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“He kept sneaking into our studio and hanging out with us. And then, the minder would come in like, ‘Have you seen Ozzy?’” Metallica’s Robert Trujillo explains how he met Ozzy Osbourne

Apparently the Prince Of Darkness enjoyed wandering off when he was supposed to be recording music…

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"It's a beautiful song with a bit of a dark edge." Comic Chris McCausland on why he chose Metallica's Nothing Else Matters for his latest performance on Strictly Come Dancing

Watch Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell wow the Strictly judges with Viennese Waltz set to Metallica classic

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“I just see a pie hit me in the grill”: Metallica’s Robert Trujillo on the rock legend who caked him in the face onstage

It was the Metallica man’s birthday and an iconic rock veteran wanted to make sure it was properly celebrated

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“Now you can forego the frustrating searches, the vintage pricing and the worry of aged-out parts and obtain a brand new Mark IIC+”: Mesa/Boogie reissues the Holy Grail tube amp famously used by Metallica

The greatest comeback in tube amp history? It's in the conversation, as the Mark IIC+ returns after nearly 40 years as a head and 1x12 combo

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Slipknot, Ghost, Nightwish, Gojira and more star in Metal Hammer's blockbuster end of year issue, which comes with an Iron Maiden Powerslave patch, a Nightwish notebook and a 2025 heavy metal calendar

The new issue of Metal Hammer is our biggest of the year and it's on sale now!

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“David Ellefson told me, ‘You got the gig. Oh and by the way, Dave told me to tell you that you played many of the wrong guitar parts’”: Marty Friedman tells the inside story of his auditions with Ozzy Osbourne and Madonna – and landing the Megadeth gig

In this exclusive excerpt from his new autobiography, Dreaming Japanese, the guitarist looks back at his early years, when he was broke and forced to choose between eating or auditioning

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Sick New World 2025 cancelled with organisers citing "unforeseen circumstances"

Las Vegas festival Sick New World was due to feature Metallica, Linkin Park and more

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“We never would have written guitar harmonies like that without Cliff Burton”: James Hetfield credits Metallica’s original bassist with expanding the band’s horizons

Cliff Burton’s breakneck metal riff laid down the gauntlet on thrash metal classic Battery

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Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett’s signature Gibson Flying V is available with $6000 off at Sweetwater... and frankly, Nothing Else Matters any more

Buy the Metallica lead guitarist’s signature model for $8,999 in Sweetwater's Black Friday sale (wah-wah pedal not included)

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“What Metallica did with the metal sound, turning it into thrash, was fantastic!” Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi says what was “brilliant” about thrash metal

Metal’s OG guitarist pays tribute to the generation that followed his

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Watch Metallica's James Hetfield playfully do his best Rob Halford impression with the help of a helium balloon during the making of St. Anger

Papa Het can't quite reach the Judas Priest frontman's high notes without a little assistance, but nevertheless he gives it his best shot in this behind the scenes clip from Metallica's 2003 St. Anger sessions

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"They were absolutely right about it. You see where it went. They were protecting their art, their intellectual property so that some asshole does not come along and take your art”: Anthrax’s Charlie Benante on why Metallica were right

He describes Spotify as “where music goes to die”

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Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante says Metallica were right about Napster and that Spotify is where "music goes to die"

Anthrax and revived Pantera drummer says industry 'fucked us so bad. you'd make more money selling lemonade.'

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“They asked Chris Cornell – they needed an exceptional singer”: How Faith No More’s landmark alt-metal masterpiece The Real Thing could have been very different

Charismatic new singer, groundbreaking new sound, a rap-metal classic in the making – this is how Faith No More’s The Real Thing helped usher in the alt-rock decade

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“All the energy we put into that record just exploded on to the world!”: How Chester Bennington remembered Linkin Park’s breakthrough

The Linkin Park star spoke to Metal Hammer a year before his death

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"My idea was making The Wall, but with a better wardrobe and more glamourous": Miley Cyrus says her upcoming album was inspired by Pink Floyd

Miley Cyrus has proved once again that she has good taste

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“Teenage Dirtbag has always felt like a bit of a queer anthem to me, even if it wasn’t meant to be - I love that I didn’t have to change a single lyric”: Cat Burns releases “unapologetic” cover of Wheatus’s 2000 hit

A new version of the song that was designed to sound like “Metallica, AC/DC, Paul Simon and James Taylor from the waist up,” and “LL Cool J and Public Enemy” from the waist down

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“A lot of my peers have turned to modelers. I’m not there yet. It still feels like an electronic toy to me”: Jerry Cantrell on his love of guitar duos, vibing off Jeff Beck on his solo album –and why he remains a digital tone skeptic

The Alice In Chains guitarist discusses sticking to tubes, breaking out the talkbox and the potty-mouthed solo sessions behind his new album I Want Blood

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Video: UFC 309 cold open features vintage Metallica over Jones-Miocic hype

The UFC returns to New York on Saturday to settle a debate. Take an early look at the opening video sequence from the pay-per-view.

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Megadeth's Dave Mustaine to pay ex-manager eye-watering $1.4 million in settlement

Dave Mustaine has agreed to pay a heft sum to his ex-manager after he sued him for unpaid commission fees.

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“That’s a gutless thing to say!” Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine once walked out of spinal surgery because Metallica’s manager insulted him

There’s “determined”, then there’s whatever the hell “climbing off of a surgery table to prove someone wrong” is

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“Cliff was the strongest of the four of us emotionally”: Lars Ulrich on how Metallica recovered from the death of bassist Cliff Burton

And how they chose Cliff’s replacement among 60 candidates

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“Am I Evil? was me trying to beat Black Sabbath’s Symptom Of The Universe. I was determined to come up with something heavier”: The story of Diamond Head’s Lightning To The Nations, the cult album that invented Metallica

Diamond Head’s Lightning To The Nations should have turned them into NWOBHM-era superstars, but instead it inspired Lars Ulrich to start his own band

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2025 Grammy nominations revealed: Metallica, Judas Priest, Spiritbox, Knocked Loose, Gojira, Pearl Jam and St. Vincent amongst metal and rock names nominated

Thrash legends, metalcore heavyweights and rising hardcore ragers are included in next year's Grammy nominations!

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“I’m all about Dimebag and Zakk Wylde!”: Tetrarch guitarist Diamond Rowe salutes the giants of metal

Plus: the secret to her aggressive tones

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