Metallica In-Store Set For 'Record Store Day'

As part of the upcoming "Record Store Day" (April 19), Metallica will make its first in-store appearance in nearly a decade.

The band will participate in an signing and meet-and-greet at Rasputin Music's Mountain View store, near San Francisco.

In addition to promoting the 180-gram vinyl re-release of the band's classic albums, "Kill 'Em All," and "Ride the Lightning," Metallica's appearance is meant to bolster the indie record store community, which is launching their first ever "Record Store Day."

Spearheaded by the Alliance of Independent Media Stores, Coalition of Independent Music Stores, Music Monitor Network, Newbury Comics and Value Music Group of Indie Stores, "Record Store Day" will feature special events at all participating stores, which will provide customers with goodie bags filled with new formats, new albums and information on music, theatrical, comic book and gaming releases.

Thanks for the info to Billboard.com.

Comments

[slann101]

an indie store opening with metallica...can anyone else see the irony in this?

[JAMSRS]

Yeah

[tim311mahoney]

oh my god! metallica at an indie record store! holy crap, that's so ironic... hope everyone can feel the sarcasm. i'm not sure if anyone knew but indie record stores sell MAJOR LABEL records just like Best Buy, FYE, etc. Newbury Comics is the best record store ever created, hands down.

[slann101]

tim311mahoney wrote:

oh my god! metallica at an indie record store! holy crap, that's so ironic... hope everyone can feel the sarcasm. i'm not sure if anyone knew but indie record stores sell MAJOR LABEL records just like Best Buy, FYE, etc. Newbury Comics is the best record store ever created, hands down.

yes, sarcasm noted. but all im saying is that it is ironic for a band who have put out more merchandise to buy then anyu other band except kiss, it is ironic.

[cookdizzle]

I'm thinking indie just means independent as in its some guy(or a few people) who owns his/there own record store(s) and its not part of a huge national chain

[im not mental]

i'm going.

[luke1169]

why don't they stop screwing around and release the damn album we're all waiting for?

[M.B.MetalTabber]

cookdizzle wrote:

I'm thinking indie just means independent as in its some guy(or a few people) who owns his/there own record store(s) and its not part of a huge national chain

you would be correct

[Metallica708]

It's not ironic at all?

Anyhoo, Huzzah. This is not news.

[pix_dement]

cookdizzle wrote:

I'm thinking indie just means independent as in its some guy(or a few people) who owns his/there own record store(s) and its not part of a huge national chain

i always thought indie was indian music

[dale-banez]

luke1169 wrote:

why don't they stop screwing around and release the damn album we're all waiting for?

that'd be too easy

[Royyor]

pix_dement wrote:

i always thought indie was indian music

indie is independant music. not indian lol

Checked!

[damienricecakes]

SELLOUTS!

[sneaky11]

METALLICA!!!!! KIRK HAMMETT IS THE BEST GUITARIST EVER!!!!!

[JRB Dog!!]

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?

[Shuk]

I will be sure to illegally download this album as soon as it comes out, in as much as an illegal way as possible. Possibly thepiratebay.

Thanks Metallica for suing Napster so that torrent sites started and became popular, so I can download your whole albums instead of individual songs at a time!

[Big Sounds]

sneaky11 :
METALLICA!!!!! KIRK HAMMETT IS THE BEST GUITARIST EVER!!!!!

lolz at your ignorance.

[benjy118]

Anyone else think that Metallica have Sold-Out?

[ginjaninja]

why is it "day?"

i doubt thell be there for more than 3 or so hours.

do more than one shop =]]

please?

[SikkiNixx]

Shuk wrote:

I will be sure to illegally download this album as soon as it comes out, in as much as an illegal way as possible. Possibly thepiratebay.

Thanks Metallica for suing Napster so that torrent sites started and became popular, so I can download your whole albums instead of individual songs at a time!

