When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images The metal world of the early '80s had not yet encountered a bass player with ...

So desperate were the teenage James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich to persuade Cliff Burton to join their band that, after the homebody bassist point-blank refused to move from his home in San Francisco to ...

Though bassist Cliff Burton died in 1986, Metallica frontman James Hetfield reveals that the late bassist still impacts the band creatively to this day. As part of the recent Metallica Podcast, a ...

Metallica is still making new music more than 40 years after releasing their scorching debut Kill ‘Em All. And during the songwriting process, co-founder James Hetfield always asks the same question: ...

Two of thrash metal's finest make it to the quarterfinals of our Greatest Metal Bassist competition. Get ready for this 'Big 4' battle. Late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton left this world far too ...

As for the previously-announced beer, it's called the Cliff Burton (Cliff 'Em All) IPA Beer. A portion of the proceeds from both will go to the Cliff Burton Music Scholarship Foundation. The Cliff ...

Some were skeptical about the combination of the SFSO and the biggest metal band on the planet. However, the end result is magical. The orchestra brought a new depth to many of the band’s songs. “One” ...

My Morning Jacket were joined by NYC rocker Karina Rykman for a cover of Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" in Brooklyn.

The metal world of the early '80s had not yet encountered a bass player with such formidable and dynamic musical abilities as the late Cliff Burton. At the time, only Iron Maiden's Steve Harris had ...