Big Apple Music Scene — As one Redditor snarked, Metallica on a tiny screen is way better than Metallica live. More » Post from: Crushable more info

NME — Black Sabbath join Metallica as the second headliner of the metal bash more info

Pop Candy — Greetings on this Friday! I wish I could say I'm in tip-top shape, but I have a horrible backache after getting a tetanus shot yesterday. more info

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Guardian Music — Heavy metal supergroup said it would perform the album in full to celebrate the the Donington park festival's tenth anniversaryHeavy metal supergroup Metallica will perform their best-selling 'Black' album in its entirety at next year's Download fest... more info

Guardian Music — (Cherry Red)Seminal is a dangerous term for band because, fundamentally, it ends up meaning your whole shtick is so regulated and predictable you might as well be dead. So it is with the Fall, whose 317th studio album, or whatever it is, has absolute... more info

Metal Injection — Metallica were just announced as the first headliners of Donnigton, UK's Download Festival 2012. The band will be headlining the Saturday night of the festival and playing the seminal self-titled album, more commonly referred to as the Black Alb... more info

NME — Donington Park event confirms its first bill topper for next June more info

ContactMusic — Rihanna has sampled Metallica on her new album Talk That Talk The Cheers Drink to That hitmaker has sampled some of the guitar riffs from the heavy rockers Wherever I May Roam track on Red Lipstick which appears on the deluxe version of... more info

Guardian Music — From Machine Head to Slayer, the editors of Kerrang! have picked the heaviest records everThere's a certain part of metal that gives it its edge; an extra bite that separates it from pop. It can mean enormous riffs, ungodly speed, wrecking-ball groov... more info