On 5 June 2004, 100,000 fans filled Donington Park for the annual Download Festival. Being the biggest summer music festival in England for Metal and Rock fans, the festival has attracted some of the biggest acts in history. Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, AC/DC and many others have all graced the …

Metallica will celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Black Album with two new definitive releases. The remastered version of The Black Album and The Metallica Blacklist will both hit the shops on 10 September, with the latter set to benefit 52 charities. The Metallica Blacklist album features 53 artists from many …

Kirk Hammett and Billy Gibbons were part of an all star cast who joined Mick Fleetwood in a show at the London Palladium 25 February 2020 celebrating the music of Peter Green. The first track released from the show has Gibbons and Hammett playing ‘The Green Manalishi (With The Two …

The recent Metallica live show and auction has so far raised in excess of $1.3 Million for the All Within My Hands foundation. The show which was a global smash also included an auction and now the period in which you can still watch the show has been extended until midnight …

Diamond Head have today released the video for their track ‘No Remorse’, a cover of the Metallica track which will appear on the re-recording of their debut album ‘Lightning To The Nations’. ‘Lightning To The Nations 2020’, which will be released 27 November 2020, works so well because it does …

The All Within My Hands Foundation has become an integral part of who Metallica are, since it’s formation in 2017. Although they have shown to be charitable throughout their career, it was with this foundation, named after the closing track of their 2003 album St. Anger, that they would formalise …

Back in 1999 Metallica released their first collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony called S&M. Leading up to the performance, the conductor and arranger for the project, the late Michael Kamen, did a deep dive into the entire catalog of Metallica; carefully selecting songs he felt would lend themselves the …

Metallica are to host their first ever world wide live acoustic pay-per-view event, in support of the All Within My Hands foundation. The show will stream live from Metallica HQ on 14 November at 2pm Pacific Time, 10pm UK Time and an auction is to be included as part of the …

On 27 September 1986, Metallica was an up and coming heavy metal band touring behind their landmark third album Master Of Puppets. In the early morning however, their personal mission for world domination nearly ended before it was realized. The band got into a tour bus accident and bassist Cliff …

They say lightning never strikes twice and this might be especially true when it comes to sequels. ‘S&M2’, the recent collaboration between Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony, proves that this old saying is simply that. With the help of conductor Edwin Outwater, musical director Michael Tilson Thomas, arranger Bruce …