Metallica headlining and curating two-day festival
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
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
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
Metallica, Black Sabbath, The Prodigy headlining Download festival
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
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
RiO!B episode – December 13, 2011
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011Metallica releases Beyond Magnetic EP
Monday, December 12th, 2011
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
Watch: Green Day cover The Misfits’ “Hybrid Moments” for Metallica
Sunday, December 11th, 2011Question: 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
Listen: Metallica – “Rebel Of Babylon”
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
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
Listen: Metallica – “Hell And Back”
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
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
RiO!B episode – December 8, 2011
Thursday, December 8th, 2011Listen: Metallica – “Just A Bullet Away”
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Twice in one week. Metallica is really enjoying their 30th anniversary celebration...or just really trying to help us forget about Lulu.
Earlier this week, Metallica released the previously unreleased track, "Hate Train," which was recorded during the Death Magnetic sessions. Well now we've got another previously unreleased track, via Blabbermouth,… Read More


