Metallica have become the first band to ever claim all top five spots on Billboard’s weekly vinyl sales chart. The group earned the rankings after six of their albums were recently reissued on limited edition vinyl via Walmart. Here’s the chart positions: 01. “Ride The Lightning” (1984) 02. “Metallica” (1991) 03. “…And Justice For All”…
The life of late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton will be celebrated during a special virtual event on “Cliff Burton Day” (February 10). The livestream will take place on Twitch at 7 p.m. PST and it will feature emcee Nicholas Gomez, as well as special guests Fred Cotton, James McDaniel, John Marshall, Harald Oimen, Metal Maria,…
Metallica were the musical guests on tonight’s (February 7) “Super Bowl Edition” of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” You can see footage of the band performing “Enter Sandman” on the show below:
Metallica‘s “Enter Sandman” is featured in a new commercial for Ford‘s 2021 F-150 Raptor. Mark Truby, the chief communications officer of Ford, said the following about that: “When we thought about what song captured the new Raptor in all its dune-bashing, desert-running glory, one stood out: ‘Enter Sandman‘. It’s a song that has almost never…
Metallica will be celebrating Super Bowl LV with a performance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” You can check that out on February 7 at 11:35pm EST on CBS. We’re celebrating the #SuperBowl with our friend @stephenathome on Sunday! Tune in to @colbertlateshow’s “A Late Show: Super Bowl Edition” at 11:35pm EST on CBS…
Metallica’s Lars Ulrich has shared another update on the band’s new album. The drummer told Classic Rock the following when asked about the progress they have made: “[It’s been] glacial. These are the craziest of times and nothing is letting up. There’s a little bit of movement [in that direction], but it’s hard to do…
Producer Bob Rock has sold a catalog of 43 songs to Hipgnosis Songs Fund. The deal included his rights to Metallica‘s self-titled album (aka “The Black Album”) and tracks he produced for Michael Bublé. Hipgnosis Songs founder Merck Mercuriadis said the following: “The breadth of Bob Rock‘s enormous successes are almost impossible to match by…
Original Metallica bassist Ron McGovney recently took to Twitter to share a picture of the band’s first-ever business card. You can check that out below: Original Metallica business card. The phone number was the one I had in my bedroom in 1979. I moved to our rental house two doors down in 1981 and took…
Metallica’s James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich have paid tribute to Megaforce Records co-founder Marsha Zazula, who recently passed away at the age of 68. Marsha and her husband Jon “Jonny Z” Zazula co-founded Megaforce in 1982 and they were credited with helping Metallica launch their career. Hetfield said the following: “Marsha Z is the Metal…
According to Bloomberg, students in Istanbul, Turkey have been blasting Metallica tracks as part of a protest against the new head of Bogazici University Melih Bulu. Bulu is a member of the conservative and populist AK Party and was appointed to his position by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a move many view as undemocratic.…
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