ContactMusic — Lars Ulrich has heaped praise on a disabled fan who made a movie about his attempts to meet Metallica calling the documentary deeply moving Rock devotee Tom Spicer - who suffers from Fragile X syndrome a condition which causes intellectual disabiliti... more info

411 Mania — With Metallica, Black Sabbath and more… more info

Guardian Music — Worth your time, as well as your cash, this is a film with rare honesty and nuanceWorth your time, as well as your cash (profits go to Mencap), Mission to Lars chronicles Kate and Will Spicer's road trip round America with their brother, Tom, in purs... more info

Guardian Music — Metallica headline Download festival this weekend, playing their classic Black album in its entirety – and to mark the occasion, here's a classic interview with James Hetfield by Steven Wells, taken from Rock's Backpages, the world's leading archiv... more info

ContactMusic — Metallica think Arctic Monkeys are a heavy metal band disguised as an indie band The Enter Sandman group have signed the British rockers to appear at their Orion festival in the US and while some think they are a weird choice to play alongside... more info

Metalsucks — Reader Shane Gillis sent this in. I don’t really have anything to say about it, but… maybe it’ll give you some giggles? -AR more info

Metal Injection — Fuck yes! Right after their appearance at Metallica's "Orion Music & More Festival" on June 23, The Sword will be hitting the studio two days later to work on their next album, titled Apocryphon. Produced by J. Robbins (Clutch), this will be t... more info

Metal Injection — Slayer's Dave Lombardo is out doing a ton of press for his side project Philm, and naturally talk of Slayer and the Big 4 always comes out. Here's a recent question he was asked by Greece's Metal Path: So how has been touring with "Big... more info

Guardian Music — Going to Download this weekend? Here's our guide to the festival and how you can get involvedDownload festival celebrates its 10th year this weekend, with headliners the Prodigy, Metallica and Black Sabbath performing alongside around 130 other acts,... more info

Chorus.fm — Legendary mastering engineer George Marino (http://sterling-sound.com/engineers/george-marino/) passed away today after a battle with lung cancer. Highlights of his career include Metallica's black album, Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction, Stev... more info