METAL UP YOUR PODCAST - All Things Metallica
Clint Wells is a Nashville-based musician, producer, and songwriter who has worked with and toured alongside artists across the rock and metal world. From the road or his Nashville studios, Clint hosts weekly episodes exploring all things Metallica—from deep dives and history to musicianship, culture, and the wider heavy music landscape.
Episodes
On this episode Clint talks Metallica at the Super Bowl and what his fantasy setlist medley would be, why S&M1 has aged better than S&M2, talks about all the cool shit happening on Patreon and does the deep dive into Hero of the Day, an underrated banger from the Load era. Enjoy!
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Clint listens to the new Megadeth album with track-by-track commentary. He also breaks down the timeline of the Rick Rubin produced follow up to Death Magnetic that never happened and discusses general criticism of Rick Rubin as a producer. There's also a rant section about AI and its impact on the music industry. Enjoy!
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Clint continues the deep dive into the Load Deluxe Boxset with a deep cut banger and discusses Metallica's new collaboration with Doc Marten, why Dave Mustaine is wrong about his Metallica royalties, the Deftones selling their catalogue and reads listener e-mails. Enjoy!
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All the way from Nashville's Snowmageddon! Clint straps on his Gibson SG and talks through every detail of Wasting My Hate via the Load Deluxe Boxset. He also listens to and critique's Megadeth's ill-advised cover of Ride the Lightning and talks about why nothing that comes from the Pet Semetery will ever replace the real thing.
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Clint takes the deep dive into all things King Nothing via the Load boxset and Overload extras. Enjoy!
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Clint plays his ten favorite songs of 2025 and answers listener questions about writing and producing, touring, legacy bands, the impact of the 90’s, top horror films of the year, the future of Lunar Satan and Cover Our World Blackened, hopes for the future, plans for Metal Up Your Podcast, Load and Reload, free will, Billy Corgan, sequencing records, love of record collections, bucket list bands to see live, and Metallica’s future...
Clint dives into part 1 of A Week and a Half in the Life of Metallica from the Load boxset covering the Escape From the Studio Tour in '95. The boys play a warmup show in London, debut Load (and Reload) songs and drunkenly hang out together for what was probably one of the last times of those kinds of shenanigans. Clint also talks St. Anger as catharsis, what to say when you meet members of Metallica, why people watch entire shows ...
Merry Christmas! This week Clint takes a look at the TV Appearances from '96-'97 from Disc 4 of the Load Boxset which include one of the best live versions of Until It Sleeps, a bizarre lip sync of Hero of the Day, two rare performances of Mama Said, Wasting My Hate from Jools Holland and the infamous performance of Last Caress/So What that got the boys banned from European MTV.
Clint also reads listener e-mails and talks the great...
This week Clint tackles Studio Shit from DVD 1 of the Load Boxset. He also recaps Metallica's three shows in the Middle East, talks Spotify Wrapped numbers and what they mean for metal fans, explores more bizarre Dave Mustaine interviews and reads fan letters from the E-mail Portal. Enjoy!
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Clint and guest host Angelo Gonzalez break down the 1996 MTV Motherload promotion in both the US and Europe. They talk early MTV, seeing the Motherload in real time, Metallica's willingness to promote themselves, the current state of the music industry and whether or not something like this can ever happen again. Enjoy!
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This week Clint takes the deep dive into all things Until It Sleeps via the Load Boxset and the Overload extras to track the entire writing process of the song from a random jam on the studio floor at The Plant during the making of Load. HE also talks his St. Anger edit, why 2x4 is the spiritual successor to Battery, the "Get the Load Out" contest, listener e-mails and original music, why everyone sits at concerts these days, the H...
This week Clint takes the deep dive into all things "2x4" from the origins of the riffs to one of the standout rare performances at Castle Donington. With guitar in hand and through the lens of the Load Boxset, every aspect of this awesome song is explored. Enjoy!
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MUYP alumni Sam Mullins stops by to talk all things M72 in Adelaide, the rarity of Leper Messiah, the "Hardwired" stage in Australia, and how why he is somehow not an INXS fan. Enjoy!
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This week Clint talks Metallica touring Australia, Dave Mustaine covering Ride the Lightning for some reason, a chronology of James Hetfield's soaring melodic guitar solos and takes the deep dive into "The House Jack Built" via the treasure trove of behind the scenes material from the incredible Load boxset. Enjoy!
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This week part two of the Halloween special is all about SEQUELS and REMAKES. Which are the best, which are the worst and are there any that surpass the original? The boys also do three sweet sixteen style matches to determine the best sequel, the best horror director and the best horror classic of all time. Enjoy!
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This week Clint is joined by friends Angelo, Van and Zach for the third annual Halloween special celebrating the spooky season and all things horror. Enjoy nostalgic halloween commercials from the 90's as the boys talk the best horror films of 2025, comfort movies of the past, the most iconic slasher weapon, who would be left standing in the ultimate horror Royal Rumble, memorable theater experiences and familiar horror tropes that...
Clint explores the book included in the Load boxset and highlights interesting portions of essays by Bob Rock, Zach Harmon, Jason Newsted and many people involved in the Load-era with a lot of focus on Jason's complicated relationship with the aesthetic and artistic direction of the band at this time. Enjoy!
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On September 3rd, 1995 Metallica played an intimate show in Tuktoyatuk, Canada at a small venue accessible only by air. Approximately 500 contest winners and locals were in attendance. For years the only footage we have seen was a short documentary that was included in Fan Can, Volume II. Now, as part of the Load boxset, we can see the entire soundcheck and concert.
In this episode Clint watches the the second half of the show and t...
On September 3rd, 1995 Metallica played an intimate show in Tuktoyatuk, Canada at a small venue accessible only by air. Approximately 500 contest winners and locals were in attendance. For years the only footage we have seen was a short documentary that was included in Fan Can, Volume II. Now, as part of the Load boxset, we can see the entire soundcheck and concert.
In this episode Clint watches the soundcheck and first half of the ...
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