The Latest Breaking News from Metallica

Metal superstars Avenged Sevenfold: ‘Reading Camus led to psychedelic exploration with a shaman’

They weathered the death of their drummer to score back-to-back US No 1s – frontman M Shadows explains why they’ve now left ‘hockey arena metal’ behind to make an absurdly polarising album

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2023

Here's what Metallica might sound like if they had Avenged Sevenfold's Synyster Gates playing guitar

Metal content creator Kyle Norris whips out a brain-melting guitar solo in the style of Avenged Sevenfold's Synyster Gates while pretending to gate-crash a Metallica rehearsal

Louder · Jun 2, 2023

"Side effects include elevated heart rates, annoyed neighbours and speeding tickets." Here are Metallica's ten fastest songs, ranked by BPM

Here's all the proof you need that when they fancy it, Metallica know how to put the pedal to the metal

Metal Hammer · Jun 2, 2023

Met Police officer ‘took Metallica tickets for his mother-in-law’s 60th birthday as bribe’

Ex-Sergeant Frank Partridge, 49, admits accepting gifts including a luxury family holiday to Morocco

The Independent UK · May 30, 2023

5 new bands to listen to if you love Avenged Sevenfold

Want to know who the successors to Avenged Sevenfold are? Try these for size

Metal Hammer · May 30, 2023

10 raging metal covers of classic 80s aggro-punk songs

The Exploited, Discharge, GBH and more get the covers treatment from Slayer and Ice-T, Mr Bungle, Napalm Death and Metallica

Louder · May 27, 2023

Here are the hardest songs to play by each of the Big 4, as chosen by one of thrash metal’s greatest drummers

Jon Dette has played with two of the Big 4, so he knows exactly which songs by Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth are toughest to nail

Metal Hammer · May 27, 2023

Jimmy Page and Jack White both loved Metallica's St. Anger, according to Bob Rock

The guitar heroes – and It Might Get Loud co-stars – expressed their appreciation for the highly polarizing album in separate encounters with the producer

Guitar World · May 26, 2023

Bob Rock likens Metallica’s St Anger to The Stooges’ Raw Power, says Jimmy Page told him it was a “great album” – and Jack White loved it too

The blockbuster producer was a guest Chris Jericho’s podcast when he revisited Metallica’s dark night of the soul and explained why their most divisive album saved the band

MusicRadar · May 26, 2023

Watch Metallica dust off I Disappear live for 80,000 French metal fans

Metallica unveil pro-shot footage of them playing live rarity I Disappear at Stade de France

Metal Hammer · May 26, 2023