<![CDATA[ Latest from MusicRadar in Lars-ulrich ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/tag/lars-ulrich Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:44:44 +0000 en <![CDATA[ "Stick with it. Focus… You've gotta put the time in”: Lars Ulrich’s advice to young artists ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/stick-with-it-focus-youve-gotta-put-the-time-in-lars-ulrichs-advice-to-young-artists XTEF9izUWrRNVVGxPXzmiS Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:44:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were hoping for the best. We wanted it to be the best. Then Ozzy came in singing and sounded great, and everybody was like: 'This is gonna be fine, they’re gonna kill it'": Lars Ulrich on hearing Ozzy Osbourne’s last soundcheck ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/we-were-hoping-for-the-best-we-wanted-it-to-be-the-best-then-ozzy-came-in-singing-and-sounded-great-and-everybody-was-like-this-is-gonna-be-fine-theyre-gonna-kill-it-lars-ulrich-on-hearing-ozzy-osbournes-last-soundcheck bHeYS2WwEJkiEB4fJwxMBc Fri, 08 Aug 2025 12:04:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s not signed, sealed and delivered... but speaking to me and asking my opinion I would love to do it”: After being "blown away" by U2 at the Sphere, Lars Ulrich suggests that Metallica would be keen to play there in 2026 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/its-not-signed-sealed-and-delivered-but-speaking-to-me-and-asking-my-opinion-i-would-love-to-do-it-after-being-blown-away-by-u2-at-the-sphere-lars-ulrich-suggests-that-metallica-would-be-keen-to-play-there-in-2026 ARY5AC2TKGZgS6okELiSKg Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:16:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was the leader of the band, he would write the setlist, he would deal with the fan clubs and the merchandise, co-produce the albums and co-write the music. He, to me, was a role model”: Which A-list metal drummer could Mike Portnoy be talking about? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/drummers/he-was-the-leader-of-the-band-he-would-write-the-setlist-he-would-deal-with-the-fan-clubs-and-the-merchandise-co-produce-the-albums-and-co-write-the-music-he-to-me-was-a-role-model-which-a-list-metal-drummer-could-mike-portnoy-be-talking-about R8aTJqPHRWVyqkNddtStXA Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I remember showing up at 10 or 11 in the morning and working on solos and that leading to two or three o’clock in the morning the next day”: How Metallica beat the clock and battled fatigue to create a poignant and pulverising anti-war epic ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-remember-showing-up-at-10-or-11-in-the-morning-and-working-on-solos-and-that-leading-to-two-or-three-oclock-in-the-morning-the-next-day-how-metallica-beat-the-clock-and-battled-fatigue-to-create-a-poignant-and-pulverising-anti-war-epic 9p4MuLhTvcbVjcjTfAPJdJ Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:05:53 +0000 Fri, 22 Aug 2025 06:49:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Cliff was the strongest of the four of us emotionally”: Lars Ulrich on how Metallica recovered from the death of bassist Cliff Burton ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/cliff-was-the-strongest-of-the-four-of-us-emotionally-lars-ulrich-on-how-metallica-recovered-from-the-death-of-bassist-cliff-burton TZLPESymQUvaTCUjbHY4QK Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:35:59 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Lauten Audio uncannily recreate Metallica’s Black Album drum sound with the original kit, at LA’s One on One studios where the album was recorded ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/metallica-black-album-drum-sound-recreated-by-lauten-audio-using-original-kit-bell-brass-snare nHmNjeib4yxcpKmsdgbjAK Wed, 15 May 2024 18:45:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ "At first, based on the music and the riff, the band and their management thought it could be the first single… then they heard James’ lyrics": When Metallica and Bob Rock changed tack and gambled with Enter Sandman ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/metallica-enter-sandman-james-hetfield-bob-rock nk4h8HokY6prcGLi7iFwge Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:41:37 +0000 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:28:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’re bored, let’s do some stuff” – How James Hetfield wrote Metallica’s longest-ever song in a Zoom call with Lars ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/metallica-james-hetfield-lars-ulrich-zoom-inamorata U3xPKavvjRWEJVpgveuJG8 Fri, 12 May 2023 13:34:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Metallica’s Lars Ulrich silences the haters with impromptu double kick breakdown during Howard Stern interview ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/metallica-lars-ulrich-silences-the-haters-with-double-kick-breakdown-howard-stern 3KzrdJZzLkQULNZCVHMNkZ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 09:59:17 +0000 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:03:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dave Mustaine says Lars Ulrich wrote the opening riff to Metallica’s Master of Puppets ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/dave-mustaine-lars-ulrich-master-of-puppets mVWkgz2y8LCDoqNYJSmEaH Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:41:25 +0000