A pair of researchers at the University of Wisconsin have been working to learn more about how human music may have come about, by experimenting with monkeys, and playing them music by… More

Every single day I check the music news, and seriously every single fucking day, there’s something new about Metallica. We mocked Mission: Metallica and their overblown,… More

At SXSW last week, Lars Ulrich had a talk with the LA Times. Video after the jump.

We’re extremely skeptical of his opinion that video games will ever be a… More

It only took ‘em 28 years and 100 million albums, but Metallica were finally inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame at Cleveland’s newly renovated Public… More

After several months of speculation and anticipatory mullet-grooming, it’s been confirmed that Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and… More

I had this fucker written in my head long before I’d so much as heard a note: they’re master rehashers, old men trying to reapply the dead skin they shed decades ago when shorter songs,… More

Hey Metallica, why hold a listening party for your new album if you don’t want people talking about the music? We all know you guys are all about embracing the internet… More

Something amazing happened at the Sofia, Bulgaria stop of the Sonisphere Festival last night. All of the “Big Four,” on the same stage, performing Am I Evil? by Diamond Head. More

In 2000, Lars Ulrich and Metallica famously sued Napster, and published a 60,000 page printout of names of fans who had traded their music in MP3 format online. This established Metallica,… More