Metallica lead singer James Hetfield is reportedly donating 330 acres of land overlooking the Lucas Valley, in California’s Marin County, for farmland preservation.
The gift is adjacent to another 438.5 acres that he previously donated as an open space easement. The plots of land are around Hetfield’s home.
Scott Hochstrasser, a land use consultant for Hetfield, said [...]

Today, and for the next 3 weeks, AOL’s Noisecreep.com will be releasing an exclusive and/or unheard audio clip from the amazing FMQB Metallica/Alice in Chains interview, “Inside Alice In Chains: Black Gives Way To Blue.” This week’s clip features Metallica talking to Alice in Chains about their collaboration with Elton John on the song “Black [...]

Roughly 16,000 Metallica fans were preparing to rock it with their favorite band and they got to see them all right. However, the band members sans frontman James Hetfield, went up the stage only to tell them that the show would not go as scheduled. Hard rocking idol Metallica canceled their second and last [...]

Last week was the official release of Metallica’s new album, Death Magnetic.
For many fans, the wait has been unbearable, since Death Magnetic is the band’s first studio album since 2003’s multi-platinum St. Anger. With over 90 million records sold over their 25 year career, Metallica proves they are more powerful than ever.
Head over to iTunes [...]

Metallica have just premiered the video for their single “The Day That Never Comes” on their MySpace page. The epic clip was directed by Danish director Thomas Vinterberg and filmed this past July in southern California. On working with the acclaimed filmmaker, Hetfield explained to MTV, “That’s the beauty, I think, of writing vague but [...]