USA Today Music — Upcoming hybrid film intersperses live concert footage with a post-apocalyptic narrative. more info

411 Mania — From Nirvana's "Lithium" and Metallica's "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" to Pink Floyd's "Brain Damage," Eminem's "Stan" and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down the top 8 songs about insanity! more info

Metal Injection — Did metal take the week off? I mean, I know it's summer and all but it seems like barely anything happened this week, other than Metallica's big 30th anniversary of their debut album and a few other stories we have posted for you below: 10 ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Businessweek graphs rappers' actual wealth versus their lyrical brags. BuzzFeed lists book cover cliches. Ryan McIlvain explains how to write fiction about Mormons at The Rumpus. Clash shares a primer to the discography of Metallica. Book Riot lists ... more info

Metal Injection — On this day, thirty years ago, July 25, 1983, Metallica's Kill 'Em All was released to an unsuspecting public, not knowing that this band would become the biggest metal band, and one of the all-time best selling musical acts in history. Let... more info

Metalsucks — Photos of James Hetfield raging while listening to the final master of Kill 'Em All for the first time, Lars goofing around, Cliff being Cliff, and more.The post Exclusive: Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Kill ‘Em All With These Very Old Photos o... more info

Metal Injection — Yesterday, everybody was impressed with James Hetfield's curated playlist on Spotify and I guess Spotify were so impressed that they asked Lars to contribute his favorite tunes too. Lars' playlist features heavy classics like Blue Oyster Cu... more info

Consequence of Sound — Irreverent singer does an absurd medley of covers. more info

Metal Injection — James Hetfield has been described to me by people in the know as "strictly a rock guy" and I always wondered what would pop up on the Metallica frontman's playlist. I need wonder no more, as Spotify has released a Jaymz-curated playlist featurin... more info

411 Mania — From Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Metallica's Cliff Burton to Geddy Lee of Rush, Les Claypool and more, the 411 staff ranks their top 5 bassists of all time! more info