Megadeth mastermind Dave Mustaine famously served as Metallica's lead guitarist in the early '80s before being kicked out and replaced by Kirk Hammett a month before the recording of debut album Kill ...

Megadeth will release their self-titled final album on Jan. 23, and the set will include a customarily headline-grabbing send-off from Dave Mustaine: a cover of Metallica's "Ride the Lightning." ...

Megadeth have been teasing the tracklist for their upcoming self-titled final album, and it appears that one of the tunes is a cover of Metallica’s “Ride the Lightning.” That particular song was ...

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Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, 61, is one of the most respected rock drummers. But in a recent YouTube video, Ulrich named the record he describes as "the best hard rock live album ever." His pick is ...

Metallica’s self-titled album marked a departure in sound for the band. They moved away from thrash metal into something more accessible that brought them major mainstream success. Songs like “Enter ...

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Metallica's 1991 self-titled album has become the fourth studio release ever to reach a historic chart record. The release, affectionately known as The Black Album, has officially spent a total of 800 ...

Messy, overheated, self-indulgent, divisive, and literally seminal, Metallica’s 1996 album lacked only a colossal 301-song, five-LP, 15-CD, four-DVD box set reissue. “All preconceived and preexisting ...

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”: ...

Metallica’s 1991 self-titled album showed fans around the world that the band was looking to try something new. Thrash metal was a powerful genre in the 1980s, but as the decade came to a close, it ...