How Metallica turned childhood trauma into The Unforgiven: heavy metal’s decades-spanning trilogy

That tone was only hammered home by the music. The first Unforgiven was an inverse ballad, weaving between Metallica’s trademark, thumping metal on the verses and introspective Americana during the ...
Rolling Stone

Hear Metallica’s ‘The Unforgiven’ Transformed by Inuk Musician Elisapie

Elisapie, a Canadian Inuk singer-songwriter, plumbs new sadness in one of Metallica‘s biggest, most emotional hits on her recording, “Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven).” Where the metal band ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

How James Hetfield Channeled Childhood Pain on ‘The Unforgiven’

Pain has led to a lot of gain for Metallica over the decades. And the adage is exponential for "The Unforgiven," a dark and deeply personal song that's spun off two sequels for a trilogy as intense as ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

25 Years Ago: Metallica Continues Story With ‘The Unforgiven II’

On Feb. 23, 1998, Metallica released “The Unforgiven II,” the second part in what would become a trilogy. The single followed in the footsteps of 1991’s “The Unforgiven,” a popular power ballad from ...
loudwire

The Harp Twins Cover Metallica’s ‘The Unforgiven’

The Harp Twins are at it again. Camille and Kennerly Kitt have posted a new video featuring their cover of Metallica’s “The Unforgiven.” Watch the unorthodox version of the song in the player above.
MetalSucks

Metallica Perform “Unforgiven II” Live for Second, Hopefully Last Time

Which of Metallica’s three “Unforgiven”s (to date, at least) is your favorite? Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion, of course, but the correct answer is “the original,” which is the only ...
loudwire

Would Metallica Ever Write Another ‘Unforgiven’ Sequel? James Hetfield Responds

Would Metallica ever consider writing another "Unforgiven" sequel? That's a question James Hetfield addressed on a recent episode of The Metallica Report podcast. The three installments of the song ...
Rolling Stone

Metallica Release Three New Covers of ‘The Unforgiven,’ Plus Rough Mix of ‘Black Album’ Cut

Metallica have released three new covers of their song “The Unforgiven,” as well as a rough mix of the track, in anticipation of their upcoming massive Black Album 30th-anniversary campaign. The ...
MetalSucks

Metallica’s “Unforgiven” as Played by Eight Floppy Disc Drives

I realize the majority of MetalSucks readers are too young to remember floppy disc drives — or at least too young for them to have been an important part of computer usage — but there was a time when ...
Stereogum

Diet Cig – “The Unforgiven” (Metallica Cover)

Last month, Metallica announced plans for The Metallica Blacklist, a crazy and ambitious project in which 53 different artists would try their hands at covering songs from the self-titled Metallica ...
Metal Injection

Here's METALLICA's "The Unforgiven" Played on 8 Disk Drives

One nerd put together eight flash disk modules and synced them up to play The Unforgiven by Metallica. This is maybe the weirdest Metallica cover yet. And we've seen a few. Here are some recent ones ...
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VOTE: Better 1991 Rock Epic – Guns N’ Roses’ ‘November Rain’ vs. Metallica’s ‘The Unforgiven’

The year 1991 was a spectacular one for both Guns N’ Roses and Metallica and this week we’re pairing up two of their biggest hits to determine the greatest rock epic of 1991. Will it be Guns N’ Roses’ ...