ContactMusic — Metallica will play four shows to celebrate their 30th anniversary. The 'Enter Sandman ' rockers are set to play a quartet of shows for fan club members only on December 5, 7, 9, and 10 at the historic Fillmore Auditorium in their hometown of San Fra... more info

NME — Drummer says he understands why some people have doubts about their 2003 comeback record more info

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ContactMusic — Metallica frontman James Hetfield has resolved a longrunning dispute with Californian authorities over his decision to block off a hiking trail which cuts through his land. The Enter Sandman rocker erected a metal fence on his estate in Marin County,... more info

Pop Candy — Now, even though I'm no metal expert, I still thought I'd seen most of the metal-themed movies out there, from Spinal Tap to Metallica: Some ... more info

Metal Injection — Metal Injection sent roving reporter Chloe Scannapieco to Sonisphere UK last weekend, and she came back full of great memories of seeing Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Mastodon, In Flames, Slipknot, Volbeat, and others. We asked Chloe to write... more info

Guardian Music — Rock fans gather at Knebworth for the 2011 Sonisphere festival, whose highlights included Metallica, Biffy Clyro and SlipknotAlicia CanterKen Macfarlane more info

Metal Injection — Meet Viktoriya Yermolyeva, otherwise known as "Vika", an international award winning classical pianist turned metal piano shredder. This Ukrainian native has always been a complete artist with her instrument to say the least, but these days she likes... more info

Metalsucks — Bill Bailey is a British comedian with whom I’m not familiar… in fact, the first thing I thought when reader Charles Farmer sent us a link to the below video was that the video was going to be Axl Rose-related (Rose’s real name is William Baile... more info

Guardian Music — Knebworth Park, HertfordshireThrash metal's "big four" – Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax – defined the genre in the 80s, putting out records of frightening pace, bruising power and lyrics that focused on alienation, death and fear. Their ... more info