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“It was a real awkward time”: The story of the abandoned Metallica album

In 2001, Metallica hired an old army barracks in California to try and record album eight. The songs were scrapped when James Hetfield entered rehab, but countless fans still want to hear them finished.

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“Hopefully, everything will go back to normal”: How Korn, Kid Rock and System Of A Down helped Metallica through the three weirdest gigs of their career

With James Hetfield injured, Metallica put Jason Newsted on vocals, covered Cheech & Chong and performed with nu metal’s finest for a trio of bizarre 2000 concerts

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“What Ace Frehley and Joe Perry do isn’t precise, there’s some sloppiness, but they know how to create a wide sound... it’s unlike anyone else”: Low-end veteran Chris Wyse on his Metallica audition and his love of the Gibson Ripper L-9 and Tech 21 SansAmp

With the ability to create seemingly unending deep pockets, Wyse has landed gigs with Ozzy Osbourne, Ace Frehley, Tal Bachman, The Cult, and, most recently, the Hollywood Vampires

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“He just showed up and didn’t sit with us or anything”: The inside story of Jason Newsted’s final Metallica show

Bassist Jason Newsted left Metallica on January 17, 2001. Six weeks earlier, he’d played his last show with the thrash metal titans, where he very literally waved goodbye.

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"My forte, my strength in Metallica, was the live show. That is all that mattered to me, everything else came second." Jason Newsted on what made him such a vital part of Metallica during his time with the band

Metallica's former bassist made sure every single live show counted

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The history of Metallica as told in 10 groundbreaking gigs

From San Francisco clubs to stadiums worldwide, these are the shows that marked the ascent of metal’s biggest band

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James Hetfield on Metallica's new creative era: "I don't want to sit there and create the songs with Lars anymore – I want everyone to be a part of it and be in it"

The frontman is candid about the need for new approaches in an interview with Metallica's fanzine

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10 times metal musicians covered their own songs in other bands

Ozzy Osbourne, Bruce Dickinson and Jason Newsted have all recreated metal classics with all-new lineups around them

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“I tried to write the heaviest thing I could think of”: The track-by-track guide to Metallica’s Black Album

The Black Album catapulted Metallica to number one worldwide and to immortality. Here’s the story behind its every song, from Enter Sandman to The Struggle Within.

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The 11 most amazing onstage team-ups in heavy metal history

Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. Trivium and Slipknot. The entire Big Four. These are the most excellent onstage collaborations we’ve ever seen.

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Every cover song by Metallica, ranked from worst to best

We’ve listed the 40 covers that metal’s biggest band recorded in the studio and released to the public in reverse-order of excellence

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You’ve seen him on The Eras Tour, now watch Taylor Swift bassist Amos Heller get Justice for Jason Newsted in a fierce playthrough of Metallica’s Blackened

In an alternate timeline, maybe Heller swaps one blue-chip stadium act for another and is playing bass for the biggest of the Big Four. On this evidence, he sure has the chops

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“I didn’t realise how much I missed Cliff until I went into rehab”: When Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson interviewed Metallica’s James Hetfield about Some Kind Of Monster and the death of Cliff Burton

James Hetfield admitted to “hazing” ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted and discussed “weeping in the corner in the foetal position” while talking with one of his heavy metal heroes

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A beginner's guide to Metallica in five essential albums

They're the biggest heavy metal band of them all, but if you want to understand Metallica's journey, these are the five records you need to hear

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"You make us play better, man!" – 20 years ago Metallica auditioned a host of bass players to replace Jason Newsted

Pepper Keenan, Scott Reeder, Eric Avery, Danny Lohner, Jeordie White and Chris Wyse were among the hopefuls

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"I'd sweat so much I had to test my basses by dunking them in water!" True story: Jason Newsted sweated so much with Metallica that his basses would short-circuit

“To test each one, I’d fill up a big tub with super hot water, dump in some salt, and submerge the bass”

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The story behind Metallica's 72 Seasons: "We love what we do, and we love each other"

Metallica have gone from being a cult metal band to a commercial juggernaut and a household name. But even with new album 72 Seasons storming charts worldwide they’re still figuring out what it's all about

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St Anger at 20: how Metallica's most maligned album saved their career

Metallica were facing oblivion at the turn of the millennium. 20 years ago today, they'd release the album that'd turn their fortunes around - and go down in infamy

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James Hetfield on Metallica's new creative era: "I don't want to sit there and create the songs with Lars anymore – I want everyone to be a part of it and be in it"

The frontman is candid about the need for new approaches in an interview with Metallica's fanzine

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Jason Newsted lambasts "idiots" who criticise Lars Ulrich's drumming: "they have no idea what they're talking about"

Jason Newsted has leapt to the defence of his former Metallica bandmate Lars

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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett: “With 72 Seasons, I improvised 20, 30 solos, gave them all to Lars and Greg Fidelman, and went, ‘You guys edit them!’”

Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo draw back the curtain on the metal album of the year: the gear shakeups, the Angus Young and Ritchie Blackmore-inspired guitar approach, and the response to critics of Kirk’s improvisational soloing approach

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"With no disrespect to Cliff Burton, I think my picking brought a new tightness to Metallica. Cliff's sound wasn't very defined": An interview with Jason Newsted on the release of The Black Album

From the Bass Player archive: Jason Newsted on picking vs fingers, the gear and technique behind The Black Album and how it feels to fill Cliff Burton's shoes...

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Voivod will release 40th anniversary album Morgöth Tales in July

Former Voivod bassists Jason Newsed and Eric Forrest both feature on Voivod's Morgöth Tales, out in July

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10 completely bonkers guest spots from metal legends on non-metal songs

From Ozzy rapping and Rob Zombie collabing with P Diddy to Serj Tankian teaming with Benny Benassi, these are some appearances from metal icons we were NOT expecting

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Watch Jason Newsted talk about being bullied by Metallica in this rare 1986 video interview with the baby-faced metalheads

In a 1986 interview, Jason Newsted discussed the "abuse" he received from an unapologetic Metallica and their crew due to being the group's "new kid on the block"

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