Lolz

[FretboardToAsh]

luke1169 wrote:

why don't they stop screwing around and release the damn album we're all waiting for?

I thought it was supposed to be he here a month already?

[Flying Afros]

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?

they never sold out, they can make whatever kind of music they want. its not your decision to tell them what they can and cant play

[Reecoom]

Just release the album...

[duncang]

slann101 wrote:

an indie store opening with metallica...can anyone else see the irony in this?

Yeah, I mean it's not like Metallica basically relied on the tape trading circuit and shops like these in the beginning.

[rebofthetemple]

I will be sure to illegally download this album as soon as it comes out, in as much as an illegal way as possible. Possibly thepiratebay.

Thanks Metallica for suing Napster so that torrent sites started and became popular, so I can download your whole albums instead of individual songs at a time!

haha same here, and if i happen to like the album enough, then i'll find the money to buy it.

[sambargun]

Gimmicks, gimmicks and more gimmicks. They made us buy two double albums, one full of covers where they absolutely massacred classic tracks (from Queen to Thin Lizzy, from Diamondhead to Mercyful Fate) and the other old songs with an orchestra(bloody mess). Now the new album is coming up and preparations have already started.....

[AltarsOfMadness]

Lol@some of the comments in here.

[priestfan76]

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?

The Damage is already done, so technically yeah they are still sell outs.Cuz now they would be selling out to all the people who tell them to go back to thrash

[Megallica666]

lol shit i bet that store is going to have a ****ing line about a mile long. Metal up your ass

[Megallica666]

cookdizzle wrote:

I'm thinking indie just means independent as in its some guy(or a few people) who owns his/there own record store(s) and its not part of a huge national chain

sorry to double post but that guys is right

[MetalMafioso]

metallica.....BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

[TSCREAM420]

wonder if they will be playing new songs also....

[DANZIG767]

this is cool and evrey thing, but... WHEN ARE THEY GONNA FINISH THE NEW F UCKING ALBUM!!!!

[Tri-Dragon]

sneaky11 :
METALLICA!!!!! KIRK HAMMETT IS THE BEST GUITARIST EVER!!!!!

why must people like you always post pointless comments so people can start arguing?
Metallica needs to stop wasting time and release the album already.

[DANZIG767]

priestfan76 wrote:

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?

The Damage is already done, so technically yeah they are still sell outs.Cuz now they would be selling out to all the people who tell them to go back to thrash

I hate people who say that they are sell outs! They are not, theyve been making albums they way they want to make them, if you listen to St Anger its one of there most angry album with the most message behind because of what was happening to them at the time, and i know that metallica is not the first band to write about the current situation. And theyve never put out the same album twice (excluding Load and Reload because they originally were supposed to be a double disc) i think that bands that put out the same album every time are doing an injustice to theyre fans by just copying what they did last time, so dont hate on metallica for being human and actually growing with theyre music, and because they are successful, i dont see them as "sell outs" and never will

[the1]

DANZIG767 wrote:

priestfan76 wrote:

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?

The Damage is already done, so technically yeah they are still sell outs.Cuz now they would be selling out to all the people who tell them to go back to thrash


I hate people who say that they are sell outs! They are not, theyve been making albums they way they want to make them, if you listen to St Anger its one of there most angry album with the most message behind because of what was happening to them at the time, and i know that metallica is not the first band to write about the current situation. And theyve never put out the same album twice (excluding Load and Reload because they originally were supposed to be a double disc) i think that bands that put out the same album every time are doing an injustice to theyre fans by just copying what they did last time, so dont hate on metallica for being human and actually growing with theyre music, and because they are successful, i dont see them as "sell outs" and never will

word. Musicians are free to make the music they like, not the shithead fans

[whosamerica]

metallica didn't sell out with saint anger... they just tried doing writing what people wanted to hear. they didn't do a good job. who cares. its old news. metallica aren't sellouts.

[ibikinz]

Will it be out in England?

