Zoltan Bathory: why James Hetfield is the perfect metal rhythm guitar player By Jackson Maxwell last updated 3 August 22 “He plays exactly what he needs to play – not a note less, or a note more,” the Five Finger Death Punch guitarist explained
Watch Metallica jam with Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn backstage at Lollapalooza By Sam Roche last updated 3 August 22 “I’d like to make an announcement: Metallica is now a five-piece, guys,” jokes Lars Ulrich
Matt Heafy and YouTuber Anthony Vincent team up to reinvent Running Up That Hill in the style of Master of Puppets By Matt Owen published 25 July 22 The Stranger Things hysteria shows no sign of abating as the Trivium frontman brings his metal riffing A-game to reimagine the Kate Bush hit as a thrash anthem
Cliff Burton’s estate launches Burton: Cliff ‘Em All limited-edition IPA beer By Sam Roche published 21 July 22 Bell-bottoms up! A portion of proceeds from the “crushable” IPA will go towards the late Metallica bassist's scholarship foundation to support young musicians
Metallica’s Master of Puppets is now the number one song aspiring guitarists want to learn, according to Yousician By Sam Roche published 11 July 22 The track – which has received 17.5 million Spotify downloads in the past week alone – found a new audience after its inclusion in the season four finale of Stranger Things
Watch Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn play Metallica’s Master of Puppets in rehearsal clip By Matt Owen published 11 July 22 Not to be left out of the action, Metallica kit themselves out in Hellfire Club t-shirts, take themselves to TikTok, and jam along with Quinn’s climactic scene from the hit Netflix show
Metallica “stoked” by Master of Puppets' scene-stealing role in Stranger Things By Sam Roche published 6 July 22 The finale of season four of the hit sci-fi series sees Hawkins outcast Eddie Munson turn hero when he plays the track's ferocious downpicked riffs and nails the solo, too
Robert Trujillo’s son recorded guitar for the Stranger Things version of Metallica’s Master of Puppets By Matt Owen last updated 4 July 22 Tye Trujillo was tapped up to add additional guitar parts to the 1986 classic for the season finale set-piece, and reportedly received Kirk Hammett’s help to do so
Kirk Hammett: “I was pretty active during Covid, writing a ton of different types of music. I wrote Metallica music, Portals music – all different types of music” By Ellie Rogers published 2 July 22 The Metallica guitarist on his horror-inspired instrumental solo EP, Portals, the evergreen joy of musical discovery, and why the omens look good for a new album from metal’s biggest band
Watch Metallica play Kill ‘Em All deep cut Metal Militia for the first time since 2016 By Jonathan Horsley published 1 July 22 Pro-shoot footage captures James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett tear through the headbanger’s favorite live from Pinkpop 2022
Metallica cover Ozzy, Deep Purple, The Beatles and Rare Earth on live acoustic EP By Sam Roche published 30 June 22 The performance was recorded during the band's set at the MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert in LA in 2014
Hear Megadeth, Metallica and Iron Maiden hits like never before in major key Happy Metal YouTube experiment By Matt Owen published 30 June 22 Traverse the musical multiverse courtesy of shredders Ben Bouissieres and Andy Xiong, and discover what classic metal anthems sound like when transposed to a major key
Paolo Gregoletto: “I’ve never needed a side project because Trivium play everything. We’re always trying to push ourselves” By Joe Shooman published 22 June 22 The Trivium bassist on Metallica's influence, live music, and how space, dynamics and an omnivorous approach to metal songwriting makes In The Court Of The Dragon sound so huge
James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett give guitar lessons as Metallica partner with Yousician By Sam Roche published 15 June 22 Hetfield and Hammett teach Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters and One, as well as the “real way” to play Master of Puppets
NAMM 2022: ESP officially confirms Kirk Hammett signature V-style model, the LTD KH-V By Matt Owen published 4 June 22 The offset V will be available in three finishes – Black Sparkle, Red Sparkle and Metallic Gold – and is set to arrive in 2023
Gibson teases Moderne reissue as Kirk Hammett uses prototype onstage with Metallica By Jackson Maxwell published 2 June 22 According to Gibson's Cesar Gueikian, the Metallica lead guitarist has been working with the guitar giant on a plan to "modernize the Moderne"
Watch Kirk Hammett fail the intro to Nothing Else Matters and fall on the floor during Metallica's Boston Calling set By Sam Roche published 31 May 22 “I got distracted by how kickass you are,” the guitarist told the crowd
Watch Metallica's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett perform the national anthem at recent San Francisco Giants game By Sam Roche published 25 May 22 The band are offering the chance to win the ESP guitars they played during the performance – Hetfield's Signature Series Snakebyte and Hammett's Signature Series KH-2
The Cliff Burton Museum has officially opened – and we were there to see it By Joel McIver published 16 May 22 On May 14, hundreds of Metallica fans flew to rural Sweden for the Museum’s grand opening – and celebrated Burton’s life with loud music and a ton of headbanging
James Hetfield gets emotional onstage after feeling “insecure” about his guitar playing By Sam Roche published 16 May 22 The Metallica guitarist told the Belo Horizonte crowd he felt like “an old guy”, and that he was worried he couldn't play guitar anymore before taking to the stage