We got rock and metal's best bands to pick the greatest Ozzy Osbourne (and Black Sabbath) songs ever By Rich Hobson published 11 April 25 Members of Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Halestorm and more choose the best songs featuring the Prince Of Darkness
Watch trailer for new documentary Metallica Saved My Life, directed by Lords Of Chaos’ Jonas Åkerlund By Matt Mills published 8 April 25 An official documentary about the band’s fans – directed by longtime collaborator Jonas Åkerlund – will be screened in US cities over the coming weeks
"It seemed to sum up the existential crisis I was having." Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan on the Metallica song that saved his life By Paul Brannigan published 7 April 25 "It's like a movie unto itself. What a song!" Billy Corgan on the Metallica classic that meant everything to him as a teenager
Here are the famously ‘terrible’ metal albums we can’t get enough of By Matt Mills published 7 April 25 From Metallica and Lou Reed’s Lulu to Iron Maiden’s No Prayer For The Dying, the Metal Hammer team band together to defend their favourite clangers
More is all you need! Metallica’s Master Of Puppets has been streamed one billion times on Spotify By Matt Mills published 4 April 25 Master Of Puppets gets added to Spotify’s elite Billions Club, joining fellow Metallica hits Nothing Else Matters and Enter Sandman
This is the Metallica song that makes Kirk Hammett cry – and it’s really not the one you’d expect By Matt Mills published 3 April 25 Turns out it’s not Fade To Black, One or Mama Said that gets Metallica’s guitarist misty-eyed…
“If it wasn’t for those four guys, we might still be wandering around in the dark”: While Kirk Hammett hails Black Sabbath as metal’s founders, Ghost’s Tobias Forge names the “neglected” aspect of their sound By Matt Mills published 1 April 25 As the build-up to Black Sabbath’s farewell show continues, Metallica’s guitarist and Ghost’s mastermind explain why the Birmingham four-piece are so special
"No guitar solos! No belly dancing music!" Metallica's Kirk Hammett looks back on working with Lou Reed on their controversial, much-mocked and largely-misunderstood collaboration Lulu By Paul Brannigan published 27 March 25 "Lulu means so much to me for a number of reasons.", Kirk Hammett states
"He and I have that kanaka thing, we're bros!" Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett on his friendship with Jason Momoa By Rich Hobson published 26 March 25 What do a heavy metal and Hollywood star have to bond over? A lot, it turns out.
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett is open to making another Load-style album: “We might just say, ‘OK, let’s go back to the ’90s again.’ It’s not a bad idea.” By Matt Mills published 24 March 25 As controversial as Metallica’s 90s rock tangent was, Kirk Hammett says re-exploring that side of their sound isn’t off the table
"We were all basket cases! But we created this thing called Metallica that’s been our refuge." Kirk Hammett on 40 years in one of the biggest bands in the world By Stef Lach published 23 March 25 Toxic masculinity, matriarchal societies, fights with bandmates, Metallica's future – Kirk Hammett tells all
"Lars Ulrich came barging in. He’s like, ‘Hey, I’m Lars!’ F*** yeah you are!" Bullet For My Valentine's Matt Tuck recalls meeting his heroes for the first time (and regrets falling out with Rob Zombie) By Rich Hobson published 21 March 25 From touring with Iron Maiden and Guns N' Roses to meeting Metallica, Killswitch Engage and Zakk Wylde, 2005 - 2007 was a massive time for Bullet For My Valentine
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett announces new book with help from Jason Momoa: “I hope all of you enjoy this journey as much as I did!” By Matt Mills published 20 March 25 The Collection: Kirk Hammett, announced in a video narrated by Aquaman star Jason Momoa, offers a look at the Metallica player’s famously massive guitar stash
“I sped everything up a little bit, just kicked them in the *** a little”: Dave Lombardo looks back on the day he drummed in Metallica By Matt Mills published 18 March 25 When Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich was taken ill before Download festival 2004, Lombardo and Slipknot’s Joey Jordison filled in
Metallica announce VR immersive concert experience with Apple By Stef Lach published 12 March 25 You can watch "overwhelming" Metallica live performance – as long as you've got a set of $2500 Apple Vision Pros
“It was embarrassing”: Metallica’s …And Justice For All pushed bass players “to the back” in the 1990s, claims thrash legend By Matt Mills published 3 March 25 Testament and ex-Death man Steve Di Giorgio claims Metallica’s bass-free classic forced the instrument into the background for years afterwards
"You can only be what the public thinks you are for so long before it becomes boring": The story of how Metallica got themselves an orchestra – and the album that followed By Mick Wall published 26 February 25 With Metallica’s S&M reaching the grand old age of 25, we look back at how, and why, the world’s leading metal band teamed up with – shock, horror – the San Francisco Symphony
“You couldn’t put a bigger band in a smaller room”: The story of the greatest Metallica live album you’ve (probably) never listened to By Joe Daly published 5 February 25 In 2008, eager to mend fences with fans after the Napster debacle, the biggest band in metal played one of the tiniest shows of their lives
Metallica released their first music video 35 years ago. This is how it ruined my life. By Simon Young published 22 January 25 A Metal Hammer writer looks back on the scarring effects of the video for Metallica’s One, which debuted on January 22, 1989
“They were a gang!” The first band Metallica supported on tour didn’t think the thrashers had a chance in hell of making it big By Matt Mills published 21 January 25 “‘Do you see them in 10 years being the greatest thing since sliced bread?’ No, not a chance!”
