The 1980s are widely regarded as the golden era of heavy metal. That decade produced iconic songs by Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, Iron ...

Metallica has a bunch of excellent songs, many of which are well-known among heavy metal fans. "Fade to Black," "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "Master of Puppets," "One," and "Nothing Else Matters" are ...

When I was in second grade, my best friend handed me his headphones and said, “Check this out.” When he pressed play on his Walkman, I heard the opening riff of “Master of Puppets.” Over the next few ...

Heavy metal was everywhere in the 1980s, not that it isn't today, but hair metal ruled the '80s and dominated both rock radio ...

Metallica singer James Hetfield's favourite album by the band is 'Ride The Lightning', however, the track 'Escape' is a song ...

Nuclear Assault brought a raw, punk-leaning edge to political thrash that hadn't been seen before and "Critical Mass" specifically stands out as one of the genre's most urgent warnings about ...

Hetfield told Guitar World, “I can remember when I wrote the lyrics to 'Enter Sandman,' [producer] Bob Rock and Lars came to ...

Two Metallica albums, Ride the Lightning and the band's self-titled studio effort, return to the same chart together, and the ...

The thrash metal legends entered the 1990s with a new approach. Their self-titled album saw them all but stepping away from the style that made them one of the most influential bands in the metal ...

Thirty years after Load transformed Metallica's sound and image, the album remains one of the most debated releases in rock history. Here's how the 1996 record reshaped the band's future.