We may not be getting new music out of Metallica for a couple more years, but we do have the band's new movie, 'Metallica Through the Never,' to look forward to this fall -- and although it won't arrive in theaters until September 27, they've just released a trailer to help tide fans over 'til fall.
It's been five years since Metallica released 'Death Magnetic,' their last studio album. The band says they're anxious to return to the studio to start recording again, and they've got the material. However two obligations are keeping them beginning work on the first album from their own label Blackened Recordings.
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Last night (May 3), James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica played the national anthem at AT&T Park before the start of the San Francisco Giants game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The video is embedded above.
'Revolver' magazine's fifth-annual Golden Gods Awards, held last night, featured Metallica as the night's headliners. They were joined onstage by special guest Rob Halford, who led the metal giants through a surprise performance of Judas Priest's 'Rapid Fire'.
Of all the indignities Jason Newsted put up with during his time as Metallica's bass player, the fate of his tracks on the band's 1988 album ' ... And Justice for All' rank among the most infamous. But 25 years later, Newsted has made peace with what went down during those sessions.
