Follow up to the earlier story on the criticism that the new Metallica album Death Magnetic has received.
So far, more than 12,500 Metallica fans have signed an online petition requesting that Metallica release a newly remixed or remastered version of the new Metallica album Death Magnetic.
Drummer Lars Ulrich, the first member of Metallica to comment publicly on the Death Magnetic controversy. Here, in his own words, is the talkative Metallica drummer’s take on the issue:
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Some Metallica fans are bitterly disappointed: not by the Metallica songs or the performance of the band, but the volume of the new album Death Magnetic. It’s so loud that you can’t hear the details of the music, writes The Wall Street Journal.
Metallica’s Death Magnetic is a flashpoint in a long-running music-industry fight. Over the years, rock and pop artists have increasingly sought to make their recordings sound louder to stand out on the radio, jukeboxes and, especially, iPods. The digital technology made it possible to squeeze all of the sound into a narrow, high-volume range.
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The nominations for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum have been announced. Metallica is one of the induction nominees!
Five of the nine nominees will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That gives a good chance of Metallica making it. The inductees will be announced in January 2009. The 24th Annual Induction Ceremony will be hosted on April 4th 2009 at the Public Hall in Cleveland.
Now’s your chance to visit “The House That Rock Built.” Enter to win four tickets to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame complete with a private guided tour with the museum’s curator now.
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Bill Irwin, Ph.D., the editor of Metallica book ”Metallica and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain Surgery” and professor of philosophy at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre has written an article about Metallica’s new album Death Magnetic and Metallica’s redemption. The full article follows.
You can also read the 3-complete-chapters FREE preview of the book Metallica and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain Surgery right here at Metallica XXX Blog
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Metallica has kicked-off the tour of USA in support of the new album Death Magnetic. USA is the first leg of the Metallica world tour that has been named “World Magnetic Tour“. The Metallica World Magnetic world tour will go through USA until late January 2009 and will continue with Metallica concert dates in Europe until late July 2009. Late 2008 and the complete 2009 are expected to be filled in with Metallica concerts all around the world.
Continue reading ‘Metallica World Magnetic Tour with The Sword, Machine Head, Lamb Of God’
As mentioned before, Metallica’s Death Magnetic debuted at number 1 position in the UK album charts. The new Metallica album reached the stores in the UK on 10th of September and racked up sales of 75,164 by close of business on Saturday.
Similar story in the USA. In just a three-day sales window, Metallica’s Death Magnetic sold nearly half a million copies and tops The Billboard 200. The band’s first studio album since 2003 moved 490,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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As a way of saluting Metallica’s new album Death Magnetic, UGO Entertainment went out and talked to a bunch of heavy metal artists to get their personal statements about Metallica and what the band has meant to them. Check out comments from Anthrax, Testament, Voivod and others.
Brian Tatler of Diamond Head:
“As some of you will already know, my band Diamond Head influenced Metallica. In 1981, Lars came to England to see and hang out with Diamond Head, and not long after returning from that trip, he formed Metallica. Since then, I have watched Metallica’s rise with astonishment.
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Another Metallica backlash has hit the Internet. This time over a very innocent comment from James Hetfield. James, talking to the audience at the London O2 arena, asked the fans to take away their cameras and enjoy the show.
The story was spread around the Internet yesterday, as another one of Metallica anti-Internet stories, this time as Metallica wants to ban YouTube.
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Metallica, the band that is never afraid to break with convention, worked with design company Turner Duckworth to create packaging and branding for the new album Death Magnetic and all its different deluxe releases.
This is another in series of articles looking into the Metallica machine, behind the music. First was look into the thinking behind releasing the new Metallica album on Guitar Hero, and more recently the look into the vinyl-LP and how Death Magnetic helps it to its former heights.
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UK and London have been celebrating the release of Death Magnetic with two very special London gigs on Sunday and Monday. Sunday night was the very own Metallica night on UK’s biggest national radio station. This included a recording of the intimate gig at the BBC Radio Theatre on Sunday night and a brand new documentary including new interviews with the band.
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