Wow, can’t believe I haven’t featured Metallica yet in the Live Flashback series! I chose “Fade To Black” from Ride The Lightning because I think it’s a great song that captures both the melodic capabilities of the band as well as the crushing power of the musicians together. Plus, this performance is from 1989 and captures the band in all of their long hair and headbanging glory… exactly how’d you’d prefer to think of them. Enjoy: continue reading...
Here’s your chance to hear the first studio recording from Metallica’s new Death Magnetic album. The song is called “The Day That Never Comes” and its pretty good. Some familiar clean verse guitar lines contrasted with heavy choruses and extended solo sections. At times it sounds like some of their other songs, and its not a new formula, but dammit, its a great formula and its good to hear them ripping again, especially the last 2 minutes of the song. Stream it HERE continue reading...
from Billboard.com:
Metallica is offering hardcore fans a “coffin box” edition of its upcoming album, “Death Magnetic,” due in September via Warner Bros. continue reading...
According the Lars the new songs are a mix of “hardcore”, “nutty” and “long”… interesting. Here some bullet points outlining the key points of the interview from Spin:
– The yet-to-be titled new record will drop sometime in September.
– The quartet will wrap production on the record next week, “by Wednesday or Thursday,” Ulrich confirms.
– The band hit the studio “with 26 songs,” then “went down to 14 with Rick [Rubin, producer]” and recorded 11. Only 10 songs will make the final tracklisting.
– The album’s tunes, “long… nutty ass songs,” will not be edited, and are “seven minutes, eight minutes, nine minutes” in length, recalling “some of the earlier records.”
– Sonically, the songs are “definitely all over the place… with a lot of variations.” Definitely “hardcore” and “nutty,” Lars says.
– This week the quartet have been working with its graphic designer on the album art.
– In the recording of the new set Metallica were seeking “a little bit of a more sane environment,” unlike the records they produced in the early ’90s. “And we’ve been able to keep that,” Ulrich says. continue reading...
