Latest about Lars Ulrich
![James Hetfield [left] and Kirk Hammett harmonise solos as they perform live with Metallica in 1988. Hammett plays a Jackson Rhodes, Hetfield has his trusty white Explorer.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mpZgd7e7YSCLwb7LuqPpbi-840-80.jpg.webp)
How Metallica wrote the ultimate metal ballad and took thrash into the mainstream with One
The sound of Metallica in full command, One would prove to be the ultimate thrash metal power ballad
“Cliff was the strongest of the four of us emotionally”: How Metallica recovered from the death of Cliff Burton
And how they chose Cliff’s replacement among 60 candidates
Watch Lauten Audio uncannily recreate Metallica’s Black Album drum sound with the original kit, at LA’s One on One studios where the album was recorded
An all-star cast featuring Black Album engineer, Mike Tacci, Darrell Thorpe, Drum Doctor Ross Garfield and Puscifer drummer Gunnar Olsen give us a forensic look at one of the greatest drum sounds in heavy music history
How Metallica changed tack and gambled with Enter The Sandman via some riff editing from Lars Ulrich
Via some riff editing from Lars Ulrich
“We’re bored, let’s do some stuff” – How James Hetfield wrote Metallica’s longest-ever song in a Zoom call with Lars
Hetfield and Ulrich tell Apple Music's Zane Lowe that one minute you're bored on Zoom, the next you have a Sabbath-inspired riff, and before long you have the most epic track you’ve ever written
