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KIRK HAMMETT: METALLICA Has 'Become Part Of American Culture'

Ernie Ball's latest "String Theory" episode features METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett. In the 15-minute clip below, Hammett discusses not just his career, but his emotional life. Says Hammett: "We've been around for over three decades — we're on our fourth decade — and we've been around so long, and...

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LARS ULRICH-Produced 'The Architect' Movie To Screen At MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich served as the associate producer of a new comedy "The Architect", which will screen tonight (Thursday, October 13) at the Mill Valley Film Festival in Mill Valley, California. The film, which was completed two years ago but wasn't released until this year at the Vancouv...

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METALLICA: Photos From New Video Shoot

METALLICA has posted several photos from their Tuesday-night (October 11) video shoot in the San Francisco Bay Area, along with the hashtag #whatsongisit. Check out the pictures below. METALLICA last week issued casting calls for multiple roles of all ethnicities, including for fans to cheer on whil...

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METALLICA: Official Video Footage Of 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' Performance From Webster Hall

Official video footage of METALLICA performing its classic song "For Whom The Bell Tolls" live on September 27 at a special intimate show at the 1,500-capacity Webster Hall in New York City can be seen below. Fans were able to witness the Webster Hall concert after entering an online contest for a c...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: 'We Realized That We Really Need Each Other'

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich was interviewed on a recent episode of the Norwegian-Swedish television talk show "Skavlan". You can now watch video footage of his appearance below. Asked how he can still stand his bandmates after being in METALLICA for 35 years, Ulrich said: "The worst part, actually...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: 'Making Records Nowadays Is A Much More Sporadic Undertaking Than It Used To Be'

Lars Ulrich says that METALLICA's "looser" approach to making albums nowadays has contributed to the delay in getting the band's new disc, "Hardwired...To Self-Destruct", completed and ready for release. "Hardwired... To Self-Destruct" will arrive next month, marking the band's first full-length col...

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Love Us Or Hate Us: The Very Best of the Noise Years 1985-1992

If you followed thrash from its infancy, the name Noise Records rolls through the mind as readily as Megaforce, Metal Blade and New Renaissance. The hallowed German imprint, founded by Karl-Ulrich Walterbach, exposed some of the most respected thrash, power, doom and experimental metal acts of the d...

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METALLICA: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Making Of 'Moth Into Flame' Video

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of METALLICA's official video for the song "Moth Into Flame" can be seen below (courtesy of Rolling Stone). The clip was directed by Tom Kirk (MUSE). "Moth Into Flame" is taken from METALLICA's tenth studio album, "Hardwired...To Self-Destruct", which is sch...

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METALLICA Announces Casting Calls For New Video

METALLICA will film a video for an as-yet-undisclosed new song on October 11-12 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band has issued casting calls for multiple roles of all ethnicities, including for fans to cheer on while METALLICA performs and individuals who are able to "engage in lightly choreogra...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Might Consider Moving Back To Denmark If DONALD TRUMP Becomes President

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich says that he might consider returning to his native Denmark if Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election. Speaking with Denmark's Ekstra Bladet, Lars — who moved to the U.S. in 1980, when he was only 17 years old — said (translated from Danish): "I am a hundred p...

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ROBERT TRUJILLO Is 'Excited' To Play METALLICA's New Songs And 'Blow People's Minds'

#PunkRockPolitics recently conducted an interview with METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below (starting at around the 36-minute mark). A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the fan response to METALLICA's tenth studio a...

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Making Of METALLICA's New Song 'Moth Into Flame' (Video)

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of METALLICA's new song "Moth Into Flame" can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's tenth studio album, "Hardwired...To Self-Destruct", which is scheduled for a November 18 release via Blackened Recordings. The long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "D...

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JOHN BUSH: 'I Don't Think Anyone Expected METALLICA To Become The Beast That They Became'

Former ANTHRAX and current ARMORED SAINT singer John Bush, who was offered an opportunity to join METALLICA in the early '80s but turned it down, was asked by Metal Insider if there was a feeling more than thirty years ago that METALLICA would one day be as huge as they now are. He ...

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METALICA's JAMES HETFIELD Says 'Hardwired... To Self-Destruct' Is 'Coming Out At Exactly The Right Time'

METALLICA frontman James Hetfield was interviewed on a recent edition of the "Sixx Sense" radio show hosted by MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX:A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On not paying too much attention to other...

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METALLICA Shares Tour Tales In 'The Tonight Show' Web-Exclusive Clip

METALLICA made its "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" debut last night (Thursday, September 29),performing their new song "Moth Into Flame" for the first time on national television. While backstage at "The Tonight Show", James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett shared ro...