<![CDATA[ Latest from MusicRadar in Metallica ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/tag/metallica Tue, 05 May 2026 15:11:28 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “These songs are played a lot. They’re often not played well”: Top 10 riffs played in-store at Guitar Center revealed ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/these-songs-are-played-a-lot-theyre-often-not-played-well-top-10-riffs-played-in-store-at-guitar-center-revealed JsVuK8NZjE3P9FqKVztGfU Tue, 05 May 2026 15:11:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Lars and I saw him headbanging at the Whiskey. ‘Let’s get that guitar player… oh, he’s playing bass!’ This skinny dude with bell bottoms, playing a wah solo. ‘Wow, we need him!’”: James Hetfield on the life and death of Metallica legend Cliff Burton ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/lars-and-i-saw-him-headbanging-at-the-whiskey-lets-get-that-guitar-player-oh-hes-playing-bass-this-skinny-dude-with-bell-bottoms-playing-a-wah-solo-wow-we-need-him-james-hetfield-on-the-life-and-death-of-metallica-legend-cliff-burton LAozwuFQ7MHbARJhz8FQGQ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:18:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A metalhead named Ron Quintana had a list of names for his fanzine. Lars saw that list. Ron chose Metal Mania – but Metallica was on there. So Lars ‘borrowed’ it. Forever”: James Hetfield on Metallica’s early days – when they were happy to have five fans ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/a-metalhead-named-ron-quintana-had-a-list-of-names-for-his-fanzine-lars-saw-that-list-ron-chose-metal-mania-but-metallica-was-on-there-so-lars-borrowed-it-forever-james-hetfield-on-metallicas-early-days-when-they-were-happy-to-have-five-fans rHGDpRofD6bb9xNA3nmwDT Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:00:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Not that Kirk doesn't get enough solos, but Cliff took his solo, which I think is just so cool": Robert Trujillo on the time Metallica mixed up their solos ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/bass-guitars/not-that-kirk-doesnt-get-enough-solos-but-cliff-took-his-solo-which-i-think-is-just-so-cool-robert-trujillo-on-the-time-metallica-mixed-up-their-solos rKyREXorprCuWxpARXJZaG Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:13:00 +0000 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:13:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I remember Lars was unwrapping all these Styx and REO Speedwagon records and I’m going, ‘What are you buying this crap for?’”: Why James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich didn’t always see eye to eye in Metallica’s early days ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-remember-lars-was-unwrapping-all-these-styx-and-reo-speedwagon-records-and-im-going-what-are-you-buying-this-crap-for-why-james-hetfield-and-lars-ulrich-didnt-always-see-eye-to-eye-in-metallicas-early-days FWC5MVJdpkpW8Aj2EZWneC Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:04:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were at a club, and some guy was punching on a girl, and James says, ‘Kill him!’ This guy turns around and looks at the two of us and says, ‘Who’s gonna kill me?’ And James pointed at me…": Dave Mustaine on early days with, and split from, Metallica ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/we-were-at-a-club-and-some-guy-was-punching-on-a-girl-and-james-says-kill-him-this-guy-turns-around-and-looks-at-the-two-of-us-and-says-whos-gonna-kill-me-and-james-pointed-at-me-dave-mustaine-on-early-days-with-and-split-from-metallica dP9akctowKNiUWQfZcWYUW Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:14:10 +0000 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:30:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s all anyone is talking about on the Strip”: Deal for Metallica Sphere residency is “90 per cent” there ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/its-all-anyone-is-talking-about-on-the-strip-deal-for-metallica-sphere-residency-is-90-per-cent-there hKkq2VXnPMPAqc8YFRjnHn Mon, 19 Jan 2026 18:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I turn and I'm, like, 'Hey.' It's Lars, it's Kirk, it's Jason Newsted. They're, like, 'What do you know?' I go, 'I don't know. Master of Puppets. OK. Count it in'”: Daron Malakian recalls the time he fronted Metallica ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/i-turn-and-im-like-hey-its-lars-its-kirk-its-jason-newsted-theyre-like-what-do-you-know-i-go-i-dont-know-master-of-puppets-ok-count-it-in-daron-malakian-recalls-the-time-he-fronted-metallica 6rv9U3gnfvytGRpfVHx4Xg Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:40:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I put the headstock on the buffing wheel. It threw it out of my hands. That day I learned how to fix a broken headstock”: Cesar Gueikian on building the SG Kirk Hammett played to honour Black Sabbath and how his designs might shape future Gibson releases ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/cesar-gueikian-gibson-ceo-on-making-guitars-sg-kirk-hammett 3k3DxtENRpUrSBr95sBHGh Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:19:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The guitar I built in Kirk’s hands… paying tribute to Tony, Ozzy and Black Sabbath, it was amazing and strange, humbling and epic”: The unique SG built by Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian and played by Kirk Hammett at Back to the Beginning heads to auction ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/gibson-juliens-auctions-kirk-hammett-cesar-gueikian-custom-sg-flying-v-gibson-gives-auction F5t5rMMK9bYhBKx4bgAStH Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:51:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of the songs is a cover song but I actually wrote it, so it’s kind of like a cover, kind of like my song”: Are Megadeth set to include a version of Metallica's Ride The Lightning on their final album? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/one-of-the-songs-is-a-cover-song-but-i-actually-wrote-it-so-its-kind-of-like-a-cover-kind-of-like-my-song-are-megadeth-set-to-include-a-version-of-metallicas-ride-the-lightning-on-their-final-album EJujDzL3N95xaN3YwMmFjF Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:21:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s like the Hummingbird only evil”: Kirk Hammett’s new Custom Shop signature Raven dresses up the classic Gibson acoustic for Halloween ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/gibson-custom-kirk-hammett-raven-signature-acoustic-guitar kTw3qWPVuKJTPGhJmaM98a Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:05:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Now do it with upstrokes only”: Metallica’s Master Of Puppets has been to the Upside Down but this backwards version might be the Strangest Thing you’ll hear this year ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/ol-drake-from-evile-plays-master-of-puppets-backwards-video jm5HoVfUugSdXsoQ8pj57G Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:17:41 +0000 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:54:11 +0000 <![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[ “Lars has a thing that every time they’ve done an album, he comes and plays it to me, and hopes that I nod and say, ‘That’s a good lad’. I said, ’You forgot the bass!’“: Flemming Rasmussen is still confused by Metallica’s bassless ...And Justice For All ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/lars-has-a-thing-that-every-time-theyve-done-an-album-he-comes-and-plays-it-to-me-and-hopes-that-i-nod-and-say-thats-a-good-lad-i-said-you-forgot-the-bass-flemming-rasmussen-is-still-confused-by-metallicas-bassless-and-justice-for-all 95HBBWdDKBi2fetScTXDcB Thu, 02 Oct 2025 10:43:22 +0000 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 10:45:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He wanted all that at an undoable selling price”: Mesa/Boogie founder Randall Smith confirms rumours that it built James Hetfield a signature model – and it combined three iconic amps in one ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/mesa-boogie-founder-randall-smith-confirms-rumours-that-james-hetfield-signature-amp-prototype-was-made csB4sDt2Ljy3mNPSJvnrUR Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:10:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “As much as it sucked to start over, I saw Dave become a vastly better guitar player pretty quickly after Metallica”: Dave Ellefson has his say on whether Metallica did Dave Mustaine a favour by sacking him ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/as-much-as-it-sucked-to-start-over-i-saw-dave-become-a-vastly-better-guitar-player-pretty-quickly-after-metallica-dave-ellefson-has-his-say-on-whether-metallica-did-dave-mustaine-a-favour-by-sacking-him 2XjGmUoSfFYJWCA2bYKbrS Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:44:27 +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[ "I cannot believe I’m actually typing this": Martin Garrix sings Metallica's praises after they proved to be the unlikely saviours of his Tomorrowland set ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/i-cannot-believe-im-actually-typing-this-martin-garrix-sings-metallicas-praises-after-they-proved-to-be-the-unlikely-saviours-of-his-tomorrowland-set gqWS3Uf8Yhz6wHdJ4a3Gda Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:30:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I spent six months listening only to AC/DC – and it changed my entire approach to songwriting”: How Metallica embraced simplicity – and Mötley Crüe's producer – to create their 30 million selling monster hit ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-spent-six-months-listening-only-to-ac-dc-and-it-changed-my-entire-approach-to-songwriting-how-metallica-embraced-simplicity-and-motley-crues-producer-to-create-their-30-million-selling-monster-hit ipueJ7CjgKqsrLHG2Fuju8 Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:35:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I get anxiety because I believe guitars should be played”: Metallica’s Kirk Hammett has too many guitars and has been anonymously selling them online ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/metallica-kirk-hammett-has-been-anonymously-selling-his-guitars-online fv7DBGDqs7fTXPiy5X5kNc Wed, 11 Jun 2025 13:49:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “And so the first thing I do is put it in the middle position and play Oh Well”: Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr on that time he brought Duane Allman’s 1957 Les Paul to a Metallica show and ended up playing Kirk Hammett's Greeny ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/blackberry-smoke-charlie-starr-took-daune-allman-goldtop-les-paul-to-a-metallica-show-and-ended-up-playing-greeny J4DuNS9YqFv6ApfkePobte Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:10:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This is the new rock ’n’ roll Metallica. The riffs are greasier, bluesier, dirtier”: How the heavy metal heroes shook things up with Load ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/this-is-the-new-rock-n-roll-metallica-the-riffs-are-greasier-bluesier-dirtier-how-the-heavy-metal-heroes-shook-things-up-with-load