[The_Crumpet]

ewwwww metallica

[ALLmustPAY]

Id settle for a summer tour instead of playing european festivals and doing these PR stunts...

[tands]

The_Crumpet wrote:

ewwwww metallica

+1

[sowhat360]

indie = not as good as metallica.....lets put it this way..metallica used to be the "indie" type no name, no one liked, uncomforming type band.....they became big and now they're huge....not their fault people liked them....they became big by writing good music.....not marketing

[dirtymexican863]

Big Sounds wrote:

sneaky11 :
METALLICA!!!!! KIRK HAMMETT IS THE BEST GUITARIST EVER!!!!!

lolz at your ignorance.

+1

[This1GoesTo11]

benjy118 wrote:

Anyone else think that Metallica have Sold-Out?

I don't think the term "sold out" is appropriate with Metallica. I just think they get bored easily and look to do what any true artist does: try new things. Granted, the path they chose turned out to be commercial at times, but I don't think the band -- especially James (who is really the artistic leader) is motivated by money to the extent of writing music he doesn't belive in. The fact that they aren't the same band as the Kill Em' All days disturbs people, but what are you supposed to do when you don't want to make music like that anymore? You try new things. And that's all Metallica has done. So, it's not selling out. They've just tried to grow and develop as artists and musicians -- succeeding and failing along the way.

[IronMaiden7117]

wow, i used to live there. ive been to that store before too, its not all that indie, or at least a few years ago it wasn't.

[LakeboDom]

sowhat360 wrote:

indie = not as good as metallica.....lets put it this way..metallica used to be the "indie" type no name, no one liked, uncomforming type band.....they became big and now they're huge....not their fault people liked them....they became big by writing good music.....not marketing

Who knows? Maybe theyre writing bad music so people wont like em anymore?
Hope new album owns hopefully they'll make a comeback....hopefully

[lesismore91]

cant wait to limewire up this badbay!

[Fuzzbox91]

i dont really think they sold out, and if they did, i dont give a shit. the thing i hate is that they went from progressive riffing and blast beats to slow dumbed down rock and never looked back. yea they wanted to try new things and thats their decision, but i just think the overall music quality got worse. And the napster thing really pissed me off. they got big from the underground tape trade and loyal to the bone fans and then they decide to "stick uP" for big douchey record companies. It just goes to show that theyre not on the same page as their fans anymore.

metallica rules kirk hammet is the best guitarist ever!!!!

hes far from it, thats a fact.

[NorCalLos]

I wish they would play an actual show at a record store like they did at Tower here in Sacramento about 10 years ago. Say what you want about their last few albums, but they are still one of the best live heavy rock bands out there.

[sneaky11]

Tri-Dragon wrote:

sneaky11 :
METALLICA!!!!! KIRK HAMMETT IS THE BEST GUITARIST EVER!!!!!

why must people like you always post pointless comments so people can start arguing?
Metallica needs to stop wasting time and release the album already.

That wasnt supposed to make people argue. This is a metallica article isnt it? The true fans of metallica know what im talking about and they all know the GREATNESS THAT IS THE MAN, THE LEGEND, KIRK HAMMETT!!!!!

[metOLIca]

sneaky11 :
METALLICA!!!!! KIRK HAMMETT IS THE BEST GUITARIST EVER!!!!!

haha this kid is obvisouly just coming up to 1 year of playing guitar, he'll soon discover dimebag, satriani, gilbert... (they're the first three guitarists that came to my head, not saying they're the best.. dont start flying all these hate comments at me)

what happened to the days where you could make a comment and people would read it and think oh yeah good opinion, and not oh what a dick head your a twat i ****ed your mum i'm gunna kill you... ****ing ridiculous... sorry kind of went off on one there...

[TheAmenCorner89]

Shuk wrote:

I will be sure to illegally download this album as soon as it comes out, in as much as an illegal way as possible. Possibly thepiratebay.

