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Metallica release digital EP
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 15 December 2011
As part of their 30th anniversary celebrations, which kicked of with a run of gigs at the Fillmore in San Francisco with various guests, Metallica have released a digital-only EP featuring outtakes from their 2008 ‘Death Magnetic’ album. Entitled ‘Beyond Magnetic’, the EP was originally given away to fan club members
Announcing the release, the band said: “During the ‘Death Magnetic’ album sessions in 2007 and 2008, we originally recorded fourteen songs. When it came time to pick the songs for the final album, we decided on ten songs that you’ve all come to know over the last three years … We kept [the other four] 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 2008. 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”.
There is also word that fans can expect an announcement of something extra special as part of the ongoing celebrations in mid-January.
The tracks on ‘Beyond Magnetic’ are named thus:
Hate Train
Just A Bullet Away
Hell And Back
Rebel Of Babylon
