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“I’ve never seen anything like that since…”: The story of Metallica’s Master Of Puppets

How James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton stepped up their bid for metal supremacy on Metallica’s towering third album, Master Of Puppets.

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This is Metallica's Enter Sandman in the style of Rammstein

Rammstein would be taking you off to 'Nimmerland' if they had written Metallica's classic 1991 single Enter Sandman.

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See Metallica's BlizzCon 2021 performance get censored by random 8-bit music

Metallica's performance of For Whom The Bell Tolls at BlizzCon 2021 was seemingly replaced with some copyright-free music by Twitch.

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Watch the star-studded trailer for new documentary Long Live Rock… Celebrate The Chaos

See members of Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Slipknot, Korn, BVB, Greta Van Fleet, Halestorm and more celebrate the power of music in the trailer for Long Live Rock… Celebrate The Chaos.

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Here's how Cliff Burton Day is being celebrated on February 10

Celebrations have been announced for what would have been late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton's 59th birthday.

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The 15 most metal songs on movie soundtracks ever

We definitively rank the greatest metal songs to ever appear on movie soundtracks…

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Watch Metallica tear through Enter Sandman on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Metallica performed their classic single Enter Sandman during The Late Show's Super Bowl LV special this weekend.

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Night Stalker Richard Ramirez was on death row at San Quentin when Metallica filmed their St. Anger video

Kirk Hammett reveals he was given a Metallica magazine with a subscription tag that said ‘Richard Ramirez’ while filming the video for St. Anger at San Quentin.

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Metallica to perform on The Late Show Super Bowl Edition this weekend

Following Sunday's Super Bowl LV, Metallica will join Stephen Colbert for a performance on The Late Show.

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10 times rock and metal artists collaborated with classical musicians

Here are 10 examples of how rock and classical music can combine to create something beautiful.

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11 of the best albums inspired by drugs

Like it or not, here are 11 albums that wouldn’t exist without mind- and mood-altering substances…

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Lars Ulrich says Metallica are making "glacial" progress on their new album

"There's a little bit of movement" with the new Metallica album, says Lars Ulrich, but the band seemingly aren't finding it especially easy in the pandemic…

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The very best rock and metal album covers featuring the Bernie Sanders inauguration meme

Bernie Sanders (and his mittens) graces the cover of albums by everyone from My Chemical Romance to Metallica to Jane's Addiction to Fall Out Boy…

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How the video for Metallica's One left me scarred for life

The story of how seeing Metallica's iconic and haunting One video at a young age left an indelible impression on one Kerrang! writer...

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Producer Bob Rock has sold his rights to Metallica's Black Album

Hipgnosis Songs Fund have acquired Bob Rock's producer rights to Metallica's classic Black Album, plus several Michael Bublé releases.

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Why 2021 will be a watershed moment for rock music

This year is going to be the most jam-packed 12 months of album releases that rock has ever seen. Here's why…

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“I’ve never seen anything like that since…”: The story of Metallica’s Master Of Puppets

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Watch the star-studded trailer for new documentary Long Live Rock… Celebrate The Chaos

Here's how Cliff Burton Day is being celebrated on February 10

The 15 most metal songs on movie soundtracks ever

Watch Metallica tear through Enter Sandman on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Night Stalker Richard Ramirez was on death row at San Quentin when Metallica filmed their St. Anger video

Metallica to perform on The Late Show Super Bowl Edition this weekend

10 times rock and metal artists collaborated with classical musicians

11 of the best albums inspired by drugs

Lars Ulrich says Metallica are making "glacial" progress on their new album

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Producer Bob Rock has sold his rights to Metallica's Black Album

Why 2021 will be a watershed moment for rock music

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