A whole host of new names have just been added to the lineup for Download Festival 2023. State Champs, Puscifer, Hundred Reasons, Cherry Bombs, Cancer Bats and Static Dress will all play the 20th anniversary […]
As a teenager in Leeds in the 1980s, the centre of my universe was Jumbo Records. I bought all my New Order and Smiths singles there. The tiny unit in the Merrion Centre shopping precinct […]
They’ve done it – Waterparks have gained their first ever Top 10 album on the UK’s official chart with latest release ‘Intellectual Property’ Official Charts reports that the record landed in the No.10 spot on […]
Metallica achieve their fourth UK Number 1 album, and first in 15 years, with 72 Seasons. The California-formed heavy metal outfit, comprising James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo, reach the summit with […]
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. After 12 long years, the flute is back. […]
When Metallica opened for the Rolling Stones in 2005, they got absolutely no satisfaction. In fact, when the metal gods thought they were living the dream as the supporting act for the Stones at SBC […]
During an appearance earlier today (Tuesday, April 18) on SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted spoke about his decision to reactivate his NEWSTED project for a May 20 concert at […]
Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted will perform with his NEWSTED project for the first time in nearly a decade on May 20 at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Newsted, who plays bass and sings […]
Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted is reuniting his eponymous metal band, Newsted, for their first show in 10 years. The metal act will make its return on May 20th at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale, […]
California thrash metal pioneers DARK ANGEL, who have been touring intermittently since reforming a decade ago, are performing their legendary album “Darkness Descends” in its entirety at three special concerts this weekend at the Teragram […]
Kirk Hammett says his guitar solos at Metallica’s upcoming live shows won’t sound like “carbon copies” from the recordings. The legendary heavy metal band’s lead guitarist has revealed he improvised on the band’s upcoming album […]
Welcome to Dissected, where we disassemble a band’s catalog, a director’s filmography, or some other critical pop-culture collection in the abstract. It’s exact science by way of a few beers. This time, we follow Metallica’s […]
Metallica’s latest album ’72 Seasons’ was their “most friction-free record” to make. The legendary heavy metal group have come a long way since the turbulent period documented in their 2004 movie ‘Some Kind Of Monster’, […]
Metallica performed “Holier Than Thou” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday (April 11th) — the second night of the band’s weeklong Kimmel residency leading up to the release of the new album 72 Seasons. The […]
Metallica’s first album in nearly seven years has arrived, and it just might be the iconic metal band’s best LP in the past 30 years. As stated in our recent review, 72 Seasons is a […]
Can Metallica actually master puppets? That was the question posed to the metal icons on Wednesday night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, resulting in a hilarious sketch. Oh, and the band also rocked an epic […]
Metallica frontman James Hetfield has said their 11th studio album is rooted in the past, its title a reference to “the first 18 years of our lives, that form our true or false selves … […]
Major METALLICA news from Down Under! “Metallica: 72 Seasons – Global Premiere” has just screened in cinemas in New Zealand and moviegoers there were the first to learn that METALLICA‘s “M72” world tour is set […]
Dethklok of Metalocalypse fame and BABYMETAL have announced a co-headlining 2023 North American tour with support from guitar virtuoso Jason Richardson. Affectionately dubbed the “BABYKLOK tour,” trek kicks off August 30th in Houston and runs […]
72 Seasons is a masterpiece. This is not meant to sound like hyperbole; Metallica’s new album is the strongest, most powerful statement they’ve made as a band since …And Justice For All. There is no question […]