Metallica visited London's Maida Vale Studios to lay down their first ever BBC session. The heavy metal legends delivered a five-song in-studio performance for BBC Radio 1's Rock Show With Daniel P. Carter. Click here to read more >>
It’s testament to the enduring appeal of Metallica’s early work that in recent years their live setlists have included almost nothing recorded after 1991’s Black Album. To that end, their 10th album is an attempt (and a more successful one than 2008’s patchy Death Magnetic) to replicate the glories of their first three.
Metallica will release its long-awaited new album, “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct”, on November 18 via Blackened Recordings. The two-CD/two-vinyl set is Metallica’s first studio album since 2008’s multi-platinum “Death Magnetic”. “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct” is available for pre-order at Metallica.com starting today in various configurations, including CD, vinyl, digital, deluxe, and deluxe deluxe versions. The album is produced by Greg Fidelman, who engineered and mixed “Death Magnetic”.
Disc One
01. Hardwired 02. Atlas, Rise! 03. Now That We’re Dead 04. Moth Into Flame 05. Am I Savage? 06. Halo On Fire
Disc Two
01. Confusion 02. Dream No More 03. ManUNkind 04. Here Comes Revenge 05. Murder One 06. Spit Out The Bone
Disc Three (Deluxe Edition Only)
01. Lords Of Summer 02. Riff Charge (Riff Origins) 03. N.W.O.B.H.M. A.T.M. (Riff Origins) 04. Tin Shot (Riff Origins) 05. Plow (Riff Origins) 06. Sawblade (Riff Origins) 07. RIP (Riff Origins) 08. Lima (Riff Origins) 09. 91 (Riff Origins) 10. MTO (Riff Origins) 11. RL72 (Riff Origins) 12. Frankenstein (Riff Origins) 13. CHI (Riff Origins) 14. X Dust (Riff Origins)
WHAT A remarkable Metallica concert in Helsinki’s Hartwell Arena 14 June. The band was more alive then ever opening up with That Was Just Your Life, followed by The End of the Line, the first two tracks off the new album Death Magnetic.
Singer and guitarist James Hetfield comments that “what goes well with the new stuff … is the old stuff,” as he pounded the stage with electric presence and high powered energy. Kirk Hammett continues to prove that he’s more than just a thrasher - he’s an extremely talented musician as lead guitarist. This was the first time I’ve seen bassist Rob Trujillo performing in person, and he was equally impressive matching the intensity of Hetfield.
Metallica will play a benefit concert for the Marin County Museum in San Rafael, California this September, according to the Contra Costa Times. The announcement was made by frontman James Hetfield in a video screened at a museum gala last week for the "Marin Rocks" exhibition, where attendees paid $200 a ticket to raise funds for the project. The Museum pulled the project from its original intended location in a downtown space owned by the local Masonic Lodge, citing concerns over the cost of renovating the space, its size, and the length of the lease that the Lodge was offering.
Jason Newsted’s 15-year stint playing bass for one of heavy metal’s biggest acts came to an end nine years ago, when he exited Metallica for “private and personal reasons and the physical damage I have done to myself over the years while playing the music that I love.” On April 4th, when Metallica are inducted into Cleveland, Ohio’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Newsted will be there to accept rock’s highest honor, and he’s even agreed to reunite with drummer Lars Ulrich, frontman James Hetfield and guitarist Kirk Hammett for an impromptu set he promises will include “at least one song about Satan.” Read more...
Blender.com is offering its readers the chance to submit questions for METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. Ulrich's answer to the questions may appear in a future issue of Blender magazine.
A bunch of new photos of Metallica rehearsing and writing material for its upcoming album have been posted online at Photobucket (courtesy of trailblazer666).
METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich presented the "Future Sounds" award to GNARLS BARKLEY at last night's (Nov. 2) 13th annual MTV Europe Music Awards, held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Check out pictures of Ulrich at the event:
According to Billboard, MTV this year extended the coverage of its flagship European awards gala across its new media platforms. The network streamed three concurrent feeds on its dedicated MTV EMA web site, and delivered a mobile TV simulcast which was accessible, it boasts, to more than 20 million European 3G users.
As previously reported, Spanish METALLICA fan site CyberMETALLICA has uploaded several new photos taken during METALLICA's songwriting sessions for their upcoming album, tentatively due next summer/fall. Check them out at this location.
METALLICA's follow-up to 2003's "St. Anger" is being produced by Rick Rubin, who has previously worked with AUDIOSLAVE, SLAYER, SLIPKNOT, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS.
