Metallica

Interviewing Ozzy Osbourne: ‘You can’t live that way forever. It catches up with you eventually’

The Black Sabbath frontman and reality TV star has died aged 76. Ed Power met him in 2014

Event guide: Pulp, Beyond the Pale, Cork Midsummer and other best things to do in Ireland this week

Ireland event guide for the week June 7th–13th, 2025: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way

Metallica in Dublin: Band announce two shows at Aviva Stadium in June next year

No Repeats Weekend gigs will see different setlists and guests on each of two nights

‘Sometimes the reality is more Spinal Tap than Spinal Tap’: Philly Byrne of Gama Bomb on Irish thrash metal and the band’s new film

The lead singer riffs on friendship, Newry and guitar-shaped swimming pools

Ozzy Osbourne to reunite with original Black Sabbath for final performance at Villa Park

Metallica, Slayer and Pantera join line-up for farewell to heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne in Birmingham in July

Anthrax’s Charlie Benante: ‘I was always a big U2 fan. They just got better and better’

Drummer Benante discusses how the music industry rips off bands, rumours of a new Anthrax album and his love for U2

Apple has decided 2024 is the year it annoys everyone. Is its top 100 albums list really that bad?

Apple Music’s best albums list is a fair reflection of where music is at nowadays. But many fans should prepare to be vexed - it turns out to be a bonfire of the musos

From The Beatles to Sugababes to Rolling Stones: The pain of the almost-band-member

‘I remember when they headlined Glastonbury… I was sat at home, on my own’. Bands changing their line-ups is a cutting moment for the unwanted member

In pictures: life backstage with Hozier, Arcade Fire, Elton John and more by some of Ireland’s top music photographers

‘It’s all about empathy, trust and intimacy’: music snappers share their love of the craft which at times can be gruelling and rarely offers stable employment

Talk of AI dangers has ‘run ahead of the technology’, says Meta’s Nick Clegg

Comments come after Meta said it was opening access to its new large language model, Llama 2

Foo Fighters, Oasis, U2, the Rolling Stones and more: Slane’s 15 greatest acts – in reverse order

As Harry Styles limbers up for this year’s gig, on Saturday, we pick our favourite performances at the castle since the inaugural Slane Festival, in 1981

Metallica, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and more: 20 of the best hard rock albums of all time

Metal giants Metallica have just released their long awaited new album. Where do the US band sit in the pantheon of rock gods?

Metallica buy vinyl factory as format outsells CDs for first time in US since 1987

Thrash metallers secure supply of high-value format ahead of new album release

Metallica – Hardwired . . . to Self-Destruct: Twisted pleasure amidst the debris