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James Hetfield Reveals Who Metallica Originally Wanted as Their Singer

James Hetfield’s iconic “Yeah!” is one of the signature components of Metallica’s music, but the frontman has actually revealed that he wasn’t the band’s first choice to be their singer.Hetfield hosts a segment on SiriusXM’s Mandatory Metallica channel called “Road Dog Brothers,” where the vocalist tells stories from touring with other bands throughout Metallica’s career. During this particular installation, Hetfield focused on Armored Saint.”A lot of those early memories were celebrated with a band called Armored Saint,…

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Lars Ulrich Says Metallica Were Nervous to Play Live Shows Again

For many artists, 2021 marked their first time performing in several years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Though legacy acts such as Metallica have been playing live shows for several decades, Lars Ulrich admitted that they were “definitely nervous” to play their first real concert again.The drummer described getting onstage in front of an actual audience again as “very emotional on every level” during an episode of Eddie Trunk’s Trunk Nation [via Blabbermouth]. “Obviously, it’s invigorating and…

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Metallica Read Bad Reviews of ‘The Black Album’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel’

In honor of the release of their Blacklist album and the 30th anniversary of The Black Album, Metallica appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night (Sept. 10), where they performed a couple of songs, did an interview and read bad reviews of their iconic self-titled record.More specifically, they read reviews of the album on Amazon that were only given a single star. As you can imagine, not many of the reviewers wrote the actual reasons why they don’t like the…

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