All Episodes

Episode 138: Tony Smith - Former Metallica Tour Manager, Part 2

Episode 137: Tony Smith - Former Metallica Tour Manager, Part 1

Episode 136: Sphere - Life Burns Faster with Kirk Hammett & Lars Ulrich

Episode 135: Anatomy of A Song with Kirk Hammett on Fuel and Creeping Death

Episode 134: Hardwired To Disagree featuring Victoria Anderson & Brian Sharma

Episode 133: Robert Trujillo on “The Call of Ktulu,” “Orion,” and the Spirit of Cliff Burton

Episode 132: Dr. Martens x Metallica & The Fans

Episode 131: Song Breakdown with Robert Trujillo: “You Must Burn!"

Episode 130: Adding (Virginia) Fuel to the Fan Debate

Episode 129: James Hetfield Checks In

Episode 128: Hardwired to Disagree: Fan Debate ft. Chris Cantz, Chris Clark, and Daniel Guthormsen

Episode 127: Happy New Year - Revisiting the Best of 2025

Episode 126: Happy Holidays from James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and The Metallica Report

James Hetfield - “Twas The Night Before Christmas"

Episode 125: Get The Load Out Special

Episode 124: Robert Trujillo Roving Reporter: Formula 1 & Middle East Shows

Episode 123: James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett on Music, Surfing, and Humor

Episode 122: James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett Give Thanks, Australian Chapter Heads Gather for a Roundtable

Episode 121: James Hetfield & Robert Trujillo Check In from Australia

Episode 120: Metallica Brings the M72 World Tour to Australia & New Zealand

Episode 119: The Metallica Fan Debate Rages On

Episode 118: The Metallica Fan Debate

Episode 117: Kirk Hammett - The Collector

Episode 116: Digging Deeper into Metallica’s Vault

Episode 115: Get The Load Out Contest and Josh Rezz

Episode 114: Robert Trujillo’s Radio Roots

Episode 113: Exodus’ Gary Holt Talks Kirk Hammett and Bay Area Thrash

Episode 112: Catching Up With Robert Trujillo

Episode 111: Back To The Metallica Vault

Episode 110: Maximum Metallica with Lars Ulrich

Episode 109: More Metalli-archeology at the Inveniem Vault

Episode 108: High Voltage: A Return To Metallica’s Vault at Inveniem

Episode 107: Steff & Renée’s Top Metallica Songs

Episode 106: The Bob Rock & Dan Nykolayko Chat Continued (Part 2)

Episode 105: A Chat Between Bob Rock & Dan Nykolayko (Part 1)

Episode 104: Jason Newsted on The Load Era

Episode 103: Fans Put Together A Deep-Dive Playlist

Episode 102: Back To The Beginning - Farewell to Black Sabbath & Ozzy Osbourne featuring Robert Trujillo

Episode 101: All Hail Black Sabbath & Ozzy - James, Lars, Kirk, and Robert Share Stories Ahead of Sabbath’s Legendary Farewell Appearance

Episode 100: Roundtable Q&A with James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo

Episode 99: “Metallica Saved My Life” Premiere at Tribeca Festival, featuring Robert Trujillo & Metallica Fans

Bonus Ep: DanLoad Extra! More from Inside the Load Box Set

Episode 98: James Hetfield & Robert Trujillo, plus the Third DanLoad Installment

Episode 97: Metallica’s Marching Band Magic & The Latest DanLoad of Unreleased Content

Episode 96: Robert Trujillo, Mike Muir, and Tye Trujillo plus the DanLoad

Episode 95: The Load Box Set Chat featuring Curators Dan Nykolayko and Eleni Psaltis

Episode 94: M72 - From Virginia Tech- to Band Relationships with James, Kirk, and Robert

Episode 93: Enter Sandman

Episode 92: James Hetfield on the Return of M72, Songs, and Superstitions

Episode 91: M72 Relaunch in Syracuse Starring Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo, and the Fans

