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Metallica

Reviews 2

Columnus Metallicus: Bleak November’s Best Metal, By Louise Brown

Metallica

Hardwired To Self-Destruct

Articles 24

Anniversary

What Are We Rejecting When We Reject St. Anger? Metallica’s Mid-Life Crisis At Twenty

Is it time to re-evaluate Metallica's least-loved album and celebrate it for the extraordinary work that it is? But enough about Lulu. Keith Kahn-Harris wants to talk about St. Anger…
Books

Dawn Of Thrash: Metallica, The Early Days

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Metallica: The $24.95 Book, Ben Apatoff describe the tortuous early days of the world's biggest metal band
Low Culture Essay

Low Culture 2: Master Of Puppets Versus Reign In Blood

Low Culture is a new series where tQ writers use lockdown time to pull some of their favourite music, films, games and books off the shelves in order to tackle an idea that's been bugging them for a long time. In the second instalment Joel McIver grasps the mother of all nettles: who wrote the greatest thrash metal album - which essentially means who wrote the greatest heavy metal album - Metallica or Slayer?
Black Sky Thinking

How The Music Industry Took On Napster And (Not Everyone) Lost

Two decades on from Metallica's infamous decision to sue Napster, Eamonn Forde looks back and explores how the rock troupe's co-belligerent Dr Dre ended up outsmarting Ulrich & co, changing tack, and laughing all the way to the bank
Beyond The Hits

Metallica… Beyond The Hits

David Bennun, Dean Brown, Louise Brown, Dan Franklin, Julian Marszalek, Jimmy Martin, Joel McIver, JR Moores and Ned Raggett look past The Metallica Collection to bring you the best of the album tracks, b-sides, live recordings and deep cuts
Black Sky Thinking

A Broad Church: Why Metal Can’t Survive Without Religion

Heavy rock music has long plundered the scriptures for something to fight against. But what if metal is more dependent on religious faith than its worshippers admit? Dan Franklin takes the sacrament (Ghost pictured)
Black Sky Thinking

Battle Of The Black Album: Jay-Z vs Metallica vs Prince

Get in the ring Jay-Z, Metallica and Prince! Angus Batey, Harry Sword and Simon Price fight for their respective favourite Black Album. But who will you vote for?
Anniversary

Last Thrash: Metallica’s Master of Puppets Turns 35

John Ridpath re-assesses Metallica's finest fifty-four minutes and thirty-five seconds
Black Sky Thinking

Why Metallica Headlining Is Exactly What Glastonbury Needs

Fourth horseman Dan Franklin rides the lightning to Metallica's defence and compiles a top ten of songs he'd like to see them perform in order to level a crowd of millennials smashed on miaow miaow and entitlement
A Quietus Interview

Through The Never: Lars Ulrich Interviewed

Lars Ulrich explains to a group of journalists, including our very own Tristan Bath, the thinking behind Metallica's new narrative based concert film Through The Never and drops a crazy hint about their new album...
Film

For Whom The Film Rolls: Metallica: Through The Never Reviewed

Cinematic rock folly, ahoy! Tristan Bath views Metallica's new concert film, Through The Never, and tries to contain its sheer epic grandeur in mere words

Baker's Dozen

King Of The Beats: Slayer’s Dave Lombardo Picks His Favourite Albums

Ahead of Slayer's Reign In Blood ATP IBYM show and the release of PHILM's debut album Harmonic, Dave Lombardo tells Toby Cook about his 13 favourite albums
Film

Only Connect: Mission To Lars Reviewed

Wyndham Wallace watches a touching documentary about two siblings' attempts to unite their disabled brother with his hero, Metallica's Lars Ulrich

A Quietus Interview

A Folk Devil Talking: Slayer’s Tom Araya Interviewed

Jenn Selby talks to Slayer front man Tom Araya about American folk music, Reign In Blood and the band that came before the big four... Anvil
Anniversary

Slayer’s Reign In Blood Revisited

Hibernian fisherman extraordinaire and gentleman Alpinist Mark Eglinton celebrates the anniversary of Reign In Blood, with some help from Phil Anselmo
Film