Thanks Metallica for suing Napster so that torrent sites started and became popular, so I can download your whole albums instead of individual songs at a time!

+1, but Metallica still rule

[guitarist41]

Nobody has said anything like,

''Cool. I might check this out.''

I would have if I stayed near the store. Yay 'Tallica.

[wagos408]

Im just hoping they put out another good album...i dont care wat they do...just put out good music

[guitarist41]

wagos408 wrote:

Im just hoping they put out another good album...i dont care wat they do...just put out good music

+1

[Ichimaru]

priestfan76 wrote:

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?
The Damage is already done, so technically yeah they are still sell outs.Cuz now they would be selling out to all the people who tell them to go back to thrash

Quite so.

[randyaintdead82]

DANZIG767 :
this is cool and evrey thing, but... WHEN ARE THEY GONNA FINISH THE NEW F UCKING ALBUM!!!!

It comes out in September theres even an article on this website of when it comes out

[ChorusPedal88]

Lol, Metallica, all aboard the fail boat

[metalguy001]

ChorusPedal88 wrote:

Lol, Metallica, all aboard the fail boat

+1

[451F]

slann101 wrote:

an indie store opening with metallica...can anyone else see the irony in this?

Yeah. We can. We can also say that the jury is still out on the new album. I know we havn't heard anything yet, but it's more a matter of if they can even redeem themselves.

[nedthehead]

Metallica will particiapte in an signing? Are they trying to be an heroes?

[stueey]

id laf im metallic ditched metal and made a Drum n Bass record lmao.

Checked.

[outlawtorn3711]

You ****s just call Metallica sell outs cause they became the biggest ****ing heavy metal band in the world...just because they aren't scared to write a slow sonf like most of these new bands and just because they made a video for"one"....god forbid...Judas Priest made videos and really ****ed themselves with the turbo album, does everyone still like like them **** yeah, do i think "Ripper" is a better singer than Halford, yeah but who cares, Metallica rocks and thats all there is too it, you douche bags that call them sell outs prolly listen to boy george, and also they didnt massacre the cover songs on Garage Inc. they actually kinda made them better and more playable!!!! BITCHES

[Cpl_Metal_Head]

Why can't they just stay in the studio, and FINISH THE GODDAMN ALBUM!!!!!

[[x]Huffy[x]]

luke1169 wrote:

why don't they stop screwing around and release the damn album we're all waiting for?

I agree. If I have to wait too long, I'll just be disappointed when it is finally released.

[Gregoric]

outlawtorn3711 wrote:

You ****s just call Metallica sell outs cause they became the biggest ****ing heavy metal band in the world...just because they aren't scared to write a slow sonf like most of these new bands and just because they made a video for"one"....god forbid...Judas Priest made videos and really ****ed themselves with the turbo album, does everyone still like like them **** yeah, do i think "Ripper" is a better singer than Halford, yeah but who cares, Metallica rocks and thats all there is too it, you douche bags that call them sell outs prolly listen to boy george, and also they didnt massacre the cover songs on Garage Inc. they actually kinda made them better and more playable!!!! BITCHES

no we call them sellouts because they abandoned their style and tried to write a record which sounded almost nothing like them because it fitted in with what was popular at the time. They were pretty much the dogs bollucks of metal when master of puppets was released and if not then they defnitely were by the time the black album was released and they weren't sellouts by then.

Personally I think metallica can do what they like, not because I'm some super-fan with my head up lars' arse...but because no matter what they've done that we dont like, we can't argue with what they did do for the metal scene back in the 80s with thrash, along with the big 4.

[shredhead22]

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?

actually id say they sold out with load/reload...st anger wasn't a sellout record because it was them recording what they wanted to record at the time (in other words; st anger is a fvck you album to all the shit they went through w/ napster, jason newstead, james's rehab, and whatever else was pissing them off at that time)

[shpaz]

I really cant wait to buy the new album because I love james rhythm. I consider him one of the best rhythm guitarist ever.
p.s. To sneaky11, kirk Hammett is good but he is not the greatest.

