UPDATE: The Metallica / Carhartt Labor Day promotion raised $377,450 for the Metallica Scholars Initiative. The funds will be put toward the band's workforce education program, supporting 23 schools ...

October is the month of Metallica. Why? Because it was the month they were founded. October 28th, 1981 to be exact—five months after the official meeting of Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield. Sure, ...

Tomorrow night's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony includes a heavy metal band that got its start in Los Angeles. Metallica was born here in 1981 - but didn't stay long. A year later, the ...

More than 40 years after its 1981 formation, Metallica hasn’t thrown in the towel just yet. Recently, the metal legends announced a new North American leg of its long-running M72 World Tour set for ...

Metallica are preparing a string of live dates in 2011 that their manager has claimed will rival Pink Floyd's 1980 to 1981 'The Wall' tour. Peter Mensch has revealed that the US rockers are currently ...

Megadeth have revealed the track listing for their self-titled final album, and along with the 10 new tracks, the album also includes a bonus track: a “reimagined” version of “Ride The Lightning,” the ...