Lars Ulrich

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"Stick with it. Focus…You've gotta put the time in”: Lars Ulrich’s advice to young artists

By Will Simpson Published

Drummer was speaking at festival screening of new Metallica doc

Bands
Lars and Ozzy at the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert in 2009
“Everybody was like: 'They’re gonna kill it'": Lars Ulrich on hearing Ozzy Osbourne’s last soundcheck

By Will Simpson Published

Plus Sharon reveals her husband was deeply moved by the love at Villa Park

Gigs & Festivals
Metallica
After being "blown away" by U2, Lars Ulrich suggests that Metallica will be playing the Sphere in 2026

By Will Simpson Published

And they’d love to play next year’s Super Bowl, too

Gigs & Festivals
“He, to me, was a role model”: Which A list metal drummer could Mike Portnoy be talking about?

By Will Simpson Published

Dream Theater man talks influences with El Estepario Siberiano

Drummers
James Hetfield [left] and Kirk Hammett harmonise solos as they perform live with Metallica in 1988. Hammett plays a Jackson Rhodes, Hetfield has his trusty white Explorer.
How Metallica wrote the ultimate metal ballad and took thrash into the mainstream with One

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The sound of Metallica in full command, One would prove to be the ultimate thrash metal power ballad

Artists
Cliff Burton and James Hetfield
“Cliff was the strongest of the four of us emotionally”: How Metallica recovered from the death of Cliff Burton

By Paul Elliott Published

And how they chose Cliff’s replacement among 60 candidates

Artists
Lars Ulrich on stage, early 1990s
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

By Stuart Williams Published

An all-star cast featuring Black Album engineer, Mike Tacci, Darrell Thorpe, Drum Doctor Ross Garfield and Puscifer drummer Gunnar Olsen give us a forensic look at one of the greatest drum sounds in heavy music history

Singles And Albums
Metallica The Black Album artwork
How Metallica changed tack and gambled with Enter The Sandman via some riff editing from Lars Ulrich

By Sian Llewellyn Published

Via some riff editing from Lars Ulrich

Guitarists
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
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

Drummers
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