[LaGrange]

sneaky11 wrote:

Tri-Dragon wrote:

sneaky11 :
METALLICA!!!!! KIRK HAMMETT IS THE BEST GUITARIST EVER!!!!!

why must people like you always post pointless comments so people can start arguing?
Metallica needs to stop wasting time and release the album already.


That wasnt supposed to make people argue. This is a metallica article isnt it? The true fans of metallica know what im talking about and they all know the GREATNESS THAT IS THE MAN, THE LEGEND, KIRK HAMMETT!!!!!

Dear sneaky11,
NO..
Because even fans of metallica wonrt all think Kirk Hammett is the best so shove it and go find somewhere else to post a dumb comment.
Anyways i think metallica should be reaching out to their fans a little more and hopefully the new album is as good as early metallica.

[Yeathatwasme]

Teehee Kirk Hammet wah wah pedal

[holden93]

Every time a new article comes out related to Metallica,people are to damn immature to just read the article. Someone always screams "Sellouts" starting a massive argument. They play what they want to play. People say the Black Album was a major turning point. It was just a change in style. You try playing the same style of music for as long as they have, and see that you don't get bored. I'm a huge Metallica fan, and I'm excited to see this album.

[Shread_6009]

sneaky11 :
METALLICA!!!!! KIRK HAMMETT IS THE BEST GUITARIST EVER!!!!!

dude, hammett is skilled, but the only guitarist more overrated is johnny ramone. i can use a wah better than him, and he didnt do any of mettalica's best solos (master of puppets was done by hetfield, so was " nothing else matters") plus, he claimed in an interview that he doesn't have the balls to keep his solo's in st. anger. please, i love mettalica but seriously.

[Marlboro Medium]

Damn I wish I lived in San Francisco.

[thisworkstoo]

IronMaiden7117 wrote:

wow, i used to live there. ive been to that store before too, its not all that indie, or at least a few years ago it wasn't.

Few years ago it was a Tower's, buddy.

[Marlboro Medium]

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?

You little f u c k i ng fagot poser your just saying they sold out because everyone elses says the same thing get a life you pussy ass poser and don't ever claim to even like Metallica.

[fruitypebbles34]

metallica didn't sell out with st anger. They sold out with the black album. but as long as their making the kind of music they wanna make i really dont care.

[Fuzzbox91]

Marlboro Medium wrote:

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?You little f u c k i ng fagot poser your just saying they sold out because everyone elses says the same thing get a life you pussy ass poser and don't ever claim to even like Metallica.

i think you're the one that needs to get a life marlboro medium (have fun with lung cancer by the way).

anyway to Sneaky11. Kirk is a good guitarist, not great, and definatly not the best. If you like him the most than that is your opinion. but there are many people that can do EVERYTHING he does but better plus many more things. when pantera would cover metallica songs in the 80s. Dimebag Darrell would nail Kirks solos NOTE FOR NOTE. and if you hear some of the solos he was doing with pantera, theres no way Kirk could do that kind of stuff. Pretty much all of megadeths guitarists were better than him. And dont even get me started on Jimi Hendrix. so yea that would explain all the *******s flaming you even though you didnt mean anything by it.

I dont understand why people are like "i hate metallica they suck now" i dont like their 1990+ stuff either but you cant deny the greatness that was 80s metallica. And they are still a great live band and will still play their old songs at shows. Id go to a show if they came my way.

I will agree they need to connect with their fans more. With all the napster stuff it really shows they are not on the same page with their fans. Im mostly talking about Lars (or Lar$) Kirk and James are still alright with the fans but they used to be really close to their fans back in the 80s and they just need to reach out to them more.

[DimebagRob]

SikkiNixx wrote:

Shuk wrote:

I will be sure to illegally download this album as soon as it comes out, in as much as an illegal way as possible. Possibly thepiratebay.

