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Metallica To Throw The Orion Music And More Festival In Atlantic City This Summer

​Metallica has announced the first annual Orion Music & More Festival, which will take place in Atlantic City on June 23 and 24 and feature the band headlining both nights and playing the Black Album—you know, Bob Rock, commercial breakthrough, "Enter Sandman," etc.—in its entirety ... More >>

Anthrax

​Metallica has announced the first annual Orion Music & More Festival, which will take place in Atlantic City on June 23 and 24 and feature the band headlining both nights and playing the Black Album—you know, Bob Rock, commercial breakthrough, "Enter Sandman," etc.—in its entirety ... More >>

Pazz & Jop 2011: Brad Nelson On Why Lou Reed And Metallica's Lulu Was 2011's Best Album

To supplement this year's Pazz & Jop launch, Sound of the City asked a few critics to expand on the reasonings behind their voting. Here, Brad Nelson talks about the much-discussed collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica, Lulu, which topped his ballot and came in at No. 94 on the albums poll. ... More >>

Megadeath+Motörhead+Volbeat

To supplement this year's Pazz & Jop launch, Sound of the City asked a few critics to expand on the reasonings behind their voting. Here, Brad Nelson talks about the much-discussed collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica, Lulu, which topped his ballot and came in at No. 94 on the albums poll. ... More >>

Lou Reed And Metallica And Darren Aronofsky Make A Video

​Last month lots of ink and pixels were spent on Lulu, the collaboration between downtown bard Lou Reed and thrash lifers Metallica—"worst album of the year or maybe ever" declarations; "you just don't understand what Lou is trying to do" cries from partisans/people suspicious of the unw ... More >>

Lulu: Lou Reed, Metallica, And The Sound Of Comment Sections Howling In Protest

​The ever-evolving microgenre of "trollgaze" isn't just limited to whippersnapper up-and-comers. Today we look at one of this week's most chattered-about albums, the Metallica/Lou Reed collaboration Lulu, to try and deduce one thing: Can a 90-minute double album based off German Expressionist ... More >>

You Can Now Hear The Metallica/Lou Reed Collaboration Lulu In Full

​The Lou Reed/Metallica collaboration Lulu has been one of the more curiosity-inspiring releases on this fall's docket, thanks in part to what's been revealed so far: the grinding atonality (that veers on amusicality) of lead single "The View," the inscrutable 30-second samples that were loose ... More >>

The Lou Reed/Metallica Album Has Entered The "30-Second Previews Of Each Track" Promotional Phase

​As the drop date for Lulu, the collaborative album between Lou Reed and Metallica, draws ever nearer (it's out November 1), the wonder over what it might sound like is growing. Well, now the world has a slightly clearer idea, thanks to 30-second samples of the album's nine non-"The View" trac ... More >>

Get Ready: Here Is "The View," From The Lou Reed/Metallica Collaboration Lulu

​Last night Lou Reed and Metallica released "The View," the first track to surface from their forthcoming collaboration Lulu. The breathless press release introducing the album cites its "graphic lyrics of jealousy, lust, violence and revenge, its grinding riffs and tantalizing tones," and, we ... More >>

Live: The Big 4 Go To Bat For Metal At Yankee Stadium

River Avenue, 3:45 p.m. Most of the Anthrax shirt-wearers were inside by this point. ​ The Big 4: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax Yankee Stadium Wednesday, September 14 Better than: "Nationals beat the Mets, 2-0. WP: Brad Peacock (1-0), LP: Mike Pelfrey (7-12)" Truth be told, the crowd ... More >>

10 Specials We Hope Bronx Restaurants Will Consider In Honor Of The Big Four's Impending Yankee Stadium Show

Mmm. wingy. ​A week from tonight, four titans of heavy metal—Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer—will come together at Yankee Stadium for The Big 4's East Coast concert. It's going to be great! The Bronx is pretty excited about the impending metal invasion, too, as evidenced b ... More >>

'The Big 4'

Mmm. wingy. ​A week from tonight, four titans of heavy metal—Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer—will come together at Yankee Stadium for The Big 4's East Coast concert. It's going to be great! The Bronx is pretty excited about the impending metal invasion, too, as evidenced b ... More >>

Diamond Head

Mmm. wingy. ​A week from tonight, four titans of heavy metal—Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer—will come together at Yankee Stadium for The Big 4's East Coast concert. It's going to be great! The Bronx is pretty excited about the impending metal invasion, too, as evidenced b ... More >>

Metallica And Lou Reed Just Finished Recording A Bunch Of Songs Together [UPDATED]

via Metallica.com​ This is going to make for one heck of a Chance card: A few months ago our own Kirk Hammett hinted at a new Metallica project that's "not really 100 percent a Metallica record." While Kirk may have jumped the gun a little (and has since been properly punished with a series o ... More >>

Ride The Free Parking: Suggested Modifications For The Metallica Monopoly Game

​ Given that Metallica themselves have raised the question, "Can you ever really have enough money? Can you possess enough beachfront properties and Fifties-style hot rods?", it makes sense that the band will have its own Monopoly game, which goes on sale in the band's online store next week. ... More >>

The Big 4 Are Playing Yankee Stadium This September

via FacebookWho gave Mustaine the keys to the Photoshop demo? (Just kidding, Dave!)​This is the news: The second concert event at the new Yankee Stadium has been announced, and oh boy is it a doozy. The metal deities Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax--d/b/a The Big 4--have announced, af ... More >>

Rock-Critic Pop Quiz #6: Can You Name Metallica's Bass Players?

