Topix — METALLICA: From left, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, Robert Trujillo and James Hetfield of Metallica arrive at the 56th annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, in Los Angeles. more info

ContactMusic — Lars Ulrich has illegally downloaded his own Metallica songs to investigate how music piracy works.The band famously sued music download site Napster... more info

ContactMusic — Motorhead, Anthrax and Metallica are among the heavy metal heavyweights paying tribute to late rock icon Ronnie James Dio on a new album.The three... more info

Stereogum — Metallica is the sort of band who overdocuments. For all its fascinating internal dynamics, their Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster documentary was, after all, 141 motherfucking minutes long. A week and a half ago, the band performed a fascinating ince... more info

ContactMusic — Lars Ulrich says Metallica are in no hurry to finish their upcoming album. The metal band have been busy with their feature film 'Through the Never',... more info

NME — Metal giants give progress update on long-awaited new LP more info

Mercury News, California — Kirk Von Hammett's FEAR FestEvil takes place Feb. 7-8 at the Regency in San Francisco. more info

Mercury News, California — Metallica guitarist's inaugural Fear FestEvil, a horror and music festival, runs Feb. 7-8 at Regency Ballroom. more info

NME — The drummer recalls missing out at the awards ceremony in 1989 more info

ContactMusic — Metallica thought losing their first Grammy nomination was ''f***ed up''. The heavy metal act - who performed at the ceremony on Sunday night... more info