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  Metallica's Orion Fest Adds Metal Stage, ATP Picks Up Godspeed!

  March 8, 2012 – The Jersey shore is about to get a lot louder: both the Greg Dulli-curated ATP I'll Be Your Mirror and Metallica-curated Orion Music and More festivals have both just piled on a feast of new acts to their lineups. ATP's big "get" this week is adding seminal post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor to the fray which, we reported, already boasts the Roots, Louis CK, and the return of the Afghan Whigs. …
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  Metallica 'Free of Our Record Deal' and 'Picking Great Riffs'

  March 1, 2012 – Given that Metallica are one of the few rock acts that can still reliably sell a ton of records, the decision about who gets a piece of the band's heavy metal pie is a big one — and one the metal monsters are about to re-think. "We're free and clear of our record contract. The world's our oyster," says drummer Lars Ulrich. The band's last studio effort, 2008's Death Magnetic, was released by Warner Bros. …
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  Metallica Curate Insane Indie-Rock-Centric Festival in New Jersey

  February 7, 2012 – Clear your calendars, Metallica fans. And... indie rock fans! In an announcement on their site this afternoon, the metal titans confirmed that they'll be hosting a festival, dubbed Orion, on June 22 and 23 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Joining James, Lars, Kirk, and Robert will be a stunningly diverse lineup including Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse, the Gaslight Anthem, Best Coast, and many more. …
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  Metallica Hint at Grand Scheme, Await Two-Volume Biography

  February 6, 2012 – Metallica are either planning to ask you to marry them, or else preparing to unveil a major interactive musical event. Heading into the weekend, the rock titans sent out a "Save the Date" request, in the form of a video telling fans to stay tuned for a big announcement on Tuesday at 11 a.m. PST. This announcement will presumably either be the actual wedding invitation, or else the other thing. …
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  See Footage from Metallica's 30th Anniversary Shows

  December 20, 2011 – Metallica recently wrapped up their all-star 30th anniversary concerts at San Francisco's Fillmore, and at the last of their intimate gigs they welcomed a pair of guests that helped write the definition of "heavy metal": Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler. …
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  'I Want My MTV' Authors Pick 1991's 10 Best Videos

  December 7, 2011 – Nineteen-ninety-one was maybe the most chaotically diverse year in MTV's history, the real story being that that multiple stories were being shouted simultaneously. …
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  Metallica Reunite With Jason Newsted at 30th Anniversary Concert

  December 6, 2011 – The first of Metallica's four 30th anniversary concerts took place last night at their hometown San Francisco's Fillmore, and on top of a 20-song set that spanned the heavy metal gods' entire catalog — except, thankfully, Lulu — the biggest surprise of the evening came when the band welcomed former bassist Jason Newsted onstage. …
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  Watch New Videos From Taylor Swift, Loutallica, Deer Tick, and B.o.B

  December 5, 2011 – On November 1, Lou Reed and Metallica finally unleashed their much-discussed collaborative album, Lulu. Has it created "another planetary system" yet? Hard to say, but the critically divisive record has led to a previously revealed team-up with Oscar-nominated director Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, The Wrestler). …
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  Watch Lou Reed and Metallica Terrify a 'Jools Holland' Crowd

  November 9, 2011 – The Loutallica Metal Music Machine rolls on, somehow drowning out the sound of everyone screaming that they should put on the brakes. The latest stop for these two legendary tastes that taste weird together is British TV show Later... …
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  Lou Reed, Metallica's Next Victim: Darren Aronofsky

  November 4, 2011 – Lou Reed and Metallica released their new collaborative album, Lulu, on Tuesday, but the record's strangely gripping saga refuses to end. The avant-garde rocker and the heavy-metal titans previously roped in Dutch director Anton Corbijn, a longtime Metallica associate, who took promotional photos for the album. …
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