Apocalyptica have revealed that their cover of Metallica’s “One” will be released on May 17. The track, which features Metallica’s James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo, will appear on the band’s new album “Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2.” That effort will be released on June 7. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Apocalyptica…
Metallica have donated $100,000 to Direct Relief in an effort to assist with flood relief efforts in Brazil. The donation was made through their All Within My Hands Foundation. The following statement was issued: “All Within My Hands grants $100,000 to Direct Relief to provide critical local services in Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul urgently…
Earlier this year, Metallica paid tribute to Elton John and Bernie Taupin as they were being honored with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in Washington, DC. The band covered John’s “Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding” during the event, which aired on PBS. If you missed it, the group have since…
Kelly Clarkson recently performed a live cover of Metallica’s “Sad But True” on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” You can see footage of that below:
Yesterday (May 4), Nita Strauss (Alice Cooper, etc.) officially married her longtime boyfriend and manager Josh Villalta at The Hollywood Roosevelt hotel in Los Angeles, CA. Notably, among those in attendance was Disturbed’s David Draiman, who also performed at the event. You can see footage of him singing Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” and Led Zeppelin’s “Whole…
Metallica’s James Hetfield has paid tribute to the late great Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead) by incorporating some of his ashes into a new middle finger tattoo. He said the following about that via Instagram: “With the steady hand of friend and tattoo artist @coreymillertattoo, this tattoo. A salute to my friend and inspiration Mr. Lemmy Kilmister.…
Apocalyptica have premiered a new video for their cover of Metallica’s “The Unforgiven II.” That track is from the band’s new covers album, “Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2,” which will be released on June 7. Cellist Perttu Kivilaakso said the following about the single: “We wanted to balance what we were doing between old and…
The winners have officially been unveiled for this year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards. The ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, CA earlier this evening (April 1) and the rock winners can be found below: Landmark Award: Green Day Rock Artist Of The Year: Foo Fighters Rock Album Of The Year: Metallica –…
According to Deadline, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith are set to make cameos in the “This Is Spinal Tap” sequel. That film is currently in production in New Orleans, LA. The movie is being directed by Rob Reiner and it will find Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer reprising…
During their March 22 show in Orlando, FL, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai performed some live covers of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” and The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me.” You can see fan-filmed footage of that below;
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