Metal Injection — Last week we all giggled at the notion of a Metallica Monopoly game, but it's now on sale… for only $42.99. That's only a 200% markup from a regular Monopoly game. In last week's post we were wondering what all the board pieces would... more info

NME — Metallica also say joint project is '90 per cent finished' more info

Guardian Music — Noise-rock pioneers collaborate on project inspired by German playwright in what Reed called a 'marriage made in heaven'Two noise-rock pioneers of different generations have come together in one unlikely collaboration, with Metallica's announcement t... more info

Impose Magazine — If the Wellington Power Corporation had not already irked my ire by damn near surging all my office appliances with their confounded SmartMeter installations, it seemed like this was a week for our sacred cows to tarnish the credibility that we hold ... more info

DrownedInSound — Astonishing news, people. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The heavy metal band made it official with a post on their website, revealing the nature of their new album with the proto-punk legend. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Lou Reed, Metallica working on new album together more info

ContactMusic — Heavy rockers Metallica have recorded an album with music veteran Lou Reed. The band performed with the Perfect Day hitmaker during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary concerts in New York City in 2009, and the collaboration prompted them... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "A few months ago our own Kirk Hammett hinted at a new Metallica project that's "not really 100 percent a Metallica record." While Kirk may have jumped the gun a little (and has since been properly punished with a series... more info

Metalsucks — I haven’t yet done the research, but as of this writing my hypothesis on the Velvet Underground is that the vaunted ’60s art-rock act is one of America’s earliest hipster bands, kinda faux-daring (drugs) and pseudo-cutting edge (violinist) but ... more info