Daily Reload: Metallica, Nikki Sixx + More

The top rock and metal stories from Loudwire and around the web for Sept. 4, 2014:

- Metallica Land Spot in 'Guinness World Records 2015' Edition: [Loudwire]

- Motley Crue Bassist Nikki Sixx Undergoes Double Hernia Surgery: [Loudwire]

- Ozzy Osbourne Planning 'Hell Gate' Event for October 2015: [Loudwire]

- Joan Rivers Dies at 81: Rockers React: [Loudwire]

- Chimaira Frontman Mark Hunter Announces the End of the Band: [Loudwire]

- NFL Week 1 Picks By Otherwise's Adrian Patrick: [Loudwire]

- The Black Keys Eying January 2015 Studio Return: [Loudwire]

- Exodus Reveal 'Blood In, Blood Out' Album Track Listing: [Loudwire]

- Former Deadlock Drummer Tobias Graf Dies at 35: [Loudwire]

- Slash Stays Humble After 'Sweet Child O' Mine' Is Named Second All-Time Best Riff: [Ultimate Classic Rock]

- Early Footage of My Chemical Romance Recording Their Debut Surfaces: [Diffuser.fm]

- Pussy Riot Members Launch News Site Focusing on Russia's Courts + Prisons: [Diffuser.fm]