Articles tagged: lars-ulrich

Metallica The Black Album artwork

"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

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

Lars Ulrich performing on stage, 2016

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich silences the haters with impromptu double kick breakdown during Howard Stern interview

By Stuart Williams published

The Great Dane proves he’s still got it, and also names some of the Metallica songs he finds most difficult

Dave Mustaine and Metallica comp

Dave Mustaine says Lars Ulrich wrote the opening riff to Metallica’s Master of Puppets

By Jonathan Horsley published

The Megadeth frontman has also called for Metallica to “step up” and Slayer to reunite for one last Big Four thrash gig