The hardest thing in the world is to write a simple song”: Lars Ulrich on why Noel Gallagher is his favourite songwriter

Metallica’s biggest Oasis fan reveals what he loves about Noel Gallagher's Britpop legends

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How the CIA inspired Firestarter, why Axl Rose hates JD Salinger, David Bowie’s Orwell musical and why Jimmy Savile was the first ever club DJ: The books and stories that influenced classic songs

How books by Hemingway, Stephen King, the Marquis De Sade etc influenced Metallica, Nirvana, Iron Maiden, Kate Bush, The Prodigy, The Jam, David Bowie and more

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"We never felt like we were in anybody's scene". How System Of A Down invaded nu metal, baited Slayer fans and created a classic debut album in 1998

System Of A Down were terrified by Kiss as kids, but by the time they released their self-titled debut they were trolling Slayer fans and invading nu metal

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"It sounds like a Nickelback song": This AI James Hetfield cover of Seal's Kiss From A Rose is both ridiculous and impressive

The wonders of AI has brought us this cover of Metallica frontman "James Hetfield" singing Seal's Kiss From A Rose

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Ken’s guitar of choice in the Barbie Movie is… a Gibson Jerry Cantrell acoustic?

Ryan Gosling is giving up the customized guitar – which has links to Metallica and Alice in Chains – to apologize for a fashion faux-pas

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10 metal b-sides and bonus tracks so perfect that they should have been classics

These bangers by Metallica, Linkin Park and more never got an album or single release – but, in hindsight, they really deserved one

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