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Metallica has released the new cover art for their anticipated ninth studio album, Death Magnetic.

The album, scheduled to be released this September. You can grab wallpapers, icons and avatars of the artwork here.

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* Entire show with John Marshall on rhythm guitar.

* There is a tape cut during Damage, Inc.

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Just in case you missed the stealth show the band played in Nashville last month, check it out here.

There’s still time to Save 10% when you pre-order the rest of the Summer Tour.

6/12/08 The Basement, Nashville, TN
No Remorse
Fuel
Harvester Of Sorrow
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Master Of Puppets
Sad But True
Motorbreath
Seek and Destroy

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A re-release of the 1986 classic on high quality vinyl. Release date is july 15, 2008. 

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2 Disc Version

Hailed as a masterpiece by critics far outside heavy metal’s core audience, Master Of Puppets sold over half a million copies at its time of release without any major video/radio airplay, making it’s the band’s first record to be certified Gold by the RIAA. It has since sold over six million copies in the U.S. alone. It was the last album the band recorded with bass player Cliff Burton before his death later that year. The album has also frequently been tagged by critics as one of the most influential heavy metal albums of all time.  Yet by bookending the album with two slices of thrash mayhem ( Battery and Damage, Inc. ), the band reigns triumphant through sheer force of sound, of will, of malice. The arrangements are thick and muscular, and the material varies enough in texture and tempo to hold interest through all its twists and turns. Some critics have called Master Of Puppets the best heavy metal album ever recorded; if it isn’t, it certainly comes close.

Representatives for OZZFest-returning this year as a one-day stadium spectacular with two of rock’s most colossal names, METALLICA and OZZY OSBOURNE-have announced special VIP ticket packages to enhance the OZZFest experience on Saturday, August 9 at Pizza Hut Park in Dallas, TX. These packages are now available, along with the general tickets, ranging from $79.50 – $129.50, that recently went on sale.

The VIP Packages include exclusive seating (Field – GA Front of Stage access area $499 or Premium Reserved Seating Lower Stands $299); VIP parking (1 pass per order–to be mailed at a later date); access to VIP lounge area with complimentary snacks & water; and access to “Ozzy’s Lair” brought to you by ESP Guitar’s. Tickets can be purchased via Ticketmaster outlets and online at: CLICK HERE

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You can pre-order Metallica’s Reading or Leeds festival shows for legal download in either mp3 or lossless FLAC versions from www.livemetallica.com. The mp3 version costs $8.95 (about £5), while the FLAC version is $11.65 (about £6). These prices save 10% on the post-tour prices. (more…)

One of the founders of Red Octane, the video game company responsible for Guitar Hero, says reports linking Beatles and Metallica to special editions of the game are untrue.

Charles Huang said the company was “not ready to comment” on the rumours that Metallica had joined the successful franchise, which recently saw the launch of a special Aerosmith edition.

It had been claimed that songs by the rock band, who release their new album in September, would appear on a future version of the game, due for release next year.

Speaking to Billboard, Mr Huang added that the company would “love to work with all of the top rock bands of all time, whether it’s Aerosmith or Metallica or AC/DC or Led Zeppelin,”

“If we get an opportunity to work with those bands, we would love to do that.” (more…)

Jack Black will wear a helmet when he performs at the Reading and Leeds music festivals.

The actor, who is set to appear on stage before legendary rockers Metallica, admits his band Tenacious D are prepared for the crowd to pelt them with bottles.

When asked if he was aware the crowd at Reading Festival are notorious for throwing bottles at acts, Jack replied: “Are you kidding me? Thanks for warning me. Well, I hope the crowd switch to throwing plastic bottles this year. I think I will bring my helmet!”

The Reading and Leeds music festivals are held over the weekend of August 22nd to 24th. (more…)

While it still hasn’t been announced or confirmed by the band or the record label, talk has been heating up about a special limited-edition box of Metallica’s upcoming Death Magnetic.

For hardcore Metallifans, it sounds like a spiffy little package: in addition to a physical CD, the box set will include bonus CD of 10 demos, a Making Of Death Magnetic DVD and an exclusive T-shirt. There’s also swag like guitar picks, a Death Magnetic flag (who wouldn’t want to wave one out their window?) and a poster with pictures of the band members. The whole shibang is said to be packed in a “coffin box,’ which makes us think, Hey, a coffin box…Why not, right?

But Metallica-zised guitar picks and coffins don’t come cheap, and the rumor is that the box set will set you back 929 Euros – that’s $1,500 in American smackers. You have some time to save up, though – Death Magnetic is due for release mid-September.

UPDATE: Apparently it will not cost 1500 dollars. (more…)

This online quiz at quibblo.com certainly doesn’t test anyone who considers themselves a metallica fan. I hope you get a %100.

Win Flights, Hotel and Vip Tix to Ozzfest from ESP Guitars!

ESP Guitars is running a contest where you can win flights, hotel stay and tickets to OZZFEST 2008. One lucky entry will win:

• • Fly with a friend to Dallas, TX
  • Picked up by Limo
  • Stay in Hotel
  • Meals and Drinks on us
  • Clothing from Affliction, including hand-signed Ozzy items
  • ESP LTD KH-602 Guitar
  • Randall RM100KH Amplifier
  • Two premier VIP tickets to Ozzfest
  • Access to “Ozzy’s Lair” VIP area
  • Meet-and-Greet members of Shadows Fall, Devil Driver, and other ESP bands

Sign up and get more info now at http://www.espguitars.com/contests_ozzfest.cf

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Wikipedia Entry: Death Magnetic^[3] is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica. It is scheduled for release in September 17th 2008 by Warner Bros. Records.^[4] The album will be the band’s first to feature current bassist Robert Trujillo and the first to be produced by Rick Rubin.^[5] It will also be their first studio album released through Warner Bros. Records, although they still remain with Warner Music Group, which owns their previous label, Elektra Records. (more…)

As part of missionmetallica.com, Metallica are providing free full live show bootleg recordings of some of their early perfomances. Nice to hear some of the early days. These are available DRM-free to any level membership (including the free one) so make sure to check the full list. They seem to be released on a near weekly basis going back to a performance from 1983. They are pretty raw recordings with varying quality, but the band’s youth and fire really come through in the sound. Do you think the new album will still have that? I think it just might. (more…)

THE GREATEST MUSIC EVER CREATED AND HOW IT RUINED OUR LIVES

What happens when you team up the mouth of the metal world and the mouth of the desert? You get an internet television show to end all others. BW&BK and metal know-it-all and smart ass Eric Braverman have teamed up to bring the world The Greatest Music Ever Created And How It Ruined Our Lives. (more…)

According to the Norway’s Platekompaniet, METALLICA will release a Deluxe Box Set of their new album, Death Magnetic in September which includes the Death Magnetic digi, ten-track demo CD, making of Death Magnetic DVD, Death Magnetic flag, Death Magnetic plekter, t-shirt, USB memory stick (enabling digital download of Death Magnetic) and more.

The retailer also lists a five-LP version of Death Magnetic which will be available.

Death Magnetic is “a stunning, overdue return to the shock and rush of the band’s speed-metal monuments, 1984’s Ride The Lightning and 1986’s Master Of Puppets,” according to Rolling Stone.

UPDATE: Apparently the original page on the site has been removed. I’m sure ‘you know who’ had something to do with it. (more…)