A toilet fashioned in the 1980s likeness of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has made a splash on social media.And the creator behind it is none other than Prince Midnight, the Florida metal musician who previously went viral when he made a guitar out of a skeleton he claimed was his dead uncle’s.The Lars Ulrich toilet is just the latest physical art from Midnight, who performs unusual black metal led by the sound of a vibraphone. He released a self-titled EP…
It’s remarkable when you think about how close the “Big Four” thrash metal bands are in origin. Dave Mustaine originally played in Metallica before he formed Megadeth; Kerry King was in an early iteration of Megadeth before fully committing to Slayer. And both Metallica and Slayer made their recorded debuts courtesy of Metal Blade Records.Diehard thrash metal fans know well the early tales of all four acts (the fourth being Anthrax), especially Metallica’s emergence with “Hit…
Have you ever seen anyone dance to Metallica?Because heavy metal undoubtedly has the power to move bodies, and that includes getting down on the dance floor. Sure, Metallica fans might not immediately think of the legendary metal group when it comes to music meant for dancing. Still, Metallica songs could probably get the groove going in the club.Or the subway platform, as a man exhibits in a viral video. A nearby band performs a cover version of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”…
Do you think the members of Metallica ever feel like dancing?If they do, a new musical mashup that mixes Metallica’s “Sad But True” with singer Leo Sayer’s 1970s disco-R&B hit “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” could make a good song for cutting a rug.The jarring but tuneful concoction comes from leading internet mashup maker Bill McClintock. He often puts multiple elements into his mashups of two disparate songs, but he kept it simple for what he calls “You…
Metallica’s James Hetfield is selling a tract of land he owns in Arizona for a whopping $1.2 million, according to documents obtained by TMZ.Hetfield struck a deal to sell the 20 acres of vacant land in Pima County, Ariz. — near the United States border with Mexico — to the Rosemont Copper Company in a straight-cash exchange. The heavy metal singer and guitarist first purchased the rural acreage in 1998, not long after Metallica released the album Reload.While…