Metalsucks — There’s a pretty legendary story about how a pre-Primus Les Claypool auditioned for Metallica after Cliff Burton died. Of course, the job actually went to Jason Newsted, so we’ll never really know what Claytallica might have sounded like. But we ... more info

NME — Louise Bagshawe MP gets hitched to managerial bigshot Peter Mensch more info

ContactMusic — Metallica have been voted the best rock group of the last 30 years. The 'All Nightmare Long' group topped the poll compiled by British magazine Kerrang! of the most influential groups of the last 30 years, beating My Chemical Romance, Slipknot, Green... more info

ContactMusic — Metallica star James Hetfield has been inducted into the Hall Of Fame at his former high school in California. The guitarist/vocalist was handed the honour by officials at Downey High School on Friday (27May11) - and he's delighted to have been recog... more info

Altsounds — *The Alex Skolnick Trio *returns with their fourth album Veritas on July 30th. Veritas (Latin for “Truth”) is AST's first release on innovative Jazz label Palmetto Records. The 11-track album contains 9 original compositions, a cove... more info

Metal Injection — Ipsissimus are some funny dudes. Last Saturday at a show in Connecticut, bassist and lead vocalist Tichondrius stated proudly: We're gonna play something off our demo because we like to play it. Some of you have it, some of you don't, we d... more info

Guardian Music — With the 'big four' thrash bands all playing sonisphere, Louis Pattison steels himself for a summer of metalHeavy metal is back. Of course, true metalheads would say that it has never been away. Metal isn't a trend that comes and goes – it's sturdy... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — One of the signs that a band or artist is truly unique is if it is impossible to cover their songs and do the material justice.  Artists like Bob Dylan, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Guns N Roses, even the Beastie Boys have such distinct styles ... more info

Metalsucks — Last week we gave away a prize pack from Blackfield, the collaboration between Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) and Israeli superstar Aviv Geffen. Funny story: reader Alejandro Martinez emailed us to say that last week’s photo was of him! That’s A... more info

Metal Injection — The wonderous Cosmo Lee of Invisible Oranges has uncovered some pretty fascinating demos from Metallica, pre-…And Justice For All. These demos were recorded even before Jaymz had the lyrics fully written for tracks, so you just hear him sing the vo... more info