Tag: metallica

Dear Dio who art in Heaven, how afraid should we be?

This week’s top stories and accompanying playlist includes Dream Theater, Testament, Suicide Silence, Down, Motörhead Megadeth, and more.

Dream Theater and Metallica made big splashes with debuts this week but neither could grab the top spot of the Neilstein power rankings.

The riffologist talks about the band’s new DVD, working with two of the burliest-and-baddest dudes in metal, and the band’s history — including the last eight years with most of its classic lineup intact, plus stints from all three Slayer drummers over the ages.

We asked you what the craziest thing was that ever happened to you at a Metallica concert… and you told us some pretty crazy things!

Yee-haw.

In related news, Kirk Hammett has never heard Master of Puppets.

Plus: a pretty decent opening weekend.

And gives the band some good old fashioned joshing.

Interesting, if not exactly shocking, news.

Metallica’s big concert movie soundtrack comes out today. So does a live release from a related band. One guess.

We’re giving away some Through the Never swag.

This week’s top stories and playlist include Metallica, Protest the Hero, Toxic Holocaust, and more.

What’s the best of the best-ofs?

And we finally get to see some clips from the film’s narrative plotline.

Guaranteed to keep you warmer than a bear hug from James Hetfield himself.

Making the electric chair from the cover of Ride the Lightning come to life.

Story of rebel genre artist = blockbuster movie. So what’s metal’s ‘Walk The Line,’ ‘The Doors’ and ‘Amadeus’?

Good artists borrow. Great artists steal. Sad but true.

And he’s surprisingly cool about it.