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ANTHRAX Is 'Ready' To Play More 'Big Four' Shows With METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER
Frank Bello says that ANTHRAX "would love" to play more shows featuring the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX. The four influential acts played together for the first time in history on June 16, 2010 in front of 81,000 fans at the Sonisphere festiva...April 4, 2017
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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Has A 'Brotherly' Bond With His Bandmates
METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett was interviewed on a recent edition of Westwood One's "2 Hours With Matt Pinfield" radio show. You can now listen to the chat below. Speaking about his bond with his METALLICA bandmates, Kirk said: "Being in a band with these guys, it goes beyond just friendship. Par...March 30, 2017
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KIRK HAMMETT's Horror And Sci-Fi Film Art Collection On Display At The Peabody Essex Museum: More Details Revealed
This August, the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) debuts the exclusive presentation of "It's Alive! Classic Horror And Sci-Fi Art From The Kirk Hammett Collection". Kirk Hammett, best known as the lead guitarist of METALLICA, is also an avid collector of classic horror and sci-fi movie posters. This exhib...March 30, 2017
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JASON NEWSTED Says It Cost Him 'Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars' Trying To Build NEWSTED Band
Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted spoke to Ultimate-Guitar.com about his decision to shelf NEWSTED, the heavy metal project he operated between 2012 and 2014. "There was a couple things that were very good and then a couple things were very bad," he said. "When it came down to the money stuff a...March 30, 2017
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Watch Pro-Shot Footage Of METALLICA's Entire LOLLAPALOOZA BRASIL Performance
Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA's entire March 25 performance at Lollapalooza Brasil at Autódromo de Interlagos in São Paulo, Brazil can be seen below. Setlist: 05:11 - Ecstasy Of Gold 07:07 - Hardwired 10:51 - Atlas, Rise! 17:24 - For Whom The Bell Tolls 21:56 - The Memory Remains...March 26, 2017
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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Featured In HOWLIN' WOLF Documentary
THE ROLLING STONES bassist Bill Wyman said that if he could only choose one musician to listen to, "without question it would be Howlin' Wolf." And the man who first recorded Elvis Presley and other early rock and roll legends, Sam Phillips, said about Wolf's sound, "You couldn't buy that…anywhere i...March 25, 2017
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DAVE MUSTAINE Says He Is One Of 'The Fantastic Four' Of Hard Rock/Metal Rhythm Guitar Players
MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine believes that he is one of the best rhythm guitar players in the world — part of what he calls "the fantastic four," alongside James Hetfield (METALLICA),Malcolm Young (AC/DC) and Rudolf Schenker (SCORPIONS). Mustaine, who was the original lead guitarist of METALLICA,...March 25, 2017
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JASON NEWSTED Says New METALLICA Album Has 'Substance'
Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted has weighed in on the band's latest album, saying that it has "substance." Newsted became METALLICA's third bassist in 1986, following Ron McGovney and Cliff Burton. Robert Trujillo took over in 2003 after Newsted's exit. During a recent interview with Ultimate...March 22, 2017
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KIRK HAMMETT Reacts To Eleven Off-Beat METALLICA Covers (Video)
METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett recently sat down with Mexico's Luisito Rey to view and rate several off-beat METALLICA covers that have been making the rounds on YouTube the past few years. The clip starts off with Hammett watching Rob Scallon's popular banjo cover of "Master Of Puppets", which ha...March 13, 2017
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KIRK HAMMETT: METALLICA Wanted To Recapture 'Kill 'Em All' Attitude On 'Hardwired' Album
Joanna of Mexico's RMX radio recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about METALLICA's mindset going into the songwriting process for the band's new album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct", Hammett said: "I think going into this,...March 9, 2017
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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT: 'The Future Is More Unpredictable Now Than It Ever Has Seemed In My Own Life'
METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett told Tim Noakes of Rough Trade magazine in a recent interview that the dark uncertain times we're living in will result in a resurgence of brutal music. "From what I can see, heavy metal and music in general has always been a mirror for people's feelings and emotions...March 8, 2017
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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Slams TRUMP's Border Wall: 'We Need To Bring People Together'
METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has slammed President Donald Trump's plan to build "a great wall" along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that "we need to bring people together." Days after being sworn in, Trump issued an executive order to build a wall on the southern border, later explaining that it wi...March 6, 2017
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METALLICA Wanted To Respect Chinese Culture By Performing Censored Setlist
When METALLICA returned to China last month for their first shows in the country after their 2013 Shanghai debut, their censored setlist saw them performing more than an hour with several key hit notably missing: "Master Of Puppets", "One" and "Hardwired". In an interview with the South China Mornin...February 25, 2017
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DAVE MUSTAINE Says He 'Didn't Care' About METALLICA's 'Master Of Puppets' Being Played At GRAMMY AWARDS
Dave Mustaine says that he "didn't care" that the house band played the song "Master Of Puppets" from his former band METALLICA when MEGADETH was honored with its first-ever Grammy on February 12. MEGADETH was nominated for a 2017 Grammy Award for "Best Metal Performance" for the title track of "Dys...February 24, 2017
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Video Premiere: GOJIRA's 'The Cell'
"The Cell", the new video from French progressive metallers GOJIRA, can be seen below. The clip, directed by Drew Cox, sees GOJIRA delivering a pummelling and dynamic performance captured by a thermal-imaging camera. GOJIRA was nominated in two categories at this year's Grammy Awards: "Best Metal Pe...February 23, 2017
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