Episode 90: Syracuse Inbound - Countdown To The Start Of M72 2025 At HQ

Episode 89: Best Live Memories - Metallica Fans Share Their Favorite Gigs

Episode 88: Metallica Scholars Chat with Robert Trujillo

Episode 87: The Collection - Kirk Hammett Speaks About His New Guitar Book

Episode 86: Smashing Boundaries - A Dive into Metallica’s Immersive Apple Vision Pro Experience

Episode 85: Let There Be Light! A Chat with Metallica’s Lighting Designer Rob Koenig

Episode 84: The HQ Audio Crew Starring Sara Killion & Kent Matcke

Episode 83: Treasures from James Hetfield’s Archives - Further Exploration of Metallica’s Vault

Episode 82: Behind the Doors of Inveniem - A Visit to Metallica’s Archival Vaults

Episode 81: Inside Metallica HQ; Meet the Runners

Episode 80: David Fricke - Metallica’s Journey in Rolling Stone Magazine

Episode 79: Jimmy Clark - Laughter, Loyalty, and Life as Lars Ulrich’s Drum Tech

Episode 78: Justin Crew - Enter the World of Kirk Hammett’s Guitar Tech

Episode 77: Chad Zaemisch - Inside the Mind of James Hetfield’s Guitar Tech

Episode 76: James Hetfield on Words & Lyrics

Episode 75: Best of TMR 2024 with Metallica & More

Episode 74: Lars Ulrich, Rob Trujillo

Episode 73: Lars Ulrich, Robert Trujillo, Jason Momoa, LA Rams’ Rob Havenstein

Episode 72: Helping Hands Honorees Jeff Ament, Maggie Baird

Episode 71: Zach Harmon Talks Guitar Picks

Episode 70: Happy Thanksgiving from the Metallica Family

Episode 69: Filmmaker Adam Dubin

Episode 68: A Conversation with Robert Trujillo & Jerry Cantrell

Episode 67: James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo Remember Jonny and Marsha Zazula

Episode 66: James Hetfield; Robert Trujillo; Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills

Episode 65: James Hetfield; Kirk Hammett

Episode 64: Pinball Wizardry - Jody Dankberg, Stern Pinball; Jeff Yeager; Rhys Cooper

Episode 63: Kirk Hammett; James Hetfield

Episode 62: James Hetfield; Reports from Mexico City; S7N and “Sin Barreras”

Episode 61: James Hetfield; Metallica’s Director of Digital Content, Dan Nykolayko; Members of Mexitallica

Episode 60: Mexitallica Chapter Head Karla Farrugia

Episode 59: Les Claypool of Primus; Metallica Tour Photographers Jeff Yeager & Brett Murray

Episode 58: Robert Trujillo; Metallica’s Director of Digital Content, Dan Nykolayko

Episode 57: Kirk Hammett; James Hetfield; Metallica’s Tour Manager, Eric Johnson

Episode 56: James Hetfield; Metallica's Content & Network Manager, Jeff Yeager

Episode 55: Kirk Hammett; Metallica’s Director of Digital Content, Dan Nykolayko

Episode 54: Rob Trujillo; M72 in Boston; I Disappear Ticket Holders Katrina Anker and Christina Møller

Episode 53: James Hetfield; John Bush; TAMA Drums Artist Relations Manager, Sam Gample

Episode 52: James Hetfield; Lars Ulrich; Mike Bordin

Episode 51: Robert Trujillo; James Hetfield; Michał Labocha (Fan Club Chapter Head)

Episode 50: Best of the Pod featuring Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett & Robert Trujillo

Episode 49: Rob Trujillo; Kirk Hammett

Episode 48: James Hetfield talks Copenhagen; Robert Trujillo talks Hellfest

Episode 47: James Hetfield; Fortnite, 760 Creations, Acai, A Wise Moose, Jason Paradise

Episode 46: James Hetfield & The Heaviest Mail Bag

Episode 45: Kirk Hammett; Francesco Polsinelli, Iveco

Episode 44: Robert Trujillo; M72 Tour from Munich

Episode 43: James Hetfield

Episode 42: Month of Giving - Supporting Trade Education featuring Metallica Scholars Karina, Cha Zong, and Reggie

