However, 12-string bass instruments aren’t exactly common. And acoustic instruments, in general, aren’t commonplace in metal ...

With period-appropriate instruments, clothing, hairstyles, and onstage banter combined with a talented cast of professional ...

Metallica's Lars Ulrich is celebrating 40 years with TAMA Drums by unveiling a limited-edition signature kit, modeled after ...

Have you ever seen a picture or painting of an instrument and thought, “What the heck is that?” Join us as we count down our top ten most weird and wonderful instruments. A shimmering, ethereal and ...

Metallica's Kirk Hammett credits a job at Burger King for getting him one of his first prized guitars. Watch him discuss his ...

Believe it or not, there are at least five nice things Dave Mustaine has said about Metallica. The rocker was fired from Metallica in early 1983, a few months before the release of the band's ...

If we’re going to split hairs, which we will for the sake of nerding out, Exodus could be considered the very first thrash ...

Despite an impressive back catalog and incredible rock history, James Hetfield insists Metallica will never become a “legacy band.” During a recent appearance on the Metallica Report podcast ...

We knew Metallica was headlining. Now we know the rest of Sick New World’s 2025 lineup. And it’s a doozy. Among the bands who will be performing at the heavy music fest’s return on April 12 ...

Speaking on The Metallica Report, Hetfield was asked how the experience of playing their record-breaking world tour – which kicked off in April 2023 and so far has seen them play to three ...

The band will play on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies will open for Metallica on this particular stop of the tour, which starts in Las Vegas April ...

Metallica and Linkin Park will headline Sick New World 2025 as part of a stacked lineup that also boasts Evanescence, Acid Bath, Queens Of The Stone Age, Gojira, Mastodon, Enemy, Testament and more.