“And then he played me the whole Mercyful Fate medley down the phone. He said, ‘What do you think?’ I said, ‘Are you kidding?

In 2001, Metallica hired an old army barracks in California to try and record album eight. The songs were scrapped when James Hetfield entered rehab, but many fans still want to hear them finished.

The first four Metallica albums are heavy metal perfection, but the cost of that achievement is a double-edged sword. On the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Metallica’s self-titled album is already the ...

Garage Inc. was a bit of a return to form for Metallica. Many of the newly recorded covers showcased the sound that made countless metalheads fall in love with the band. Their covers of Discharge’s ...

The unruly offspring of heavy metal and punk rock, thrash metal had coalesced three years earlier around a handful of ...

Getting into Metallica's 1991 self-titled LP, aka the Black Album, is a rite of passage for any young heavy metal fan. It's been so popular for so long, in fact, that it has now joined an elite club ...

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