Obey your master… Metallica have announced a brand new studio album – it’s called 72 Seasons, and it lands in April of 2023. Exciting. In honour of that occasion, it’s time to rank every single official Metallica studio album in order from worst to best. But first… HONOURABLE MENTIONS ‘I Disappear’ No, it’s not an […]

3 years ago

Can you stay in time with our drummer round? Hello and welcome to another JOE Music Quiz! Three rounds as ever but for the first time in quite some time, we have done away with the ‘current events’ round. Why? Just a ‘whim’ thing, really. It will return. But for now… You have a round […]

3 years ago

Can you ace the METALLICA ROUND? Hello. It’s that time of the week again. It’s JOE Music Quiz time. This week, we have a round on current events in the music world. We have another round where you get some information about a famous musician and you have to identify who they are. And, in […]

4 years ago

“We appreciate your understanding and support for James and, as always, thank you for being a part of our Metallica family.” Metallica frontman James Hetfield has entered an addiction treatment program, resulting in the band placing their current world tour on hiatus. The Worldwired Tour has been on the road in one form or another […]

7 years ago

Fangclub frontman Steven King on hanging with Metallica and Smashing Pumpkins, and how he conquered personal demons to take back control. “You’re living in a nightmare, baby.” So goes the chorus of a breezy early cut on the new Fangclub record – their second, but kind of their third, which we’ll get to in a bit. […]

7 years ago

A class act. It was a pretty good weekend, all in all, for Metallica. Having landed in Dublin on Friday, the foursome turned the hallowed halls of the Olympia Theatre into their own personal rehearsal space. Slane was the main appointment, of course, with Saturday’s huge concert marking a major feather in the Metallica legacy […]

7 years ago