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"You make us play better, man!" – 20 years ago Metallica auditioned a host of bass players to replace Jason Newsted

Pepper Keenan, Scott Reeder, Eric Avery, Danny Lohner, Jeordie White and Chris Wyse were among the hopefuls

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Winger have taken the knocks and they've been knocked out, but at least Metallica have apologised

Kip Winger and Reb Beach on Winger's first album in almost a decade, that call from James Hetfield, and supporting Spinal Tap: "They’re a spoof band, but we’re the ones they’re spoofing on"

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The best metal albums of 2023 so far

Metallica, Babymetal and Sleep Token are among the best albums of 2023 so far - and there's more to come

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Metallica fan recreates James Hetfield's Ride The Lightning guitar tone with a Marshall JCM 800 and Tube Screamer

LambChopper678 delivers again – with some added details

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Metallica just smoothly shut down a fan attempting to dunk on a bagpipe cover of their songs: "This guy doesn't speak on our behalf"

Metallica refuse to tolerate any negativity from within the 'Tallica Family!

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Bob Rock says Jimmy Page is a big fan of Metallica's St Anger: "He said it's a great album, so I'm OK!"

Does everyone have St Anger wrong? According to living rock gods Jimmy Page and Jack White: yes

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James Hetfield once revealed what Cliff Burton would have made of Metallica's 90s era: "there would have been some resistance"

Metallica underwent a drastic evolution in the 1990s, and James Hetfield had some interesting thoughts on what Cliff would have made of it all

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Metallica at Download night two: the ultimate celebration of heavy metal

An even better setlist, a big party atmosphere and all the bells and whistles: Metallica's second night at Download was truly special

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Metallica at Download night one: metal's biggest band slay Donington after more than a decade away

The Four Horsemen dazzle Donington with a career-spanning, celebratory set

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The story behind Metallica's 72 Seasons: "We love what we do, and we love each other"

Metallica have gone from being a cult metal band to a commercial juggernaut and a household name. But even with new album 72 Seasons storming charts worldwide they’re still figuring out what it's all about

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St Anger at 20: how Metallica's most maligned album saved their career

Metallica were facing oblivion at the turn of the millennium. 20 years ago today, they'd release the album that'd turn their fortunes around - and go down in infamy

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Here are Metallica's ten fastest songs, ranked by BPM

Here's all the proof you need that when they fancy it, Metallica know how to put the pedal to the metal

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"He made up for some of my lack of talent": Lars Ulrich remembers meeting James Hetfield for the first time

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich recalls his first impressions of the man he’s shared a stage with for four decades

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Kirk Hammett: “Maybe the age of active pickups is over”

The Metallica guitarist says PAFs age better and he has been swayed away from active humbuckers for lead work – and James Hetfield agrees

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Bob Rock likens Metallica’s St Anger to The Stooges’ Raw Power, says Jimmy Page told him it was a “great album” – and Jack White loved it too

The blockbuster producer was a guest Chris Jericho’s podcast when he revisited Metallica’s dark night of the soul and explained why their most divisive album saved the band

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Metallica’s James Hetfield visits wounded Ukrainian soldiers in hospital: “You made my day”

James Hetfield proves what a hero he is once again after a chance meeting with Ukrainian soldiers Roman Denysiuk and Igor Voinyi

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Metallica are still hating on Ride The Lightning deep cut Escape even after all these years

TikTokker: “Is Metallica’s Escape better than I remember it?” Metallica: “No!”

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The guitar gear secrets behind James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett’s tones on 72 Seasons

Metallica co-producer Greg Fidelman reveals how the new album was made with the help of a Marshall modded by Eddie Van Halen’s amp wizard and a rack full of battle-hardened guitars, including one that makes Hetfield “immediately want to play fast riffs”

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Jason Newsted calls And Justice For All the best garage duo album ever: "There was never any big bass on Metallica's albums until the Black Album"

"It was their trip, you know?"

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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett: “With 72 Seasons, I improvised 20, 30 solos, gave them all to Lars and Greg Fidelman, and went, ‘You guys edit them!’”

Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo draw back the curtain on the metal album of the year: the gear shakeups, the Angus Young and Ritchie Blackmore-inspired guitar approach, and the response to critics of Kirk’s improvisational soloing approach

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Lars Ulrich: "Metallica is just as clusterf***ed as everything else"

Lars Ulrich and Rob Trujillo take us behind the scenes of Metallica's 72 Seasons - a dramatic record even by their standards

Guitar World

James Hetfield recalls Dimebag Darrell introducing him to solid-state amps: “He had this freaking amazing crunch going on”

The Metallica frontman was asked about his time with the Pantera legend and credited Darrell for making him question his tube tone

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Hammett talks Hetfield: "We connect in a place that is not comfortable"

The Metallica guitarist reveals his sometimes awkward dynamic with the rhythm king – "It looked like the future was very, very bleak"

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Metallica just threw Amsterdam the world's biggest heavy metal party

Metallica's first set of the M72 world tour was a triumphant, rousing success

Guitar World

James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett debut new ESP and Gibson guitars at first show of M72 world tour

Papa Het has a fresh Vulture, while Hammett’s uber-rare ’59 Les Paul got its first-ever runout for the set’s surprise opener

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