I'll be the first to tell you that the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco, CA is a damn good time. I went there for the first time last year and even documented my time on video. And based on this year's line up it looks I'm going back to the Bay Area this summer. Metallica, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Stevie Wonder, Jack White, Foo Fighters and Beck will… Read More
Ah, Record Store Day. It's Christmas in the Spring for music lovers everywhere. And this April 21st will be no different as thousands of people make their way to their nearest independent record store to fight each other over some exclusive wax. This year has some good stuff in store for your turntable including some releases from Mastodon, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys and many more. Check out the list down below and head to Record… Read More
Metallica has done many things in their day but have never curated and headlined their own two-day festival...until now. Taking place in Atlantic City, New Jersey on June 23rd and 24th at Bader field, the festival will feature 'Tallica headlining both nights and they will be performing both The Black Album and Ride The Lightning in its entirety. The festival will include 22 bands hand selected by the band to perform. The line up is quite… Read More
UK rockers, get ready to do some dancing and some headbanging at Donington Park this year. The line up for the 10th annual Download festival was recently announced and the line up is rather big for fans of hard rock and metal. Headlining this whole shindig are Metallica, Black Sabbath and The Prodigy. You've also got Chase & Status, Biffy Clyro and Soundgarden providing support (even though I think Soundgarden should be a headliner but that's just me.) Other bands… Read More
Would ya look at that? All those previously unreleased tracks that have been leaking online all week from Metallica? Turns out the band has released them as an EP on iTunes called Beyond Magnetic. The four tracks, "Just A Bullet Away," "Hate Train," "Hell And Back" and "Rebel Of Babylon," will be available for download in the U.S. starting this week in honor of the band's 30th anniversary which they've celebrated this whole week. Of course, since all… Read More
Question: What does one Bay Area band give another Bay Area band for their 30th anniversary? If you're Green Day, you cover the Misfits. Up top, you can check out Billie Joe Armstrong and the crew cover "Hybrid Moments" as a present for Metallica and then launch into a rendition of "Happy Birthday." It should be noted that Armstrong lovingly refers to 'Tallica in the song as "You old ass heavy metal motherfuckers." I'd say that's a pretty spot-on description. Meanwhile, Metallica has… Read More
This really has been a good week for Metallica fans. It seems as if almost everyday another unreleased demo from the band was hitting the web for you to consume...so why stop now? Down below, you can stream yet another previously unreleased Death Magnetic recording called "Rebel Of Babylon" (via Blabbermouth). This is the fourth track to come from Metallica… Read More
They've done it again. For the third time this week, a previously unreleased track from Metallica has hit the internet for all of us to check out. Down below, you can stream the song "Hell And Back" which was also recorded around the time the band was working on Death Magnetic along with "Hate Train" and "Just… Read More
