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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH On LADY GAGA: 'I Knew She Was A Metal Chick At Heart'

In a brand new interview with Entertainment Weekly, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich spoke about how the band's Grammy performance with Lady Gaga came about. He said: "[The Grammys] always encourage you to do cool, crazy collaborations. We thought some of the songs on the new album lent themselves well...

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Watch METALLICA Sing RIHANNA's 'Diamonds' In Extended 'Carpool Karaoke' Trailer

Footage of METALLICA singing a song by pop superstar Rihanna is featured in a trailer for the "Carpool Karaoke" Apple Music series. The preview for the spinoff based on the "Late Late Show" segment, featuring "Late Late Show" host James Corden, aired as a commercial during the Corden-hosted Grammy A...

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GRAMMY Producer KEN EHRLICH Apologizes To METALLICA For Technical Issues

The producer of the Grammy Awards has apologized to METALLICA for the technical mishap that left frontman James Hetfield without a working microphone for the band's Grammy performance with Lady Gaga. The "Moth Into Flame" performance on Sunday night's (February 12) awards show was marred by the inci...

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LARS ULRICH Says METALLICA's New Stage Production Is 'F**king Crazy And Overwhelming'

The North American leg of METALLICA's "WorldWired" 2017 tour kicks off on May 10 in Baltimore, Maryland and will hit stadiums in 25 cities before winding down in mid-August. Support on the quartet's first North American trek since 2009 will come mainly from AVENGED SEVENFOLD and VOLBEAT, with GOJIRA...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Says JAMES HETFIELD Was 'Livid' Over GRAMMY Technical Snafu

Lars Ulrich says that James Hetfield was "livid" over the technical problems that left the METALLICA frontman without a mic for the bulk of the band's collaboration with pop giant Lady Gaga at this past weekend's Grammy Awards. The performance on Sunday night's (February 12) awards show was marred b...

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Why It Was Important For METALLICA To Form Its Own Record Label

In a brand new interview with The Red Bulletin, Red Bull's magazine, METALLICA members James Hetfield (guitar, vocals) and Lars Ulrich (drums) were asked about how important achieving independence by owning all of their master recordings — including both music and long-form videos — has been in havi...

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LARS ULRICH Says LADY GAGA is The 'Quintessential Fifth Member' Of METALLICA

Lars Ulrich has told Rolling Stone that he hopes METALLICA's collaboration with pop superstar Lady Gaga at this past weekend's Grammy Awards was more than an one-off. "We already started fast-forwarding to the next chapter when we can do more of this," he said. "It's not one of those '20 lawyers, st...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Defends METALLICA's LADY GAGA Collaboration

TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has defended METALLICA's performance with Lady Gaga at this year's Grammy Awards, explaining that "it absolutely makes sense they'd collaborate." METALLICA's appearance with the pop superstar at the 59th annual event in Los Angeles Sunday night (February 12) turned...

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LARS ULRICH: We Were Talking About Making LADY GAGA A Permanent Member Of METALLICA

METALLICA's collaboration with pop superstar Lady Gaga at the 59th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night (February 12) turned into something of a disaster when the Grammy sound crew did not turn frontman James Hetfield's mic on, forcing him to share the mic with Gaga after the first verse...

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METALLICA Announces 'WorldWired' North American Tour With AVENGED SEVENFOLD And VOLBEAT

METALLICA today announced their "WorldWired" 2017 North American tour in support of their new album "Hardwired... To Self-Destruct". The "WorldWired" 2017 tour is produced by Live Nation and kicks off on May 10 in Baltimore, Maryland at M&T Bank Stadium. The tour will crisscross its way across N...

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METALLICA And LADY GAGA To Perform 'Moth Into Flame' At Tonight's GRAMMY AWARDS

METALLICA will perform with pop superstar Lady Gaga at the 59th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. According to a leaked production schedule from tonight's (Sunday, February 12) event, they will team up for a rendition of the METALLICA song "Moth Into Flame", taken from the...

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Video: METALLICA's LARS ULRICH And Wife JESSICA MILLER Arrive At LAX Ahead Of GRAMMY AWARDS

X17online.com has uploaded a short video clip of METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich and his wife, model Jessica Miller, exiting Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, February 10 as they arrived for this weekend's Grammy Awards. Check out the footage below. Ulrich, 53, and Miller, 32, got engaged i...

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MARTIN LOPEZ Rules Out Return To OPETH Or AMON AMARTH: Those Are 'Other People's Bands'

Metal Wani editor in chief Owais "Vitek" Nabi recently conducted an interview with former OPETH/AMON AMARTH and current SOEN drummer Martin Lopez. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked if he would ever consider rejoining either OPETH or AMON AMARTH on a full-time basis if t...

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ENTOMBED's ALEX HELLID Launches 'Entombed Sverige' Beer

In 2016, founding ENTOMBED member Alex Hellid teamed up with brewmaster Dr. Andrés Furukawa of Macken Brewery to craft Entombed Sverige in celebration of the ENTOMBED legacy. Entombed Sverige is what we call a Swedish Helles (a little darker than your typical Helles) with gold ingot color and delica...

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METALLICA Scores Ninth No. 1 On BILLBOARD's 'Mainstream Rock Songs' Chart With 'Atlas, Rise!'

According to Billboard.com, METALLICA earned its ninth No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart with its latest single, "Atlas, Rise!" The band previously scored chart toppers with "Hardwired" (also from METALLICA's latest album, 2016's "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct"); "The Day That N...