The EP is comprised of four previously unreleased songs from the "Death Magnetic" sessions.
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US heavy metal and rock band Metallica members from left to right Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo pose for media during a press conference, in Gurgoan on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. (AP file photo)Metallica marked its 30th anniversary with an online EP of previously unreleased songs and an all-star concert series.
The metal band performed four shows at the Fillmore Theatre in San Francisco last week exclusively for members of their fan club.
In August, Metallica Club members around the world were able to enter a lottery for a chance to purchase tickets to all the Fillmore shows at a cost of $19.81 for a four-pack of tickets to all of the shows. Single show tickets were $6. All four of the shows immediately sold out.
Last week, Metallica welcomed these fans from around the globe to join them in the celebration where there were no repeats in the set lists 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 Soul Rebels Brass Band performing Metallica songs. Metallica also invited many special guests relevant to their 30 years the stage to perform with them. The list of guests included Glenn Danzig, Marianne Faithfull, Rob Halford, Kid Rock, Ozzy Osbourne, and Lou Reed. Each night the finale featured all the evening’s guests joining the band on stage to perform “Seek and Destroy.“
This week, Metallica will release the Beyond Magnetic EP featuring four previously unreleased songs, which will be available exclusively on iTunes in North America for one week. After that week, the songs will be available from all digital retailers. Around the world, it will be available on iTunes and other digital retailers. These four songs were originally released as a gift to Metallica’s Metallica Club members.
“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 ... 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,” the band said in a statement.
The tracks are “Hate Train,” “Just A Bullet Away,” “Hell And Back” and “Rebel of Babylon.”
Metallica’s 30th anniversary celebration ended late Saturday night with drummer Lars Ulrich telling fans to listen for news to come in mid-January about something very special coming in June.
