Cliff Burton's shredding fingerstyle bass solo (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth, from Metallica's 1983 debut album, Kill 'Em All, stamped his identity firmly on the emerging thrash metal movement.

The musician discusses his history, his ever-evolving playing style, and why his solo career validates his creative expression.

A look at how Metallica hazing Jason Newstead nearly torpedoed the bands own music and how taken from the context of a rock band, their behaviour is depressing.

Dynamic peaks, instrumental interplay, roaring vocals; it's all here in a track that goes big on bass without overly relying on it. Putting the heavy in heavy metal, For Whom The Bell Tolls is a Cliff ...

Cliff Burton followed the same template as Black ... While he largely moved on from playing bass during his solo career, you can always revisit the atmospheric bassline to “Walking On The ...

Nigel Olsson, drummer for Elton John, is 76. Cliff Burton, bass player with Metallica, was born today in 1962. Don Omar is 47. Vic Fuentes of Pierce The Veil is 42.

Acclaimed baritone Dashon Burton performs music and poetry in “Brick by Brick: Changing America by Song,” part of this year’s ...

During a Planet Rock interview last year, which was shared on Cliff Burton’s birthday, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett ...