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The 11 most WTF collaborations in rock history

Bruce Dickinson and Mr Bean? Ozzy and Miss Piggy? Metallica and Ja Rule? Prepare to cringe at these heroically wrong-headed collaborations

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The 10 best Metallica songs not by Metallica

From Avenged Sevenfold to Evile, many have used the Four Horsemen’s influence to pen some similar yet still-incredible anthems

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"We are here to play. We don't let our friends down": Watch pro-shot 4K footage of the night Joey Jordison saved Metallica when Lars Ulrich went AWOL

Original broadcast footage of For Whom The Bell Tolls, Wherever I May Roam and Enter Sandman from Metallica's historic Download 2004 set has surfaced online

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Kerry King: "Lombardo is dead to me"

As the Slayer man launches his new band, he reveals there's absolutely no peace treaty in sight with his former bandmate, and he's had no contact with Tom Araya either

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“We were all delusional enough as kids to think this might happen to us”: boygenius, Metallica, Paramore, Larkin Poe, Jason Isbell and Joni Mitchell win big at the Grammys 2024

Molly Tuttle, Chris Stapleton and newly anointed Fender signature artist Juanes also took home awards during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony

Guitar World

Indie record labels are not happy with Apple Music's new Spatial Audio royalties — "It’s literally going to take the money out of independent labels"

Apple Music's new Spatial Audio royalties bump doesn't seem to have had the desired effect.

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"Let's keep the youth making music and keeping the dream alive." Metallica win Best Metal Performance at the 2024 Grammys, as Paramore, Larkin Poe and Boygenius also pick up awards

It was a big night for rock at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles last night

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Here are the 2024 Grammy Award winners

Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Victoria Monét and Billie Eilish were among the winners of major awards at the 66th Grammy Awards, presented on Sunday, February 4, but no one artist dominated prizes.

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“They must have realised it was a bit stupid”: Metallica have never covered a Saxon song, and Biff Byford has a theory why

Metallica have never covered Saxon on record – could an incident at their second ever show explain why?

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“I think Metallica thought that I knew who they were. I didn’t. They thought I was in awe of them – not true… it wasn’t enjoyable”: Whiskey in the Jar was the hardest song Thin Lizzy’s Eric Bell ever tackled, and he didn't enjoy playing it with Metallica

In a wide-ranging conversation with GW, Bell also acknowledges that he could never have returned to Phil Lynott’s band after an infamous onstage meltdown in 1973 – but at least he apologized to his beloved Strat for his behavior that night...

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Watch Metallica perform Creeping Death with a fan on lead vocals and still sound surprisingly good

In 1998, a Metallica megafan called Aaron got the opportunity of a lifetime: singing Creeping Death with his favourite band on national TV

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“What Ace Frehley and Joe Perry do isn’t precise, there’s some sloppiness, but they know how to create a wide sound... it’s unlike anyone else”: Low-end veteran Chris Wyse on his Metallica audition and his love of the Gibson Ripper L-9 and Tech 21 SansAmp

With the ability to create seemingly unending deep pockets, Wyse has landed gigs with Ozzy Osbourne, Ace Frehley, Tal Bachman, The Cult, and, most recently, the Hollywood Vampires

Guitar World

Slipknot aims to match Grammy records with Best Metal Performance

Slipknot aims to add another Grammy win to their collection as they compete for Best Metal Performance, joining the ranks of legendary bands in the genre.

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“Artfully aged by the Murphy Lab to match the look and feel of Kirk’s original”: Gibson’s Custom Shop takes on Kirk Hammett’s mod-heavy, “blacked-out” 1989 Les Paul Custom – and it’s safe to say it’s nothing like Greeny...

The Metallica guitar god debuts his latest signature Les Paul – and it’s a little different to his other recent custom shop build...

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NAMM 2024: “A fitting tribute to a metal guitar master and one of his favourite instruments”: Gibson unveils meticulous Murphy Lab replica of Kirk Hammett’s 1989 Les Paul Custom

Heavily modded, equipped with black hardware, uncovered T-type humbuckers and a piezo, Hammett's “blacked-out” Custom is one of the coolest guitars in Metallica history

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Metallica and Super7 are releasing a new Cliff Burton action figure

Metallica’s late bassist has been immortalised in plastic for the second time

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"These guys are so real, beautiful and caring. That's what I love about them." Judas Priest's Rob Halford heaps praise on Metallica for their pure love of heavy metal

Think Metallica don't love metal as much as the rest of us? The Metal God himself would like a word

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The 10 worst Metallica songs

They’re the biggest band in metal, beloved all over the world – but even Metallica have their duff moments

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Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong: Lars Ulrich is a great drummer

Green Day frontman hails Metallica's Lars Ulrich as a master of his craft

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“He just showed up and didn’t sit with us or anything”: The inside story of Jason Newsted’s final Metallica show

Bassist Jason Newsted left Metallica on January 17, 2001. Six weeks earlier, he’d played his last show with the thrash metal titans, where he very literally waved goodbye.

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"We were rivals once but it doesn't feel like there's any rivalry now. We're all on the same team, for heavy metal": Revisiting the first ever Big Four show, as Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax invaded Poland in the summer of 2010

When thrash's Big Four rolled into Warsaw in June 2010, heavy metal history was made

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"The most surreal moment of my life was when Neil Young pied me": Robert Trujillo on a year in the life of Metallica

With 72 Seasons Metallica delivered the metal album of 2023: Bassist Robert Trujillo reviews ’Tallica’s year for us

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The 10 best cover songs by thrash metal bands

Metallica, Slayer and Sepultura have all given classic songs a high-octane boot up the back side

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“Dust off your guitar (sorry, the snare drums will have to wait for another day)”: Metallica take potshots at St Anger in new announcement

Metallica are joining in with all your snare drum jokes as they team up with guitar app Fender Play

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"Hopefully we get more horny metal songs in 2024": Inspired by Bat Out Of Hell and the theatricality of Ziggy Stardust, Creeper have proved Sleep Token aren't the only band bringing sex appeal back to metal

Creeper's Sanguivore is a gloriously OTT vision of the vampire-goth-rock opera inspired by Meat Loaf/Jim Steinman and classic vampire horror movies

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