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"Up there as one of the better value for money metal guitars that you can currently buy": Spira S-450 TPP review

From the team behind JET guitars comes new brand Spira. Created to serve the heavier side of music, and applying an impressive spec in a budget-friendly, metal package

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“And so the first thing I do is put it in the middle position and play Oh Well”: Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr on that time he brought Duane Allman’s 1957 Les Paul to a Metallica show and ended up playing Kirk Hammett's Greeny

Starr's first Metallica show was in 1989. His second was in 2019, and involved two of the most iconic Les Pauls of all time, and it was the day he learned Hetfield sounds the same through a Princeton

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"Metallica rented our equipment but the sound guy wasn't up to his job." Former Nightwish bassist Marko Hietala on the 10 songs that changed his life

Former Nightwish bassist/songwriter Marko Hietala shares the 10 songs that changed his life

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“I really like Frantic! Killer song!” Wrestling legend Adam Copeland names his favourite track on each Metallica album

We sat down with the wrestler formerly known as Edge and wouldn‘t let him leave until he named the best track on each Metallica disc, from Kill ’Em All to 72 Seasons

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“I’ll list them on eBay or Reverb”: Kirk Hammett doesn’t want his guitars to go unplayed – so he’s been secretly selling them online

Bought a used guitar online? It might – just might – have belonged to the Metallica guitarist

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“This is the new rock ’n’ roll Metallica. The riffs are greasier, bluesier, dirtier”: How the heavy metal heroes shook things up with Load

"Nobody knew where this record was going to end up when we started it"

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"Eddie Van Halen literally ran away from me!" Yngwie Malmsteen's wild tales of Lemmy, Ronnie James Dio, Metallica and more

Even talked soccer with Ritchie Blackmore as he lies on a table in a black leather trench coat, looking like Burt Reynolds? Shred king Yngwie Malmsteen has

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Immersive tech reshapes music and film landscape with Bono, Metallica and 'Matrix' taking the leap

The future of how viewers experience music, film and live performances is happening now through immersive platforms like the Apple Vision Pro and cutting-edge venues such as the Sphere and Cosm

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The pretentious gatekeeping around Sleep Token points to a toxic heavy music culture - as a metal guitarist of over 25 years, I've seen this movie before

Don't get Sleep Token? That's fine, but let's stop it with the elitism, writes God Forbid's Doc Coyle

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"There would be shootouts down the street." Machine Head's Robb Flynn takes us on a tour of Oakland, California - and 30 years of metal history

From broken ribs and drug deals to playing arenas and stadiums around the world, Robb Flynn has proved time and again he's metal's ultimate survivor

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Ryan Coogler speaks out on potential Sinners sequel

Ryan Coogler says his acclaimed horror film 'Sinners' will not be getting a sequel because he always intended it to be a standalone movie.

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"We found the sweet spot in the middle of our Venn diagram of Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Smashing Pumpkins." How Thornhill are bringing 90s cool to a new generation

The hottest band in Deftones-core, Australia's Thornhill have found the perfect balance on their third record, Bodies

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Here’s Every New Song in College Football 26 (And at Least One That’s Missing)

Tradition is everything when it comes to college sports. It’s what separates it from many others in the American sports landscape, even from its professional counterparts. And if fans of the College Football series are sticklers for anything, it’s immersion. And in order to properly immerse such fans, the music…

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"Those solos wrote themselves!" Kirk Hammett picks the Metallica album where he got his playing "spot on"

Iconic Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett thinks he nailed his playing on this album in particular

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"I told them when I left, ‘Do not use my music'. And of course they used it": 42 years on, Dave Mustaine still has a few things to say about his exit from Metallica

"You listen to the riffs, you know they’re my riffs"

Evening Standard

Metallica in London: Two nights, no repeats - here’s everything you need to know

From ticket prices to VIP perks and who’s opening each show - before the mosh pit opens

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Dave Mustaine claims he was left without credit for songs that 'made' Metallica

Dave Mustaine has claimed he didn't receive credit for the songs he wrote for Metallica that "made them".

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“I thank God every day, and Metallica, for saving us”: Virginia family say taking their daughter to see Metallica saved them from deadly truck crash

The McKee family say that going to bed early to drive their daughter to a Metallica show the next day removed them from the path of a pickup truck that crashed into their living room

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Watch Metallica rip through Enter Sandman on tour in Virginia, USA

Metallica release pro-shot footage of Enter Sandman performance in front of raucous audience on North American tour

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“The most dangerous tour I ever did was the one with Mötley Crüe in the 80s. It was nuts. I said to my tour manager, ‘One of us is gonna die’”: This is what happened when Avenged Sevenfold’s M Shadows interviewed Ozzy Osbourne for Metal Hammer

Two generations came together when Avenged Sevenfold’s M Shadows met Ozzy Osbourne

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“Nothing Else Matters exposed the vulnerability behind what previously seemed to be a bulletproof heavy metal machine”: The five least metal Metallica songs

Not even having the word ‘metal’ in their name could stop the Four Horsemen from adventuring outside of their genre

Guitar World

“My hand got totally trashed. I looked down and could see the bone of my pointer finger. I lost the ability to bend it”: An accident defined Chris Poland’s playing, but it didn’t stop him handling the high demands of Megadeth’s debut

Chris Poland offers an eye-witness account of a seminal moment in metal history, when Dave Mustaine channeled his fury through his Marshall and debuted with a thrash classic

Evening Standard

Metallica announce London Stadium gigs for 2026

The London gigs will be a No Repeat Weekend, where each concert will feature a different setlist and support line-up

The Independent UK

Metallica announces brand new tour dates across the UK and Ireland

This will mark the fourth year of the metal band’s record-breaking tour

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Metallica announce stacked UK and Europe tour with Gojira, Knocked Loose and more

The biggest band in metal will be supported by a mammoth lineup when they hit Europe in summer 2026

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