New Metallica

[ollie]

I retract my earlier indifference. This is easily their best album since ...And Justice For All. Highly recommended. Official release is Friday.

[Patchoulia]

Some Kind of Monster..a fantastic doc...just sayin'.

[bokonon]

This year kicks some serious ass....new Metallica and new AC DC. I'm wet.

[Kanada Kev]

[Kanada Kev]

http://torrentfreak.com/metallica-interview-canceled-after-pirate-bay-row-080914/

Metallica Interview Canceled after Pirate Bay Row

Metallica’s label Universal stepped in and canceled an interview with a Swedish newspaper last week after one of its writer reviewers said he got his copy of the album via BitTorrent. The writer, Jonn Jeppsson, who actually reviewed an edited version of ‘Death Magnetic’, admitted he downloaded it from The Pirate Bay.

It seems that no matter how hard they try, Metallica will continue to make anti-piracy headlines. After their bloody battle with Napster years ago, they were determined to keep calm when their latest album, ‘Death Magnetic’, inevitably hit the torrents.

This time, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich shocked everyone by saying: “If this thing leaks all over the world today or tomorrow, happy days. It’s 2008 and it’s part of how it is these days.â€

Despite this effort, it hasn’t taken long for people to start a dispute over piracy. According to a report, Metallica’s label, Universal Music, canceled an interview the band had planned with the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan last week, after a writer there, Jonn Jeppsson, sparked off an anti-piracy row featuring him and The Pirate Bay.

Instead of reviewing the official version of the album, Jeppsson used an unauthorized cut called “Death Magnetic: Better, Shorter, Cutâ€, which contains the same songs as the original, but shortened. If reviewing an unofficial copy wasn’t enough, Mr Jeppson clearly enraged Universal when he admitted in his review that he downloaded his copy off The Pirate Bay.

Metallica’s label Universal was not pleased, to say the least. Talking with Dagens Media, Universal Sweden’s Per Sundin said: “The reviewer is referring to a torrent where someone has altered the original songs. The reviewer explains exactly where one should go in order to download the file that is totally infringing copyright. It’s not only an illegal file, but an altered file. The reviewer also writes that this is how the album should have sounded.â€

Showing that Universal isn’t happy about piracy, even if Lars seems to have undergone a road-to-Damascus-style recovery, Sundin went on stating: “File-sharing of music is illegal. Period. There’s nothing to discuss. That fact that Sydsvenskan has a writer that has downloaded this music illegally and then makes mention of an illegal site in his review is totally unacceptable to us.â€Â

Hinting that Universal may stop sending promo material for Sydsvenskan to review he ends: “We live in symbiosis with each other and we send them our artists’ record for free for review. But if they download the albums illegally instead, then there’s no point in doing that.â€

Meanwhile, ‘Death Magnetic’ entered the UK chart at #1.

[balogna pogna]

I just watched a new documentary titled "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" and it's pretty good if anyone is interested.

All the big thrash bands are in it and it chronicles the early 80s until grunge killed that whole scene in the 90s.

[ollie]

I thought grunge killed glam metal, not thrash.

Thrash pretty much morphed into nu-metal which sustained popularity in the genre and now its started to sway back to its roots.

[balogna pogna]

Grunge killed the glam stuff but did a number on a lot of hard rock metal & thrash too (with the exception of Pantera who held on through the 90s until the new wave of heavier stuff started up)

They mention how at the Clash of the Titans tour (Megadeth, Slayer & Anthrax) Death Angel had to cancel as an opener so Alice in Chains got the spot. A lot of these thrash bands would let the grunge bands open up the shows but when grunge took off Soundgarden and the rest of then wouldn't return the favour.

The documentary just came out this week. Check it out Ollie.

[Tenenbaum]

They mention how at the Clash of the Titans tour (Megadeth, Slayer & Anthrax) Death Angel had to cancel as an opener so Alice in Chains got the spot.

Interesting; I actually attended Clash of the Titans at the CNE and if I recall correctly, Alice in Chains got boo'd consistently. Perhaps at the time they were gaining some MTV ground in the US, but in Canada, their opening set fell on deaf ignorant ears.

[Freak By Night]

Grunge .... did a number on a lot of hard rock metal & thrash too

I beg to differ.

[ollie]

Awesome forgotten album!!

[balogna pogna]

We won tickets to Prong from campus radio at UW back in 1994 and I ended up with an autograph and a guitar pick. That was probably one of the last metal shows I ever saw.

[Tenenbaum]

The documentary just came out this week. Check it out Ollie.

I rented that last night! I'm in awe at the amount of raw footage and the number of bands it explores. FORBIDDEN! KREATOR! and props for the chapter honoring Suicidal Tendencies!!

The live footage from the DRI+Anthrax+Possessed gig with 5 simultaneous separate circle pits looked absolutely insane!

Edited September 19, 2008 by Guest

[Tenenbaum]

this is hilarious! A collection of every time Metallica has said the word or words relating to "death" in their self-written studio albums. Very well crafted; deserves repeat viewings!

[nattyMatty]

I like "Ride the Lightning" the album. I like Motorbreath on "Kill'em All" Crash course to brain surgery on "Garage days" and Orion on what ever album its on. I think they lost there strength when they Cut there HAIRRR!!

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[ollie]

That is rich!

[Freak By Night]

That is rich!

So is he.