Metallica Have Over 1,200 Riffs For Next Album
It’s been four years since Metallica’s last album, Death Magnetic, was released. And if you think that the band have stockpiled a few riffs for studio album #10, you’re right. In fact, they apparently...
View ArticleOrion Music + More Fest: Day One Recap
This past weekend, Metallica presented the inaugural Orion Music + More festival in Atlantic City, NJ. Metal Insider’s Bram Teitelman, Zach Shaw and Kodi McKinney were there, as was MI contributor Alex...
View ArticleOrion Music + More Fest: Day Two Recap
This past weekend, Metallica presented the inaugural Orion Music + More festival in Atlantic City, NJ. Metal Insider’s Bram Teitelman, Zach Shaw and Kodi McKinney were there, as was MI contributor Alex...
View ArticleMetallica Step In To Replace Green Day At Voodoo Music Fest
You might remember that a few weeks ago, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong lost his shit after his set got cut short at a radio festival. The next day, he apologized and checked into rehab. This...
View ArticleVideo: Kirk Hammett Performs “Trapped Under Ice” And More With Death Angel
Fun trivia fact: Death Angel’s 1986 demo Kill As One was produced by Kirk Hammett himself. That’s why it’s rather special to see Death Angel perform “Trapped Under Ice” with the Metallica guitarist...
View ArticleRed Hot Chili Peppers, Deftones, Rise Against And More To Play Metallica’s...
As promised last week, Metallica revealed the lineup to the second annual Orion Music + More Festival this morning. Being held at Belle Isle in Detroit on June 8 and 9, Metallica will be headlining...
View ArticleWatch Highlights From “Metallica Day” At San Francisco Giants Game
Back in February, The San Francisco Giants announced they were going to declare their May 3 game against the L.A. Dodgers as “Metallica Night.” Well last Friday was the day, and as promised, the...
View ArticleThis Is Why You Won’t See Scott Ian At A Morrissey Show
The Onion’s AV Club has a feature called “HateSong,” where they’ll ask an artist what song they absolutely hate. Usually, it’s novelty songs like “Mambo No. 5,” or oversentimental tracks like “Tears In...
View ArticleMetallica Plays ‘ Kill ‘Em All’ In Its Entirety During Surprise Set At Orion
“Don’t miss Dehaan,” said James Hetfield via a post on his Instagram account, along with a handful of revealing hash tags, prior to the kick off of Orion‘s first day. While our initial guess was that...
View ArticleAll Shall Perish On Being The Standard-Bearers Of Deathcore
Day two of last weekend’s Orion Music + More Festival immediately proved itself the more metal of the two days, with simultaneous heavy bands playing. While Cauldron kicked things off by scratching the...
View ArticleCarcass premieres new video, gets an intro from Metallica’s Kirk Hammett
Kirk Hammett’s Fear FestEviL will let the Metallica guitarist fulfill his love of all things horror. However, in addition to horror panels and cool exhibits, next year’s convention will also host a...
View ArticleKirk Hammett of Metallica to play with Death Angel and Exodus at ‘Fear Festevil’
One of the perks of having your own festival is that you can pretty much do whatever you want at it. That seems to be what Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammet is doing with his inaugural “Kirk von...
View ArticleMetallica finally getting to work on next album
It’s not like Metallica have been sitting still since the release of Death Magnetic back in 2008. Not only have they toured extensively, but they’ve also produced their own festival for the last few...
View ArticleKirk Hammett explains why ‘Metallica Through the Never’ flopped
As documented by many websites other than ours, Metallica’s film Metallica Through the Never wasn’t exactly a box office smash. In fact, it made less than three times the $1.2 million that the 2004...
View ArticleMetallica haven’t “really started” working on next album yet
With Metallica Through the Never now out on home video, Metallica can turn to the next thing on their plate, which is recording the follow up to 2008′s Death Magnetic. And while they’ve made it seem...
View ArticleDispatches from Kirk Von Hammett’s Fear FestEvil
While we were unable to make it to San Francisco for Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett’s inaugural Fear FestEvil that took place this past weekend, friend of Metal Insider Nona* and her friend Marc were...
View ArticleVideo: Metallica’s Kirk Hammett jams with Exodus and Death Angel
As promised, Kirk Hammett joined both Exodus and Death Angel at their respective sets at his inaugural Fear FestEvil this past weekend. And unsurprisingly, footage of both performances made its way...
View ArticleMetallica’s Kirk Hammett played on $100 album
Artist Mark Ryden is a pretty successful painter, having created album art for Aerosmith and the Red Hot Chili Peppers before concentrating on art full time. And with his new showing, The Gay ’90s,...
View ArticleMetallica eyeing fall to work on album
Metallica’s long-awaited follow-up to Death Magnetic got a bit of a kick start when the band announced earlier this year that they would be playing a new song on their spring tour. In March, we got the...
View ArticleMetallica play ball for 2nd annual Giants day
In the past week, we’ve seen Metallica perform Beatles and Ozzy songs acoustically, James Hetfield jam with Billie Joe Armstrong and Joe Satriani, and heard Kirk Hammett play on a $100 album. Now you...
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