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Mandatory Metallica

Mandatory Metallica

JJ from Q100 brings you all things Metallica including live performances, album sides and details on current tours and releases.

JJ Rowell

111 episodesEN

Show overview

Mandatory Metallica has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 111 episodes. That works out to roughly 110 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 55 min and 59 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Music show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 months ago, with 12 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 51 episodes published. Published by JJ Rowell.

Episodes
111
Running
2023–2026 · 3y
Median length
57 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

JJ from Q100 brings you all things Metallica including live performances, album sides and details on current tours and releases! Rock on with Mandatory Metallica Monday night at 9 pm.

Latest Episodes

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What some might call "Under rated" songs plus all the Unforgivens Live!!!!

Apr 7, 20261h 6m

What is your favorite 1st song of the 80's albums? Metallica and Lemmy Live? Yes Please!

Mar 31, 202659 min

5 Things about Master of Puppets that almost came true....

Mar 24, 20261h 0m

Master of Puppets is 40! My new favorite car and what Metallica song set a record in the UK?

Mar 10, 20261h 2m

Metallica only allowed 45 minutes to warm up Dokken!?!? such a world existed in 1988

Mar 3, 20261h 3m

Have a bad day? How about some aggression therapy!??!?!?!?!!?!?!

Feb 24, 202659 min

Some Garage Inc. and some S&M!

Feb 10, 202655 min

Which Ozzy Song inspired what Metallica Song? Plus a cool cover from the Black List

Feb 3, 202655 min

Another from the Archives! Acoustic stuff and some rare covers

Jan 27, 202652 min

3 Songs James says are under rated, a sequl to The Thing that should not be and a live track from 83!

Jan 20, 202657 min

How much would you pay for a rare copy of Ride the Lightning on Vinyl?

Jan 13, 202656 min

The 1982 No Life till Leather Demo Remastered and a night without James? It happened!

Jan 6, 202657 min

Going out with a BANG!!!! The Last show of 2025! How to perfectly time the ball drop and what Metallica song to do it with!

Dec 30, 202552 min

No Christmas songs but lots of Live stocking stuffers! Plus a special present from James

Dec 23, 202554 min

One from the archives. Originally airing in January 2021 this is 9 songs rarely played live

Dec 16, 20251h 1m

A tribute to Dimebag, Live stuff from New Zealand and something from a legit archive!

Dec 9, 202553 min

Select cuts from the new Kill em all Tribute Album NO LIFE TILL LEATHER. Plus some actual Metallica~

Dec 2, 202553 min

Live stuff from the most recent shows down under and rare live tracks with Lemmy recorded in late 2009.

Nov 25, 202557 min

We start things of with a memorial to a musical great and some stuff that's Metallica Adjacent... And more live stuff from '91

Nov 18, 202558 min

Live tracks recorded Nov. 1 at the L.C. arena in Muskegon Michigan.

Nov 11, 202549 min
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