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Metallica Donates Polar Music Prize Money To Three Charities

Metallica Donates Polar Music Prize Money To Three Charities

Last Thursday, June 14, heavy metal band Metallica was awarded the Polar Music Prize in Sweden. In addition to a trophy, the band also received a monetary award equivalent to $130,000, which the group has now announced it will donate to charity. “The Polar Music Prize celebrates the power and importance of music and is […]

5y ago

Metallica’s ‘Worldwired’ North American Tour Schedule And Promos Detailed

Metallica’s ‘Worldwired’ North American Tour Schedule And Promos Detailed

Events promoter and organizer Live Nation recently announced the full schedule for Metallica’s “Worldwired” North American tour. The upcoming North American tour will be the next leg of the band’s ongoing “Worldwired” tour, which originally started in October of 2016. The band has already been to different cities in South America, Asia, and Europe. The […]

6y ago

Metallica: Kirk Hammett Says Relationship With Band Mates Goes Beyond Friendship

Metallica: Kirk Hammett Says Relationship With Band Mates Goes Beyond Friendship

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett opened up in a big way in a recent interview with Matt Pinfield on the Westwood One radio show, 2 Hours With Matt Pinfield. Kirk Hammett has always been considered the quiet and quirky (Quirk Hammett) member of Metallica. The guitar maestro has always marched to the beat of his own […]

7y ago

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Looks Back At Three-Plus-Decades Of Shredding

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Looks Back At Three-Plus-Decades Of Shredding

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett could be seen as the quiet member of the group. Hammet is George Harrison, taking a backseat to James Hetfield’s Lennon and Lars Ulrich’s McCartney. Kirk has always been viewed as the voice of reason, as the level-headed member when Metallica’s two primary egos have gotten a bit too heated. After going […]

7y ago

Lady Gaga Flaunts Lots Of Skin, Goes For An Underboob Show At The Grammys

Lady Gaga Flaunts Lots Of Skin, Goes For An Underboob Show At The Grammys

Lady Gaga decides to go braless as she rocks an outrageously cleavage-baring crop top and leather hotpants on Sunday’s Grammy Awards red carpet at the Los Angeles’s Staples Center. She’s a proclaimed trendsetter as all eyes were on her black ensemble which features a major underboob show. Although ranking the top spot as the worst-dressed […]

7y ago

Metallica Sets Their ‘Halo On Fire’ As Guitarist Kirk Hammett Feeds His Anger [Video]

Metallica Sets Their ‘Halo On Fire’ As Guitarist Kirk Hammett Feeds His Anger [Video]

Metallica went from being that hardcore garage band to striking it big over 35 years ago. Now, Metallica is set to release their 10th LP, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct, adding a whole new offering for fans who have given the band an impressive 110 million albums sold status. The band has just released the first single […]

7y ago

Metallica NY Weekend Details: Global Citizen Festival, Howard Stern, Town Meeting

Metallica NY Weekend Details: Global Citizen Festival, Howard Stern, Town Meeting

Metallica once again feels like they’re at the precipice. Before the release of each of Metallica’s albums, there seems to be a charge in the air and ominous clouds lined with lightning on the horizon before the coming storm. That’s what it feels like now… and it feels like this storm is going to be […]

7y ago

Metallica’s ‘Hardwired… To Self Destruct’ Completed, But Some Fans Angered By Changes

Metallica’s ‘Hardwired… To Self Destruct’ Completed, But Some Fans Angered By Changes

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich announced late last week that Metallica’s latest album is 100 percent completed. That, in itself, should be a relief to the hordes of Metallica fans who have been chomping at the bit for eight years since the release of the band’s last album, Death Magnetic. However, something else that drummer Lars Ulrich […]

7y ago

Metallica Bassist Robert Trujillo Says New Album Has ‘A Lot Of Firepower’

Metallica Bassist Robert Trujillo Says New Album Has ‘A Lot Of Firepower’

Metallica purists were thrilled with the speed and vigorous crunch of the first taste of Metallica’s new album, Hardwired… to Self Destruct, which will be released on the band’s label, Blackened Recordings, on November 18. The first tune released, “Hardwired,” has a lot of Metallica fans thinking the new album will be a throwback to […]

7y ago

Metallica: Is Blackened Recordings The Real Reason Behind The Eight Year Delay For A New Album?

Metallica: Is Blackened Recordings The Real Reason Behind The Eight Year Delay For A New Album?

