During a recent appearance on “The Fierce Life” podcast, Metallica frontman James Hetfield revealed that he is “a little skeptical” of the COVID-19 vaccines. The vaccines have already been proven to be safe and effective, but the musician’s hesitancy seems to be partially influenced by his Christian Science upbringing. Hetfield said the following when asked…
More bands have been added to the 2021 Aftershock Festival. The event is scheduled to take place at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA on October 7-10 and the updated daily lineups can be found below: October 7: Limp Bizkit, Anthrax, Testament, Exodus, Knocked Loose, Fit For A King, and Oxymorrons. October 8: Metallica, Rancid, Volbeat,…
Kirk Hammett (Metallica) and David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) have contributed music to the upcoming Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) book “The Albatross Man.” Hammett contributed to a cover of “Man Of The World,” while Gilmour contributed to a cover of “Need Your Love So Bad.” The following was said about the book and music: “Legendary Fleetwood…
John Henry (Darkest Hour), Andy Gillion (Mors Principium Est), Killian Duarte (Scale The Summit), and Frank Godla (Meek Is Murder) recently performed a quarantine cover of Metallica’s “Battery” for Metal Injection‘s latest “Slay At Home” event. You can see footage of that below:
Jason Newsted (ex-Metallica) has shared footage of himself performing a cover of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” with his Chophouse Band during a March 2019 show at the Lighthouse ArtCenter in Tequesta, Florida. You can check that out below:
Metallica were a specialist subject during a recent episode of the U.K. quiz show “Mastermind.” GP practice manager Mohan Mudigonda selected the band and had to answer as many questions as he could about them in two minutes. He reportedly scored an 8 out of 10. Here’s the questions that the show used [via Metal…
Metallica’s James Hetfield was among the artists who took part in the virtual benefit event for Little Kids Rock on April 14. The frontman’s pre-recorded video found him discussing the importance music. He said the following: “Music has saved my life daily. It has been a passion of mine since the early, early times. Music…
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett’s Oujia Board guitar is now up for auction via Gotta Have Rock And Roll. According to the product description, Hammett “played and used this guitar on stage frequently” and it “was used extensively for the albums: ‘Load,’ ‘Reload,’ ‘Garage Inc.,’ ‘The Black Album’ and ‘S&M’.” The winning bidder will also receive…
The guitar that Kirk Hammett used in Metallica’s music video for “One” has officially sold following a recent auction that was held through Heritage Auctions. The winning bidder took home the instrument for $112,500. The ONE, the only, Kirk Hammett's "One" guitar! Kirk Hammett's ESP 400 Series Natural Solid Body Electric Guitar – Used in…
It looks like Metallica’s Kirk Hammett is continuing to work on new material. The guitarist simply said the following on Twitter: “working on new riffs…” This news comes after drummer Lars Ulrich previously said that the band are making “glacial” progress on their new album.
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