From the minute they debuted, they have been making hits, and in the last 25 years, Metallica has continued to produce career-defining songs. From their rise, creating 10/10 metal records in the 1980s ...

Written under label pressure, Escape became the one Ride the Lightning song Metallica only played live once.

What do Metallica's band members think is the greatest song of all time? It seems like a simple question, but the mind starts racing with thousands of possibilities. Put on the spot during a recent ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. James Hetfield wrote Fade To Black, Metallica's first ballad, following the theft of his beloved ...

There’s another album with Lou Reed, and more on that in a minute. With so much music and 40 years of groundbreaking work, there are bound to be classic songs hiding in plain sight. The heavy metal ...

“And then he played me the whole Mercyful Fate medley down the phone. He said, ‘What do you think?’ I said, ‘Are you kidding?!’ This was really, really an amazing take on those songs; it just sounded ...