A few hours before Kirk Hammett took the stage with Metallica, the guitarist paused on the black, not red, carpet outside the YouTube Theater in Inglewood to talk about the importance of the night’s ...

As was revealed last year, Metallica's 72 Seasons album really got its jumpstart when bassist Robert Trujillo was tasked by James Hetfield to rework some classic tracks acoustically and it spurred a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a classic. You know the spiel. It did what it did, expanding US thrash metal’s scope and stature while harbouring a real-life ...

The title of Metallica’s new album, “72 Seasons,” is rooted in memory. How do the first 18 years of a person’s life – hence, 72 seasons – reverberate through the ensuing decades? Can we change any of ...

The rare love song felt "weird” for the band.

Since the early ’80s, this has been Metallica’s rallying cry, and truly, no introduction is needed for a band whose severe guitarwork, melodic interludes, prolific lyrics and thrash pacing have made ...

There was a time when the guitar was more of a background instrument in a pop music ensemble. In the early part of the 20th century, pianos and saxes were more likely to stand out as the showy lead ...