{"id":803429,"date":"2026-10-15T13:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/803429\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T13:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:44:11","slug":"his-music-his-heart-and-his-spirit-are-still-here-with-us-the-new-issue-of-metal-hammer-is-a-tribute-to-legendary-metallica-bassist-cliff-burton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/803429\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHis music, his heart and his spirit are still here with us.\u201d The new issue of Metal Hammer is a tribute to legendary Metallica bassist Cliff Burton"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been 40 years since we lost Cliff Burton<\/a>, but the legendary Metallica<\/a> bassist has left a legacy that still resonates today. We talk to his friends, music teachers, former bandmates and producers, alongside the artists who have been influenced by the immortal music he made.<\/p>\n

Former Megadeth<\/a> bassist David Ellefson recalls how frontman Dave Mustaine<\/a>, who played with Cliff in the early days of Metallica, received a phone call telling him his friend had passed away. Dave then wrote Megadeth classic In My Darkest Hour.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHere we are, still talking about him as if he was still here,\u201d says David of Cliff\u2019s legacy and reputation as a musical innovator. \u201cBecause he is. His music and his heart and his spirit are still here with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere, we get onboard Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>\u2019s actual crazy train, in a new attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood. Created for their Halloween Horror Nights experience, it features unseen artwork from the Double O \u2013 and a giant bat!<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Maynard James Keenan gets The Hammer Interview treatment. The Tool<\/a>, Puscifer and A Perfect Circle frontman reveals why vampires drove him out of LA, and why retirement is \u201cnot a fucking option\u201d.<\/p>\n

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We also get rock royalty Dave Grohl in a room with thrash<\/a> royalty Anthrax<\/a>, to talk homemade tattoos, shots with Dimebag and the majesty of Motorhead. Because why not?<\/p>\n

The stars of the very first Ozzfest share their memories of the event that changed metal forever, while Iron Maiden\u2019s longest-serving drummer, Nicko McBrain<\/a>, divulges what he\u2019s learned from marriage, aliens and the time Ozzy Osbourne saved him from falling into the sea.<\/p>\n

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President\u2019s controversial leader grants us an audience, Chelsea Wolfe lifts the veil on her most mainstream record yet, and Castle Rat<\/a> frontwoman Riley Pinkerton explains how she became the Rat Queen.<\/p>\n

Plus, we meet Unpeople: the band who brush their teeth to Cattle Decapitation.<\/p>\n

All this, along with Slaughter To Prevail, Ministry, Deftones, Tony Iommi, Devildriver, Black Spikes, The Primals, Cult Of Luna, ArcTanGent, Brocarde, Alice Cooper and much, much more.<\/p>\n

Only in the new issue of Metal Hammer, on sale now.

Order it online and have it delivered straight to your door<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been 40 years since we lost Cliff Burton, but the legendary Metallica bassist has left a legacy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-803429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}