Metallica fans push both Ride the Lightning and Metallica to Billboard's Top Album Sales chart — despite dropping 30% in sales — and they join Master of Puppets.

Elton John and Metallica might live on opposite ends of the rock ‘n’ roll spectrum by commercial genre standards, but they share a kindred musical spirit. During a 2021 appearance on the Howard Stern ...

Metallica has a bunch of excellent songs, many of which are well-known among heavy metal fans. "Fade to Black," "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "Master of Puppets," "One," and "Nothing Else Matters" are ...

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Kirk Hammett (Metallica guitarist): I could tell it was really blossoming into something to be reckoned with. Every song we came up with was like the greatest thing. Every time we’d write another it ...

Nearly four decades ago today, Metallica released their first-ever music video, which featured scenes from a gritty war film.