Video footage of METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett sharing some of his early record store memories can be seen below. METALLICA has been announced as the 2016 ambassadors for Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent music retailers and record store culture that is set this year for Saturday, April 16. Ulrich said: "Independent record ...
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In his 2014 book "I'm The Man: The Story Of That Guy From Anthrax", ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian wrote this about former METALLICA guitarist and current MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine: "The guy is arguably the godfather of thrash metal. He wrote a lot of the riffs on [METALLICA's] 'Kill 'Em All' [album] and even some ...
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SHEL, the folk/pop band composed of four sisters from Fort Collins, Colorado, has released the official video for their haunting cover of METALLICA's "Enter Sandman". The clip premiered on Nerdist, which wrote that SHEL has "created the platonic ideal of one of the metal group's classic numbers. Paring the song down to softly delivered vocals ...
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METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has told Rolling Stone that the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic" is "well on its way." He added: "It may come out any century now, actually. There's a saying: where there's life, there's hope." Asked if the new METALLICA album has been recorded, Ulrich said: "I'd say ...
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Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees and 2016 Record Store Day Ambassadors METALLICA will perform live at Berkeley, California's legendary record store Rasputin Music on Saturday, April 16 in celebration of Record Store Day 2016. As this year's Record Store Day Ambassadors, the band invites fans to join them on this special day to ...
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According to TV Series Finale, former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach has returned for the upcoming revival of "The Gilmore Girls", which has been filming in recent weeks. Bach's character Gil is expected to come back to rock with HEP ALIEN, the band he played with on the show. Netflix announced last October ...
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METALLICA's song "Fuel" is featured in a new commercial for Dodge's powerful performance cars. Check it out below. While everyone is inside sleeping, the roads become a wide open playground. The 30-second spot, which was filmed in Miami, opens on dark roads and empty streets as the voiceover says, "We don't have to worry about ...
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In a brand new interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Kerry King was asked to recount one of the most memorable nights he had being in SLAYER. He said: "Something that was really cool for me — and I didn't think it was going to be as cool as it was — was ...
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METALLICA's recently announced headlining concert at Minneapolis's brand new U.S. Bank Stadium on August 20 has completely sold out. Pre-sale fan club tickets were made available earlier this week, followed by this morning's public on-sale, which sold out in less than ten minutes. METALLICA's show in Minneapolis will be the first rock concert at U.S. ...
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In a brand new interview with Ireland's Overdrive, EXODUS frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza was asked if he thinks METALLICA is "feeling the pressure" to make a new album that is on par with the high quality of the recent releases by some of the other acts from the 1980s thrash metal scene. He ...
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To celebrate this year's Record Store Day — which is set for April 16 — METALLICA will release "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité, Metallica! - Live At Le Bataclan. Paris, France - June 11th, 2003", a CD featuring a live recording from the club, with the band, Record Store Day and independent record stores donating proceeds to ...
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Kirk Hammett has confirmed to Alternative Press that METALLICA has "pretty much" tapped Greg Fidelman to produce the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic" album. "As far as what the final outcome will be, I don't know," the METALLICA guitarist said. "We have not brought in any [other] producer and it looks ...
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METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich spoke to Rolling Stone about the band's plans for the rest of 2016, which include completing their long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic" album. "I think it will be a pretty in-your-face year, at least the back half of it," he said. "Obviously, we've gotta finish the new record ...
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CROWBAR frontman Kirk Windstein has commented on the incident over a month ago when ex-PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo said "white power" and made the Nazi salute on stage. Anselmo later claimed he was referring to drinking white wine as part of an "inside joke" but has since released a video message, saying that he "deserves ...
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Record Store Day has announced its Ambassador for 2016: Grammy Award-winning Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees METALLICA. METALLICA is no stranger to Record Store Day, this year set for Saturday, April 16, a special day in support of independent record stores and record store culture worldwide, now in its ninth year. "Independent record ...
