B lazing out of the fires of heavy metal and adopting the pace and aggression of the burgeoning hardcore movement, thrash metal was the defining sound of heavy music in the 1980s.

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The first band Metallica toured with have admitted that they didn’t think the metal juggernauts had a bright future ahead of ...

Before he was shredding with Metallica, Kirk Hammett got his start as lead guitarist for another Bay Area thrash metal band. In 1979, Hammett formed Exodus with high school classmates Tim Agnello ...

Sing along to the Metallica's iconic "Enter Sandman" lyrics. Read into the dark themes and powerful imagery of this legendary rock anthem.

Here are the highest selling albums from some of the biggest metal acts including Metallica, Korn, Megadeth, Tool and others.

Heavy metal legacy band, Metallica, has announced their new “M72 World Tour” with two South Bay dates. Bandmates, Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, and Lars ...

It’s unsurprising today to hear that Cobain loved Metallica. But back then, someone from a punk rock background liking a mainstream heavy metal band would have been considered traitorous.