Lars Ulrich

Now that the world knows Megadeth is covering Metallica's "Ride the Lightning" on their upcoming final album, here is how fans of both bands are reacting to the surprise announcement.

Metallica's Lars Ulrich shares a taped testimonial praising Deep Purple's 'Made in Japan' as 'hands down the best hard rock live album ever.

Producer Bob Rock believe's Lars Ulrich is a 'genius' that deserves more credit for what he is able to pull off behind the drums for Metallica.

A viral photo has Metallica fans trying to track down a boy who once shared a moment with the band.

He witnessed their comeback.

Oh really?

James Hetfield says he wanted to involve the whole band, and drummer eventually saw his point.

Drummer says there's nothing romantic about "making 12,247 decisions … and you hope you've made more right ones than wrong ones."

Metallica frontman admits drummer's references to old songs frustrate him.

Lars Ulrich explains why his band's songs "don't vary much from night to night."

Lars Ulrich says they're still striving to figure out their path "just like everybody else."

Drummer argues that 2011 collaboration with Lou Reed has "aged extremely well."