Metallica confirmed for Rock In Rio
The band will play for the third time in a row at Rock In Rio, which will take place on the 18th, 19th, 20th, 24th, 25th, 26th…
Video of Metallica's performance at a company party
Check out Welcome Home (Sanitarium)! Metallica released today the official footage of their performance of Welcome Home (Sanitarium) at the…
Metallica plays at company party
Hammett is a neighbor of an executive. Metallica played a show at a party for Salesforce.com, a cloud services and applications provider. The band got involved with the company… Continue Reading →
Fan starts petition for Metallica to play at the Super Bowl
A Metallica fan from Delaware has started an online petition to get the band to…
The best bands with over 30 years of career
Few genres manage to keep their biggest names performing and releasing new albums for very long. Let alone…
The best songs based on books
J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpieces alone ("Lord of the Rings," "The Silmarillion," and "The Hobbit") would be enough to fill this Top 11. After all, besides Elvenpath... Continue Reading →
The most beautiful album covers
Despite vinyl records becoming more of a collector's item and physical CDs themselves being..
Metallica introduces and kicks off hockey game
The band introduces the San Jose Sharks. Metallica was present at the San Jose Sharks hockey game against LA…
Big Four music video made like an 8-bit video game
Check out the video! The website Loudwire, in partnership with the video production company Filthy Frackers, created a clip of the Big Four as an 8-bit video game. Check it out below: Read… Continue Reading →
Metallica releases photo of band in studio
The photo was posted on Metallica's official Instagram account. The band posted a picture of bassist Robert Trujillo working…
The best songs to listen to during the End of the World
Armageddon. End of the World. Apocalypse. The theme is recurring and present in many Rock and Heavy Metal songs…
Musicians re-record “St. Anger” in its entirety
Listen to the new version. Musicians Daryl G and Chris D (from the band Grace The Skies) and Dave C (from the band Adust) re-recorded and re-produced the album “St.… Continue Reading →
The best songs to open an album
Since the collection of Heavy Metal albums and songs is inexhaustible, this is yet another one of those lists…
#211 – Bass players on Wikimetal
This week we kick off the fifth season of Wikimetal episodes with a special about bass players! We talk about bands that made history…
The albums we most want to see released in 2015
New year, and with it, renewed expectations! And in the world of Wikimetal, one of the biggest expectations is the incredible list of bands that have already announced (or at least… Continue Reading →
#210 – New Year on Wikimetal
To close out the year in style, in this episode we continue playing the biggest hits of the year, bringing you the second…
The best shows of 2014
Continuing our year-end retrospectives that we usually do throughout December, now it's time to remember…
#208 – Rock and Metal Music in Film
This week we decided to do a type of episode we haven't done in a while. We're bringing you a themed episode, to talk about the heavy rock songs that have marked cinema. Rolling… Continue Reading →
The best songs of 2014
It was only when we started discussing this list of the best songs of 2014 that we realized…
#207 – Kirk Hammett, Metallica on Wikimetal
And METALLICA makes another appearance on our podcast! We bring you an interview with the legendary guitarist Kirk Hammett!
The best Thrash Metal anthems
It would be much easier, faster, and more convenient to make a list of 500 Thrash Metal anthems, instead of just 11, since we wouldn't have to torture ourselves... Continue Reading →
Perfect albums from beginning to end
When making this list, the temptation was enormous to include only albums by Iron Maiden, or Metallica, or…
Metallica will release deluxe editions of "Kill 'Em All" and "Ride The Lightning"
The band is asking fans for help. Metallica has announced that it will release deluxe editions of its first two albums, "Kill 'Em All"..
Scott Ian says Metallica wanted to fire Lars Ulrich
The Anthrax guitarist, Scott Ian, confirmed rumors that Metallica intended to fire their drummer Lars Ulrich after the 1986 tour. The story… Continue Reading →
The best songs that tell stories.
In Rock and Metal, we find songs that are veritable narratives. Whether they are stories based on events such as wars, books, or…
The best live albums
The definition of what constitutes a live album undoubtedly doesn't capture the emotional weight some..
The best choruses
The device of using a refrain appears in the most ancient musical forms throughout the world, in both popular and secular music as well as religious and classical music. And good music… Continue Reading →
Metallica will release 27 live albums.
The band will make tickets available for purchase on their official website. Metallica announced on their official website that to celebrate 10 years of live performances…
The best rock and metal music appearances in movies.
I think all of us who love Rock and Heavy Metal have had the strange, yet rewarding experience of being surprised…
Metallica enters the 2015 record book
Metallica is the first band to play on every continent. They received the honor of being included in the 2015 Guinness Book of Records. The band received the nomination… Continue Reading →