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Metallica are releasing an EP to celebrate their upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Gail Flug of Attention Deficit Delirium recently conducted an interview with guitarist/lead vocalist Jaymz Lennfield of BEATALLICA — a satirical mashup act whose hilarious schtick marries the songwriting prowess of THE BEATLES to the deep-throated rock growl of METALLICA.

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

“We’re getting psyched up for our return to Australia and New Zealand next week .

Video footage of the short speech METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield gave at a special event to celebrate the life of Debbie Abono — a well-respected and much-loved manager and promotional machine behind some of San Francisco Bay Area’s strongest metal bands (POSSESSED, FORBIDDEN, EXODUS, VIO-LENCE, SKINLAB) — can be viewed below.

That’s right, the Big Four Sonisphere set from Bulgaria was captured on film! There’s also a limited edtion collectors box… Check out all the details. (more…)

Metallica’s two sold-out shows this month in Christchurch should go ahead despite the earthquakes which struck New Zealand’s second-biggest city over the weekend.

According to Billboard.biz, METALLICA’s two sold-out shows this month in Christchurch, New Zealand will proceed as scheduled despite the earthquakes which hit the city over the weekend.

Members of METALLICA, MACHINE HEAD, DEATH ANGEL, FORBIDDEN, SKINLAB, D.R.I.

Tom Trakas of the None But My Own blog recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King.

According to Stuff.co.nz, Christchurch, New Zealand-based metal group TAINTED has been selected to support METALLICA when the heavy metal giants headline two Christchurch shows on September 21 and September 22.