Cliff Burton
Metallica’s “Kill ‘Em All” Turns 40
July 25, 2023 Justin Norton
Decibel looks back on Metallica‘s Kill ‘Em All, the album that helped birth thrash metal, launched a legendary career, on its 40th anniversary
Reminiscences from the Fire: Cliff Burton’s First Show with Metallica, 30 Years on
March 5, 2013 Jeff Treppel
As much as I swore I was never going to do a blog post about goddamn Metallica, when Bazillion Point Books contacted me about doing a spread celebrating the 30th anniversary of Cliff Burton’s first show with Metallica (March 5, 1983, for those of you who aren’t so good with math) – featuring actual photographs…
Cliff Burton is awesome: 25 years on
September 30, 2011 Jonathan Horsley
Tuesday marked the 25th anniversary of Cliff Burton’s death. Metallica were traveling through Sweden on the Damage Inc. tour in support of Master of Puppets, when the band’s bus crashed just outside Ljungby, killing Burton. He was 24. Sometimes it’s easy—perfectly natural, too—to over-egg it and go nuts when evaluating the dead’s music or art….