Starr's first Metallica show was in 1989. His second was in 2019, and involved two of the most iconic Les Pauls of all time, and it was the day he learned Hetfield sounds the same through a Princeton ...

Their signature sound, often credited to founding member and frontman James Hetfield, can be boiled down to stereotypes ... from the aggression captured in his guitar tone to the subtle, progressive ...

TAMPA — Metallica’s record-breaking “M72 World Tour,” now in its third year, will visit the Tampa Bay area for two upcoming performances. Concerts will take place on Friday, June 6, 6 p.m.; and on ...

As you might have heard — and I’m not sure there’s any way you couldn’t have, literally, if you were anywhere in the vicinity of uptown — Metallica dropped by Bank of America Stadium in ...

Enter Metallica. The reigning kings of thrash made their long-awaited return Friday, delivering a relentless sonic boom to a ...

Here's nine of the best and most memorable nu-metal guitar solos and leads, chosen by Tetrarch's Diamond Rowe. Now, nu-metal may not be regarded as the subgenre with the flashiest, most nimble and ...

Plus interviews with Jake E. Lee, Adam Jones, Creed Bratton from The Office, the guys from Goose, former Jethro Tull man Martin Barre, K.K. Downing, Zakk Wylde, Jerry Cantrell, Tom Morello, Lzzy Hale, ...

Back in the early 1980s, if you were picking up a guitar with dreams of making it big in metal, there was one clear path: ...

then, you're deep in the [shot] clock, and by the time I turn around, I have another big on me," he began, discussing one of his signature plays ... segment by thanking James and Nash, adding ...

In short, it was Elton John at his very stripped-back best and, in many ways, the antithesis of Metallica. But Hetfield’s love for the track highlights a key part of songwriting: melody. While ...