The Metallica song that was featured in the season finale of ‘Stranger Things’, the albums that Max Cavelera had the most difficult time recording, Kerry King talks about his time in Megadeth and the Rammstein concert that could be heard from 11 miles away this week in Midnight Metal News!

Hate reading? Scroll to the bottom and Chuck Bean will read the news to you!

• Metallica Gets Played in ‘Stranger Things’ Finale

  ‘Stranger Things’ fans went from streaming Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ to Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ this past weekend, after the song made an appearance in the finale of season 4. Even cooler is the additional guitar track played in the show by character Eddie Munson was actually performed by Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo’s son Tye. Proud papa Trujillo posted on Instagram, “that’s my boy, proud of ya, Tye, and big thanks to Kirk Hammet on helping!”
  READ MORE HERE!

  View this post on Instagram

  A post shared by Robert Trujillo (@robtrujillo)

• Albums That Were the Most Difficult for Max Caverlera to Record

  In a recent interview with Blabbermouth, Max Cavalera named the two most difficult albums he’s ever had to make. “I always said the two most difficult records I made were Sepultura’s ‘Beneath the Remains’ and Soulfly’s ‘I’.”
  Cavalera explained, ”musically, they are totally different. But, in spirit, they’re very similar because you’re in this, ‘whatever happens, happens, no hope, no fear,’ situation, but there’s a lot of pressure to be good from everywhere. Like, ‘this has got to be good’.”
  READ MORE HERE!

• Kerry Kings Talks About His Time with Megadeth

  Kerry King from Slayer recently talked to Loudwire about his short-lived tenure in Megadeth, saying, “at the end of the day, I thought, ‘This is a gigantic learning situation,’ and I also thought people would see me and know me from Slayer and if they saw me, it would at least make them think [of] Slayer.” King also said his five-show run came to an end because of drugs and other activities, but that those first five Megadeth shows were still good times.
  READ MORE HERE!

• A Rammstein Show Could Be Heard 11 Miles Away

  It’s not a surprise that the noise of live rock shows travels, but imagine catching songs from up to 11 miles away from the venue. That is exactly what happened at Rammstein’s recent tour stop in Coventry, England.

  According to the Coventry Telegraph, local residents began taking to social media to ask what the “loud thumping” noises were, only to find out it was just Rammstein, cranking up their drum machine to 11!
  READ MORE HERE!

• Midnight Metal News as Heard on This Week’s Episode

  Here’s Midnight Metal News, as heard on this week’s show!

Sign me up for the 101 WRIF Cybercrew email newsletter!

Join the 101 WRIF Cybercrew to get everything that rocks sent right to your inbox from The Riff! You’ll get updates on concerts and your favorite bands, along with exclusive chances to win. Plus news and stories from all around metro Detroit!

First Name *

Last Name

Email *

Subscribe

By clicking "Subscribe" I agree to the website's terms of Service and Privacy Policy. I understand I can unsubscribe at any time.