Homes and businesses reduced to smoldering rubble by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 10, 2025. Photo by David Swanson/AFP. Metallica’s nonprofit All Within My Hands Foundation has donated $500,000 to relief efforts around Los Angeles, which faces record-breaking destruction by wildfires…

Metallica performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Dec. 17, 2021. Metallica on Thursday announced that its M72 World Tour will continue into a third year, with 21 shows in North America starting in April and running through June. Included are two shows at Levi’s Stadium in Santa…

Metallica performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 27, 2022. Metallica on Monday announced the date of its All Within My Hands Foundation’s annual benefit show and auction, which will again take place in Los Angeles. The concert will take place on Dec. 13…

Metallica, courtesy. Metallica on Monday announced the winners of its scholastic marching band competition, which it launched in April 2023. There were five winners chosen by the band and two by popular vote, with none from California. Each winning school will receive music instruments and equipment for their programs,…

Mick Jagger performs during the Rolling Stones’ Forty Licks Tour at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 2003. Photo by KMazur/WireImage. Photo by James Keivom/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images. In 2018 I completed a quest to list my top five (or so) songs for every…

Lars Ulrich performs with Metallica at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 27, 2022. Sean Liming/STAFF. CONCORD, Calif. — There were no free samples, but the longest line at Costco on Monument on Saturday afternoon was at a whiskey display—because Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich was…

Metallica, courtesy. Ahead of releasing the band’s 12th album, Metallica has announced a national marching band competition to see which marching bands at the collegiate and high school levels can craft the most interesting rendition of Metallica songs. The Metallica Marching Band Competition gives entrants access to a library…

Metallica, “72 Seasons.” This may sound weird about metal but … it can have soul. It can have real emotional depth and that, in turn, makes listeners care about the music and the people who make it. Metal can be some of the most inspirational, creative and sincere music…

The Clash, “London Calling.” I regret to inform you the End of Days is upon us. Yes, yes, I’ve declared many things to be the apocalypse. Climate change, COVID, an intentional proliferation of guns, one major party going full fascist and the other being so committed to neutrality that…

Metallica, courtesy. Good news! There’s a new Metallica song out! This is good news for three key reasons. First, obviously, it’s a new Metallica song! There are never enough, so more are always welcome. Second, it means a new Metallica album is coming! It will have 11 additional Metallica…