There?s a new documentary coming out that explores the crisis of absent and disengaged fathers and Metallica lead singer James Hetfield is in it.

Lars is interviewed about everything from family life to aging.

All those months in therapy (so painfully expressed in the Some Kind Of Monster rockumentary) has actually worked for Metallica.

Metallica could be heading back into the studio in the next couple of months as they look to utilise the current "good vibe in the band", drummer Lars Ulrich has said.

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has explained why the band aren't keen to leave a long gap between records with their next album release.

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich said that the idea behind the recently announced Big 4 Festival came from a Rage Against the Machine reunion concert he saw a couple years ago at Coachella (the same California site of the metal legends? April 23 event).

Lars Ulrich: 'Most of the egos from the Eighties and Nineties have dissipated'

Metallica will only play one US date on their Big Four tour because they don't want to "overstay" their welcome.

Lars called into the Kevin and Bean show today to talk about The Big 4 Festival. This is the Big 4's first and only show in the United States.

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett joined Tool in Hawaii last Friday for their show at Honolulu?s Neal S. Blaisdell Center.