L.A. Times - Entertainment — The heavy metal band made it official with a post on their website, revealing the nature of their new album with the proto-punk legend. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Lou Reed, Metallica working on new album together more info

ContactMusic — Heavy rockers Metallica have recorded an album with music veteran Lou Reed. The band performed with the Perfect Day hitmaker during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary concerts in New York City in 2009, and the collaboration prompted them... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "A few months ago our own Kirk Hammett hinted at a new Metallica project that's "not really 100 percent a Metallica record." While Kirk may have jumped the gun a little (and has since been properly punished with a series... more info

Metalsucks — I haven’t yet done the research, but as of this writing my hypothesis on the Velvet Underground is that the vaunted ’60s art-rock act is one of America’s earliest hipster bands, kinda faux-daring (drugs) and pseudo-cutting edge (violinist) but ... more info

Metal Injection — Talk about a meeting of the minds. In a collaboration that could either be really great, or really terrible (or just literally the sum of their parts), Metallica announced on their official site that they have just wrapped recording sessions with the... more info

Stereogum — Metallica helped Reed perform “Sweet Jane” and “White Light/ White Heat” in October 2009 at the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame concert in NYC. It worked, so the thrash icons and VU legend got together to record an album of Reed’s... more info

The Independent — Metallica have recorded an album with Lou Reed. more info

The Quietus — Grumpy men unite! more info

ContactMusic — Metallica have recorded an album with Lou Reed. The unlikely pairing of the metal band and the avant-garde former Velvet Underground frontman has resulted in a ten track disc which Lou describes as "a marriage made in heaven. "The album was rec... more info