It was sometime in the mid-'80s that guitar hero George Lynch was on tour in Japan and happened across a little-known manufacturer of custom guitars. That company was ESP, a company that now boasts guitar titans like James Hetfield, Jeff Hanneman, Alexi

Bazillion Points "They look awkward and uncomfortable; they're leaning against THE garage where Metallica would work on the songs that became 'Kill 'Em All,' 'Ride the Lightning,' and 'Master of Puppets.' After taking these "posed" pics we went inside wh

The goals of Ghost are simple. The mysterious Swedish six piece are looking to spread the message of “unholy gospel” by tricking mankind into believing the end is ultimately a good thing via the popular rock music medium. While they are not the first, no

Davide: You know, on the last album I was 10 years younger and it was so new for me. I had that characteristic that I could talk really high and so everybody, and even me tried to push that at the maximum, but finally you lose the feeling. You try to sho

Fan-filmed footage of TRIVIUM performing a cover version of METALLICA's classic track "The Four Horsemen" on February 10 at the Summit Music Hall in Denver, Colorado can be seen below. TRIVIUM played the song as a three-piece, with vocalist/guitarist Mat

Charlotte Huggins was headed for a relatively normal career, studying to become a lawyer with an emphasis on international business and politics. Now she’s more worried about international box office, and how to maximize the 3-D potential of Dwayne “The

Metallica has a message for metal fans coming to the bands newly announced summer music festival, Orion Music + More. Come with ears open. Wed love to have people open up their focus. Maybe they come to see us but wind up discovering some blues or countr

James Hetfield and Metallica are the latest band to curate its own festival. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) - Metallica will perform its classic albums “Ride the Lightning” and “Metallica” (aka “the Black Album”) at its inaugural Orion Festival on

James Hetfield, U.S. lead-guitarist of the heavy-metal band 'Metallica,' performs a song with U.S. singer Lou Reed to promote their new album 'Lulu' in a Cologne TV studio November 11, 2011. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay) Rockers Metallica have launched their

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. "We'd love to have people open up their focus. Maybe they come to see us but wind up discover

James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica perform at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Metallica will bring the noise to Atlantic City this summer with the Orion Music + More Festival, a weekend of music, comedy and culture. Set for June 23rd and 24th in

Vanessa Hudgens looked gorgeous and her male co-stars Josh Hutcherson and Dwayne Johnson weren't too hard on the eyes either as they posed for pictures during the film's LA premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Joining the attractive threesome on the ca

Metallica singer and nine time Grammy Award-winning musician James Hetfield was spotted rocking out on the red carpet with his gorgeous group at the premiere of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island in Hollywood, Calif. on Thursday (February 2). The iconic gu

In America, it is hard to be No. 2. Before all the Vic Rattleheads in their Halloween shirts carpet-bomb my inbox for libelling their hero, let us concede all the bona fides. As he can occasionally be prevailed upon to point out, Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine

Who rides the Hate Train? Where does it stop? And have the fares gone up 7% since the new year? Intriguing questions to which the answers are: James Hetfield; "the sorrow"; and, well, to be honest, haven't a clue as have been too busy bashing head agains

Twelve years ago, I went on tour with Kid Rock for a few days during a summer almost as hot as he was at the time. I traveled on a bus with drummer Stefanie Eulinberg, guitarists Kenny Olson and Jason Krause and miniature MC Joe C. , who smoked as much po

PHOTOS BY Shawn Rocco - srocconewsobserver.com Gary Sanders thinks about a $1,600 offer for his 1934 Martin guitar during the International Vintage Guitar Collectors Association event at the Holiday Inn Crabtree Valley. He bought it for $1,600 several y

If youre in the vicinity of the Midland tonight, you might not only hear whats going on inside, you might feel it too. Anthrax headlines a show with two fellow thrash-metal bands, Testament and Death Angel.Thrash metal is a hard-core subgenre of heavy me

One of the biggest Northern California custom car shows is in mid-February in Sacramento, and a group of Merced auto enthusiasts plan to take a chartered bus to the event. For nearly 10 years, Merced street rodder Don Surdich has been organizing bus trip