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Lars Ulrich addressed the negative reaction many Metallica fans had for the sank-like-a-stone Lulu album with Lou Reed. "It was more spiteful than anyone was prepared for," the drummer said. "Especially against Lou. He is such a sweet man...

At this point, the only way to save 'Lulu' in the eyes of fans and critics might be to throw more high-profile collaborators at the project. It certainly can't hurt that unlikely collaborators Metallica and Lou Reed tapped Darren Aronofsky, the Oscar-nominated director behind 'The Wrestler' and 'Black Swan,' to direct the video for 'The View,' which debuted today (Dec...

Some albums receive critical drubbings but go on to sell like hotcakes, proving that smarty-pants rock critics don't know everything. 'Lulu' is not one of those albums. According to Blabbermouth, the much-derided Metallica-Lou Reed team-up album moved a mere 3,000 units in its second week of release...

We're well aware that the Metallica and Lou Reed project, dubbed 'Loutallica,' isn't going down easy for metal fans. It's such a hot topic in the rock world right now that even Alice Cooper is offering his two cents on 'Lulu.' Cooper stated that he finds the partnership so jarring that it would be akin to punk icon Iggy Pop teaming up with Swedish pop legends ABBA...

Anton Corbijn Be among the first to hear the upcoming release 'Lulu' at an intimate listening session with Lou Reed and Metallica on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Bowers & Wilkins Sound Sessions will be giving away passes and a flyaway to the small private gathering in New York City and you could be there! ...

Getty Images Lou Reed and Metallica are two musical forces of nature, so naturally when they teamed up for Lulu the hype surrounding the album was gale force. When both camps began touting the project as the best thing they'd ever done, the news really sounded far too good to be true...

The cover art for 'Lulu,' the upcoming album by Metallica and Lou Reed, is a little on the disturbing side, but that's not why London transit authorities have banned promo posters from hanging in the city's tube stations. As the NME reports, Transport For London has outlawed the image -- an armless female mannequin overlaid with the disc's title, written in red smears -- because it looks too much

A 30-second audio snippet of 'The View' – a track from the forthcoming Metallica and Lou Reed collaboration album, 'Lulu,' has just leaked. The track will be released as a digital single on September 27th. 'Lulu' will be released on November 1st via Warner Bros. Reco...

The cover art for 'Lulu,' the upcoming collaboration album from Metallica and Lou Reed has just been unveiled and can be seen beneath the cut. The title for the record was named after German expressionist writer Frank Wededkind's plays about a young abused dancer of the same name...

As Noisecreep previously reported, legendary rock'n'roller and Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed has embarked on a quest of epic proportions -- to combine with thrash-worthy distorted sounds of Metallica and his own underground finesse into one full-length album...