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Learn the essential techniques of ‘80s guitar
It was the decade of big shoulder pads and formidable guitar playing, and here we have four lessons – all stylistically different – to roll back the clock...
James Hetfield’s son launches debut album with Bastardane
Is This Rage?, the heavy-rocking debut record from the Savannah, Georgia trio, is out now on streaming services
Jon Zazula, co-founder of the record label that launched Metallica's debut album, dies aged 69
“My heart is full of gratitude for taking a chance on me and my bandmates,” James Hetfield writes
Metallica perform rare tracks and deep cuts during celebratory 40th anniversary shows
The heavy metal icons performed Orion, Trapped Under Ice and, for the first time ever, Fixxxer
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Metallica will stream their two upcoming 40th anniversary live shows for free
Viewable via Amazon Prime and Amazon Music, the shows will take place at the Chase Center in San Francisco on December 17 and 19
Watch Sammy Hagar, James Hetfield, John Mayer, Joe Satriani and Melissa Etheridge perform Piece of My Heart in new pro-shot footage from 2016
The star-studded rendition, which took place during the Acoustic-4-A-Cure concert five years ago, also featured Tommy Lee, Melissa Etheridge, Pat Monahan and Kris Kristofferson
Jerry Cantrell: “The precision and power of James Hetfield's playing is otherworldly – his right hand is really something else”
The Alice in Chains leader shares his love for The Black Album, explains why the Metallica leader has “the best picking hand in rock”, and recalls hearing Sad But True for the first time in a car with Lars Ulrich
Metallica once attempted to recruit a different frontman, says James Hetfield
The fresh-faced thrash-metallers tried to get Armored Saint's John Bush to join the band in the early '80s
Metallica’s James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett look back on 30 years of The Black Album: "It really was the master key to everything"
How shorter, simpler songs and a bold vision helped the thrash pioneers make the biggest metal album of all time
Metallica's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett reveal The Black Album's deepest, darkest secrets in this classic 1991 Guitar World interview
Shortly before their seminal self-titled LP went stratospheric, the metal titans tell all: arguing over guitar solos, shaking up their gear, fighting with Bob Rock, and the mystery behind ...And Justice For All's missing bass
