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 …

On 31 August 1985, thousands of Metal fans filled the old Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA. They were there for the first night of the annual Day On The Green festival. With The Scorpions and Ratt as the two top billed bands, the fans certainly were ready for a night …

Of course MetalTalk.net was at Rock in Rio. There would be no chance that the biggest Metal online magazine in the UK would miss that chance. The thing is, we had such a massive hangover from all those Caipirinhas we had there that it took us two months to recover …

Metallica frontman James Hetfield has re-entered rehab to work on his recovery from alcohol addiction. The band have consequently postponed their previously announced tour of Australia and New Zealand. The tour was scheduled to begin in Perth, Australia, on October 17th and end on November 2nd in Auckland, New Zealand. …

Dave was speaking to Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice about his upcoming induction into the Hall of Heavy Metal History, his new album with Altitudes And Attitude with Anthrax’s Frank Bello, his upcoming ‘More Life With Deth’, the direction of Megadeth’s new album and his upcoming Bass History …

It’s over two weeks since April Fool’s Day came and went but some media outlets are looking like Easter turkeys today as a very obviously fake news story caught them out and left them with chocolate egg all over their faces. Earlier today, Easter Sunday, 16th April 2017, an email …

Metallica have broken plenty of new ground musically during their long and illustrious history but now they’ve gone and broken new ground regarding ticket pricing. The European leg of the Worldwired Tour was announced yesterday with five dates penned in for the UK in October including two at London’s O2 …

Climax! Yes, the word can be given to the Metallica concert in Jakarta. As the last in the series of gigs in their Asian tour, Metallica get a great climax in Jakarta which took place at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (GBK) on August 25th 2013 and was promoted by Blackrock …