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Metallica’s James Hetfield on the “fast” guitar that changed everything

In his new book Messengers: The Guitars Of James Hetfield, the Metallica frontman reflects on the guitar that changed the course of his history

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Watch Metallica's Rob Trujillo play Black Sabbath's Hand Of Doom with his wife Chloe on vocals and his daughter Lullah on drums

Metallica bassist Robert isn't the only musical talent in the Trujillo clan

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This is Sempiternal: how Bring Me The Horizon made this generation's definitive metal album

Ten years ago, Bring Me The Horizon released an album that'd change their careers forever and influence metal for a generation to come

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Metallica, Guns N' Roses, AC/DC to headline Power Trip concert at Empire Polo Club

LOS ANGELES — The lineup for October's Power Trip metal festival just got twice as heavy.

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10 completely bonkers guest spots from metal legends on non-metal songs

From Ozzy rapping and Rob Zombie collabing with P Diddy to Serj Tankian teaming with Benny Benassi, these are some appearances from metal icons we were NOT expecting

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It's official: AC/DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses, Ozzy Osbourne and Tool confirmed for first ever Power Trip Festival

The much-rumoured Power Trip Festival lineup has been confirmed, and it's packing the biggest set of rock and metal festival headliners ever

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Listen to the title track from new Metallica album 72 Seasons, alongside a brand new video

Metallica have given us the latest taste of new album 72 Seasons courtesy of its title track - and it comes with a video

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Kirk Hammett: “It drives me nuts having to play that f**king guitar solo in Master of Puppets every time – I’m freaking bored of it”

The Metallica axeman explains why he prefers living on the edge with his improvised live solos: “Usually, I surprise myself – sometimes I die a f**king death”

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Sharon Osbourne confirms Ozzy is headlining much-hyped Power Trip festival: "he's back"

Sharon also confirms that Metallica, Guns N' Roses and AC/DC are playing what's set to be the biggest metal festival lineup in history

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James Hetfield says “if there was a guitar that changed the course of my history” it was this one – and it’s a cheap copy

The story of this particular guitar features in the Metallica man’s new book about his six-strings, Messengers: The Guitars Of James Hetfield

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"When you get communities with a common enemy, you’re in this together": why heavy metal loves Dungeons & Dragons

From a love of fantasy to being targeted in the Satanic Panic, all the way to Stranger Things, heavy metal and Dungeons & Dragons have a shared history that goes back decades

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Metallica have released a 30-second sample of upcoming single 72 Seasons

The title track of Metallica's new album sounds like a proper old-school thrasher

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AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Tool and Ozzy Osbourne release teaser videos for PowerTrip festival

It looks like a sequel to The Desert Trip is coming, and it promises to be a lot louder

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Power Trip metal mega-festival rumored for Empire Polo Grounds in fall

LOS ANGELES — With the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival two weeks away, another massive, much heavier music festival from promoter Goldenvoice may be stomping through Indio this fall.

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What is the heaviest guitar riff of all time? Metal musicians have their say

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

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Rob Trujillo will make his singing debut on new Metallica album 72 Seasons

Metallica bassist Rob Trujillo will provide vocals for the band for the very first time on brand new track You Must Burn!

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Metal musicians were asked to pick the heaviest riff of all time. This Metallica riff was the (not so clear) winner

Revolver asked pro metal players to decide on the most crushing guitar line of all time. Here’s what they came up with...

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Watch Jason Newsted talk about being bullied by Metallica in this rare 1986 video interview with the baby-faced metalheads

In a 1986 interview, Jason Newsted discussed the "abuse" he received from an unapologetic Metallica and their crew due to being the group's "new kid on the block"

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ChatGPT re-wrote the lyrics to Metallica's Ride the Lightning...and they don't totally suck

A Reddit user asked ChatGPT to re-write the lyrics to Metallica's track Ride the Lightning. They're better than you might think.

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James Hetfield says Metallica are "really average" musicians

Metallica frontman James Hetfield doesn't think the band are great musicians individually – but says it's a different story when they get together

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Old-fashioned records are flying off the shelves again in a massive vinyl revival

According to a new report, more vinyl records are now being sold in the US than CD copies for the first time since 1987.

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Dave Mustaine claims Metallica "has always tried to hold me back"

Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine claims Metallica have tried to discredit him as a guitar player, says Megadeth "has been more consistent" as a band

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Kirk Hammett just bought one of the rarest Les Pauls ever made – a Factory Black ’59 Les Paul Standard

The Metallica guitarist has been unicorn hunting and bagged a true specimen from Carter Vintage Guitars – a guitar to make Greeny green with envy

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Slash: My stories of Keith Moon, Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy and more

Slash met Keith Moon when he was 11, spent a long night with Lemmy in a Soho boozer, and had an unlikely on-stage encounter with James Brown. These are his stories

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Dave Mustaine: “I’m a very advanced rhythm guitarist who can play complicated rhythms and sing over the top of them – most people can’t do that”

The Megadeth main man discusses his forthcoming signature “Gibson Les Paul for thrash guys”, why Kiko Loureiro is the band’s best-ever guitarist, and succeeding even though “Metallica has always tried to hold me back”

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