USA Today Music — The Metallica drummer "dabbles" in film for HBO's 'Hemingway & Gellhorn,' premiering Monday. more info

USA Today Music — He's financing a biopic about his hero, the late bass legend Jaco Pastorius. more info

Metal Injection — Yesterday, Metalsucks ran a great article about Metallica that yet again makes me want to throw up. Apparently the most successful metal band can no longer live off of royalties alone anymore. Welcome to the 21st century! I almost feel like starting... more info

Metalsucks — So you think your favorite underground bands are the only ones suffering from the current shitty state of the music industry? Not so! Even fancy rockstars like the dudes in Metallica can’t live off of record royalty checks alone these days. As Kir... more info

411 Mania — I'll take "Things I Never Thought I'd Hear Justin Bieber Say" for $300, Alex… more info

Gigwise — Black Album is an unlikely influence on teen idol more info

Metal Injection — Sometimes it really surprises me how fast the metal news cycle works. On Thursday we posted a story about Metallica's James Hetfield being asked about all this talk of a supergroup being formed with him, Lars Ulrich and Megadeth's Dave Must... more info

Metal Injection — We love talking about Dave Mustaine, and his many loony rants, so much so that we now have a whole section on the blog to talk about it. Now that Mustaine has made peace with his former bandmates in Metallica, he's stopped talking shit about the... more info

Topix — Ask 411 Music 5.10.12: Secret Identities Posted by Ron Martin on 05.10.2012 Was Cliff Burton the best bass player for Metallica? What is the most annoying song of all time? What are the identities of the members of Here Come the Mummies? All this and... more info

411 Mania — Was Cliff Burton the best bass player for Metallica? What is the most annoying song of all time? What are the identities of the members of Here Come the Mummies? All this and more in this week's edition of Ask 411 Music! more info