MetallicA orchestral tribute due in october

Vitamin Records has set an October 10 release date for "Scorched Earth Orchestra Plays Metallica's Master of Puppets", an orchestral tribute to METALLICA's classic 1986 album.

"Master of Puppets" came out in the spring of 1986 and was METALLICA's first gold album and mainstream success. It featured staples of the band's live set such as "Battery", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" and the title track.

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Kirk Jams With Tool In Hawaii

Kirk Hammett reportedly joined TOOL onstage during their headlining appearance at the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii on Friday (August 18 ). According to one TOOL fan's eyewitness account posted at the ToolNavy.com web site, TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan introduced Hammett by saying, "We have a special guest tonight. He's not [unintelligible], and he's not Elvis. Well, maybe he's their bastard son, Mr. Kirk Hammett." "[Kirk] then proceeded to come out and play guitar on 'Sober'. I've never been partial to METALLICA, and for those of you who are, I'm sorry to report that Kirk damn near butchered the song. His drunken so-called 'solo' was particularly sloppy and completely extraneous.
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'Booming Good Time'

Cathy Rose A. Garcia of The Korea Times has issued the following report:

Heavy metal fans came out in full force for METALLICA's concert Tuesday night (August 15), at the Olympic Main Stadium, southern Seoul. Thousands of Korean and foreign fans braved the scorching summer heat for a chance to rock the night away with METALLICA.

"Did you miss METALLICA?" James Hetfield asked the crowd, who responded with a resounding cheer. "It's good to be back," he said. METALLICA last came to Seoul for a concert in 1998.

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Video Of Second New Song

A video clip of MetallicA performing a second new song — tentatively dubbed "The Other New Song" — during their headlining appearance Tuesday night (August 15) at Seoul Olympic Main Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

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MetallicA On 'The Simpsons'

MetallicA's much-anticipated appearance on "The Simpsons" will air as the program's season premiere on September 10, 2006 on the Fox network.

The four members of MetallicA recorded their voices for the program last September.

MetallicA joins a long list of artists who have been featured on the show, including BLINK-182, Mick Jagger, 'N SYNC, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, AEROSMITH, Elvis Costello, SONIC YOUTH, CYPRESS HILL, SMASHING PUMPKINS and Bette Midler.

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Another New Song At Japan's SUMMER SONIC Festival

METALLICA performed another new song (Video, Windows Media) — tentatively dubbed "New Song No. 2" — during their headlining appearance Saturday night (August 12) at the Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo, Japan. According to one BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor (jason_813) who attended the concert, the song is "totally different from 'New Song No.1'. It's about three minutes long and very fast and seems to be based around two searing [Kirk] Hammett solos. It was a very rough performance, especially from Lars [Ulrich] but definitely shows promise."

As was the case with all the concerts on the band's recent European tour, METALLICA played their entire 1986 album, "Master of Puppets", during the Tokyo show, including rarely performed tracks such as "Orion" and "Disposable Heroes".

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Return To Korea To Perform For Old-School Fans

The Korea Herald reports that METALLICA, one of the world's most successful heavy-metal bands, will return to Korea on August 15 to play at Jamsil Olympic Stadium in southeastern Seoul.

Formed in 1981, the American hard-rock band has sold more than 90 million albums. During their first live concert in the country, which was eight years ago, some 35,000 fans filled Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Hall — even though Korea's economy was struggling.

"It was shocking to see Korean fans sing with us throughout the concert," said James Hetfield, lead singer of the band, in an interview. "I thought here are true METALLICA fans."

The upcoming concert is being planned to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of "Master of Puppets".

The band's third album came out in the same year that bassist Cliff Burton died in a tragic bus accident. The album is now considered essential for any heavy-metal fan.

"It is true that our musical style has changed over time, but the essentials that characterize our music remain unchanged," Hetfield said.

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Jason Newsted: 'METALLICA Still Remains The Biggest Ambassadors To Heavy Metal'

Devin Pratt of FHM (For Him Magazine) recently conducted an interview with former METALLICA and current VOIVOD/SUPERNOVA bassist Jason Newsted. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

FHM: How much electricity does Tommy Lee produce?

Jason: "I am so psyched about playing with Tommy and it hasn't been like that since I joined VOIVOD. And now that I know I'm gonna have this big, powerful dude behind me going, 'woo da do do da do da.' Man, holy God, it's like the whole sky is opening up! It's some kind of feeling that hasn't been churned up in me in a long time."

FHM: Not since METALLICA?

Jason: "METALLICA was the thing I put most of my energy into, but it didn't mean I didn't want to do other stuff. When I left METALLICA, I stopped for about three hours to have a sandwich, and maybe too many beers that night, and that was about it, dude."

FHM: Do you miss playing with them?

Jason: "I miss the people. That was a big part of me — the connection with the people. I prided myself in meeting 500 people a day for however many years. That ambassadorship was fuckin' giant and METALLICA still remains the biggest ambassadors to heavy metal. Period."

FHM: Not many people would argue with that.

Jason: "The gods are BLACK SABBATH. METALLICA did a different thing than them, though. We were always approachable. People could easily come up to me. Yes, METALLICA was with the people, but I was really with the people! Now I have an opportunity to reach out to more fans with SUPERNOVA. 'Rock Star' is gonna go around 70 or so countries, including places where people have never heard of fuckin' METALLICA or GUNS N' ROSES before. We're going to take this music to them!"

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How many sleepless nights have new parents spent trying to soothe a restless newborn? With the August 29 release of "Lullaby Renditions of Metallica", a solution is on the way. Enter Sandman.

That's right, the music that set the standard for aggressive, concussion-inducing rock will soon be lulling infants to sleep through dreamy re-workings of their head-banging fury. Classics like "Battery" and "Master of Puppets" feature glockenspiel, vibraphone, melotron, harps, bells and more. The music is arranged and performed by Michael Armstrong.

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Metallica catalog hits iTunes

Longtime digital music holdouts, who waged a public battle with Napster in 2000, jump into the digital music fray.

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich was once the poster child for the record industry's opposition to digital music technologies, particularly those that allowed users to download free music from the likes of the former Napster.

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