The iconic Japanese metal band Babymetal reveals the four metal albums that have most influenced them. Listen as they break ...

Wes Orshoski talks to Contact Music about his new documentary film Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer, a emotional journey ...

Released on July 27, 1984, Ride the Lightning showcased a more ambitious sound than the band’s debut, blending blistering ...

Forty-two years ago today, Metallica released Ride the Lightning, the landmark second album that transformed the young thrash ...

Nearly 30 years after it debuted atop the Billboard 200, Reload is making chart history all over again. Metallica formed in 1981, and over the past 45 years the band has become one of the most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two Metallica albums, Ride the Lightning and the band's self-titled studio effort, return to the same chart together, and the ...

A 1986 album released by one of the most successful and famous bands in music history still holds up as a masterpiece today. Metallica's 'Master of Puppets' stands out thanks to its iconic songs and ...

Thousands of Metallica fans across the globe stuck out their arms to donate blood, as a result of the band’s partnership with the American Red Cross. Metallica’s All Within My Hands foundation first ...

Kirk Hammett is an acclaimed American musician best known as the lead guitarist of the influential heavy metal band Metallica. Born Kirk Lee Hammett on November 18, 1962, in San Francisco, California, ...

Well, this was a tough one. Sorry if your fave was excluded, but it’s a hell of a challenge to choose just 21 great heavy metal albums. The only self-imposed rule was that each artist should only be ...

Get ready to unleash your inner headbanger — Metallica is storming back onto the stage with a Las Vegas residency at the Sphere, where fans can expect a legendary set list. The band is ready to light ...

As expected, Metallica has announced that the band will debut its “Life Burns Faster” residency at Sphere in Las Vegas later this year. The eight-show run will take place on October 1 and 3, 15 and 17 ...