The post Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Indulges Classical and Prog Tendencies on His Excellent Debut Solo EP Portals: Review appeared first on Consequence. No, this isn’t Kirk’s foray into becoming a ...

The grand sounds of Metallica lend themselves well to the classical format, as is evidenced by Apocalyptica, a Finnish symphonic metal band known for their orchestral covers of Metallica’s songs.

“He used to carry around an acoustic classical guitar that he detuned so that he could bend the strings. Anyway, when he would play that riff, I would think, ‘That’s such a weird, atonal riff that isn ...

Blackened was created by Metallica along with the late Dave Pickerell, a master distiller, blender, and whiskey consultant who was involved with the creation of many other notable brands and ...

Metallica can't do anything normally anymore. The band put out a concert film that was also a sci-fi doom story — whose soundtrack has been nominated for a Grammy. It played a goddamn headphone ...

In December of 209, Black the Sky was on stage at the Knitting Factory opening for Hell’s Belles, an immensely popular all-female AC/DC cover band. They played one cover song in a set of originals: ...

On Saturday, April 15—National American Sign Language (ASL) Day—Metallica announced that they will release ASL interpretations of every single music video for their new album, 72 Seasons. In an ...

Classical Blast will bring its signature fusion of rock and holiday music to the Raue Center for the Arts with Dark Side of the Yule on Saturday, December 13, 2025, at 7 p.m.

Does Larch Ulrich read online comments about new Metallica music? He sure does! But he has a strategy in approaching these comments so he's not just endlessly scrolling and driving himself mad.

In 1989, when Metallica released their daring music video for “One,” two things happened. First, heavy metal had officially emerged from the underground, and second, the glam metal and hard rock bands ...