by Bram Teitelman | Feb 11, 2017 | Metallica Insider, Video
On this, the day that Cliff Burton would have turned 55 and the day before Metallica team up with Lady Gaga at the Grammys, we’re reminded of the album that started it all for them. Kill ‘Em All was an instant classic upon it’s release in 1983,...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 31, 2017 | Metallica Insider, News, Video
Remember independent record stores? There’s not that many left, but California chain Amoeba Music is one of the great ones, and they’re still flourishing. One of the things that keeps them vital is that they promote themselves, like their...
by Zenae Zukowski | Jan 3, 2017 | Metallica Insider, News
Towards the end of 2016, Curbed San Francisco discovered a brand new listing on the market that happened to be Kirk Hammett’s home. Hammett lived on 320 Sea Cliff, for roughly six years, initially buying the home for $8 million in 2010. At that time, the price...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 22, 2016 | Metallica Insider, News, Video
If there’s one complaint about Metallica since The Black Album (actually, there are many!), it’s that all of their albums since then have been long. Like really long. While Hardwired… To Self Destruct is two discs, it’s really only a...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 21, 2016 | Metallica Insider
On Friday, as part of Metallica Insider, contributor Chip McCabe ranked Metallica’s album artwork. Because Hardwired… To Self Destruct was so new and he didn’t have the perspective to include it among the others, it was intentionally left off...
by Nick DeSimone | Nov 18, 2016 | Metallica Insider, Uh-Oh
I like Metallica. This is not a hot take. However, I feel the need to severely front-load this piece with the ultimate point of the whole thing for a few reasons, the most important one being that I’m going against my better judgment and outing myself as being...