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TOLUCA, MEXICO – DECEMBER 04: Dave Mustaine, leader of Megadeth band, performing as part of day 3 of the Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2022 at Foro Pegaso on December 4, 2022 in Toluca, Mexico. (Photo by Medios y Media/Getty Images) Dave Mustaine Says He’s Received a Lot of Positive Feedback About Megadeth’s Cover of Metallica’s ‘Ride the Lightning’
For their final, self-titled album, Megadeth covered Metallica’s “Ride the Lightning,” on which Dave Mustaine has a co-writing credit.
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Elsie Roymans/Getty Images Dave Mustaine Pitched a Megadeth and Metallica Tour and Then Still Kinda Shaded Them: ‘They Don’t Really Tour Like We Do’
Dave Mustaine is open to the idea of playing alongside Metallica, but he also seemed to lambast them for playing fewer shows than his band.
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Elsie Roymans/Getty Images Dave Mustaine Reveals the Surprising Way His Metallica Audition Panned Out: ‘I Didn’t Know What Was Gonna Happen’
Dave Mustaine recalls auditioning for Metallica back in the early 80s, noting that at the time, he didn’t even have standard metal gear.
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN – NOVEMBER 12: Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo of Metallica perform at Ford Field on November 12, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images) Metallica Is ‘90 Percent’ Close to Setting Up Las Vegas Sphere Residency for 2027, According to Report
Metallica is close to closing a Vegas Sphere residency deal for 2027, per reports, and a source says the city’s Strip is buzzing about it.
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Venla Shalin/Redferns/Getty Images The Story Behind ‘Most Coveted’ Misfits Single, Recently Sold for Thousands, Along With Metallica and Tool
Among the most expensive vinyl records sold in December, Discogs noted that the Misfits’ “Bullet” 7″ was the highest priced.
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James Hetfield and Kirk Hemmett of Metallica at the Poplar Creek Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, July 13, 1986. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) Chris Robinson Recalls Black Crowes Getting Mercilessly Heckled by Metallica Fans: ‘We Were the Worst Thing They’ve Ever Seen’
While opening for Metallica in the early 90s, Chris Robinson says that metal fans threw “tennis shoes and golf balls” at The Black Crowes.
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Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images System of a Down Guitarist Daron Malakian Recalls Filling In for Metallica’s James Hetfield: ‘I Didn’t Even Know It Was Gonna Happen’
System of a Down’s Daron Malakian briefly played guitar for Metallica in the early 2000s when James Hetfield got into a jet ski accident.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO – APRIL 24: (L-R) James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica perform at Rogers Centre on April 24, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Jeremychanphotography/Getty Images) Celebrate the Holidays With Metallica Frontman James Hetfield Reciting This Classic Christmas Poem
Metallica has delivered an early holiday gift to fans in the form of frontman James Hetfield reciting “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.”
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN – NOVEMBER 12: Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo of Metallica perform at Ford Field on November 12, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images) Metallica Drummer Lars Ulrich Thought the Metal Scene Was Mostly ‘Crap,’ but These Two Bands Made It ‘Interesting’
Metallica’s Lars Ulrich wasn’t a fan of “regurgitated” metal bands in the early 90s, but there were a few that he thought were “pretty cool.”
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Slayer’s Kerry King and Tom Araya Never Liked Thrash or Speed Metal Bands ‘Trying to Be Like Us or Metallica’
In a throwback interview from the late 80s, Kerry King and Tom Araya said they only listen to speed metal bands “if they’re original.”
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN – NOVEMBER 12: Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo of Metallica perform at Ford Field on November 12, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images) Metallica Fans Slapped With Lifetime Stadium Bans After ‘Incredibly Stupid’ Concert Stunt
Two Metallica fans are banned from Perth’s Optus Stadium after being arrested for climbing a speaker tower during the band’s concert.
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Beavis and Butt-head (Credit: Paramount+/MTV) ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ and ‘South Park’ Have Actually Crossed Over More Than Once
The shows’ characters are already familiar with one another
