For its very first European tour in 1984, METALLICA hooked up with black metal pioneers VENOM, on the latter's "Seven Dates Of Hell" tour, which included concerts in Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium and the Aardschok Festival in the Netherlands. In a brand new interview with Consquence Of Sound, VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant ...
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According to Realtor, one of two properties METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett once called home in Sea Cliff, a neighborhood in northwestern San Francisco, California, had its asking price reduced from $13 million to $11.9 million. The home, located in an exclusive enclave by the beach, first came on the market last year. Built ...
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METALLICA will release a limited-edition vinyl of "Helping Hands… Live & Acoustic At The Masonic" next month. The double album, mixed by Greg Fidelman and newly mastered for vinyl by Reuben Cohen at Bernie Grundman Mastering, documents the inaugural "Helping Hands" benefit concert held in San Francisco on November 3, 2018. "Helping Hands… Live & ...
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In a recent interview with the "Nothing Shocking" podcast, DEATH ANGEL singer Mark Osegueda was asked if he feels slighted by the fact that his band rarely gets mentioned alongside the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX. "I don't know necessarily if we were slighted, 'cause the 'Big ...
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Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted is having his first solo art show presented in Miami during Art Basel, which runs December 3 to January 4 at The Sagamore Hotel. The exceptional exhibitis a survey of 12 years of work, along with new, site-specific installations that reflect Newsted's lifelong commitment to painting inspired by his extensive ...
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MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine says that there should be at least one more "Big Four" concert before SLAYER finally calls it quits. The so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX — played together for the first time in history on June 16, 2010 in front of 81,000 fans at ...
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Last night (Thursday, December 6), members of METALLICA celebrated the launch of their whiskey, Blackened, at Charmaine's in San Francisco. Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield were spotted mingling with guests and enjoying the rooftop views of iconic Market Street. Later in the night, Ulrich was seen enjoying the outdoor fire pit with a ...
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METALLICA will release a limited-edition vinyl of "Helping Hands… Live & Acoustic At The Masonic" this winter. The double album, mixed by Greg Fidelman and newly mastered for vinyl by Reuben Cohen at Bernie Grundman Mastering, documents the inaugural "Helping Hands" benefit concert held in San Francisco on November 3. "Helping Hands… Live & Acoustic ...
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The sixty seconds of instrumental synth-pop and dance-floor rhythms that begin FOUR STROKE BARON's newest record, "Planet Silver Screen", serves as both a fake-out and an indication that the following songs will be a fun musical exploration. One minute into the intro track—appropriately titled "Cut"—the beats go away, and a barrage of short, sharp riffs ...
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METALLICA, the All Within My Hands Foundation and its contributors commemorate Giving Tuesday with the launching of the pre-order for the limited-edition vinyl release of "Helping Hands… Live & Acoustic At The Masonic". The double album, mixed by Greg Fidelman and newly mastered for vinyl by Reuben Cohen at Bernie Grundman Mastering, documents the inaugural ...
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METALLICA played a rare acoustic show on November 3 at the Masonic in San Francisco. The evening, dubbed the "All Within My Hands Foundation Helping Hands Concert And Auction", celebrated the first full year of METALLICA's All Within My Hands non-profit foundation, which was launched in 2017 to help creating sustainable communities by tackling the ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, rock artists responded on Monday (November 12) to the death of Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, who passed away that morning at the age of 95 after being rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Lee was born as Stanley Lieber in Manhattan on December 28, 1922. He ...
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METALLICA played a rare acoustic show this past Saturday, November 3 at the Masonic in San Francisco. The evening, dubbed the "All Within My Hands Foundation Helping Hands Concert And Auction", celebrated the first full year of METALLICA's All Within My Hands non-profit foundation, which was launched in 2017 to help creating sustainable communities by ...
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METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has defended the sound of the band's "...And Justice For All" album, saying that it was "the result of instinctive choices that were made along the way to make it work." While "...And Justice For All" is considered one of METALLICA's classics, it has been criticized almost since the day it ...
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METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett is featured in a new interview with Sotheby's in which he details his history with the horror movie genre. Just in time for Halloween, Sotheby's offering an extremely rare poster for Karl Freund's 1932 "The Mummy", which is poised to reclaim its title as the world's most expensive film poster. Online ...
