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Master Of Plugins: get Metallica's classic guitar tones with the Neural DSP Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ Suite
By Rob Laing published
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
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
Never played an extended range this way

What if Prince played for Metallica? TikTok guitarist turns the Black Album purple to find out
By Jonathan Horsley published
Kyle Norris reimagines Kirk Hammett's Nothing Else Matters solo in the style of Prince for comedic effect... but also presents a counterfactual 'What if?' that makes sense musically

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
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