The past five years have seen Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett spread his wings. In addition to playing lead in the biggest heavy-metal band in the world, the 53-year-old guitarist has become an author, ...

One of these days the internet is going to run out of ways to slice and dice Metallica’s music for maximum click potential. That day is not today. To wit, enterprising YouTubers Andriy Vasylenko and ...

Amos Heller, who plays bass guitar and keyboards in pop star Taylor Swift's live band, has shared a video where he does a bass guitar play-through of Metallica's classic …And Justice for All track ...

Metallica is possibly the greatest rock band to do everything it can to alienate fans. The latest stain on the controversial metal act’s karma comes from questionable recording tactics on its latest ...

Reinforcing its resume, which already includes placement on the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame, giants of the metal music genre Metallica released its 10 th-studio album Hardwired to Self Destruct a ...

Metallica guitar books are many — looking at you, Hal Leonard — but Metallica's James Hetfield is about to top previous publications with Messengers, his own upcoming book that documents his personal ...

“When you find that perfect tone, it’s a great feeling to have.” For many guitar players, finding the right tone is like striking gold or winning the lottery — or both. But finding it and nurturing it ...

Longtime METALLICA producer Bob Rock recently spoke to Guitar World magazine about the making of the group's new album, "St. Anger". "[METALLICA] have made records only with one another — I've been ...

Guitar Hero has become something of a juggernaut of a franchise—and this is probably going to inspire some hate in the comments—but the more Guitar Hero games Activision Blizzard sells, the more the ...

In case you were wondering, Metallica songs actually sound pretty good with guitar and bass parts switched. Yeah, YouTuber Andriy Vasylenko put this to the test, switching out the two instruments with ...