Ars TechnicaMetallica Shred At 'Secret' Show; Asher Roth Jokes: SXSW '09MTV.comBy James Montgomery AUSTIN, Texas - These Volsung dudes could be huge some day. They sound exactly like Metallica. Sorry, that was a bit of a South by Southwest in-joke.SX... more info

Invading South By Southwest, Metallica attempted to pose as one of the hundreds of smaller bands there just hoping to get a record ... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) "Surprise," Metallica [ tickets ] frontman James Hetfield said jokingly to an overflowing crowd that had waited hours to see the biggest metal band in the world play the backyard stage of a barbecue joint in Austin.... continued more info

Rolling Stone — A week before James Hetfield and Co. are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the metal icons’ Guitar Hero: Metallica video game hits stores, on March 29th. The new addition to the GH franchise boasts 28 controller-shredding songs taken fr... more info

Perfect Porridge — The world premiere of Metallica: In Their Own Words is this coming Monday, March 30th at 9pm/8c on FUSE. @ Yahoo! Video Is it just me, or does James Hetfield look like an aging grandpa in this clip? He’ll be 46 in August. Wow. more info

ContactMusic — METALLICA surprised their fans with a secret gig at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas on Friday night (20Mar09). The rockers played a 13-song set as part of ... more info

MTV.com News — Metal legends rip through not-so-secret South by Southwest gig.By James Montgomery Metallica performs at South by Southwest Photo: MTV News AUSTIN, Texas — These Volsung dudes could be huge some day. They sound exactly like Metallica. ... more info

Rolling Stone — “Surprise, surprise — you’re all surprised, right?” singer-guitarist James Hetfield cracked in his sea-captain’s growl, leering at the heaving crowd two songs into Metallica’s poorly-kept-secret SXSW show, March 20th at Stubb’s. “Than... more info

411 Mania — I have a particular affection for the 'greatest heavy metal band on the planet.' From opening my eyes to the power of the riff, through an unmatched back catalogue, to the best gigs I've ever seen, let me tell you why. more info

USA Today Music — Invading South By Southwest, Metallica attempted to pose as one of the hundreds of smaller bands there just hoping to get a record ... more info