The Sins Of The Father: Lemmy The Movie
A Quietus Interview

A New Game: Dave Mustaine On Megadeth, Metallica & Memoirs

Tartan destroyer Mark Eglinton talks to Dave Mustaine about his new memoirs _A Life In Metal_, his martial arts training and patching things up with Metallica
Books

Rock & Hard Places, An Extract: Andrew Mueller Goes To Woodstock

In a chapter from his recently expanded _Rock & Hard Places_ travelogue, Andrew Mueller recalls the horrific oomska of 1994's second Woodstock festival. Plus a Q&A with the author by Alex Ogg.
Books

James Hetfield: The Wolf At Metallica’s Door By Mark Eglinton – An Extract

An excerpt from the new tome by Quietus scribe Mark Eglinton, the first author to pen a biography of Metallica singer James Hetfield

A Quietus Interview

Dylan Moran Interview: On Music Loved & Loathed

Comedian Dylan Moran sits down with Luke Turner for a spot of wine and a chat about the music he loves... and hates. Poor old Oasis. And Metallica. And Muse...
A Quietus Interview

Amongst The Thrashing: Scott Ian Of Anthrax Interviewed

Thrash-mad Mark Eglinton catches up with Scott Ian to listen to the new Anthrax album and discuss Madonna

A Quietus Interview

Anthrax’s Charlie Benante Talks About The Birth Of The Blast Beat

Our mountain climbing metal marauder Mark Eglinton tracks down and grills Anthrax's drummer on inventing the blast beat, and the band's high turnover of singers
Black Sky Thinking

Metallica – . . . And Reviews For All!
Black Sky Thinking

Black Sky Thinking: Metallica Take Internet, Give It A Big Kiss

Luke Turner wonders why mildly bonkers, vaguely hysterical and ever so slightly control freakish Q Prime are up in arms about a tiny blog site describing Metallica's new album as good. Is it because they're launching their own UK website Emission Metallica? Not so much breaking a butterfly on a wheel as dropping an SUV on a termite, perhaps?

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 8

Baker's Dozen

Lie Down and Listen: Aaron Turner’s Favourite Albums

Upon the release of Sumac’s new album The Healer, Aaron Turner speaks to Jon Buckland about creating communities, having a good lie down, and the 13 records that shaped his life
Baker's Dozen

Taking Out The Thrash: Scott Ian Of Anthrax’s Top Albums From 1986

To mark 30 years since 1986, a pivotal moment for metal, Anthrax main man Scott Ian talks JR Moores through his 13 top albums from that year, moving from thrash classics through to landmark hip-hop and pop releases
Baker's Dozen

The Essence And The Purity: Rob Halford Of Judas Priest’s Favourite LPs

With their Redeemer Of Souls tour bound for Scandinavia after wrapping up the UK leg at Brixton Academy last night, the heavy metal veterans' singer takes Alex Macrow through his top 13 "game changers" of rock & roll
Baker's Dozen

Low End Theories: Palehorse’s Favourite Bass Albums


Before their appearance at Desertfest at the Camden Underworld this weekend, uber-heavy bass guitar maestros James Bryant and John Atkins of Palehorse salute their favourite bass albums with Kiran Acharya (and even include one that has no bass guitar at all)
Baker's Dozen

Palm Desert Discs: John Garcia’s Favourite Albums

With his self-titled debut solo album out earlier this year and a run of UK shows imminent, the former Kyuss man has been wringing his hands over picking 13 all-time favourite LPs. Mark Eglinton helps him boil it down
Baker's Dozen

Diabolical Crackers: Trans Am’s Favourite Albums

With new LP Volume X just out, the Washington D.C. trio split the top albums rundown three ways and self-pen us their Baker's Dozen
Baker's Dozen

Sweet Thirteen: Jennifer Herrema’s Favourite Albums

Following their interview about Black Bananas' new LP Electric Brick Wall, Jennifer Herrema talks Nick Hutchings through her Baker's Dozen of seminal records
Baker's Dozen

Trace The Bloodline: Jerry Cantrell Of Alice In Chains’ Favourite Albums

The grunge luminaries' main man picks out the records that put him where he is today

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