Metalsucks — We celebrate the legendary album's release with a day-long, track-by-track retrospective. The post Today: Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Metallica’s Ride the Lightning with MetalSucks! appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

NME — The drummer says he is "addicted" to the Worthy Farm festival more info

Metalsucks — Featuring: Metallica playing a special "by request" set, Slayer, Lamb of God, Protest the Hero, Whitechapel, Overkill, Cynic, Voivod, Death Angel and SO many more bands. The post Contest: Win Tickets to Heavy Montreal 2014! appeared first on MetalSu... more info

NME — An interview given by former Oasis member made drummer give up taking drugs more info

Metalsucks — Nobody wants guitar lessons from Kirk Hammett? SHOCKING! The post Watch Metallica in an Ad for ESPN’s SportsCenter appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Stereogum — Say what you will about Metallica (I’m prone to superlatives, personally), but those dudes have a pretty good sense of humor about themselves (check Lars’ cameo in Get Him To The Greek for evidence of this). Now they’re doing a new promo for Sp... more info

NME — James Hetfield and co played a 'By Request' setlist voted by fans at the Knebworth event more info

Core News — “Now that you’ve finishing throwing the horns and headbanging for Metallica, please emerge from your tent/bed for Glastonbury performance highlights, music news from Matt Everitt, plus stories from some of the event’s unsung heroes. Ever wonder... more info

Metalsucks — On purpose, I mean! Not just from, like, Lars' drumming or whatever. The post Ride the Laughter: Metallica Bring the Yucks to Glastonbury appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Stereogum — Metallica came under some fire before their headlining performance at Glastonbury after some festival fans tried to ban the band from appearing because of James Hetfield’s views on big game hunting. The petition — which came in the form of a now-... more info