Imagine this: shortly after …And Justice For All, Metallica is kidnapped and put in to a cryogenic warehouse. While in the freeze, another band claiming to be Metallica puts out a few albums, and Jason Newstead calls it a day.
Now picture the frozen band thawing out, killing the faux-Metallica, and putting out a crushing new [...]

With the release of Metallica’s new album, Death Magnetic, looming, let us reflect upon their career. Actually, this album seriously is going to make or break them. Once a band hits that peak of creativity and age, there is almost no turning back the hands of time.
For Metallica, The Black Album was the last hurrah [...]

Fans of Tool and the Toadies know what it means to wait. Nothing will test dedication to a band better than waiting 5-7 years between albums to see if a band is still important. With their third album in 14 years, the Toadies return with No Deliverance.
Picking up where Hell Below/Start Above left off in [...]