Metallica Archives - Worship Metal

Worship Metal Celebrates 35 Years of Metallica’s Ride the Lightning!

July 27, 2019

Ride the Lightning, the second studio album from American thrash metal royalty Metallica, released on July 27th 1984 via Megaforce Records, turns 35 years old today. Yes, [...]

Metallica – Slane Castle, Ireland – Saturday 8 June 2019

June 12, 2019

When it was announced last September that Metallica would play Ireland’s biggest and most prestigious venue, it could be fair to say that Metallica fans were more than [...]

In Defence Of Load / Reload-Era Metallica…..

June 12, 2019

Whilst Metallica may well be the biggest metal band on the planet, it’s also fair to say that not many bands divide the opinion of their fanbase quite like the four [...]

The 15 Greatest Technical Thrash Albums Of The 80’s!

November 24, 2018

Thrash is great. Technical thrash is better! To that end, Worship Metal has selected the 15 greatest technical thrash albums of the 80’s for your delectation. Supreme [...]

The 10 Greatest Thrash Metal Albums Of All Time!

November 19, 2018

It’s high time Worship Metal selected our greatest thrash metal albums of all time and while there will be many familiar faces included, that’s because this is a [...]

10 Terrible Albums By (Sometimes) Great Bands!

June 14, 2018

At Worship Metal we love to celebrate great music….but what about the terrible albums, those abominations that most great bands seem to have at least one of in their [...]

30 Extraordinary Albums That Turn 30 Years Old In 2018!

May 23, 2018

1988; one of the greatest years in heavy metal history. The year that thrash continued to slap the mainstream in the chops while progressing at a considerable rate. The year [...]

The 5 Albums That Changed The Shape Of Thrash!

August 31, 2017

There’s been an incredible number of world-beating thrash albums released over the past three decades but these five, genre-defining works, were the albums that changed [...]

The Greatest Progressive Metal Albums Of The 1980’s & 1990’s

August 24, 2017

Progressive metal, in all it’s guises, has been home to a wealth of classic albums since its rise to prominence in the late 1980’s. From death metal’s [...]

The 5 Most Crazy World Records Set By Metal Bands!

July 30, 2017

Worship Metal selects the 5 most crazy world records set by metal bands….. Agonizer – Deepest Underground Concert! Finnish melodic/power metal outfit Agonizer [...]