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Overkill's Bobby 'Blitz' Ellsworth: My life in 10 songs

The 10 songs that defined Bobby 'Blitz' Ellsworth's career, from helping define East Coast thrash with Overkill to surviving grunge and still going strong 40+ years on

Metal Hammer

Watch Metallica try to actually master puppets in this ridiculous Jimmy Kimmel skit

Metallica try their luck at puppeteering and put on a puppet show for an audience of children. No, really

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Kirk Hammett plays his '59 'Unicorn' black Les Paul on the Stern Show and explains how he came to buy his Greeny 'Burst – but James Hetfield reveals that he was offered it first

"The guy brought it backstage to show it to me and I rejected it"

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Watch Metallica perform a monstrous Master Of Puppets on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Metallica have been appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week promote new album 72 Seasons, which is released today

Metal Hammer

NAMM 2023: ESP meets fan demand with James Hetfield Olympic White Vulture and debuts 12 LTD signature guitars, including Gary Holt’s “very pointy” GH-SV

Bill Kelliher, Stephen Carpenter, Nergal, Lars Frederiksen and Javier Reyes all have at least one new guitar on the way from the LTD stable

Guitar World

James Hetfield was offered the chance to buy the Greeny Les Paul before Kirk Hammett, but he turned it down: “I’m a real idiot”

Watch Hammett demo Peter Green’s iconic Gibson for Howard Stern as his Metallica bandmate makes the surprise revelation

Guitar World

Metallica, 72 Seasons review: A return to form that shows their old machine is still firing on all cylinders

Old and new fans alike will be headbanging happily throughout

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Metallica fan in New Zealand becomes first person in the world to buy 72 Seasons over the counter

With release day arriving in NZ before the rest of the world, Jesse Saywell was at the front of the queue for Metallica's 72 Seasons

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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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

The 10 greatest Avenged Sevenfold riffs ever

Reinventing the guitar hero for 21st century metal, these are the 10 riffs that have defined Avenged Sevenfold's career

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Metallica's Kirk Hammett isn't having the abuse he's taken for his Lux Æterna guitar solo

Kirk Hammett defends his Lux Æterna guitar solo: "Yeah, my f***ing friends down the street could probably play a better solo than Lux Æterna — but what's the point?"

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Enter the band, man: Metallica just announced its first marching band competition

For years, Metallica’s hits have been a staple in marching bands’ repertoires. Now the metal super group is reciprocating the love.

Los Angeles Times

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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Kirk Hammett hits back at solo trolls: “My friends down the street could probably play a better solo than Lux Æterna – but what’s the point?”

In an explosive new interview, the Metallica legend explains why sweep picking is pointless, what makes melodic pentatonic playing harder than shredding, and names just three guitarists who make good music with arpeggios

Tribune News Service

Metallica’s ‘72 Seasons’ and 2 other new albums to put on the radar

Here are three upcoming releases worth checking out — highlighted, of course, by the new album from Metallica. All of them hit stores Friday.

Metal Hammer

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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Metallica announce 72 Seasons Jimmy Kimmel 'residency'

Metallica will promote new album 72 Seasons with a four-night run on Jimmy Kimmel Live from April 10

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The Independent UK

New this week: Jeremy Renner, Metallica and 'Cocaine Bear'

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Metallica and Natalie Merchant, Jeremy Renner's four-part series “Rennervations” debuts on Disney+ only a few months after the actor was badly injured in a snowplow accident and “Cocaine Bear” lumbers onto Peacock

Metal Hammer

The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear this week

Holding Absence, Therapy? and Godflesh are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Lars Ulrich thinks Metallica have about ten years left as a touring band

Lars Ulrich: "I know there's some people in the comments section that think that point has already come [where Metallica should stop] — and I appreciate that"

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.

MusicRadar

Fender isn't going to make a Squier Acoustasonic, but it does have big plans

"We've taken a lot of input from artists who are really using it, so you're going to see us create signature products on the Acoustasonic range," says CEO Andy Mooney

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

Metal Hammer

Metallica's Kirk Hammett says he's "bored" of playing "that f**king guitar solo in Master of Puppets"

According to Metallica's Kirk Hammett, playing a guitar solo note-for-note 1689 times can get a little boring

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