ContactMusic — Metallica frontman James Hetfield has launched his own sunglasses line just in time for summer 12 The heavy rocker teamed up with eyewear stylists at Sutro to create his limited-edition sunglasses frame simply called Hetfield The Enter Sandman s... more info

The Newsroom — Embodied by the '80s karaoke party of Rock Of Ages, then wrapped in a bedazzled anarchy-symbol T-shirt and $100 skull bandana, the last lingering shreds of rock 'n' roll "rebellion" have long since been sanitized and repackaged as a Halloween costume... more info

Metalsucks — You’d never know it to listen to Death Magnetic, on which his parts are so bland that Metallica may as well have Newsteded him, but Rob Trujillo is actually a good bass player! And while he seems to have dutifully worked his way up through the lam... more info

Metalsucks — As you well know by now if you read the Metal Webernets, Metallica’s inaugural Orion Music + More festival took place this past weekend in Atlantic City, NJ. For the most part it seems like those who went had a really good time (except for Modest ... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — I have a theory that musical trends always come in twos.  Grunge had Pearl Jam and Nirvana.  Heavy metal had Guns N Roses and Metallica.  Glam metal had Def Leppard and Bon Jovi.  Nu Metal had Limp Bizkit and Korn.  Boy Bands had Backstreet Boys... more info

ContactMusic — Metallicas Lars Ulrich feels hes regressed when it comes to playing drums The sticksman may have been with the band for 30 years but joked he doesnt feel like hes getting better with age When asked about his abilities he told Drum... more info

Prefix — Performing this past weekend at the Metallica curated Orion Festival + More festival in Atlantic City, Modest ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/modest-mouses-isaac-brock-makes-fun-of-metallica-f/66717/ more info

Metalsucks — I wasn’t at Metallica’s Orion Music + More Festival this past weekend, and even I had been, I don’t think I would have gone to see Modest Mouse, because that particular band just ain’t my bag. So I don’t know how the audience reacted to th... more info

Metalsucks — So as my headline clever suggests, word around the campfire is that Metallica are gonna play WWE Summer Slam in August, which is one of that organization’s bigger events. I stopped paying attention to pro wrestling when I was ten years old and dis... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin , words by Andrew Sacher Metallica / A Place to Bury Strangers at Orion Music Fest 6/24/2012 Day 2 (6/24) of Orion Fest kicked off with sets by two different, but both very dark Brooklyn... more info