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UNCOVERED: 2 | History Defined

“Originally, Metallica had a dreadful tape as our intro. Then our manager came up with the idea of replacing it with The Ecstasy Of Gold”: How metal’s biggest band turned a song from a Clint Eastwood movie into the greatest intro music in history

No Metallica show is complete without The Ecstasy Of Gold as its intro tape

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"I had to run out of the control room, and I found myself standing in the kitchen, sobbing away. James came into the kitchen in the same condition: he was sobbing too." The Metallica song that made both James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett cry

One Metallica song above all others had a profound effect on James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett

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“I was a horrible addict… I would rather live than be in your band”: Jason Newsted reveals how addiction struggles contributed to Metallica exit

The veteran bassist says that the metal giants’ refusal to slow down and let him seek help played a part in his 2001 departure

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“These songs are played a lot. They’re often not played well”: Top 10 riffs played in-store at Guitar Center revealed

And Stairway To Heaven is conspicuous by its absence

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"There were nights when everything felt like it might collapse." Inside Thailand's passionate but criminally ignored metal scene, from alley bars to open air festivals

We head inside the Thai metal scene via the country's biggest rock festival, Rock Alarm. Our hosts? Bangkok metalcore crew Defying Decay

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“These songs are played a lot. They’re often not played well”: Guitar Center reveals the 10 most-played guitar riffs in its stores – and no, Stairway to Heaven isn’t one of them

CEO Gabe Dalporto surveyed GC staff to discover the riffs that torment them on a daily basis – but some surprisingly big names don’t get a look-in

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Metallica bassist Jason Newsted reveals cancer battle for first time

Former Metallica star Jason Newsted has opened up about his battle with throat cancer after undergoing treatment a year ago.

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Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted celebrates all clear from throat cancer

Ex-Metallica man Jason Newsted "free and clear" of cancer after intensive treatment

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"God bless America’s judicial system. It proves that even Metallica can get a fair hearing!" How the world's biggest metal band put on a chaotic gig in a car park - and infuriated politicians, a stadium and half a city in the process

As Metallica prepare to reissue 1997’s Reload, we look back on the calamitous free gig that launched the album 29 years ago

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Metallica announce remastered reissue of 1997 album Reload, featuring never-before-heard demos, live recordings and more

The US metal titans gave 1996’s Load a similar treatment last summer

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Ghost’s Tobias Forge, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Judas Priest’s Rob Halford among 50 guests to appear on new album celebrating 50 years of German metal institution Accept

Members of Korn, The Smashing Pumpkins and Scorpions will also be on the 19-song set

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"Every song we came up with was like the greatest thing. Every time we'd write another it was like: 'Oh my god!'" The inside story of Master Of Puppets and the two-year whirlwind that took Metallica to the big time

From an El Cerrito garage to stadiums with Ozzy Osbourne – as told by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and more

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Watch Megadeth play Metallica's Ride The Lightning for the first time

Megadeth gave a debut to Ride The Lightning at the Movistar Arena in Bogota, Colombia

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Every metal album to get to number one in the UK - and the story behind them all

From Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden to Skindred and Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK

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"I honestly wondered if this was the end for Metallica." Rehab, prison and the battle for the future of music: The story of the most divisive album in metal

Metallica almost destroyed themselves making 2003's St. Anger

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“Their first record was very different from the record they made after they met me and the guys in Metallica”: Dave Mustaine on the influence he had on the Big Four of thrash metal

Mustaine makes a compelling argument that he directly inspired the likes of Kerry King and Scott Ian

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"There’s a dead rat hanging in my face, a guy playing a flute and this topless lady belly dancing." Ex-members of Papa Roach, Trivium, Faith No More and Opeth on what it's like being in a major metal band before it blows up

It's a long way to the top, if you play rock'n'roll

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“I could go to a festival in a unicorn outfit and no one would bat an eyelid. Nobody cares”: From teenage rebellion to gatekeeping and mental health, we interviewed a therapist to try and understand how metalheads’ brains work

Why do some people love metal while others hate it? Why do metalheads gatekeep? And does heavy music make us more logical thinkers? We hit a practicing therapist with the big questions.

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“Woodstock ’94 was overwhelming… I was in awe at how many famous people were in one place”: From touring with Aerosmith and Metallica, to filling Geddy Lee’s shoes, they were the ’90s Seattle band that did it all –without taking the grunge tag

Candlebox guitarist Peter Klett owns up to having a big ego in the early days, recalls hitting the road with Rush, and the magical demo session for Far Behind

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"This was something else. I could feel it in every part of me." What it was like seeing metal legends Metallica in their early days, according to fellow thrash veteran and Death Angel frontman Mark Osegueda

Mark knew that Metallica were destined for great things from the very start

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"It felt more punk rock than anything anyone was doing at the time. People were ****ed off at us." How an underground metal band became championed by Metallica and the Stone Roses through one breakout hit

Corrosion Of Conformity might have thought they'd already peaked by 1994. They were very wrong

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"I found out through the Internet that I have AIDS. I learned I was dead." How one final, heartbreaking TV performance marked the end of an era for Alice In Chains - and a swan song for their brilliant but troubled frontman, Layne Staley

30 years ago this week, Alice In Chains played a legendary MTV Unplugged set that has only grown more poignant with time

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“We wrote it on the board as ‘The Loudest Riff Ever Recorded by a Human.’ We had to put the mic four feet away”: Corrosion Of Conformity pushed hard on their new album. And the Bee Gees helped

Pepper Keenan and Woody Weatherman explain how they’ve made the most of their latest lineup, the acoustic guitar that shook them up, and why messing with a Seymour Duncan will make them rich (they hope)

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"I’d have to be careful if I did wear a big, flowing dress onstage… I’d be worried about pyro setting me on fire." Cliff Burton, Wicked and real-life High School Musicals: Five fun minutes with Amaranthe's Elize Ryd

Amaranthe vocalist Elize Ryd harbours a secret love for musicals - and would love to star in Wicked

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“After his funeral, me and my buddy snuck into his house and took the guitar”: Pepper Keenan got his first guitar after a tragic accident

The Down and Corrosion of Conformity guitarist has looked back at the unlikely origins of his career in rock

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