Metallica’s scholars initiative will be expanding into nine new schools this year. That initiative seeks to support community colleges and their career and technical education programs. The following was said on allwithinmyhands.org: “Following a competitive selection process conducted by All Within My Hands (AWMH) and our partners at American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), nine…
Writing teacher and music journalist Ben Apatoff will be releasing a new book, titled “Metallica: The $24.95 Book,” on August 15 through Backbeat Books. Here’s a description of the effort [via Amazon]: “‘METALLICA: THE $24.95 BOOK’ looks at Metallica’s cultural significance, with chapters devoted to each member, each album, touring, fashion, books, film, influences, fandom,…
During Kamasi Washington’s July 18 performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, CA, the jazz artist was joined onstage by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo for a performance of Metallica‘s “My Friend Of Misery.“ You can see fan-filmed footage of that below. Washington will be releasing a cover of the aforementioned song…
Zee Productions will be releasing new 500-piece jigsaw puzzles based on the artwork for Metallica’s “St. Anger,” “Death Magnetic,” and “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct” on September 17. Pre-orders can be found HERE.
Metallica have shared footage of themselves performing “The Unforgiven” during their August 27, 1992 show in Las Cruces, NM. This clip is taken from the band’s “Wherever We May Roam” DVD, which will be included with the remastered deluxe box set edition of “The Black Album.” That set will be released on September 10 alongside…
Metallica will be celebrating their 40th anniversary with two shows at the Chase Center in San Francisco, CA. The concerts will take place on December 17 and 19 and tickets will only be available to fan club members who are lucky enough to score an access code. The band commented: “As hard as it is…
As previously reported, Metallica will be releasing a 30th anniversary expanded edition of “The Black Album” and a massive tribute album called “The Metallica Blacklist“ on September 10. Now, the group have shared some more tracks from both releases. Among them are a 1991 rough mix of “The Unforgiven” from the expanded version of the…
According to journalist and documentary filmmaker David Farrier (“Dark Tourist”), a mother in New Zealand has apparently named her three children Metallica, Slayer, and Pantera. Farrier tweeted the following about that: thread 1/4: proud to report that a new zealand mother has named her children metallica, pantera and slayer. she told me "it’s not easy…
As previously reported, Metallica will be releasing a 30th anniversary expanded edition of “The Black Album” and a massive tribute album called “The Metallica Blacklist“ on September 10. Now, the group have shared some more tracks from both releases. Among them are an early pre-production rehearsal version of “Holier Than Thou” from the expanded version…
Metallica have announced that they will be headlining the second night of “ATLive” at The Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA. That event will take place on November 5-6 and it will feature a rock night and a country night. Here’s the lineups for each show November 5: George Strait, Erich Church, and Caitlyn Smith. November…
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