NME — Lou Reed says Metallica pushed him to be 'the best I've ever been' more info

Metalsucks — We got like a gajillion e-mails yesterday about The Mini Band, a sextet that consists of four eight year-olds and two ten year-olds who recently covered Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” and Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” And when I ... more info

NME - The Video Blog — This morning's all about the 30 worst cover versions of all time on NME.com - and believe us, there are loads of them out there (most notably that horrendous Nirvana cover Miley Cyrus treated us to). That being said - it's pretty embarrassing when a ... more info

ContactMusic — The original line-up of seminal punkheavy metal band English Dogs has reformed to tour its groundbreaking 1985 album Forward Into Battle The cult indie acts mid-80s release has often been named a major influence on bands like Metallica and Sepultura ... more info

Metal Injection — We've already made up our mind about this Lulu collaboration, and it'll probably suck. James Hetfield is possibly aware that Metallica fans won't be too into it, so he spoke in a recent interview stating that this isn't a Metallic... more info

Metalsucks — I’m officially making the switch from the Top Hard Music chart to the Current Hard Music chart for the purposes of this column. While it’s interesting to see what classic Metallica and Aerosmith albums are charting and I still may occasionally re... more info

Stereogum — Metallica officially formed in October 1981, a little while after James Hetfield answered an ad that Lars Ulrich placed in a classifieds-only newspaper in L.A. That means the band turns 30 this month. For at least half of that time, the band has been... more info

411 Mania — From Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal," Metallica's "One" and Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" to A-Ha's "Take On Me," Madonna's "Like a Prayer," The Cure's "Lovesong" and more, the 411 staff ranks their top 5 songs from the 1980s! Check out the full art... more info

Totally Fuzzy — No, not for the Copacabana! Or Barry Manilow! Duh! We got a whole line-up of full shows from last month's Rock In Rio for you on our video site... most of them in HD... grabbed from TV and in far better quality than the pretty lame and substandard ... more info

ContactMusic — Former Ramones star Christopher Ward has revealed he twice turned down the chance to replace bassist Jason Newsted in Metallica The rocker aka C J Ramone admits he was honoured to be asked but family issues forced him to turn the gig down He tell... more info