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MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted a new video message on Periscope in which he gives fans a tour of the band's new stage setup and gear ahead of the kick-off of the group's "Dystopia" world tour. Check it out below. Mustaine ended the video message by saying: "It's good to be on the road ...
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MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine was asked in a new interview with Westword.com why he thinks he is "so roundly hated." He responded: "I think a lot of it goes back to the breakup from METALLICA. There are people that have picked up that feud, and they don't even know why they're choosing sides." ...
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New Orleans sludge metal veterans CROWBAR will enter OCD Recording And Production in Metairie, Louisiana with engineer/producer Duane Simoneaux on February 17 to begin recording the follow-up to 2014's "Symmetry In Black" album. A summer release is expected. CROWBAR guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein told Revolver magazine about the songwriting process for the band's next CD: "I ...
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METALLICA has uploaded fly-on-the-wall footage shot by the MetOnTour reporter on February 5 and February 6 during the band's headlining performance at CBS Radio's "The Night Before", a one-of-a-kind concert experience the evening prior to Super Bowl 50 at AT&T Park in the band's hometown of San Francisco, California. The 36-minute clip, which can be ...
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METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett spoke to Rolling Stone about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic". He said that the group is "moving at a pace that allows us to live our lives and not have our lifestyles change too much." He added that METALLICA ...
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METALLICA's headlining performance at CBS Radio's "The Night Before", a one-of-a-kind concert experience the evening prior to Super Bowl 50 at AT&T Park in the band's hometown of San Francisco, California, is available as a live webstream direct from the historic show using the YouTube player below. Fans can also preorder professionally mixed audio recordings ...
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METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has told RollingStone.com that the band will debut a new stage production during their February 6 headlining performance at CBS Radio's "The Night Before", at AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. "It's big," he said. "I mean it's really big. I haven't seen it yet, but I ...
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METALLICA frontman James Hetfield recently did voiceover work for the hit animated series "American Dad". The show, which originated on Fox but now airs on TBS, featured Hetfield an as a water polo coach also named "James Hetfield." The running gag is that the coach claims he is not James Hetfield from METALLICA, even though ...
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METALLICA's February 6 headlining performance at CBS Radio's "The Night Before", a one-of-a-kind concert experience, the evening prior to Super Bowl 50, at AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, will be available as a live webstream at webcast.livemetallica.com. The webcast will be a free 1080p full-HD stream, available on mobile and ...
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The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History has just posted a video profile of ANTHRAX, "How New York of the '80s Helped Influence Anthrax to Create East Coast Thrash," as part of its Places of Invention exhibit's interactive online map. Check it out below. In 2016, ANTHRAX will celebrate its 35th anniversary as a ...
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New Orleans sludge metal veterans CROWBAR will enter OCD Recording And Production in Metairie, Louisiana with engineer/producer Duane Simoneaux on February 17 to begin recording the follow-up to 2014's "Symmetry In Black" album. A summer release is expected. CROWBAR guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein recently told the "Thunder Underground" podcast that he hoped the band's next album ...
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Premier Guitar has uploaded a demonstration video of METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett's Randall KH103 signature amplifier at this year's NAMM show in Anaheim, California. Check it out below. "I was using the modular amps, but I realized I needed something extra durable to take out on the road," Hammett said about the new ...
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METALLICA's Kirk Hammett has paid tribute to David Bowie, who died on January 10, two days after his 69th birthday. During an appearance on a recent edition of the "One On One With Mitch Lafon" podcast (Facebook page), the guitarist said: "[Bowie's] influence on me was huge. 'Changesonebowie' was one of the… part ...
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In a brand new interview with LA Weekly, MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine was asked how he spent the bus ride back from New York to California after being fired by METALLICA in 1983. He responded: "I was looking out the window. A lot. And it was excruciatingly painful... Because, remember, I was living ...
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According to SFGate.com, AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, is working with specialists to deal with the problem of "noise pollution" drifting outside the stadium before METALLICA performs there as part of "The Night Before", a concert event set to take place the night before Super Bowl 50, on Saturday, ...
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