When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. “I don’t follow the rules of metal, which is probably wrong, and I’m sorry,” he says (via ...

Thanks to a shift in sound and image, Metallica’s mid-90s period was the most divisive era of their career to that point. But in this classic interview from the Metal Hammer archives, originally ...

The podcast host suggested that it would be interesting to see Metallica return to the style they captured in the ’90s with Load and Reload. “Who knows? We might just say, ‘Okay, let’s go back to the ...

Formed during the 1980s by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, Metallica took over heavy metal when they released the band’s album Master of Puppets. The following decades brought the band a mountain of ...

Metallica’s self-titled album has now spent 999 weeks on the U.K.’s Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, nearing a historic 1,000-week milestone. (MANDATORY CREDIT Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. By the time Metallica released its self-titled fifth album in 1991, ...