Metallica are one of the biggest bands in the world, but that hasn’t made James Hetfield immune to very human emotions. Speaking on an episode of the band's official podcast, The Metallica Report, ...

James Hetfield has a long-standing signature guitar collaboration with ESP, made his bones playing a white Flying V knock-off, and is one of the world’s most high-profile proponents of the Gibson ...

Metallica guitar books are many — looking at you, Hal Leonard — but Metallica's James Hetfield is about to top previous publications with Messengers, his own upcoming book that documents his personal ...

A week before James Hetfield and Co. are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the metal icons’ Guitar Hero: Metallica video game hits stores, on March 29th. The new addition to the GH ...

Really, could you blame him for wrecking his instrument? James Hetfield, 53, was ready to tear up the 59th Grammy Awards, pulling out a headbanging duet with Lady Gaga, 30, while performing the band’s ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Ramones influence makes perfect sense on reflection, though it's perhaps more surprising that ...

In 1996, retired Back Bay High School English teacher Judy Schreiber fondly remembered one of her senior students from the Class of '82, telling the Los Angeles Times that she saved his essay, among ...

Metallica's James Hetfield recently sat down with Guitar Center for a wide-ranging interview, offering fans an insight into his early years as a musician and his development as a guitarist. You can ...

Even though he's best known for crafting James Hetfield’s most striking and creative axes, Kenneth Lawrence doesn’t play ...