Kerrang! — Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich sold a painting by the late Jean-Michel Basquiat for $13.5 million (£9.12 million) at an auction in New York on November 12. The painting, Untitled (Boxer) exceeded the pre-auction estimate of $12 million at Christi... more info

BBC News - UK — A painting of a boxer by Jean-Michel Basquiat - owned by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich - is sold at auction for $13.5m (£9.12m). more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Potent QuotablesSpinner.com: "He's followed him around and annoyed him, trying to capture some of [his] rock-star-ness." --James Hetfield Metallica's frontman dissed drummer Lars Ulrich's admiration of Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose. N... more info

Yahoo! Music — AP - The drummer for Metallica has snapped up a Jean Michel-Basquiat painting for $14 million at an auction in New York City. more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Official Metallica.com footage of METALLICA performing the song "Broken, Beat & Scarred" on November 3, 2008 at Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah can be viewed below. more info

Metalsucks — Billboard reports that Down aren’t even close to being done with their current touring cycle on last year’s Down III: Over the Under. The band is currently on the road in Europe supporting Metallica and headlining off-dates, from where ... more info

ContactMusic — METALLICA frontman JAMES HETFIELD is counting the ways his rock 'n roll lifestyle has taken its toll on his body. The vocalist, 45, has racked up an impressive array ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Jimmy HubbardGood news and bad news from Mastodon today. The bad, via their website: "Bill Kelliher [first from the left in the photo there -- Ed.], guitarist with Mastodon, has been hospitalized in London as of November 3, during the band's... more info

MTV.co.uk News — The rock legends have a second track from their latest album coming your way... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Miller/Getty James Hetfield was famously burned by faulty pyro in Montreal in 1992, but those aren’t his only scars. “I think at one point we did a body scan and put it in our fan-club magazine, highlighting my broken wrist, broken ribs, t... more info