Metal Injection — I don't know why I even thought that the Metallica & Lou Reed collaboration would be bearable. I thought Death Magnetic was alright, but I'm not exactly clamoring to listen to it again. For some reason though, I thought the addition of Lou ... more info

Metalsucks — A thirty second sample of “The View,” one of the songs on Metallica and Lou Reed’s upcoming Lulu, is now available for streaming (below). And while it is, of course, horribly unfair to judge an album based on thirty seconds, I am now fully prep... more info

Guardian Music — Twenty years ago an album that wreaked havoc on the conventional music industry was released. Lauren Spencer, who was among the first to hear Nevermind, reminisces with the surviving band members, and returns to Seattle to hear how Kurt Cobain change... more info

Stereogum — Guns N’ Roses headlined the first show I ever saw. This was July 1992 at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC, the first night of their massive co-headlining tour with Metallica. A couple of weeks later, a Montreal show would end in a riot when both bands... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin The concert, or the tour, or the notion, is called the Big Four, and it needs an asterisk. Long ago one of the four became much bigger than the rest. In alphabetical order, Anthrax, Megadeth,... more info

Gigwise — Lars Ulrich admits... more info

NME — Drummer says metal's 'Big 4' have 'grown up and got out of the sandbox' more info

Totally Fuzzy — Today's Live performance, once again living up to our Totally Fuzzy name and policy - in case you hadn't figured out what that means exactly: something like "anything goes around here" would be close enough, anything from Tony Bennett and Me... more info

Stereogum — Last night, the so called “Big Four” of the ’80s thrash-metal boom — that’d be Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax — came together at Yankee Stadium to play only their second-ever U.S. show together, following the one they played in ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Metallica @ Yankee Stadium (photo by patrickecassidy) As Blabbermouth points out:The "Big Four" bands of 1980s thrash metal -- METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX -- played their second-ever U.S. show earlier tonight (Wednesday, September 14) at ... more info