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Metalsucks — Once upon a time, there was a band called Metallica, and they made music that sounded like this: Then they decided to work with the guy who produced this: And thus, The Black Album was born. Clearly, there is only one way to celebrate this momentous ... more info

Popdose — Dave Steed takes a look back at the album that changed the face of metal forever, on its 20th anniversary. more info

Metal Injection — Remember yesterday when we posted that amazing story about Dave Mustaine wanting back in to Metallica? Great stuff. During that same interview, Mustaine was asked if he would ever consider re-hiring long time Megadeth shredder Marty Friedman (who per... more info

ContactMusic — Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine is reaching out to Metallica's James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich with a view to forming the ultimate heavy rock supergroup. Mustaine reveals he's already spoken to the duo about the idea and they're considering it. He ima... more info

Metal Injection — Another week, another great Dave Mustaine quote. Mustaine has been out on the Rockstar Mayhem Fest and has been giving interviews to various outlets all over the country, at least when he's in a good mood. Frank, while conducting interviews for ... more info

Metalsucks — The bad news is that The PreZcotts, a group I have never heard of before and hope to forget within fifteen minutes of publishing this post, have not only recorded a truly horrendous cover of Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters,” but they’ve mad... more info

Metalsucks — AC/DC and Metallica are similar in a lot of ways: their creative heyday is behind them, for example, and they, too, have a massive fan base with enough stupid people who will buy anything with their logo on it to ensure that they will never go hungry... more info

NME - The Video Blog — I’m pretty sure I wasn’t the only person that did a WTF double take on hearing the news that Lou Reed was teaming up with Metallica last month. Whether inspired or doomed or a mixture of the two it was definitely unforseen, and it got us thinking... more info

Metalsucks — The Metallica-themed edition of the board game Monopoly costs more than twice as much as “classic” Monopoly, but the extra cash is totes worth it, ’cause the game comes with pieces that are vaguely related to Metallica, and all the real state h... more info