Metallica is in a position that most rock bands can only dream of. They’ve sold over 100 million records. They have the ability to sell out a brand new 50,000+ seat NFL stadium in a matter of minutes. They can pick and choose when and how they tour. They own their song masters to their […]

7y ago

Metallica Blows Out New U.S. Bank Stadium In Minneapolis In Advance Of ‘Hardwired … To Self Destruct’ Release

Metallica Blows Out New U.S. Bank Stadium In Minneapolis In Advance Of ‘Hardwired … To Self Destruct’ Release

Metallica fans were given treat after treat in the past week. First, on Thursday, Metallica shocked fans with the announcement that their long-awaited new album would be released on November 18th. The same day, Metallica released a new song, the title track to the new album, “Hardwired,” along with a video. If all that weren’t […]

7y ago

Metallica’s Live Stream Of Next Weekend’s Minneapolis Concert To Preview New Album?

Metallica’s Live Stream Of Next Weekend’s Minneapolis Concert To Preview New Album?

Metallica is opening the brand new stadium in Minneapolis next weekend, and they’re offering the chance for millions of their fans around the world to listen to the show live. Metallica just announced that their debut show at U.S. Bank Stadium, the new home of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, will be made available live via […]

7y ago

Metallica Returns To Where Their Musical Journey Started, And Gets An Award From The Mayor

Metallica Returns To Where Their Musical Journey Started, And Gets An Award From The Mayor

Metallica’s journey as a band has been a long one — more than 30 years long — so when they returned to where it all started only days ago, it was quite the event. Metallica rocked California’s independent record store, Rasputin’s, on April 16 as part of Record Store Day 2016. In fact, Metallica acted […]

8y ago

Metallica’s James Hetfield Is Okay With Bandmates’ Side Projects… Sort Of

Metallica’s James Hetfield Is Okay With Bandmates’ Side Projects… Sort Of

When Metallica’s second bassist, Jason Newsted, left the band in 2001, the official reason that was announced was, “private and personal reasons and the physical damage I have done to myself over the years while playing the music that I love.” However, Metallica fans now know that that was a bunch of bologna. The real […]

8y ago

Metallica’s James Hetfield Laments The Failure Of ‘Through The Never’

Metallica’s James Hetfield Laments The Failure Of ‘Through The Never’

There was a time when it seemed like Metallica could do no wrong. Of course, when they did happen to make a misstep, it seemed like the band was able to shrug it off and come back with something bigger and better that made their fans forget about the misstep. However, when Metallica released their […]

8y ago

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Gives A Release Date For Next Album

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Gives A Release Date For Next Album

The followup to Metallica’s 2008 release, Death Magnetic, has been eagerly anticipated by fans of the band for several years. Throughout the summer, vague remarks and off-hand comments by the members of Metallica have been salivated over by fans, even though the members of Metallica seemed to be doing their best to make it unclear […]

8y ago

Metallica’s New ‘Fifth Member’ Takes Internet By Storm

Metallica’s New ‘Fifth Member’ Takes Internet By Storm

Metallica have always been innovative when it comes to how they interact with their fans. From the Year and a Half in the Life documentary, to the Fly on the Wall segments in the studio, from their agonizingly honest doc, Some Kind of Monster, to the live recordings of virtually every one of their gigs […]

8y ago

Metallica’s James Hetfield Confirms ‘We’re Recording Right Now’

Metallica’s James Hetfield Confirms ‘We’re Recording Right Now’

In a new promotional video for EMG pickups, Metallica front man James Hetfield let slip something that all Metallica fans have been waiting to hear: “We’re recording right now.” It’s been just over seven years since Metallica’s latest release, Death Magnetic. More than one person has made the observation that The Beatles released their entire […]

8y ago

Metallica – ‘Death Magnetic’ Turns Seven

Metallica – ‘Death Magnetic’ Turns Seven

On September 12th, 2008, Metallica released their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic. A lot rode on that release. Metallica’s previous album, St. Anger, had been fraught with difficulties, including the departure of Jason Newsted, the band’s bass player who had replaced Cliff Burton in 1986, so much infighting within the band that management decided to […]

8y ago

Cliff Burton — Remembering The Metal Legend 29 Years After His Death

Cliff Burton — Remembering The Metal Legend 29 Years After His Death

On September 27, 1986, on an icy road in southern Sweden, a bus accident tragically took the life of Metallica bassist Cliff Burton, one of the brightest young stars in the world of heavy metal and music at large. Now, 29 years to the day of his death, Cliff Burton is still one of the […]

8y ago

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