Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Metallica maintains a near-perfect presence on the Billboard charts ...

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster sent radiation across Europe, the first PC virus spread, Top Gun hit theaters and Metallica made a masterpiece.1986 blessed the world with a mind-blowing number of ...

Metallica can't get enough of their "Stranger Things" shout-out. On Friday, the heavy metal band took to TikTok to play a virtual duet of their song "Master of Puppets," which was featured in the ...

But it was Metallica’s third album, once again produced by Flemming Rasmussen and their first for Elektra Records, that took things in a new direction and helped them break them out worldwide. And the ...

There's nothing you would change about Metallica's Master of Puppets, right? Released on March 3, 1986, the band's third album is widely regarded as their masterpiece, the point at which they took ...