James Hetfield was three songs into Metallica's first concert since September of 2019 when he took a moment to address a crowd he couldn't see at several hundred outdoor venues from a fanless field in California.

Only in 2020 would you see Metallica play at an abandoned amusement park.

Summer in Central New York usually is a season of live performances, something would-be concert goers have had to do without during the coronavirus pandemic. Metallica adapted their tour by recording a show that aired on Saturday night.

If anyone knows about survival, it’s the heavy metal band who’ve lasted four decades. As they release a recording of their live orchestra performance, the thrash legends tell Roisin O'Connor how they’ve been waiting out the pandemic and why we need to move forwards

A celebration of Metallica, their fans, and their music

Washington Post National Arts reporter Geoff Edgers interviewed @larsulrich as part of our IG Live series during quarantine.

Two decades on, the proud San Franciscans have reunited with the orchestra for another performance, this time to mark the grand opening of the city's Chase Centre.

To celebrate the release of S&M2, the live concert film from Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony, drummer Lars Ulrich takes GQ back to the band’s very beginnings, from their first nail-biting show to the one piece of advice he lives by

Metallica’s James Hetfield receives the ultimate honour – a species of venomous snake has been named after him

Metallica er aktuel med nyt album, der udkommer i en tid med coronakrise, som ifølge bandets danske trommeslager håndteres meget forskelligt i USA og Danmark.

Lars Ulrich i samtale med Anders Bøtter om det nye Metallica album "S&M2", musikbranchens nedtur under Coronakrisen, arven fra Cliff Burton og forholdet til hans far - den snart 92 årige danske tennislegende Torben Ulrich.

Few bands can send middle aged men careening from pledges of devotion to paroxysms of outrage like Metallica.

One new idea that’s coming to fruition this weekend is Metallica’s participation in “Encore Drive-In Nights” concert series, which brings live concert films to drive-in theater screens nationwide.

Composer Michael Kamen had a vision. Back in April 1999, he convinced Bay Area metal overlords Metallica to team up with the San Francisco Symphony in Berkeley, California, for S&M, a 2.2-hour concert wherein classical music met aggro-rock head-on.

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich explains how taking a left turn makes being in a band all the more fun.

Metallica renew collaborative union with Bay Area orchestra to thrilling effect on S&M2

Twenty-one years on, it’s easy to forget how ground-breaking Metallica’s original S&M shows were.

The synergy between music and whiskey is undeniable. How often do you pour a particular dram and the spin just the right tune to accompany it?

SWhen Edwin Outwater listens to Metallica, he doesn’t merely hear the most successful American metal band of all time. He’s also reminded of an iconic 20th century Russian classical music composer.

The biggest Bay Area concert event of 2019 was arguably Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony’s reunion show, which opened the Golden State Warriors’ sparkling new Chase Center.

Driving up to Metallica HQ in San Rafael, Calif. to rehearse and film for the group's drive-in movie concert, bassist Robert Trujillo passed one of the outdoor theaters visible from the highway in central California.

It’s been almost a year since the metal legends performed at the grand opening of Chase Center, reuniting with the San Francisco Symphony in celebration of the original “S&M” album’s 1999 release.

In the week Metallica release S&M2, here’s every interview, feature and review you need from the Metal Hammer and Classic Rock archives

For almost four decades, Metallica has been leading the charge in heavy metal.