The news surrounding the 30th anniversary of Metallica 's Black Album just keeps coming! In addition to a brand new documentary, a collaboration with Vans , a book , and the epic album Blacklist – featuring names like Volbeat , Biffy Clyro , Weezer , St. Vincent , Miley Cyrus , and others – Metallica has now announced the launch of an official band podcast.

The podcast will tell stories about the Black Album and will have eight episodes. In the trailer posted on social media, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield , and Kirk Hammett recount and give their opinions on the history of one of the greatest heavy metal albums of all time.

In the teaser, Lars describes the album as “the right combination of songs, the right combination of producer with the right combination of desire, tenacity and line of ideas”. James talks about the power and appeal of “Enter Sandman” in bringing more fans into the Metallica family: “As long as you get hooked, it’s great”.

More details about the podcast, such as the release date, should be announced soon. Stay tuned here!

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A music journalist since 2016, she was an editor at Wikimetal, where she combined her two great passions: music and writing. She believes that heavy music deserves to be everywhere and strives to make that a reality. Slipknot, Evanescence, and Bring Me The Horizon are essential to her playlist.