hhhi6BkekuGvzoez6csfP5 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:57:01 +0000 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:15:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I told them when I left, ‘Do not use my music'. And of course they used it": 42 years on, Dave Mustaine still has a few things to say about his exit from Metallica ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/i-told-them-when-i-left-do-not-use-my-music-and-of-course-they-used-it-42-years-on-dave-mustaine-still-has-a-few-things-to-say-about-his-exit-from-metallica F5BuVrfrvBXBCcprV5gzX8 Fri, 30 May 2025 13:02:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “All the albums I did with Metallica were recorded on 24-track analogue tape. There’s not a computer in sight”: How Flemming Rasmussen produced Metallica’s classic Master Of Puppets ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/producers-engineers/all-the-albums-i-did-with-metallica-were-recorded-on-24-track-analogue-tape-theres-not-a-computer-in-sight-how-flemming-rasmussen-produced-metallicas-classic-master-of-puppets JzNhaKv7AGGGgVc7onW3Hn Thu, 01 May 2025 08:46:28 +0000 Mon, 12 May 2025 20:35:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Every note counts and fits perfectly”: Kirk Hammett names his best Metallica solo – and no, it’s not One or Master Of Puppets ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/every-note-counts-and-fits-perfectly-kirk-hammett-names-his-best-metallica-solo-and-no-its-not-one-or-master-of-puppets y4HMDuHGJKSrCfaRkmXfsK Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:17:34 +0000 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:37:35 +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[ “We might just say, 'OK, let's go back to the '90s again.' It's not a bad idea”: Kirk Hammett says the next Metallica album could be a throwback to the Load and Reload era ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/we-might-just-say-okay-lets-go-back-to-the-90s-again-its-not-a-bad-idea-kirk-hammett-says-the-next-metallica-album-could-be-a-throwback-to-the-load-and-reload-era g6wZMm4BhVAR7nhbnaghMX Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:15:36 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:55:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The deepest-ever dive into the Metallica star’s eclectic guitar collection”: Kirk Hammett and Gibson Publishing team up for epic coffee-table book ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/gibson-publishing-the-collection-kirk-hammett-metallica-book 7y3c6n6VniE2MgyGGv9ekX Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:02:01 +0000 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:23:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I went for a guitar commission with a carload of basses! I laid them all out on the floor, and he went, ‘Okay, let’s make a guitar’”: Ken Lawrence reveals how he became luthier to James Hetfield and made some of his coolest Metallica guitars ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/ken-lawrence-reveals-how-he-ended-up-making-guitars-for-metallica-james-hetfield cBst6svfnAnHH9XMwsESFh Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:05:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “On Load and ReLoad we tried to get a little looser, a little bluesier. Greasy is the word”: Watch James Hetfield lead Metallica in a swampy blues version of Fuel with a Danelectro 58 Longhorn Baritone ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/metallica-james-hetfield-danelectro-baritone-fuel-all-helping-hands VoB3Wx7nbQejngBWmEKqmX Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:32:33 +0000 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:33:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Now you can forego the frustrating searches, the vintage pricing and the worry of aged-out parts and obtain a brand new Mark IIC+”: Mesa/Boogie reissues the Holy Grail tube amp famously used by Metallica ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/guitar-amps/now-you-can-forego-the-frustrating-searches-the-vintage-pricing-and-the-worry-of-aged-out-parts-and-obtain-a-brand-new-mark-iic-mesa-boogie-reissues-the-holy-grail-tube-amp-famously-used-by-metallica epw4rDSEXiSAZ46TduzGa Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:29:55 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ "They were absolutely right about it. You see where it went. They were protecting their art, their intellectual property so that some asshole does not come along and take your art”: Anthrax’s Charlie Benante on why Metallica were right ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/they-were-absolutely-right-about-it-you-see-where-it-went-they-were-protecting-their-art-their-intellectual-property-so-that-some-asshole-does-not-come-along-and-take-your-art-anthraxs-charlie-benante-on-why-metallica-were-right qoYX5u7HQd63nHsbVgmkLE Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:11:37 +0000 Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:11:48 +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[ “I’m all about Dimebag and Zakk Wylde!”: Tetrarch guitarist Diamond Rowe salutes the giants of metal ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/im-all-about-dimebag-and-zakk-wylde-tetrarch-guitarist-diamond-rowe-salutes-the-giants-of-metal TYqTPYAw53XyMSYhSgKYvK Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:12:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I know we’re making twice as much money as Metallica, but can you please put ’em on after us, because they’re killing us?”: How a hair metal band’s dream gig turned