Articles tagged: james-hetfield

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"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

By Sian Llewellyn published

Via some riff editing from Lars Ulrich

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James Hetfield on Metallica's new creative era: "I don't want to sit there and create the songs with Lars anymore – I want everyone to be a part of it and be in it"

By Rob Laing published

The frontman is candid about the need for new approaches in an interview with Metallica's fanzine

James Hetfield of Metallica performs onstage during the Power Trip music festival at Empire Polo Club on October 08, 2023 in Indio, Californi

"If it gets mushy at all, he's out" – Metallica producer Greg Fidelman confirms James Hetfield used a very specific blend of four amps together in the studio for the 72 Seasons album

By Rob Laing published

Best of 2023: "It gets pretty hairy" says the producer on the volume levels

Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield onstage in East Rutherford, NJ

“If you have too much distortion it feels like a sponge”: Kirk Hammett reveals the secret behind his Metallica rhythm tone and advises against high-gain overkill

By Jonathan Horsley published

Save the distortion pedals for the solos and keep that rhythm tone “harmonically tight”

Metallica onstage at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam

“We’re bored, let’s do some stuff” – How James Hetfield wrote Metallica’s longest-ever song in a Zoom call with Lars

By Jonathan Horsley published

Hetfield and Ulrich tell Apple Music's Zane Lowe that one minute you're bored on Zoom, the next you have a Sabbath-inspired riff, and before long you have the most epic track you’ve ever written

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What is the heaviest guitar riff of all time? Metal musicians have their say

By Jonathan Horsley published

A Metallica stalwart emerges as a redoubtable contender against '00s heavyweights from Meshuggah and Gojira, as Baroness, GWAR, Halestorm and more are polled by Revolver

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Metallica unleash new single Screaming Suicide, a 5:39 min Hetfield masterclass in downpicking

By Jonathan Horsley published

Metallica are doing Metallica things again on the second track shared from forthcoming studio album, 72 Seasons, out 14 April

Ernie Ball Papa Het Hardwired Master Core James Hetfield

Ernie Ball and Metallica’s James Hetfield launch Papa Het’s Hardwired Master Core signature electric guitar strings

By Jonathan Horsley published

Papa Het has got a brand new tin, and it contains a set of 11-50 gauge strings