All things Metallica

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Yeah, they did this and also coordinated a big, four-day concert that featured tons of guests...all as damage control for Lulu.

It's just a timing coincidence and people are trying to draw a natural conclusion. Put out a bad album and right away do some damage control. Makes sense from a public releations standpoint.

But the reality is, you don't set up a 4 day concert, book a venue and schedule all those guests overnight. That had to be planned out long in advance before Lulu "dropped", as the kids say. Do the kids still say that?

It certainly helps their cause, but I don't know that it was planned that way.

Metallica doesn't need "damage control", once bands reach a certain stature they are bulletproof.

S.D. wrote:

Metallica doesn't need "damage control", once bands reach a certain stature they are bulletproof.

Bingo!

I was personally attacked for saying this not too long ago. You'll probably be fine though.

Temple of Blood wrote:

S.D. wrote:

Metallica doesn't need "damage control", once bands reach a certain stature they are bulletproof.

Bingo!

I was personally attacked for saying this not too long ago. You'll probably be fine though.

You'll probably be personally attacked for this response. Haha.

Anyway, I imagine some people are joking about claiming this is damage control, but I've heard so many people say it that it's clear a lot of dummies out there are serious.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

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Metallica have just released a four-track digital EP.

Called Beyond Magnetic, it features four songs recorded during the Death Magnetic sessions, but left off the album. The band played one of these each night during last week’s four-night 30^th anniversary run of shows at the Filmore in San Francisco.

The tracks are:

1. Hate Train
2. Just A Bullet Away
3. Hell And Back
4. Rebel Of Babylon

that first song is kinda appropriate for how people feel about this band...

exact33 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

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Metallica have just released a four-track digital EP.

Called Beyond Magnetic, it features four songs recorded during the Death Magnetic sessions, but left off the album. The band played one of these each night during last week’s four-night 30^th anniversary run of shows at the Filmore in San Francisco.

The tracks are:

1. Hate Train
2. Just A Bullet Away
3. Hell And Back
4. Rebel Of Babylon

that first song is kinda appropriate for how people feel about this band...

'LOL' but True!

After watching Metallica's performance with King Diamond on youtube (during their ozzfest 2010 appearance), I think Metallica chose the wrong person to record a side-project with.

Instead of Lulu and Lou Reed, they should have done an album with King Diamond - that would have totally kicked ass. I don't know why Metallica doesn't think of these things, why the fans have such a different perception of what the band should do than what the band does... I guess it comes down to the band wanting to do whatever they want which is ultimately what an artist should do but sometimes the choices are so obvious, it's staring right in front of them that it is almost like they are going against their own intuition and purposely shooting themselves in the foot...

Temple of Blood wrote:

S.D. wrote:

Metallica doesn't need "damage control", once bands reach a certain stature they are bulletproof.

Bingo!

I was personally attacked for saying this not too long ago. You'll probably be fine though.

I dont see why so many people have a problem with accepting the fact either. Once any band gets so big, its really a difficult task for them to go anywhere but up.
They could release a fresh,steaming turd with "Metallica" stamped on it, and there are a million people who would go out and buy it, and say it was the greatest thing in the world.

metalhead777 wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

S.D. wrote:

Metallica doesn't need "damage control", once bands reach a certain stature they are bulletproof.

Bingo!

I was personally attacked for saying this not too long ago. You'll probably be fine though.

I dont see why so many people have a problem with accepting the fact either. Once any band gets so big, its really a difficult task for them to go anywhere but up.
They could release a fresh,steaming turd with "Metallica" stamped on it, and there are a million people who would go out and buy it, and say it was the greatest thing in the world.

very true but the opposite could also be said - they could release something akin to Kill Em All now and all the haters would immediately dislike it because it is metallica.