into a nightmare ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-know-were-making-twice-as-much-money-as-metallica-but-can-you-please-put-em-on-after-us-because-theyre-killing-us-how-a-hair-metal-bands-dream-gig-turned-into-a-nightmare jsdNprQ5wpbzUZCSzzs4tV Fri, 08 Nov 2024 13:04:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wanted Alice In Chains to be a guitar duo band - because of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Aerosmith”: Jerry Cantrell on his love of classic guitar harmonies ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/i-wanted-alice-in-chains-to-be-a-guitar-duo-band-because-of-iron-maiden-judas-priest-and-aerosmith-jerry-cantrell-on-his-love-of-classic-guitar-harmonies FHrhVBvvaMjF439kz8bvjK Fri, 18 Oct 2024 08:32:46 +0000 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:57:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We know people want to hear the best-of... we don’t want to be a legacy band that just plays its greatest hits and then that’s it”: James Hetfield on why Metallica will always play new songs ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/we-know-people-want-to-hear-the-best-of-we-dont-want-to-be-a-legacy-band-that-just-plays-its-greatest-hits-and-then-thats-it-james-hetfield-on-why-metallica-will-always-play-new-songs Lr2WHsMWB9wB4cP2UuNvWj Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:46:25 +0000 Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:46:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Greeny is my Excalibur!”: Metallica’s Kirk Hammett says he’s still in love with that famous guitar ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/greeny-is-my-excalibur-metallicas-kirk-hammett-says-hes-still-in-love-with-that-famous-guitar RBHNzKxxcTke6CtEdkw7ic Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:54:25 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I went into them thinking that I didn't hope to get the gig because I really thought that I wasn't right for them”: Why Eric Avery didn’t think he was a good fit for Metallica or Smashing Pumpkins ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/i-went-into-them-thinking-that-i-didnt-hope-to-get-the-gig-because-i-really-thought-that-i-wasnt-right-for-them-why-eric-avery-didnt-think-he-was-a-good-fit-for-metallica-or-smashing-pumpkins Cbux6aNyv2YuUcsJyRxWF9 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:01:05 +0000 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:31:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That was like Van Halen reincarnated... you're amazing on that thing!”: 11-year-old guitarist wows America’s Got Talent judges ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/11-year-old-guitarist HEypgCp7jDEhiYBgMQs5hn Sat, 31 Aug 2024 07:00:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ "To my ears, it sounds like me when I was 15 years old": Michael Schenker reveals how he hears his influence on Kirk Hammett's playing in Metallica ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/to-my-ears-it-sounds-like-me-when-i-was-15-years-old-michael-schenker-reveals-how-he-hears-his-influence-on-kirk-hammetts-playing-in-metallica LC5xfUi9V2L47G8WV6EsS Thu, 29 Aug 2024 08:01:30 +0000 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:46:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The first time I saw him, James and I had gone to the Whisky a Go Go in '82. We saw Cliff play, and just absolutely lost our minds.": Memories of Metallica's lost bass titan Cliff Burton as band launches virtual exhibit ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/metallica-cliff-burton-tributes-hetfield-ulrich sSp33vngXMdk4UraD62JUd Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:34:46 +0000 Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:39:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s only maybe a half-dozen of those on the planet, if that”: Jason Newsted is selling dozens of stage-played basses and vintage guitars in his official Reverb shop – including a 3-string Music Man StingRay and a one-of-one 10-string Alembic ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/jason-newsted-selling-60-guitars-and-basses-reverb-store-metallica-rare-vintage-gear qWsEofwT2Ys4PSFuanDxRk Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:01:04 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ariane Grande, Billie Eilish, Travis Scott... Metallica? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/metallica-in-fortnite Huh5NPBTAKs6pcLA3rTia5 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:41:10 +0000 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:53:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The mind is the enemy most of the time": James Hetfield talks about overcoming anxiety and finding faith in his creativity ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-mind-is-the-enemy-most-of-the-time-james-hetfield-talks-about-overcoming-anxiety-and-having-faith-in-his-creativity QYG7TWN5iacknGER6MqxDA Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:13:24 +0000 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:16:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “In our band, we don’t recognize the word ‘mistake’ - cause there are no mistakes. There’s just unique moments that happen”: Metallica debut Inamorata live in Munich ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/in-our-band-we-dont-recognize-the-word-mistake-cause-there-are-no-mistakes-theres-just-unique-moments-that-happen-metallica-debut-inamorata-live-in-munich 7xDKbhknVPxTnVpqZj4k8V Wed, 29 May 2024 12:40:48 +0000 Wed, 29 May 2024 12:40:52 +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