Metallica returns in somewhat altered form

But the award for Creepiest Video of the New Millennium goes to Metallica for its new video "All Nightmare Long."

It's pretty fair to say that if you caught this on late night TV it would be nothing short of - to borrow band parlance - "badass".

With Metallica’s World Magnetic Tour hitting some Canadian dates, we spoke to lead singer and guitarist James Hetfield about the new-but-old sounds of Death Magnetic; sobriety; and the state of Metallica.

Sold-out Saddledome crowd gets high-energy performance from iconic rockers

Metallica returns to old form at Saddledome

Lars calls Death Magnetic a dream

Metallica, Neil Young, and Keyshia Cole were among the Bay Area acts on the Grammys' nominee list, which made the rounds in the music industry today.

What is the heck is going on with Metallica and the Russian government?

You’ve got to hand it to Metallica. I mean, here’s a thrash-metal act that formed in 1981 after drummer Lars Ulrich posted an ad in a Los Angeles newspaper and, 27 years, seven Grammys, a few bassists and somewhere in the vicinity of 100 million album sal