Metallica’s Lars Ulrich silences the haters with impromptu double kick breakdown during Howard Stern interview By Stuart Williams published 19 April 23 The Great Dane proves he’s still got it, and also names some of the Metallica songs he finds most difficult
Flashback: see remastered footage of Metallica doing press for Master Of Puppets in 1986 with Cliff Burton By Rob Laing published 18 April 23 "We're doing it our way"
Kirk Hammett plays his '59 'Unicorn' black Les Paul on the Stern Show and explains how he came to buy his Greeny 'Burst – but James Hetfield reveals that he was offered it first By Rob Laing published 14 April 23 "The guy brought it backstage to show it to me and I rejected it"
NAMM 2023: Gibson and Kirk Hammett team up for a Murphy Lab replica of his legendary 1979 Flying V By Jonathan Horsley published 4 April 23 The $15,000 Flying V is a typically forensic reproduction of one of the most legendary electric guitars in Metallica history
What is the heaviest guitar riff of all time? Metal musicians have their say By Jonathan Horsley published 28 March 23 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
Guitarist uses Master Of Puppets producer Flemming Rasmussen's studio notes and Neural DSP Mesa MkIIC+ plugin to try and nail Metallica's tone By Rob Laing published 10 March 23 How close can he get?
ESP is totally on-point with its latest Metallica collab, the LTD Kirk Hammett Signature KH-V, an asymmetric V-shaped electric and bona fide shred machine By Jonathan Horsley published 3 March 23 Teased at NAMM 2022 and now officially launched, shipping June, the KH-V has a korina body, a neck-thru build, and comes strapped with Hammett’s signature EMG Bone Breakers
Master Of Plugins: get Metallica's classic guitar tones with the Neural DSP Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ Suite By Rob Laing published 1 March 23 We're not pulling your strings here – Hetfield, Hammett, Prince, Schon, Lukather, Petrucci loved it, and now you can too
Metallica unleash new single Screaming Suicide, a 5:39 min Hetfield masterclass in downpicking By Jonathan Horsley published 20 January 23 Metallica are doing Metallica things again on the second track shared from forthcoming studio album, 72 Seasons, out 14 April
Ichika Nito plays Metallica's Nothing Else Matters on a 14-string guitar By Rob Laing published 10 January 23 Never played an extended range this way