LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Mercury Music Group) Metallica are set to release their Beyond Magnetic EP on CD on January 30th 2012. Previously available only on iTunes, it features four previously unreleased songs, which were originally a gift to Metallica's
Metallica Club members to enjoy immediately after the band played them at their fan club shows in December 2011. The band said "We've been feeling all the love and positive vibes beyond our wildest expectations on the mp3 side, so we decided to go "old school" (!!) and also release those four songs on a CD"
They continued, "During the Death Magnetic album sessions in 2007 and 2008, we originally recorded 14 songs. When it came time to pick the songs for the final album, we decided on 10 songs that you've all come to know over the last three years," said the members of Metallica. "Some of you may have heard bits and pieces of those other songs on 'Mission Metallica' (remember 'Mission Metallica'?!) or heard rumors about them during the recording process, and wondered, 'What ever happened to those other four songs???.' We kept them in the vault and decided to pull them just for this special celebration, so here are the four leftover tracks from the Death Magnetic sessions. They are ROUGH mixes, unfinished to their original degree of mixing from March '08. These four songs were released as gift to our closest fans, the members of our Fan Club, to enjoy. Now they're being made available to you."
Metallica celebrated its 30th anniversary as a band in December last year, performing four shows at the Fillmore Theatre in San Francisco, CA, exclusively for members of their fan club, the
Metallica Club. There were no repeats in the set lists for the four night stand, aside from the established show closer of "Seek & Destroy," playing close to 80 different songs. Each night at the Fillmore was hosted by comedian Jim Breuer and opened by the
Rebel Souls Brass Band performing
Metallica songs. This was followed by fan club winners invited on stage to play "Crash Course Trivia" and "Name That Riff" games where they were able to win exclusive 30th anniversary prizes and memorabilia.
Metallica also invited many special guests relevant to their 30 years to the stage to perform with them. The list of guests included Apocalyptica, Armored Saint, Geezer Butler, John Bush, Bif Byford, Jerry Cantrell, Nick "
Animal" Culmer,
Glenn Danzig, Death Angel, King Diamond, Diamond Head, Marianne Faithfull,
Lloyd Grant, Rob Halford, Ray Haller, Pepper Keenan, Kid Rock, Laaz Rockit, John Marshall, Jim Martin, Mercyful Fate, Ron McGovney, Dave Mustaine, Jason Newsted, Ozzy Osbourne,
Rebel Souls Brass Band, Lou Reed, Bob Rock, Gary Rossington, and Hugh Tanner. Each night the finale featured all the evening's guests joining the band on stage to perform "Seek and Destroy."
1. Hate Train
2. Just A Bullet Away
3. Hell And Back
4.
Rebel Of Babylon
About Metallica: Formed in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist and vocalist
James Hetfield,
Metallica have become one of the most influential and commercially successful rock bands in history, having sold 100 million albums worldwide and playing to millions of fans the world over. They have scored several multi-platinum albums, including 1991's
Metallica (commonly referred to as "The
Black Album"), which is the best selling album in history of Soundscan scanning almost 15.7 million albums in the United States alone. Their latest album, Death Magnetic, was certified platinum just six weeks after it debuted atop the Billboard Top 200 Album chart in October 2008.
Metallica have also garnered numerous awards and accolades, including nine Grammy Awards, two American
Music Awards, and multiple MTV Video
Music Awards, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009.
Metallica will headline the 10th Download Festival at Donington Park on Saturday 9 June 2012, with an exclusive UK performance of their best selling, No. 1 album Metallica, more commonly known simply as 'The
Black Album'. "The
Black Album" was #1 in over 25 countries and spawned an incredible five hits: 'Enter Sandman', 'Sad But True', 'Wherever I May Roam', 'Nothing Else Matters' and 'The Unforgiven'. The album has sold over 25 million copies worldwide.
Metallica is one of the most successful acts in music history, selling over 100 million albums.
