Guardian Music — From Marc Bolan to Nico to Buddy Holly, your list of favourite debut releases made for premier readingHow to begin? First impressions are very important. They can be make-or-break, though an artist may be lucky enough to have several cracks at the wh... more info

Metal Injection — Metallica sure are keeping busy these days. Beyond just releasing overpriced board games, the band just wrapped up recording with the legendary Lou Reed for an as-yet-disclosed release. Now, Rick Rubin is saying the band is focusing on recording a pr... more info

Gigwise — Producer Rick Rubin reveals... more info

Metalsucks — What Amazon tells me is called Monopoly — The Classic Edition looks just like what we knew as plain old Monopoly when I was a kid, which makes me feel fucking old. Meanwhile, the current version of plain old Monopoly advertises the inclusion of “... more info

Metal Injection — Hey Parker Brothers, Metallica wasn't enough? Now you have to go and tarnish AC/DC's name too? I guess they are no strangers to licensing. Regardless, there is an AC/DC Monopoly game coming out where "players will buy, sell and trade AC/DC ... more info

NME — Rock legends follow in footsteps of Kiss and Metallica to join the board game elite more info

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