Cyrus and Elton John also discuss their love of “Black Album” classic, “one of the best songs ever written”

As part of ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ effort, which is out now and features 12 Metallica songs covered by 53 artists, Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) has revealed his “Holier Than Thou” rendition — check out the tune below.

Metallica’s self-titled 1991 LP alienated a lot of the diehard fans who once clawed onto their every downstroke. The trade-off? A genre-defining album and a sphere of influence that still burns bright three decades later

Artists as diverse as Miley Cyrus, Phoebe Bridgers, J Balvin, Jason Isbell, Dave Gahan, Chris Stapleton and Kamasi Washington have their way with Metallica's so-called "Black Album."

Everyone from Miley Cyrus to Kamasi Washington to Juanes takes a crack at one of Nineties rock’s most beloved LPs.

Fall 2021 print edition also features Whitechapel, Full of Hell and others

Metallica's The Black Album reissue goes from landmark to landmass in mammoth collection of over 24 hours' studio outtakes and a 53-track covers record

When we chat this week, the drummer at home in California and me in London, there’s no middleman from his management team connecting the call.

With 53 artists – from Miley Cyrus to IDLES and Rina Sawayama to Biffy Clyro – let loose on the 1991 classic, the result is a fitfully thrilling hodgepodge

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Black Album, Metallica enlist Phoebe Bridgers, Kamasi Washington, Moses Sumney, Weezer, J Balvin, and many more for this enormous and uneven tribute album.

From Miley Cyrus to Corey Taylor through country rock to Ghost - all 53 tracks of The Metallica Blacklist ranked from the sad to the true

Covers. We’ve heard a few. And when it comes to big names reinterpreting classic tracks, less is more. The Metallica Blacklist Album begs to differ. More is more. And there’s even more.

Hear MileyTallica deliver powerful live performance of Nothing Else Matters on The Howard Stern Show

Slipknot singer takes "Holier Than Thou" and occult-rockers do "Enter Sandman"

With the release of The Blacklist, Lars Ulrich and the band’s many musician fans unpack the record’s genre-spanning appeal

Artists including Miley Cyrus, Phoebe Bridgers and Rina Sawayama celebrate Metallica on their eye-watering 53-track tribute album, while Common sounds more hopeful than ever

The performance comes ahead of the release of 'The Metallica Blacklist' tomorrow (September 10)

It's happening today (Thursday 9th September)

Ahead of the release of The Metallica Blacklist, you can listen to Rodrigo Sánchez tackle Kirk Hammet’s solo on a classical guitar…

From Jason Isbell to J Balvin, IDLES to Off!, here are the most inspired new versions of the songs from the Metallica classic

Imagine a giant all-you-can-eat buffet, row after row of hot, steaming offerings. The thing is, there are only 12 items on the menu, like seven trays of meatballs each cooked by a different chef.

In the 1980s, Metallica’s breakneck tempos, baroque melodies and anti-commercial attitude set the standard for underground metal. Then the band bucked expectations by entering uncharted territory—the mainstream.

Also in this issue: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Dirty Honey, Danko Jones, Ernie Isley, mighty mini pedals and more

A genre-hopping salute to a metal masterpiece…