Tibi PuiuWe’ve certainly gone overboard with anticipation for the new Metallica album, over the last few months, but ever since they announced the record’s name and we got to see them live 2 weeks ago, anticipation has slowly turned into obsession. The band’s had some difficulties with new material leakage over the internet, but it now seems they’ve made the first step, by releasing a live video for a brand new song off Death Magnetic, titled…
Metallica Live in Bucharest
Andrei Mihai
Wednesday, 23 July, I had the luck of being at a Metallica concert, in Bucharest, at Cotroceni stadium. Living not that far from it and knowing the city pretty much, I arrived early in the morning to check some parts of the city. Some good and bad news came up from then: some parts of the city looked great, with amazing architecture, while some were in very bad shape. The traffic was almost really stuck…
Metallica name their new album
That’s right ladies and gents, the (probably) most expected album of the year has been officially named. After many many controversies and other stuff I’ll barely mention here (they first said it will be released in February then delayed it for September, then Dave Grohl wrote them an open letter, and many other things) they finally set the name for their new album. Wat’s it called? Death Magnetic. When I first heard this, I had…
Metallica responds to the Blogsphere
Photo courtesy of dave1968 We didn’t have a chance to write about this, but about a week ago Metallica previewed a mix of songs from their forthcoming new album, to a bunch of journalists in London. Apparently there was a misunderstanding, though, and the subsequent reviews of the material where quickly withdrawn from various websites, within minutes from their posting. Now, the band itself (the whole mix was put to the journalists disposal by their…
Metallica: ‘Fly-On-The-Wall’ Studio Footage
Credits Is there a bigger musical event this year than the release of the Metallica album? Could be, but I can’t think of any other thing. They’ve got reclaiming, reconquering, and recreating to do – and that’s no easy job, even for them. After the disappointing not-so-impressive St. Anger, true fans are expecting a return to the roots; we’re waiting for the amazing music we know they can do. The amount of attention directed towards…
Metallica in the aftermath of an intimate LA gig, revelas new album info
Metallica live at the Silverlake Conservatory, LA 14/5/08. Photo: credit Winter / Getty from Rolling Stone. This Wednesday the trash metal icons, Metallica, performed live in a benefit concert in Los Angeles for Flea’s music school for kids, the Silverlake Conservatory. The performance was the band’s first one in almost one year, but the quartet didn’t sound rusty at all, by all means they were highly energetic. The almost 2000 fans (who paid as much…
Dave Grohl’s Open Letter To Metallica
What’s this? Dave Grohl just wrote to Metallica? That’s right, former Nirvana drummer and current Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has released an “open letter” to Metallica. Call me an idiot, but there’s only one reason he’d do this – he’s afraid it’s going to suck. OK, maybe suck is a harsh word… he’s afraid the album they’re going to release will not rise to it’s potential (aren’t we all?). Anyway, great letter, and I…
Metallica, record store dinosaurs?
A few days ago, on the 19th of April, people all over the world celebrated Record Store Day. Hey, people’ve made up more peculiar holidays then this one, so why not? Anyway on the 19th, Metallica, the “metal dinosaurs,” as James Hetfield referred to the group, made a brief appearance at Rasputins, an independent music outlet store on the West Coast. Here the band made a few photos, signed some autographs and most importantly supported…
Metallica: More Album Details
This is turning into a soap opera already. After they first announced it in February they changed their minds and delayed it, claiming they want to make something great. OK, that’s good, as long as it rocks. Makes sense, good things come to those who wait. But is it that good? Honestly speaking, I have a huge amount of fate in them. As far as I’m concerned, when you think about what kind of music…
Bullet for My Valentine: `Scream Aim Fire’
Artist name: Bullet for my Valentine Album name: Scream Aim Fire Label: Jive Gender: Heavy Metal Release date: January 28, 2008 ZMErating: 8 and 1/2 Website: www.bulletformyvalentine1.com Well I had heard a whole lot about this album before listening to it; and most of what I’ve heard was really bad. So I started listening to it with kind of low expectations, not being a [tag]Bullet for My Valentine[/tag] fan, and I to my shame I…