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"When I’m happy, I’m writing the heaviest riff possible." From his deeply religious upbringing to fronting the world's biggest metal band, the life of Metallica's James Hetfield, in his own words

Metallica's James Hetfield has certainly lived a life. This is what the man himself has had to say about it

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50 guitar chord shapes guitarists need to know

Increase your fretboard vocabulary now!

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10 all-time classic bass guitar tones - and how to recreate them

Delving into some of the best low-end tones of all time

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NASA and Metallica team up for epic Artemis 1 moon rocket video

NASA is using an epic guitar score from Metallica to highlight its Artemis program, which aims to land humans on the moon a few years from now.

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“All the excesses of rock’n’roll stardom – the sex, the drugs, the parties – were open to us”: Extreme’s Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt on the highs, the lows and the hedonism

Extreme’s career has taken in one huge hit, millions of album sales, a split, a reunion and a big dollop of over-indulgent rock star living. Frontman Gary Cherone and guitarist Nuno Bettencourt look back on where it all went right, and where it all went wrong.

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"I think this song is about Dave Mustaine considering moving to Colombia": Megadeth and The Offspring take on Shakira in one of 2023's best mash-ups

Listen to My Hips Aren't Alright, the internet's latest brain-melting mash-up, in which Megadeth and The Offspring meet Shakira

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Here's a collection of classic album covers made out of Lego

Music fan and artist Adnan Lotia has reinterpreted legendary sleeves including Metallica, Motörhead and Black Sabbath using the iconic plastic bricks

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Ex-Met Police sergeant nicknamed ‘Sheriff of Soho’ faces jail for taking luxury bribes

Partridge was nicknamed the ‘Sheriff of Soho’ as he took bribes, including from Cirque le Soir boss Ryan Bishti

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Did Metallica correct Lars Ulrich’s 'One' drumming for the official audio of their performance at Download Festival?

The famous double bass drum part on Metallica's YouTube channel sounds quite different to fan-captured live footage

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Ozzy pulls out of Power Trip Festival: "My body is telling me that I’m just not ready"

The Black Sabbath vocalist was set to headline the three-day California bash alongside AC/DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses and Tool this October

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"Ancient aliens? I'm open to the idea." The incredible life, career and beliefs of Testament frontman and thrash metal legend, Chuck Billy

From his belief in ancient aliens to battling cancer and auditioning for Sepultura, Chuck Billy has seen, done and thought about it all

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Kirk Hammett injures his knee onstage playing Master Of Puppets – but strides back in time for the solo

Fan footage shows the Metallica guitarist clutching his leg between playing sections in the song’s opening minutes

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Metallica's Reload gets an underwhelming score from Classic Rock's readers in the Album Of The Week Club

When Metallica tried to follow The Black Album, the results were mixed. Then the leftovers arrived

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The strange story of the song that some people thought ‘inspired’ Enter Sandman (but probably didn’t)

In 1991, some people noticed a similarity between Metallica’s Enter Sandman and a skatepunk song that had come out two years earlier

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"Wherever you go, the Metallica family is there": Front row and in the snake pit at the opening night of Metallica's blockbuster M72 tour

Metal Hammer meets the Metallica fans who have travelled around the world to see the opening night of the M72 tour

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"I was still up at seven in the morning, howling away at the top of my voice" - How Lemmy wrote Motorhead by Motörhead

When Motörhead recorded the definitive version of Motorhead, it was third time lucky: this version would change Lemmy's life

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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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"I felt like I'd run a marathon": Architects' Sam Carter on supporting Metallica

Architects frontman Sam Carter discusses what it felt like supporting on the first night of the massive M72 tour and why Metallica are still so iconic

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"Run DMC made me want to rap." These are the albums that mean the most to Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda

From Metallica and Run DMC to The Doors and Simon & Garfunkel, Mike Shinoda's tastes are unsurprisingly vast

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10 pop covers of metal songs you won't believe actually happened

From Lil Uzi Vert covering Chop Suey to Maroon 5 defanging a Nine Inch Nails classic, these covers will stun, embarrass and, in some cases, delight you!

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"Phil picked up my second guitar and went up to the microphone and just started singing all these silly songs" – Eric Bell on the unlikely success story of Thin Lizzy's version of Whisky In The Jar

"As the taxi driver's talking to me, I suddenly made a riff in my imagination"

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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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"We got stones thrown at us". Sahil ‘Demonstealer’ Makhija helped India finally embrace heavy metal - but the scene is facing more challenges than ever

The Godfather Of Indian Metal, Sahil ‘Demonstealer’ Makhija has overcome many obstacles to get the music he loves appreciated in his homeland. Sadly, plenty more remain

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"I'd sweat so much I had to test my basses by dunking them in water!" True story: Jason Newsted sweated so much with Metallica that his basses would short-circuit

“To test each one, I’d fill up a big tub with super hot water, dump in some salt, and submerge the bass”

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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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