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Watch Kirk Hammett and Billy Gibbons play Peter Green’s The Green Manalishi
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 …

Metallica / $1.3 Million raised so far by Helping Hands live show
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 …

Heavy Metal History turns full circle as Diamond Head cover Metallica’s ‘No Remorse’
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 …

Metallica / Leading by example as Within My Hands concert is a global smash
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 …

Valentin The Mad / Putting the Symphony in Metallica’s ‘So What’
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 / First World Wide Live acoustic show announced for November
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 …

The Sunday Supplement / Scott Pingel talks Cliff Burton, Ray Burton and that solo
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 …

Metallica / San Francisco Symphony / Exceeding expectations with S&M2
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 …

MTTV Episode Sixteen – Edwin Outwater on Conducting Metallica’s S&M2
MetalTalk TV Episode Sixteen features Edwin Outwater, the visionary conductor who worked with the San Francisco Symphony and Metallica in the recording of the new S&M2 project, released this Friday (28 August 2020). Hosted by Brandon Oberkrieser, Edwin takes us through the process of the project, as well as his …

Coming Soon / Adrian Smith on Iron Maiden, Edwin Outwater on Metallica’s S&M2
With Metallica’s S&M2 released this Friday (28 August) and Adrian Smith’s ‘Monsters Of River and Rock’ autobiography due out 3 September, MetalTalk have been busy and we have two exciting interviews due for publication in the coming days. Edwin Outwater is the visionary conductor who has reinvented the concert experience …