A Vancouver Island woman who credits a Metallica song with saving her from a cougar attack got to thank the band personally when frontman James Hetfield called. Dee Gallant was reportedly walking her husky-retriever, Murphy, down a logging road in south Duncan two weeks ago when she caught a glimpse…
Category archives: Metallica
Live Nation Helped Sell 88,000 Metallica Tickets On The Secondary Market
Live Nation directly facilitated the sale of 88,000 Metallica tickets at inflated prices on the secondary ticketing market. This strong piece of investigative journalism by Billboard’s Dave Brooks has finally brought the long-standing practice out into the open. Tickets for Metallica and several other artists were sold directly via the…
Metallica: Inside Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo’s Genre-Stretching Duets
The bassist explains why he and the guitarist tackle songs like “When Doves Cry,” “Stupid Girl” and “Dancing Queen”
Metallica Plot Charity Acoustic Concert
Cage the Elephant will provide support at the group’s “All Within My Hands Foundation Helping Hands Concert” in San Francisco this fall
Flashback: Metallica and Ja Rule Embark on a Rap-Rock Collab
The metal band and MC teamed up on an obscure track from the 2002 Swizz Beatz comp ‘G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories’
Metallica Talk Top-Secret Distilling Process Behind New ‘Blackened’ Whiskey
The group and their master distiller explain how they blast the barrels with their music for deeper caramel notes
Metallica Detail Massive ‘… And Justice for All’ Box Set
Mammoth super-deluxe edition contains 11 CDs, six LPs, four DVDs, a book and more
Madonna, Metallica Publicist Brian Bumbery Joins Apple Music Publicity
BB Gun Press founder, Warner Bros. Records veteran will become company’s new director
Metallica’s ‘And Justice for All’: What Happened to the Bass?
Will the celebrated record, which is home to the singles “One” and “Eye of the Beholder,” ever offer justice for four-stringer Jason Newsted?
Tom Morello Recruits Big Boi, Killer Mike, RZA, Gary Clark Jr. for All-Star Solo Album
“I wanted to make a record that was the [Jimi] Hendrix of now,” Rage Against the Machine guitarist tells Metallica’s Lars Ulrich on Beats 1 radio show