Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Details His Favorite Zombie Films
Are you ready for the zombie apocalypse? There are many people who feel the time may be coming, and you can count Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett among them.
Are you ready for the zombie apocalypse? There are many people who feel the time may be coming, and you can count Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett among them.
Metallica were recently featured in their very own addition of Rolling Stone’s ‘Big Issue.’ Each individual member of Metallica was interviewed for the ‘Big Issue,’ where they spoke about their upcoming Orion Music + More Festival, the 3D concert movie and more. Now, Rolling Stone has posted a behind-the-scenes video from the ‘Big Issue’ cover shoot.
As Metallica prepare for their Orion Music + More Festival and upcoming 3D concert film, the band is also busy working on a new album. One could say that Metallica have a ton of songs on the table, as frontman James Hetfield revealed that the band has collected 846 different riffs.
Metallica stated that on this summer's tour they were going to blow you away. Step one is complete as the band announced they are resurrecting the legendary Snake Pit from the 1993 Black Album tour. The theme of this summer's tour is the 20th anniversary of the Black Album, they will play it in it's entirety and what would the tour be without the Snake Pit?
The loss of vocalist Ronnie James Dio to stomach cancer in 2010 still stings the hearts of metal fans, including that of the mighty Metallica. The band plans to be involved in the upcoming Dio ribute album, which will also feature Anthrax, Rob Halford and more. It turns out that Metallica even contacted Dio’s widow directly in order to get the ball rolling on their participation.
Looking to immerse yourself into everything you ever wanted to know about Metallica? Well, music enthusiasts will get that chance quite soon with a new two-volume Metallica biography in the works. The first work in the series, titled ‘Birth School Metallica Death: Volume I,’ is due out in the fall of 2013, followed by the second installment, ‘Birth School Metallica Death: Volume II,’ which will hit shelves in the fall of 2014.
This August, San Fransisco’s Golden Gate Park will welcome rock royalty like Metallica, Foo Fighters and classic rocker Neil Young to the stage for Outside Lands 2012.
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Metallica are gearing up for some serious touring this year, including headlining their own Orion Music + More 2012 festival in Atlantic City, N.J. Now, the heavy metal legends have announced two shows taking place in Mexico along with a immense new stage setup.
Metallica‘s Orion Music + More Festival seems to keep getting more and more interesting as time slowly approaches the two-day event. Having recently added more metal acts such as Sepultura and Suicidal Tendencies to the bill, Metallica frontman James Hetfield stepped it up once again by announcing that there will be a car and motorcycle show at the festival.
Hit the lights.. get ready for the first ever Metallica Orion Music Festival June 23rd and 24th at Bader Field in Atlantic City. Over 30 bands are scheduled to perform including the mighty Metallica. Metallica plans to headline both nights plus for the first time in the states perform the Black album and Ride The Lightning in their entirety. Other bands that will appear include Avenged Sevenfold, Cage the Elephant and Suicidal Tendencies. Now watch the trailer and get pumped!