Many fans agree that Metallica's first four albums, released between 1983 and 1988, were their finest. So, we ranked them.

Nearly 30 years after Metallica‘s “Million Decibel March” rocked Philadelphia, the heavy metal icons are once again taking ...

This is why we love chatting to our colleagues across the office on the music desk about the latest albums we’re streaming, gigs we have coming up and, in keeping with this week’s theme, vinyl records ...

Metallica could have packed it all in and walked away after the tragic bus crash that claimed the life of bassist Cliff Burton on 27 September 1986. But they didn’t. They persisted, recruiting Jason ...

Bass Week: If you know your Metallica history, you'll know that Jason Newsted and Robert Trujillo aren't the only guys to ...

But for a band that has had a quality rollercoaster throughout their career like Metallica have, James Hetfield knows ... And it’s not like Hetfield is exactly wrong either. Master of Puppets falls in ...

Up on the Sun was released on March 21, 1985, but is it their very best album? The Meat Puppets’ label, London Recordings, was absorbed into the Universal Music Group in the mergers that ...

Cris Kirkwood’s older brother Curt joined on guitar and vocals in 1980, and the band eventually named themselves after one of Curt’s songs, “Meat Puppets.” Coming out of the Arizona desert ...

the legendary Metallica member — who has been the band's guitarist since 1983 when Dave Mustaine left — revealed he's working on his debut solo album. While speaking about his new book ...

Writing about a record that changed his life, Frusciante said, “Unknown Pleasures creates an enormous impact with the smallest means; the album benefits from its shortcomings. This is true art and a ...

By Tyler Jenke Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has confirmed he’s preparing his debut solo album, clarifying that the project is set to be a genre-shifting creation. Hammett confirmed the ...

Zacron, born Richard Drew, died in 2012, and a recent sale of items from his estate unearthed some previously unseen original sketches from his work on the album. The artwork included six previously ...