Metallica in 3D?
January 6, 2012

Happy New Year!!! As you know, we generally make it a policy not to comment on gossip or rumors, but we also pride ourselves on being first with 'Tallica news. So, with that said, the more astute of you may have noticed a couple of mentions in trade publications, and most recently in the new issue of Rolling Stone, that a Metallica 3D movie is in the works. We're here to tell you that, yes, there is indeed a 3D project in the very early stages of production! We wish we could tell you more right now, but we don't have all the finer points nailed down just yet. What we can tell you is that we are planning on being in a theatre near you sometime in 2013 and as you hear us say ever so often, this will be the space for all the details as we finalize them.

Welcome to 2012... we're pretty psyched about the year ahead!

Yeah watching Lars "slack" in his playing in 3D.......yippie.....where do I sign up

http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/metallica-next-album-shortier-heavier

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/metallica-next-album-shortier-heavier

I'll believe that when I hear it.

And the whole 3D thing? Pointless. Noone needs to see Robert duck-walk right at them.

Ahhhh, what a nice Metallica-hater-propaganda website you've found there - how interesting

kmorg wrote:

Metallica in 3D?
January 6, 2012

Happy New Year!!! As you know, we generally make it a policy not to comment on gossip or rumors, but we also pride ourselves on being first with 'Tallica news. So, with that said, the more astute of you may have noticed a couple of mentions in trade publications, and most recently in the new issue of Rolling Stone, that a Metallica 3D movie is in the works. We're here to tell you that, yes, there is indeed a 3D project in the very early stages of production! We wish we could tell you more right now, but we don't have all the finer points nailed down just yet. What we can tell you is that we are planning on being in a theatre near you sometime in 2013 and as you hear us say ever so often, this will be the space for all the details as we finalize them.

Welcome to 2012... we're pretty psyched about the year ahead!

Oh boy! Now my ears AND my eyes can bleed!

http://orionmusicandmore.com/

Lame...

What's lame about it?

I don't care much for the line-up other than Metallica & A7X but this is good for the U.S. I'm tired of Europe getting all the summer festivals. I hope it's a huge success and leads to even more festivals popping up.

Metal Misfit wrote:

What's lame about it?

I don't care much for the line-up other than Metallica & A7X but this is good for the U.S. I'm tired of Europe getting all the summer festivals. I hope it's a huge success and leads to even more festivals popping up.

It's lame because it's lame...I like A7X to an extent as well as The Gaslight Anthem...but it's like Megadeth headlining Lilith Fair...

Other than Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, and The Sword, I haven't heard of a single band in that lineup.

...check that, I have heard OF Roky Erickson, mostly cuz Rattpoison had a thread going around here some time ago about him, saying that he reminded him of Kory Clarke.

So in other words... I will be passin' on this festival thingie. Carry on then.

A "metal" band can't finance the lifestyle they've come accustomed to from "metalheads" try their hand at the intellectual/elite crowd. Pricelesss

I don't see myself traveling to New Jersey, but I do like a few bands here. I like the Arctic Monkeys, though I'm not as high on their latest release. It's not bad, it's just a little bit more subdued. I dig Modest Mouse as well. The Sword is a great band.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Other than Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, and The Sword, I haven't heard of a single band in that lineup.

...check that, I have heard OF Roky Erickson, mostly cuz Rattpoison had a thread going around here some time ago about him, saying that he reminded him of Kory Clarke.

So in other words... I will be passin' on this festival thingie. Carry on then.

This.... if the other bands were actually any good, I might go

I listen to all types of music, but personally do not think this type of bill would work in the States where I think overseas it will go over ok, but in the end it does not matter. Metallica could tour with a reunited Partridge Family it would sell out just about any venue

BTW listening to the 'Beyond Magnetic' EP and these are great songs, maybe even better some of the tracks that made the final track listing on 'Death Magnetic'

manny wrote:

BTW listening to the 'Beyond Magnetic' EP and these are great songs, maybe even better some of the tracks that made the final track listing on 'Death Magnetic'

I'll be snagging that on Thursday...