by Metal Insider | Jun 3, 2014 | Controversy, Festivals
Seems that the Glastonbury festival is getting a lot of metal press lately. First, Bruce Dickinson called the festival “the most bourgeois thing on the planet,” while claiming Maiden was better than Metallica. Mogwai also weighed in with an attack on Lars...
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...
by Matt Brown | Apr 29, 2014 | Advertising, News, Video
The next time you find yourself perusing ads for alcoholic beverages from Denmark, you might be seeing Lars Ulrich’s mug among them. The drummer has gotten himself involved with two companies, Carlsberg and Gammel Dansk. For Carlsberg, Ulrich was part of the...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 2, 2014 | News, Updates
[youtube]http://youtu.be/qni_QAucqnI[/youtube] Last month, we all got to hear the first new Metallica song in six years when the band debuted “The Lords of Summer.” Then we got to hear an even cleaner version of it when they released the “Garage...
by Matt Brown | Apr 1, 2014 | News, Touring
If you were hoping that Metallica’s next tour would be in support of a new album, it looks like that won’t be the case. Instead, the band has announced plans for a tour that will celebrate the life of Lou Reed, who passed away last year. The celebration will involve...