From Rick Jiminez:   The past week in mainland Europe has been extremely European… Which means a handful of awesome shows, some shitty ones and tons of illogical inconvenience. Jera on Air Fest in holland was awesome, as is the case with most Euro fests. Outdoors, under a tent, lots of friends random spots and arider that has tons of shit we request, but don’t actually deservelike three different bottles of liquor for the drunkards, case of Redbull for TR$, batteries, duct tape, tuna, etc. Oh yeah we played a show too and they pitted and thrashed around, and it ...

The new Metal Hammer is a Black Sabbath tribute! They are the Lords Of This World. They are the reason for everything we do. They are the forefathers of heavy fucking metal. They are BLACK SABBATH, and you will not find a bigger, better, more in-depth or star-studded feature anywhere in the world this year. [...]

La 5ª edición se celebra este fin de semana y el próximo. Entre las estrellas, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder y Smashing Pumpkings.  Leer .  Escuchar

Ralph Peterson, Neneh Cherry, the Library of Congress archives and a generous Metallica bassist.

Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA's performance at this year's edition of the Rock In Rio Lisbon festival — shot earlier today (Friday, May 25) in Lisbon, Portugal — can be seen below.

General Music News : The Metallica drummer will appear on HBO on Monday, and loved taking part. But will he ever leave music?

Black Sabbath, Pantera, Slayer, Metallica, Mastodon, Gojira, Sabaton, Fear Factory, Ihsahn, Tesseract, Architects, Cancer Bats, Meshuggah, a FREE CD and more all feature in the new issue of Metal Hammer, out next week! Order your copy inside right now...

High Roller Records 2012 Hellwell (which is named after Manilla Road keyboardist/bassist E.C. Hellwell) is a new side-project of Manilla Road guitarist/vocalist Mark "The Shark" Shelton. In addition to Mark Shelton and E.C. Hellwell (who played bass and provided vocals on the 2011 Manilla Road LP, "Playground of the Damned") the album also features Jonny Thumper Benson (drums, guitar,bass) and has special appearances by Bryan Hellroadie Patrick and Josh Castillo from Manilla Road. Now, rather then try to explain the concept behind the album I'll just let the promo speak for itself (start here ...

Chris Jericho out of Fozzy knows that music owes a debt to the past. Only the recent past, of course : Chris Jericho thinks all modern music is influenced by The Beatles. [...] The pro-wrestler-turned-musician exclusively told BANG Showbiz: ''All the best bands hark back to the Beatles, that goes for Black Sabbath to even bands like Iron Maiden or Metallica. They might not be completely Beatles fanatics but the bands that they're in were influenced by the Beatles. It's all about the melody and the harmonies, the hook within the song.'' It's a fact. The Beatles invented all ...

Metallica man bankrolls movie about his "hero" Jaco Pastorius - plus latest from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Phil Anselmo, Earl Slick and more

Two years ago Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo decided to begin his tribute to the late Jaco Pastorius. A jazz musician by trade, Pastorius was known by other musicians for his intricate solos and ability to make his fretless guitar “sing” in upper registers. “I loved jazz fusion and branched out from there,” Trujillo says in [...]

Official Metallica.com footage of METALLICA's pre-show tuning-room jam and "Nothing Else Matters" performance at the May 14 show of the band's European tour at Stadio Friuli in Udine, Italy can be viewed below.

Since its release, Metallica’s Black Album has gone on to sell more than 16 million copies worldwide. But that was in 1991, and apparently it’s been just long enough that the... Click on the headline to read the rest of the story.

The massive, 172-page new issue of Metal Hammer is a tribute to BLACK SABBATH, paying homage to one of the greatest, heaviest and most influential bands to ever walk this earth! We talk to Sabbath themselves as they look …back on an incredible legacy, as well as ask members of METALLICA, SLAYER, MACHINE HEAD, PANTERA, [...]

The massive, 172-page new issue of Metal Hammer is a tribute to BLACK SABBATH, paying homage to one of the greatest, heaviest and most influential bands to ever walk this earth! Fuck yes!