In 2001, Metallica hired an old army barracks in California to try and record album eight. The songs were scrapped when James Hetfield entered rehab, but many fans still want to hear them finished.

The unruly offspring of heavy metal and punk rock, thrash metal had coalesced three years earlier around a handful of ...

Metallica fans push both Ride the Lightning and Metallica to Billboard's Top Album Sales chart — despite dropping 30% in ...

Megadeth's final album — titled Megadeth — has been released, which means the band's version of Metallica's "Ride the Lightning" is out as well. It's a moment that's been more ...

Robert Trujillo revealed that an ’80s Ozzy Osbourne song inspired Metallica‘s “You Must Burn!,” which appeared on their most ...

Garage Inc. was a bit of a return to form for Metallica. Many of the newly recorded covers showcased the sound that made countless metalheads fall in love with the band. Their covers of Discharge’s ...

Pop and MTV ruled supreme but 1986 was also a banner year for hip hop and metal.

Below are some thoughts fans have shared (in italics) about Megadeth's version of "Ride the Lightning" on the Megadeth Reddit ...

Escape is one of the few Ride the Lightning songs Metallica openly disliked, but at one point it was considered as a lead single.

Put kindly, many fans see the trio of albums Metallica released in the ‘90s as a low point for the band. Some were still on board after the release of their 1991 self-titled album (The Black Album).