Cathy A. Campagna of The Aquarian Weekly recently conducted an interview with guitarist Rob Arnold of Cleveland, Ohio metallers CHIMAIRA. An excerpt from the chat follows below.

The Aquarian Weekly: What is the most amazing part of being in this band for you? You've had some line-up changes, some label changes, so it the resiliency?

Rob: I guess it's that we're all doing it. We've all been going to shows since we were young, and dreaming of being onstage, and playing the instruments that our idols played and :

Dave Ling of Classic Rock magazine recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Classic Rock: How did it feel to bury some past grievances with SLAYER by touring together?

Mustaine: [Smiling faintly]: I didn't even talk :

"Hero of the Day Tripper", the new video from the Milwaukee-based band BEATALLICA — a satirical mashup act whose hilarious schtick marries the songwriting prowess of THE BEATLES to the deep-throated rock growl of METALLICA — can be viewed below. The song comes off BEATALLICA's new album, "Masterful Mystery Tour", which was released on August 4. The CD features :

METALLICA, SLAYER, LINKIN PARK and GALLOWS are among the nominees in the "Best Band/Artist" category at the first-ever Inked True Colors Awards, which will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Inked True Colors Awards will celebrate the tattoo culture and lifestyle by honoring the influencers and tastemakers of the tattoo community, followed by a concert that is sure to rock Vegas.

"We are excited about honoring the tattoo community with an award show and concert that not only showcases some of the best talents, but also to those who made the community what it is today," said :

Members of LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, ALIEN ANT FARM and GOJIRA were interviewed at the U.K.'s Sonisphere festival about how they have been influenced and inspired by METALLICA. Watch the four-minute report below.

METALLICA filmed its July 7, 2009 concert in Nimes, France for an upcoming DVD release, but the catch is that the disc will be available only in France and through :

In the fifth installment of Kerrang! magazine's Kerrang! Awards 2009 podcasts, Simon Young is joined by Kerrang! award winners LINKIN PARK, THE WILDHEARTS, ALICE IN CHAINS and METALLICA. Watch the nine-minute clip below.

According to ContactMusic.com, SLIPKNOT walked away with "Best Live Act" and "Best International Band" at the event, which frontman Corey Taylor co-hosted. He branded the double award win "really gratifying" and added, "I can't think of many bands that have :

A new METALLICA biography, "All That Matters", is scheduled for release in October via Plexus Publishing. Written by Paul Stenning, the 320-book is "the first all-access biography to detail [METALLICA's] entire history from early childhood through to the present day based on exclusive interviews with the band members themselves and those closest to them," according to a posting on the author's :

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian says that he "never issued a denial" in response to Dave Mustaine's claim that Ian told the MEGADETH mainman METALLICA planned to fire drummer Lars Ulrich back in the mid-'80s.

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HARPTALLICA, the clasically trained harp duo which performs a series of arrangements based on the music of METALLICA, has announced a three-week European tour comprising dates in :

Ex-METALLICA guitarist Dave Mustaine stands by his claim that the band wanted to fire co-founder and drummer Lars Ulrich after the group finished touring in 1986 — but the plan was disrupted by the death of bassist Cliff Burton in a tour bus accident.

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Del Crookes of BBC's Newsbeat recently conducted an interview with METALLICA frontman James Hetfield. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

BBC: How's the current tour going?

Hetfield: We've only been out for :

Video footage of METALLICA frontman James Hetfield getting covered in cream pies for his birthday at the conclusion of the band's performance at the Sonisphere festival on Sunday, August 2 at the legendary Knebworth Park, United Kingdom can be viewed below.

Hetfield turned 46 on Monday (August 3). One of the most influential figures in hard rock and heavy metal of the past 25 years, Hetfield was born in :

Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's July 30, 2009 concert in Oslo, Norway — including clips of pre-show meet-and-greet, tuning-room jam and the actual performance — can be viewed below.

As previously reported, ex-METALLICA guitarist Dave Mustaine claims in a new interview with Rolling Stone that the band wanted to fire co-founder and drummer Lars Ulrich after the group finished touring in 1986 — but the plan was disrupted by the death of bassist :

According to ContactMusic.com, SLIPKNOT and METALLICA have been honored with the top prizes at the 2009 Kerrang! Awards in London.

SLIPKNOT walked away with "Best Live Act" and "Best International Band" at Monday's (August 3) event, which frontman :

METALLICA played "The Ecstasy of Gold" live for the first time ever this past Tuesday night (July 28) at the Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Professionally filmed video footage of the performance (courtesy of Metallica.com) can be viewed below.

"The Ecstasy of Gold" is the song from the classic film "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" which has been opening METALLICA live shows since :

METALLICA's official web site has been updated with the following message:

"We've been enjoying playing 'My Apocalypse' out here on the road but felt like it could use something extra. We decided that it needed a cool intro to set the mood so James [Hetfield, vocals/guitar] wrote one. Check out and enjoy this free download.. :