“The sound of a band really gelling”: The Metallica album Kirk Hammett considers their “peak”
The guitarist reflects on Metallica’s golden era of metal domination.
James Hetfield
“Humbling”: Metallica’s uneasy experience supporting The Rolling Stones
Still the punks we always knew.
The Metallica song James Hetfield used to reflect on childhood trauma
The singer’s childhood was far from conventional.
The band James Hetfield called the enemy of Metallica: “Posing up a storm”
Learning how not to a rock star.
James Hetfield on the album that shows Metallica at their best: “We got to be a part of it”
What the thrash legends are all about.
The Metallica album sessions James Hetfield described as “being born again”
“A lot of personal changes.”
The one tour James Hetfield said was out of control: “Lots of egos”
Everything becoming too chaotic.