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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

Singles And Albums
Metallica

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

Guitars
Metallica

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

Singles And Albums
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

Guitar Strings
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