The 1980s are widely regarded as the golden era of heavy metal. That decade produced iconic songs by Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, Iron ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Metallica maintains a near-perfect presence on the Billboard charts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But they were never going to abandon their roots; the goal was always to push themselves and indeed, the entire genre, forward.

Which is the better Metallica album — Master of Puppets of the band's self-titled 'Black Album'? Oh yes, we actually went there. In this week's Chuck's Fight Club on the Loudwire Nights radio show ...

But it was Metallica’s third album, once again produced by Flemming Rasmussen and their first for Elektra Records, that took things in a new direction and helped them break them out worldwide. And the ...

One of the most iconic thrash metal songs ever written finally surpassed one billion streams on Spotify, as Metallica‘s “Master of Puppets” joins Spotify’s Billions Club, an elite group songs that ...

The 10-year-old YouTube guitar sensation Maya Neelakantan has been gaining fans right and left in the music industry, and apparently Metallica are on board as they granted permission for Maya to ...

When you get as big as Metallica, it’s easy to forget the little venues. You’re so used to traveling the world and playing massive fucking football stadiums that intimate crowds in the hundreds seem ...

Each week in The Vinyl Vault, Ozarks First’s Parker Padgett and Tony Nguyen dive into a featured album, highlight standout tracks and explore what makes it truly unique. The vinyl of the week this ...

Why Metallica still connects with young fans decades later ...

Not only is the pint-sized shredder a talented rock guitarist, but she also managed to incorporate elements of traditional Indian music into her cover. Specifically, a segment of the song was played ...

Jack Butcher and Emma Torres were at a Metallica show in Prague when they locked eyes and since then they have seen the band ...