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Is Hetfield-style downpicking getting you down? Stagger-stroke picking might be the answer
By Rob Laing published
The ultimate middle ground between alternate and downpicking on guitar?

Metallica's live covers of Thin Lizzy's Borderline and UFO's It's Killing Me are a great advert for the Fender Acoustasonic Jazzmaster
By Rob Laing published
See Kirk Hammett move between electric humbucker and acoustic tones with ease in this pro-shot footage

St Vincent joins Metallica onstage for Nothing Else Matters performance, band debut new Thin Lizzy and UFO cover versions
By Rob Laing published
They also played new song Lux Æterna live for the first time

Metallica release new song Lux Æterna, confirm album 72 Seasons and tour
By Rob Laing published
A three-and-a-half minute NWOBHM-flavoured cracker

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

This mashup of Men At Work's Down Under and Metallica's One is a thing of wonder
By Rob Laing published
Tired of lazy mashups? Bill McClintock is raising the game to high art with Mentallica – Land Down One-der

Dave Mustaine says there’s a “good possibility” he will write music with James Hetfield again
By Jonathan Horsley published
Mustaine says the hope of reconnecting creatively with his former Metallica bandmate helps keep him going – that and being a “perpetual badass”

Learn 4 surprising Metallica guitar chords from their classic songs
By Leigh Fuge published
From The Call Of Ktulu to Battery and beyond: Metallica have used some really interesting chords in their songs
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