Metallica performs on day 1 of Lollapalooza at Grant Park on July 28, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Photo Credit: (from L TO R) James Hetfield, and Lars Ulrich by Scott Legato/Getty Images, Robert ...

Without question, Metallica are the most formidable, popularized and influential band in the heavy metal genre. No other band in heavy music wields the same number of masterfully crafted albums or the ...

Metallica is synonymous with heavy metal, and not just because of its name. In the ‘80s, bassist Cliff Burton, guitarist Kirk Hammett, singer/guitarist James Hetfield, and drummer Lars Ulrich helped ...

Metallica's new album, 72 Seasons, is out today (April 14), which can only mean one thing — fans will begin speculating when the next album may come out and drummer Lars Ulrich confirms the band has ...

Everyone’s favorite thrash metal band has returned for its 10th studio album. That’s right folks—Metallica has returned with new material, proving once and for all that some bands just refuse to go ...

On Friday, April 14, Metallica released 72 Seasons, their highly-anticipated follow-up to 2016's Hardwired...to Self-Destruct. As if 77 minutes of brand-new music from the legends wasn't enough to get ...

Depending who you ask, …Justice is for all intents and purposes the last of Metallica’s 'thrash' records, but sees the band turning their backs on the short, sharp shock stylings they had embraced ...

Every single one of Metallica’s 11 studio albums has a place in music history — proving them to be one of the most influential and popular metal bands of all time. From Master of Puppets fully ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - AUGUST 12: (L-R) Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and James Hetfield of Metallica perform on Lands End stage during the 2017 Outside Lands Music And Arts Festival at ...

Things have never been easy for Metallica’s 1996 album Load, a multiplatinum record nobody ever admits to liking, especially the band’s most avid fans. In early 1995, Metallica had a “good problem”: ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...