METALLICA check in with the following update:

"It might seem like things have been a little quiet at Metallica HQ, but not so! While Big 4 shows are being confirmed and the studio prepped for recording, the hard working web crew has been hunkered down building a brand new web site for all things 'Tallica, and we are just about ready to unveil it to you!

On March 28th, a new and expanded version of Metallica.com will be launched. What do we mean by expanded? Well, we're folding all three of our sites (Metallica.com, MetClub.com, MetOnTour.com) into one to ensure that everyone has easy access to the touring and fan club sections along with newly organized fun facts and details about every album, video, song, tour date, band member and event... in general way more stuff about us than you ever wanted to know! We also dug into the web archives and added the full Mission: Metallica gallery of photos and videos and of course all the usual stuff is still there - wallpapers, videos, timelines, photo galleries, message boards, and more.

For those of you who like variety, you will still be able to "skin" the site with graphics from your favorite Met albums and other art and photos... they've all been re-designed and updated!

You will notice some changes over the next ten days while we do the final preparations for the big move, most notably that the MetStore (including fan club registration) will be closed starting at noon on Monday, March 21st. All the websites will be unavailable for a few days starting March 25 until we come back online with the new site on March 28th. Never fear, though, you can follow our progress and get any important news updates on Twitter, Facebook and the message boards.

We've had a blast combing through the archives and pulling it all together and thank you in advance for your patience while we move. See you in a few days with a new look!!"

VH1 Classic's That Metal Show is back for lucky season seven tonight, Saturday, March 19th, at 11 PM (ET/PT). Guests on the season premier include Metallica's Kirk Hammett and ULI JON ROTH (ex-SCORPIONS).

Kirk Hammett talks about Metallica, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX, and SLAYER being on tour together for the first time in over 20 years in the clip below, from That Metal Show's season premiere.

Says Hammett: “For me it’s a celebration. We’ve all made it this far and we’re all established bands and all the little issues and points of contention that we had with each other back then was all a product of being just young and immature and wanting to be number one. Now we’ve been around for 25 odd years or so and all that stuff doesn’t matter any more, and we can all look at each other and say, “We’ve accomplished a lot for metal and we should be proud and let’s celebrate it together.”