Robert Trujillo looks none too pleased that no one knows his name​We've already proven that an entire generation of rock critics know precious little about rap, punk, r&b, Dylan, and the Doors (though we're not too ashamed about that last one). So, for the sixth edition of our crow-eating Are ... More >>

Exodus

Robert Trujillo looks none too pleased that no one knows his name​We've already proven that an entire generation of rock critics know precious little about rap, punk, r&b, Dylan, and the Doors (though we're not too ashamed about that last one). So, for the sixth edition of our crow-eating Are ... More >>

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Robert Trujillo looks none too pleased that no one knows his name​We've already proven that an entire generation of rock critics know precious little about rap, punk, r&b, Dylan, and the Doors (though we're not too ashamed about that last one). So, for the sixth edition of our crow-eating Are ... More >>

THE DAY THE MUSIC LIVED

Mp3s take a hike!

DOUBLE BUBBLE

Kayo Dot touch another world

Kreator

Kayo Dot touch another world

F2K No. 30: Swizz Beatz with Ja Rule and Metallica, "We Did It Again"

F2K is a countdown of the 50 worst songs of the decade. Track our progress here. It's shit, snitches! After rap-rock had successfully worn itself down into a parody of self-parody, hip-hop producer Swizz Beats set out to make the most cartoonishly macho rapcore song in history. In fact, every ti ... More >>

THRILL ‘EM ALL

Hall of Famers Metallica return to MSG

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Hall of Famers Metallica return to MSG

MONO

Hall of Famers Metallica return to MSG

IN EXCESS

Some of heavy metal's most extravagant enfants terribles think bigger

SXSW 2009: METALLICA. YEAHHHHHHHHH.

Oh why not. Metallica (Stubb's) SXSW Friday Night, March 20 "Surprise!" says James Hetfield, acknowledging the lack of same. Given Metallica fans' historically rational and peaceful responses to disappointment, it would've been way more entertaining perhaps if they'd not shown up, given the ram ... More >>

Live: Metallica at the Newark Prudential Center, With Set-List Bonus

photos of Metallica, a few nights earlier at the Nassau Coliseum, by David Atlas Metallica Newark Prudential Center Saturday, January 31 Metallica's Death Magnetic was supposed to be the band's return to its thrash glory days; it turned out to be much better than that, to my ear, a fusion of the ... More >>

The Sword

photos of Metallica, a few nights earlier at the Nassau Coliseum, by David Atlas Metallica Newark Prudential Center Saturday, January 31 Metallica's Death Magnetic was supposed to be the band's return to its thrash glory days; it turned out to be much better than that, to my ear, a fusion of the ... More >>

More Apocalyptic Discourse with Appetite for Self-Destruction scribe Steve Knopper

'If they're waiting for the next Thriller to come along and save everything, they're really, really misguided. I hope they've figured it out by now.' This week in the hopelessly antiquated print version of the Voice, I chat with veteran Rolling Stone editor/reporter Steve Knopper, whose new book ... More >>

This Week's Voice: Playing Metallica's New Death Magnetic on Guitar Hero, Chuck Eddy on Folk Singers in Denial, Ne-Yo, Phillip Roth's Newest, and More

'If they're waiting for the next Thriller to come along and save everything, they're really, really misguided. I hope they've figured it out by now.' This week in the hopelessly antiquated print version of the Voice, I chat with veteran Rolling Stone editor/reporter Steve Knopper, whose new book ... More >>

Metallica's 'Death Magnetic': Better on 'Guitar Hero'

'If they're waiting for the next Thriller to come along and save everything, they're really, really misguided. I hope they've figured it out by now.' This week in the hopelessly antiquated print version of the Voice, I chat with veteran Rolling Stone editor/reporter Steve Knopper, whose new book ... More >>

Bonnaroo Day 2: Jose Gonzalez, Fiery Furnaces, Swell Season, Raconteurs, Rilo Kiley, M.I.A., Metallica

'If they're waiting for the next Thriller to come along and save everything, they're really, really misguided. I hope they've figured it out by now.' This week in the hopelessly antiquated print version of the Voice, I chat with veteran Rolling Stone editor/reporter Steve Knopper, whose new book ... More >>

Harptallica Comes to New York

'If they're waiting for the next Thriller to come along and save everything, they're really, really misguided. I hope they've figured it out by now.' This week in the hopelessly antiquated print version of the Voice, I chat with veteran Rolling Stone editor/reporter Steve Knopper, whose new book ... More >>

Hasta La Muerte

Vintage thrash metal is back with a vengeance, and it's speaking Spanish

Wasted talent slavishly tailgates the lightning

Vintage thrash metal is back with a vengeance, and it's speaking Spanish

Metallica Finally Gives In to the iTunes Empire

Vintage thrash metal is back with a vengeance, and it's speaking Spanish

Heavy Metal Hangover Cure: Hair of the Real Dog

Vintage thrash metal is back with a vengeance, and it's speaking Spanish

Schizo Metal

Serj Tankian and company talk about everything, do more

Hot Spot

Serj Tankian and company talk about everything, do more

Iron Claws

Acclaimed metal bands keep living, searching, pushing on

Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

Seminal speedmetal thrashers, despised by their own fans, seek and find psychiatric help

A Band Apart

Stressing value of therapy, directors issue anti-laughter edict

R Bar Is A-OK

Knock back a few in Brooklyn's backwoods

Babies on Fire

Like the Sweet Song of a Choir You Light My Morning Sky With Burning Love Like Blood

New Kinds of Monsters

Metal's Diverse Underground Leaves Metallica in the Dust

Double Shot

Metal's Diverse Underground Leaves Metallica in the Dust

Statue of Limitations

Metal's Diverse Underground Leaves Metallica in the Dust