On March 14, 1982 Metallica played their very first show and, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of this historic event, the band shared photos of a promotional flyer from that gig alongside a ...

There aren’t enough superlatives in the world to properly describe Metallica. After forming as one of the first names in thrash, they released the most chart-dominating album heavy metal’s ever been ...

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Metal Massacre, Metal Blade Records is reissuing the widely influential 1982 compilation that featured tracks from local Los Angeles groups, including a then ...

Cliff Burton required months of persuading before he finally agreed to take a chance on Metallica. Still, all parties instantly knew they'd unlocked monstrous new potential when the bell-bottomed ...

This year we decided to celebrate Record Store Day with our friends at independent retail by taking a huge leap back in time to our humble beginnings with that little rectangle of plastic known as the ...

October is the month of Metallica. Why? Because it was the month they were founded. October 28th, 1981 to be exact—five months after the official meeting of Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield. Sure, ...

Back in June 1982, one of history's seminal heavy-metal compilation albums, Metal Massacre, came out. That record spawned a franchise that's extended to more than a dozen volumes and launched a record ...

One wouldn’t usually associate Metallica, the gritty, workmanlike forefathers of thrash, with Ratt, the epitome of ’80s sunset strip glam metal excess. But wouldn ...

Ron McGovney has some things to share with you. Before Metallica had bassist Cliff Burton, they had Ron McGovney. McGovney joined Metallica in 1982 and recorded a handful of demos with the band before ...

If Metallica fans didn’t know Old Bridge played a role in the band’s rise to stardom in the early ’80s, they do now. Sixty thousand fans got an earful of Old Bridge’s heavy metal legacy at Metallica’s ...