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Metallica ‘Master of Puppets’ Debuts At No 24 On Australia’s Pop Chart

Move over New Kids On The Block, there are new kids on the block. Metallica have the number 24 song in Australia with their 1986 song ‘Master of Puppets’.

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Metallica Axe Swiss Concert Due To Internal Covid Case

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Metallica have cancelled their Switzerland show after someone in the “Metallica family” tested positive for COVID-19.

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Kirk Hammett Debuts His First Solo Work ‘Portals’

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has released his debut EP ‘Portals’ and dropped a video for the track ‘High Plains Drifter’.

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James Hetfield of Metallica photo by Ros O'Gorman

Metallica Donate $500000 To Ukraine

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Metallica has pledged $500,000 to helping Ukrainian refugees.

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Metallica Celebrate 40 Years With Two Special Shows In Hometown San Francisco

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica gave their hometown fans in San Francisco a special treat with two shows with setlist one played in chronological order from the first album to most recent and second show, a completely different setlist with the albums compiled from now until then.

Tagged as: 80s, metal, Metallica, rock, San Francisco, USA

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Leo Sayer and Metallica Mash Together Rather Nicely Don’t You Think!

by Paul Cashmere

Clearly one of the best mash-ups ever to hit YouTube popped up this week with Leo Sayer and Metallica becoming Leotallica.

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Mrs Metallica Chloe Trujillo And Bellusira’s Mark Dalbeth To Release New Song

by Paul Cashmere

Chloe Trujillo, the wife of Metallica bass player Robert Trujillo, has teamed up Mark Dalbeth of Australian band Bellusira for a new song ‘Mana’ coming 15 November.

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Metallica Launch Being A Band Masterclass

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Metallica have launched an online course about being in a band.

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Metallica To Headline First Download Festival In Germany

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Metallica are set to headline the inaugural Download Festival Germany.

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Elton John Praises Metallica For ‘Nothing Else Matters’

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Sir Elton John has called Metallica’s ‘Nothing Else Matters’ “one of the best songs ever written”.

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Metallica Debut ‘Blackened’ Whiskey At The ‘Fuck Me’ Price of $139.99 a Bottle

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica’s latest release is a Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey. ‘Blackened X’ is a collaboration between Metallica and distiller Dave Pickerell and one bottle will set you back the “fuck me” price of $US139.99 per bottle.

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Inside Metallica’s Remastered The Black Album

by Paul Cashmere

The Metallica ‘Black Album’ deluxe box set is going to contain 14CDs, six DVDs and six live LPs.

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Miley Cyrus and Elton John Appear On New Metallica Tribute Album

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Miley Cyrus and Elton John are among the stars who paid tribute to Metallica by covering their favourite Black Album songs for a new box set.

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Kirk Hammett Metallica ‘One’ Guitar To Be Auctioned

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Kirk Hammett’s guitar used in Metallica’s ‘One’ music video is being auctioned.

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Lars Ulrich Recalls First Metallica Gig

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Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, who made his debut on stage with Metallica in 1982, has reflected on the buzz he felt getting behind his kit on that fateful night.

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James Hetfield, Metallica. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Miley Cyrus Records Metallica Classic With Elton John

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Miley Cyrus has recruited old pal Elton John for a cover of Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters.

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Bob Dylan Sells Out To Universal Music

by Paul Cashmere

And just when you thought 2020 couldn’t throw up any more surprises Bob Dylan has become a complete sell-out. Dylan has sold the publishing rights to his songwriting catalogue in a deal said to be worth around $300 million to Universal Music.

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New Metallica Album Almost Ready To Go

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Metallica bass player Robert Trujillo has spoken of his joy of working together more with all of his bandmates – James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich – on their follow-up to 2016’s ‘Hardwired…To Self-Destruct’.

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Lars Ulrich Says He Doesn’t Listen To Metallica

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Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich admitted he doesn’t delve into the ‘Enter Sandman’ band’s back catalogue because he ends up overanalysing the technical side of the recordings.

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Metallica Launches Whiskey Despite James Hetfield’s Battle With Alcohol

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Metallica rocker Kirk Hammett has defended the group’s decision to launch their own whisky, despite frontman James Hetfield’s long battle with alcoholism.

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Amber Lawrence Live DVD Debuts At No 2 (Damn You Metallica)

by Paul Cashmere

Amber Lawrence has had a number two debut with her ‘Amber Lawrence Live’ DVD. Picking the same week as Metallica to release a DVD didn’t work in her favour.

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Australian Charts: Metallica ‘S&M2’ Debuts At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Metallica scores their seventh No.1 album in Australia this week as their tenth live set “S&M2” with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra debuts at the top this week.

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Metallica Describe Lady Gaga As Fearless

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Metallica – comprising James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo and Lars Ulrich – joined forces with Lady Gaga for a performance of their track ‘Moth Into Flame’ at the 2017 Grammys.

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Metallica Use Coronavirus Downtime To Record New Album

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The members of Metallica have been hard at work on a new album via video conferencing platform Zoom during the coronavirus lockdown.

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Metallica Plan ‘Month of Giving’

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Metallica will be promoting worthy causes via their Month of Giving initiative this month.

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Metallica Working On New Music During Quarantine?

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The heavy metal group’s drummer has revealed he and his bandmates – James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo and Kirk Hammett – have been discussing “how we can just be a band again” post-lockdown and he also teased that if they are still stuck at home in six months’ time, they are bound to make their first record since 2016’s ‘Hardwired… to Self-Destruct’.

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Metallica Donates $750000 To Australia’s Fire Efforts

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica has pledged $750,000 for Australia’s fire efforts.

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Slipknot Send Metallica Best Wishes After Shows Pulled In Australia

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Slipknot have sent their best wishes to Metallica and their frontman James Hetfield after he pulled their tour of Australia and New Zealand to head to rehab.

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Metallica Australia and New Zealand Tour Postponed As James Hetfield Enters Rehab

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica will no longer be touring Australia and New Zealand in October.

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Metallica Play Another San Francisco Symphony Concert 20 Years After The First

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica have performed another hometown orchestrated show with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 20 years after their first event in 1999.

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