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

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411 Mania — News and thoughts on Kanye West taking a hotel staff to a concert, Radiohead announcing their US tour, Kurt Loder sounding off on Michael Jackson, Drake talking about album leaks, Darren Aronofsky directing a music video for Lou Reed and Metallica, J... more info

Metalsucks — That sound you hear is the echo of corks popping off the champagne bottles at Dave Mustaine’s house; for the first time ever (?), a Megadeth record outsold a Metallica record in its debut week. It’s not a proper Metallica album, and what it is is... more info

Metal Injection — This is Lou Reed/Metallica two-in-one post. First off, the band performed on Later… with Jools Holland yesterday, and if you are really into torturing yourself, or staring at train wrecks that you can't look away from, then this clip is for yo... more info

Stereogum — On the latest episode of Jools Holland, the legendary bad-idea tandem of Lou Reed and Metallica came through, and the styles clash at the heart of their ill-advised collaboration only deepens when you actually see all these guys onstage together. For... more info

NME - The Video Blog — So between all the "I am the table" jokes and the death threats Lou Reed's been receiving for contaminating Metallica, it's pretty clear that most of you aren't all that keen on 'Lulu', that bizarre collab between Lou Reed and Metallica. In case yo... more info