Episode 41: Local Chapter Super Fans - Oliver, Dereck, James, Glenn, and Eric

Episode 40: Robert Trujillo & Infectious Grooves

Episode 39: Zach Harmon, Metallica Tech

Episode 38: Metallica Local Fan Club Chapter Members Q&A with Kirk and Robert

Episode 37: Brian Tatler of Diamond Head

Episode 36: Kirk Hammett & Robert Trujillo on Elton John ahead of Gershwin Prize Broadcast

Episode 35: James Hetfield on Cigars; Robert Trujillo on Infectious Grooves & Suicidal Tendencies

Episode 34: Producer Greg Fildelman - Part 2

Episode 33: Producer Greg Fidelman

Episode 32: The Women Behind the Scenes of Metallica: Addie Kellerman, Jena Rockwood, Sara Killion, Heather “Foster” Kjollesdal, Hannah Davis, Kat Vollhoffer, Eleni Psaltis

Episode 31: Ross Halfin

Episode 30: All Things HQ - Part 2: Tour Of Metallica’s Headquarters With Jeff Yeager

Episode 29: All Things HQ - Part 1: Robert Trujillo, Staffers Jeff Yeager, Jack Ketcham, Kent Matcke

Episode 28: Bob Rock

Episode 27: Memorable Award Show Moments

Episode 26: Part 2 - Old School Deep Dive with KJ Doughton, Brian Lew, and Ron Quintana

Episode 25: Old School Memories with KJ Doughton, Brian Lew, and Ron Quintana

Episode 24: Catching up with Jason Newsted

Episode 23: Gimme Fuel, Gimme Fire

Episode 22: James and Robert reflect on 2023 and look ahead to an exciting 2024

Episode 21: The Best of the First 20 Episodes; Lars on his current favorite tunes, Kirk on surfing, James on Power Trip, Robert on creating new music for each show, plus more!

Episode 20: Rob hangs with Geddy Lee; Christian Carichner, Iowa State University Marching Band Director

Episode 19: Lars’ Current Music Obsessions; Robert’s Favorite Funk Grooves; Dr. Corey Spurlin, Auburn University Marching Band Director

Episode 18: James Hetfield on the M72 Stage; Zoltan Bathory & Chris Kael of Five Finger Death Punch

Episode 17: Pantera’s Phil Anselmo & Rex Brown plus Blackened Whiskey’s Rob Dietrich & Rabbit Hole’s Kaveh Zamanian

Episode 16: We head to Detroit; James talks “Messengers;” Garrett Whitlock of Mammoth WVH; final M72 shows of 2023

Episode 15: Robert with Suicidal Tendencies in Mexico; James, Steffan, and Renée in St. Louis

Episode 14: Listeners’ favorite horror films; Lars on St. Anger, 72 Seasons and an era of turmoil; traveling fans and chapter heads

Episode 13: Kirk celebrates Halloween and chats all things horror

Episode 12: Kirk on his Goodnight Texas cameo; Goodnight Texas co-founder Avi Vinocur; graphic artist Tony Squindo

Episode 11: Power Trip recap; Kirk on GNR; James on his fandom; Robert fresh off stage

Episode 10: Power Trip preview; Lars discusses Desert Trip and GNR

Episode 9: James and Robert on Bastardane and OTTTO; Mother-daughter “Fuel”

Episode 8: The skater episode: "Too Far Gone Video" and Tony Hawk

Episode 7: Kirk on surfing; Spencer Charnas from Ice Nine Kills; “Fuel" with AWMH supporter and super fan Yuji Moore

Episode 6: Kirk on "Shadows Follow"; band chef Simon Mitchell on prepping food on tour

Episode 5: Lars' favorite drummer; Steffan in the pit; "Family Matters”

Episode 4: Dallas night one recap with Robert; Metal Blade Founder Brian Slagel

Episode 3: Papa Het talks beach balls; MetLife Stadium recap; M72 Creative Director Dan Braun

Episode 2: Robert and Kirk on solos; Lars’ Drum Tech Jimmy Clark; “Fuel” with fan Heather Lohnes

Episode 1: Lars checks in; Europe tour recap; US tour preview

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