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Becoming Metallicanew

When their original music wasn’t working out, four Spokane musicians assumed new personalities: Lars, James, Cliff and Kirk.
The Inlander  |  Leah Sottile  |  01-31-2011  |  Profiles & Interviews

Made of Metallicanew

Robert Trujillo, who joined legendary heavy metal band Metallica in 2003, talks about the on the past, present and future of the famous band.
Boise Weekly  |  Amy Atkins  |  12-03-2009  |  Profiles & Interviews

Kirk Hammett Talks Cartoon Voiceovers, the Art of Guitar Solos and Metallica's New Albumnew

Death Magnetic is a promising start to a new chapter for Metallica. And standing in the center once again swinging the Hammer of Justice with both hands is guitarist Kirk Hammett.
Riverfront Times  |  Paul Friswold  |  11-14-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

'Death Magnetic' is a Return to Form for Metallicanew

The band's 10th studio album, produced by Rick Rubin, was hailed as a return to Metallica's speed metal days long before it was released in September. And it is.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Scott Weaver  |  10-01-2008  |  Reviews

'Death Magnetic' is Arguably Metallica's Best Effort Since 1988new

For nearly two decades, old-school fans of Metallica have cried for the band to return to the thrash-metal sound that made them legendary. Well, the bitching can finally stop.
Tucson Weekly  |  Jon Hobson  |  09-25-2008  |  Reviews

'Death Magnetic' is a Calculated Maneuver to Recapture the Sound of Metallica Pastnew

The bits of punk and goth and country and blues and pop that crept their way into the sound of albums like 1996's sorely underrated Load have been summarily stripped away, but the result is not that Metallica sound like old Metallica; it's that they sound like some band trying to sound like old Metallica.
Las Vegas Weekly  |  Josh Bell  |  09-19-2008  |  Reviews

After Years of Touring the Nation, Ozzfest 2008 Finds a Home in Dallas' Suburbsnew

This year's Ozzfest, the biggest annual metal festival in the country, was going to become a one-day, one-city, one-off show. And it was set to happen in, of all places, Frisco, Texas. Wait -- what?
Dallas Observer  |  Pete Freedman  |  08-11-2008  |  Music

Behind the Celebritynew

The trouble with music documentaries today is they go behind the music instead of stay with it.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Kimberly Chun  |  12-29-2004  |  Movies

Five Steps to Achieving Metal Health, the Metallica Waynew

Two years ago, members of Metallica paid a sports therapist to help them deal with one another. He wasn't qualified so New Times offers a better prescription.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  Jason Bracelin  |  11-08-2004  |  Music

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