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Guitar Hero Metallica teaser posted
Posten on: 2008-10-17 06:36:07
Below is a brief teaser for Guitar Hero: METALLICA, which is reportedly to be included on Guitar Hero: World Tour. More details will be revealed as we get them
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Lars has a point: The Internet has a tendency to give the complainers a louder voice
Posten on: 2008-10-03 06:07:15
A recent quote from Lars Ulrich in an interview conducted with Blender: "[Producer] Rick Rubin's whole thing is to try and get it to sound lively, to get it to sound loud, to get it to sound exciting, to get it to jump out of the speakers. Of course, I've heard that there are a few people complaining. But I've been listening to it the last couple of days in my car, and it sounds fuckin' smokin'. "Somebody told me about [people complaining that the Guitar Hero version of Death Magnetic sounds better]. Listen, what are you going to do? A lot of people say [the CD] sounds great, and a few people say it doesn't, and that's OK. You gotta remember, when we put out ...And Justice for All, people were going, 'What happened to these guys, this record? There's no bass on it. It sounds like it was recorded in a fuckin' garage on an eight-track.' And now ...And Justice for All is sort of the seminal Metallica record that supposedly influenced a whole generation of death-metal bands. The difference between back then and now is the Internet. "The Internet gives everybody a voice, and the Internet has a tendency to give the complainers a louder voice. Listen, I can't keep up with this shit. Part of being in Metallica is that there's always somebody who's got a problem with something that you're doing: 'James Hetfield had something for breakfast that I don't like.' That's part of the ride. "I will say that the overwhelming response to this new record has exceeded even our expectations as far as how positive it is. So I'm not gonna sit here and get caught up in whether [the sound] 'clips' or it doesn't 'clip.' I don't know what kind of stereos these people listen on. Me and James [Hetfield] made a deal that we would hang back a little and not get in the way of whatever Rick's vision was. That's not to put it on him - it's our record, I'll take the hit, but we wanted to roll with Rick's vision of how Metallica would sound." So it's decided. Rick Rubin screwed up the production on the new record. Damn you Rick Rubin! Damn youuu!!! I can kind of feel Lars' pain here, can't you? I mean less-than-perfect production would be forgiven in a lot of band's cases as "They didn't have the resources." Of course, in Metallica's case it's "They were lazy." But really it was Rick Rubin's skewed idea of how an album should sound. All in all, though, I don't think it sounds THAT bad, and I think people should lay off a little. As for James' breakfasts, that's another story.
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Metallica nominated for two MTV Europe Music Awards; can they beat Tokio Hotel?
Posten on: 2008-10-01 11:54:12
Metallica have posted the following update on their Web site: "TWO nominations! We're honored to be nominated by our friends at MTV Europe for two awards in the "Rock Out" and "Headliner" categories. The show will be broadcast live from the Liverpool Echo Arena in Liverpool, England on Thursday, November 6. We wish we could be there, but alas, we're on tour in Omaha, NE that night! Between September 29 and November 2, YOU can vote at www.mtvema.com to decide who will win. Our fellow nominees between the two catagories include the Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, The Cure, Tokio Hotel, 30 Seconds to Mars, Paramore, and Slipknot." WOW what a collection of nominees. Can Metallica really topple Tokio Hotel??? And seriously, who rocks harder than PARAMORE!? Metallica has no shot to win this award and should feel extremely lucky to be considered amongst these legendary and influential acts.
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The Billboard numbers are out and Metallica is STILL #1
Posten on: 2008-10-01 11:54:12
Metallica's recently released "Death Magnetic" (heard of it?) has topped the Billboard 200 for the third week in a row. The album was picked up 132,000 times in the U.S. over the past week, bringing the total number of copies sold in the U.S. to 959,000. Next week it will have gone Platinum. Discuss.
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Metallica second week at No.1 with Death Magnetic
Posten on: 2008-09-28 10:53:37
Metallica have held onto the No. 1 spot in the UK albums chart for a second week with their 9th album - Death Magnetic, beating off competition from Queen, The Streets, and The Coral. They are also No. 1 in the following countries: Australia Argentina Austria Belgium Brazil Croatia Czech Republic Denmark - second week at No.1 France Finland Ireland India Holland Germany Greece Italy Norway Mexico Portugal Poland Sweden New Zealand UK - second week USA Canada Also, Turkey , no official chart but they are no.1 in every retail chart in the country Russia again no official chart but no.1 in every retailer in the country Metallica will kick off their U.S. tour on 21st October in Glendale , Arizona, which will take them through to the end of January. http://www.metallica.com or http://www.missionmetallica.com
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