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Report: Metallica gets own XM Radio station…

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Metallica announced on the band’s official website that they just got their own XM Sattelite radio for a little while. During August 16th through September 30th on XM 51 you will get to hear all Metallica, all the time 24/7!!!! They will be playing nothing but Metallica songs from all Metallica albums including the new one “Death Magnetic”! The name of the station is called “Mandatory Metallica”. They won’t have this station forever, only for over a month. There will also be live concert recordings being aired and there will be live interviews by each band member.

So for those who own monthly subscriptions to XM Radio, enjoy this while you can:

http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601082

XM Radio is very cool. I want to get one someday and it’s definitely much better than FM radio over here.

Kev

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Cool Video: Kirk Hammett recording riffs in studio for “Death Magnetic”…

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This video was posted on the Mission: Metallica site, while I’m not a payed registered member to Mission: Metallica, all the videos in the studio being posted there get leaked to youtube anyways.

Kirk Hammett here is recording riffs to go behind James Hetfield’s vocals in a song Kirk and the producers are recording. While Kirk was recording a few riffs down, the producer hands Kirk a “flanger” pedal. The producer asked him to use that pedal, Kirk looks at it a few minutes, and then he hooks it up to the amp and rocks out.

After the producer played back the recorded riffs Kirk just recorded in the video, the producer asked him to make a cool effect out of that flanger. And the sound is way badass. It sounds fuckin’ metal. The way Metallica is supposed to be, not that alternative rock shit they did in “Load/Reload/St. Anger”.

Check it out!

Kev

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Report: Metallica unleashes tracklisting for “Death Magnetic”…

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Metallica revealed the official tracklisting for “Death Magnetic” their new studio album. It is a 10 track CD, but it was said that most songs on the disc are pretty long, from 7-10 minute long songs just like the good old days of Metallica.

From the band’s official site:

http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601036

Sounds good. Hopefully this is a true old school Metallica record. Looking forward to it!

Kev

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Report: Metallica unleashes tracklisting for “Death Magnetic”…

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Metallica revealed the official tracklisting for “Death Magnetic” their new studio album. It is a 10 track CD, but it was said that most songs on the disc are pretty long, from 7-10 minute long songs just like the good old days of Metallica.

From the band’s official site:

http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601036

Sounds good. Hopefully this is a true old school Metallica record. Looking forward to it!

Kev

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Report: Metallica reveals “Death Magnetic” album cover…

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Metallica just revealed the official album cover for their upcoming new disc “Death Magnetic”, you can see it in wallpaper form here:

http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601021

Just like an old school Metallica album cover back in the 80’s! They really are bringing back old school Metallica!

I really like the album cover! Looking forward to the album.

Kev

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Report: Guitar Hero to Rock Band, “Oh yeah, well take this Rock Band, you get new Guns N’ Roses, we get NEW Metallica album, hahahahaha…”

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Yeah, it’s definitely Guitar Hero vs. Rock Band alright. Right after Rock Band announced they get a new Guns N’ Roses song early, the Guitar Hero franchise announced they’ll get the new Metallica album “Death Magnetic” in it’s entirety for “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock” downloadable, so you can jam out to Metallica’s new entire album. The album will be downloadable in “Guitar Hero III” the same day “Death Magnetic” comes out in stores.

While Metallica may not yet be getting their own Guitar Hero video game, them getting “Death Magnetic” on Guitar Hero III is better than nothing, I guess!

From the band’s official website:

http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601007

As the owner of “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock”, I’ll definitely download the entire Metallica album for the video game as well. Pretty sweet!

Kev

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Report: Metallica to release box set of “Death Magnetic”…

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The boys in Metallica announced the news that the band will release a box set edition of their new album “Death Magnetic” set to hit stores in September. The box set will include all kinds of goodies like the new “Death Magnetic” album will of course be in it, also a disc of demos, a behind the scenes DVD the making of the album, a Metallica t-shirt, flag, guitar picks and all sorts of stuff.

The box set is mainly made for the longtime hardcore fans who still support the band to this day. I’m sure the regular “Death Magnetic” studio album will be released without the box setting too.

Billboard reports:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003826370

I’ll probably just get the regular CD, I don’t need that box set. I love Metallica but I’m not that much of a die hard.

Kev

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Report: No Metallica and Beatles “Guitar Hero” video game just yet, game officials say…

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Since the release of “Aerosmith: Guitar Hero” rumours circulated the net that Metallica and the Beatles may each release their own Guitar Hero video game by Activision. Red Octane the game’s publisher denied the rumours although Metallica hinted on their official website that it “might” actually happen.

The Red Octane officials say there are no current plans to do a Metallica and Beatles: Guitar Hero games. They are not ready to comment on Metallica yet. However, the company plans to do a Guitar Hero on other legendary bands such as Led Zeppelin and Ac/DC.

Billboard reports:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003825011

I hope Guitar Hero releases a Led Zeppelin video game, that would be so fuckin’ sweet!

If Activision and Red Octane asks Led Zep, I’m sure Jimmy Page would be game for it. Page is good with Led Zeppelin fans and Pagey would want the opportunity to experiment with a videogame, it’ll give Pagey an opportunity to explore new sounds with Led Zep’s music. Pagey is such a huge sound guy and he’ll probably produce the music on the game too.

While Jimmy Page is known for his guitar playing, he is underrated at his producing skills. He’s one of the most talented and creative producers on this planet.

Kev