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A "writing in progress" verson of METALLICA's "The Shortest Straw", recorded in December 1987 in drummer Lars Ulrich's garage in El Cerrito, California can be heard below. The track will be included on the 30th-anniversary reissue of METALLICA's breakthrough fourth album "…And Justice For All", due on November 2 via the band's own Blackened Recordings. ...
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METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett has told Metal Hammer magazine that he is open to the idea of eventually releasing a solo album. "I have so much material sitting around that's obviously not METALLICA stuff, and that pile gets bigger and bigger. One of these days when it feels right…" he said. "I still ...
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Former EXODUS guitarist Rick Hunolt rejoined his bandmates during their concert last night (Tuesday, September 18) at Slim's in San Francisco. Hunolt came up on stage to perform a short snippet of a cover version of METALLICA's "Motorbreath" as well as an electrifying renditions of the EXODUS classics "The Toxic Waltz" and "Cajun Hell". EXODUS's ...
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METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has shared video footage of guitarist Kirk Hammett taking a tumble during the band's September 11 concert in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In the short Instagram clip, which can be seen below, Ulrich can be seen mocking Hammett by pretending to also fall on stage. Lars captioned the video: "Careful in ...
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According to KWTX, METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo spent Sunday and Monday at the newly opened Central Texas surf park BSR Surf Resort. They reportedly rented out the property for a bachelor party to enjoy some private time catching man-made waves at a facility that's the only one of its ...
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METALLICA commemorates the 30th anniversary of the release of its breakthrough fourth album "…And Justice For All" with the announcement of its definitive reissue to be released on November 2 via the band's own Blackened Recordings. The re-release of "…And Justice For All" has been remastered for the most advanced sound quality overseen by Greg ...
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METALLICA offered a musical nod to Prince while stopping in Minneapolis, Minnesota last night (Tuesday, September 4) during its current North American tour. As they've done in every city of the trek, bassist Robert Trujillo and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett played a stripped-down tribute to a local music act, and for yesterday's concert, they chose ...
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Steve "Zetro" Souza has revealed that EXODUS will mark the band's 40th anniversary next year with several special performances in its hometown. "I think that we're gonna do something in San Francisco next year; we're gonna do a residency there, back at home, for 40 years," he told Hungary's Impact metal channel (see ...
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"Take Me To The Church", the new video from legendary German guitarist Michael Schenker's MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST project, can be seen below. The clip was shot during a recent trip to St. Petersburg, Russia. Schenker comments: "Today we are releasing the new video for 'Take Me To The Church', released from MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST's debut ...
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During an appearance on the latest episode of the "Lead Singer Syndrome" podcast, KORN frontman Jonathan Davis was asked if the fact that some of the bigger metal bands like METALLICA were "going soft" in the mid-1990s had an impact on the musical direction of his band's first couple of albums. "With us, we didn't ...
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Video footage of JASTA & FRIENDS, the solo project of HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta, performing on Sunday, August 12 at the U.K.'s Bloodstock Open Air festival, held in Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, can be seen below (courtesy of D.J. Pennell from TotalRock.com). Jasta's solo band for the current European tour includes FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of JASTA, the solo band of HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta, performing a cover version of FEAR FACTORY's "Replica" on August 9 at the Brutal Assault festival in Jaromer, Czech Republic can be seen below. Jasta's solo band for the current European tour includes FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares, former KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and ...
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In a brand new interview with the "Music Mania" podcast, TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy was asked why his band wasn't included in the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — the dominant thrash metal groups that helped bring that genre into the mainstream. "Well, it's difficult to say, 'cause when you say 'Big Four,' ...
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To celebrate the 34th anniversary of METALLICA's classic sophomore album, "Ride The Lightning", frontman James Hetfield took part in a rapid-fire round of questions and answers for a video that was later posted on the band's official Instagram. Check it out below. METALLICA reissued "Ride The Lightning" in April 2016. The album had been remastered ...
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According to The Toronto Star, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada will host "It's Alive! Classic Horror And Sci-Fi Art From The Kirk Hammett Collection" from July 13, 2019 to January 5, 2020. Kirk Hammett, best known as the lead guitarist of METALLICA, is also an avid collector of classic horror ...
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