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Metallica on playing while getting older: ‘I don’t know how long it can last’

by Bram Teitelman | Jun 27, 2014 | Metallica Insider, News

It’s hard to believe that Metallica’s first album, Kill ‘Em All, will turn 31 years old next month. With the band members’ ages averaging 50 (Robert Trujillo is the only member in his ’40s – until October, anyway), they’re...

Metallica play ball for 2nd annual Giants day

by Bram Teitelman | May 19, 2014 | Metallica Insider

[youtube]http://youtu.be/XJaBdtzofNc[/youtube] In the past week, we’ve seen Metallica perform Beatles and Ozzy songs acoustically, James Hetfield jam with Billie Joe Armstrong and Joe Satriani, and heard Kirk Hammett play on a $100 album. Now you can add...

Metallica to debut new song this weekend

by Bram Teitelman | Mar 14, 2014 | Metallica Insider, News

Well, we saw this coming. When Metallica announced their “Metallica by Request” tour this Summer, it was announced that they would be playing a set list selected by the audience – plus a new song. And with their world tour kicking off this Sunday in...

Lars Ulrich illegally downloaded himself, loves Baroness and Kvelertak

by Bram Teitelman | Jan 30, 2014 | Metallica Insider, News

With the Metallica Through the Never juggernaut in full effect, drummer Lars Ulrich took to Reddit for an AMA. And it turns out that Napster’s biggest opponent has downloaded illegally from the internet… and it was their own album. “When Death...

Jason Newsted Elaborates On Split From Metallica

by Matt Brown | Jan 10, 2014 | Metallica Insider, Video

[youtube]http://youtu.be/GFiTkWPZ8xU?t=30m[/youtube] In January 2001, bassist Jason Newsted left Metallica. Since that time, reasons given to his departure has ranged from hazing to conflict of Newsted wanting to engage in side projects, specifically Echobrain. Now,...

At Long Last, Robert Trujillo’s Crab Walk Is Explained

by Matt Brown | Nov 7, 2013 | Metallica Insider

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou83DD8CkUQ[/youtube] If you’ve ever seen Metallica live or footage of them playing live in recent years, you’ve probably noticed more than once that bassist Robert Trujillo has quite the crab walk going when he...
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