Metallica Shares Episode 6 of Their New Podcast


Metallica has launched their very own all-Metallica Podcast, starting out with eight episodes in a row celebrating The 30th anniversary of The Black Album. Listen to Episode 6 here and follow wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Metallica Shares Episode 2 of Their New Podcast


Metallica has launched their very own all-Metallica Podcast, starting out with eight episodes in a row celebrating The 30th anniversary of The Black Album. Listen to Episode 2 here and follow wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Metallica Launches Episode 1 of Their New Podcast


Metallica has launched their very own all-Metallica Podcast, starting out with eight episodes in a row celebrating The 30th anniversary of The Black Album. Listen here and follow wherever you listen to podcasts.

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CLASSIC ALBUMS REVISITED: Metallica – Thirty Years Of The Black Album


Arguably the most divisive album in the history of metal, no other record seems to split opinion quite likeMetallica’s The Black Album (Elektra). Otherwise known simply as Metallica, whenever the San Franciscan act’s fifth studio album is mentioned even in passing, the results are usually the same. Like a red rag to a bull, loud and vociferous “true fans” are still guaranteed to leap straight in with comments like “only the first four albums are real”, “sell-outs” and “commercial bullshit” etc.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Flotsam and Jetsam – Blood In The Water


It’s been a long time coming but Flotsam and Jetsam finally look to have reasserted themselves among the top of the speed metal elite. After arriving on the scene with two undisputed classics back in the late ’80s, the Arizona thrashers fortunes dipped and for a while it seemed that they would only be remembered for those releases and supplying Metallica with bassist Jason Newsted.

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Former Metallica Bassist Jason Newsted Shares Home Video from Quarantine


Jason Newstead, former member of Metallica, has shared a home video with fans while self-quarantining with his wife, Nicole.due to the coronavirus in his home in Jupiter, Florida. To date, Newsted has been part of the Jupiter community for nearly 20 years. He captioned the clip: “Just having some fun during Social Distancing”.Newstead who has had other projects post-Metallica such as Echobrain and his solo Metal band Newstead as well as a member of Ozzy Osbourne’s touring band and Voivod. More recently he has done some charity shows with The Chophouse band of which he is the frontman. He also famously quit all social media in 2014, and didn’t comment on it publicly until 2017. Jason was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, along with Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo, in 2009.Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind


With everything Slipknot has been through in the last few years, you’d have thought they would have explored enough darkness and misery to last a lifetime, wanting to escape the cold expanse of unrelenting blackness with a renewed sense of optimism.

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Watch Jason Newsted Perform With His Band The Chophouse


Former Metallica bassist Jason Newstead has been keeping a low musical profile the last few years, and focusing on his artwork.Jason and his band The Chophouse (which doubles for the name of his studio and production enveours) the Norton Sculpture Garden in West Palm Beach, Florida recently. Watch them perform the song ‘Blackbird’ below. Continue reading


Newsted – Heavy Metal Music


newstedheavymetalmusicoverFormer Metallica bassist Jason Newsted was gone from the public eye after his adventures with Voivod as he chose to focus on a career as a painter. In December 2012 he suddenly emerged from the shadows with a new band and a new EP in tow. Fast forward to the present day because Jason is about to release his first studio full length under the Newsted moniker.Continue reading