Metalsucks — Well, no, not really. The reliably hilarious Cracked sometimes holds these really excellent Photoshop contests; their latest asked readers to create rejected versions of famous album covers. A lot of the entries had nothing to do with metal, but a fe... more info

Metal Injection — Anybody who has sat through the incredibly painful Metallica documentary Some Kind of Monster knows that James Hetfield is a recovering alcoholic. Now, he's decided to take it a step further. In the latest issue of Metallica's fan club maga... more info

The Music Fix — Louder, faster, heavier...and on black wax. more info

Altsounds — Following the hugely successful deluxe edition vinyl re-issues of the first three Metallica albums in early 2008 and “...And Justice For All” and “Metallica” in 2009, Universal are set to release the bands sixth ... more info

The Newsroom — Metallica rocks Israeli stadium more info

411 Mania — The Big Four Live - for one night only! more info

ContactMusic — METALLICA's historic festival hook-up with the rest of the 'Big Four' metal acts, ANTHRAX, MEGADETH and SLAYER, is to be beamed onto cinema screens around the world.The... more info

Altsounds — The “Big Four”, *Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth* and *Anthrax* are bringing their historic European tour to the global stage by beaming the event via satellite to movie theaters around the world in a special HD cinematic event. These... more info

Guardian Music — Thirty years ago Rob Halford led Judas Priest, and heavy metal itself, out of the Midlands and into the bigtime. He tells us where the sound – and the look – came fromPeering from the window at his management company's offices in north London, R... more info

NME — Metal legends get interactive in Portugal more info