Pitchfork — Tennessee's Bonnaroo Festival is obviously a big deal, and its organizers are probably better at scoring the biggest names than any other festival organizers in these United States. Last year, for instance, they landed Metallica and Kanye West and P... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Eric M. Townsend, word by Black Bubblegum Metallica played three NYC area shows in a row this past weekend, the final stops on their Death Magnetic US tour including Nassau Coliseum on 1/29 and a two night stay... more info

Perez Hilton — Spotted: Ryan Gosling's ex-girlfriend, Rachel McAdams, with her new boyfriend, Josh Lucas, Salma Hayek's ex, at the Metallica concert at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Saturday night. They were quite kissy and cuddly in public. Awww! more info

Guardian Music — As a teenager, Joe "Kentucky" Zaccone used to enjoy videos of Texas heavy-metal band Pantera. What struck him, however, wasn't really the band but the roadies he saw backstage: "I just saw the way the crew interacted with the band and got interested.... more info

New York Times — For more than two hours on Thursday at the Nassau Coliseum, Metallica and their fans gladly imagined the band as it once was — punishing, technically astonishing, relentless. more info

Rolling Stone — Our favorite headline of the year also spawned our favorite comment of the week, as “Massachusetts Cop Reportedly Urinates On Metallica Fan At Concert” brought out the best and the worst of our loquacious readership. While many debated whether or... more info

Kerrang! — Even tough their latest album, Death Magnetic, was only released last September Metallica have begun work on the follow-up. "We're already jamming on new ideas and new riffs," bassist Robert Trujillo told LiveDaily.com. "That's one of the things wi... more info

Metalsucks — When the track list for the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica video game was announced a week or two back, we were flooded with e-mails asking us to post about it. But why should we? The tracklist is solid - certainly way better than I thought it would... more info

The Newsroom — This week marks the 51st Annual Grammy Awards and we're celebrating some of our favorite nominees including Metallica. Check out the video THE DAY THAT NEVER COMES then see them at the Grammys on February 8. more info

Pitchfork — On Monday, Atlanta underground metal kingpins Mastodon revealed the cover to fourth album Crack the Skye via an email blast sent out to everyone on their mailing list, and holy shit this thing is awesome. While it might not quite equal the world-cru... more info