Thanks Metallica for suing Napster so that torrent sites started and became popular, so I can download your whole albums instead of individual songs at a time!


Lolz

[Luke666]

LOL

Looks like I'm gonna be the person to bring up the whole Dave Mustaine Vs Metallica thing


Discuss

[eddysmells]

I dont understand why people are like "i hate metallica they suck now" i dont like their 1990+ stuff either but you cant deny the greatness that was 80s metallica. And they are still a great live band and will still play their old songs at shows. Id go to a show if they came my way.

same here, i love these guys. If this store was nearby, Id go see them too

[LOG4Life]

METALLICA!!!!!HELL YEAH!!!!!

[The Arch Enemy]

Metallica....meh

[srq89]

Royyor wrote:

pix_dement wrote:

i always thought indie was indian music

indie is independant music. not indian lol

qft lol

[St. Angry]

Luke666 wrote:

LOL

Looks like I'm gonna be the person to bring up the whole Dave Mustaine Vs Metallica thing?

Yeah i guess so.

[not_dead_enough]

DANZIG767 wrote:

priestfan76 wrote:

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?

The Damage is already done, so technically yeah they are still sell outs.Cuz now they would be selling out to all the people who tell them to go back to thrash


I hate people who say that they are sell outs! They are not, theyve been making albums they way they want to make them, if you listen to St Anger its one of there most angry album with the most message behind because of what was happening to them at the time, and i know that metallica is not the first band to write about the current situation. And theyve never put out the same album twice (excluding Load and Reload because they originally were supposed to be a double disc) i think that bands that put out the same album every time are doing an injustice to theyre fans by just copying what they did last time, so dont hate on metallica for being human and actually growing with theyre music, and because they are successful, i dont see them as "sell outs" and never will

Spot on buddy! Metallica are a great band, and EVERY album is awesome!

[cretzler]

Newbury Comics? I thought they are a chain, they have like 30 stores.

Is the Ride the Lighting vinyl gonna be the same as the analog originals, or is it gonna be converted from the digital version? I just hope it will sound the same as the originals.

[not_dead_enough]

Luke666 wrote:

LOL

Looks like I'm gonna be the person to bring up the whole Dave Mustaine Vs Metallica thing


Discuss

I think Sneaky11 should respond to you with some cold, hard evidence...

[not_dead_enough]

cretzler wrote:

Newbury Comics? I thought they are a chain, they have like 30 stores.

Is the Ride the Lighting vinyl gonna be the same as the analog originals, or is it gonna be converted from the digital version? I just hope it will sound the same as the originals.

I'm quite sure it will be remastered. Goes against Lars' criticism of Dave Mustaine's remasters of all Megadeth's older albums.

[Wookieslayer]

SikkiNixx wrote:

Shuk wrote:

I will be sure to illegally download this album as soon as it comes out, in as much as an illegal way as possible. Possibly thepiratebay.

Thanks Metallica for suing Napster so that torrent sites started and became popular, so I can download your whole albums instead of individual songs at a time!

Lolz

Win!

[ParkerScks]

+ 100 on most of the kirk comemnts he is good but not amazing... but you got to understand that to be a good guitarist you dont need to be able to fly up and down the fret board with ease or play 32 notes at 100bpm or what ever just writing good material is the starting point and ALWAYS the finishing point... and tbh kirk makes some great solos and he does play very well on the other side of things but if ure gunna say he sucks because 3 million people can out shread him with there teath then thats not really a good reason to put him down, ye like dave mustane said "he makes good use of the talant he has" witch some people finde it as a attack on him i see it as a comploment from mustane...

[Gregray88]

petergreen wrote:

Luke666 wrote:

LOL

Looks like I'm gonna be the person to bring up the whole Dave Mustaine Vs Metallica thing


Discuss


remember back to that first megadeth concert...
what was that the crowd was chanting over and over...
oh yea; "kirk sucks! kirk sucks! kirk sucks!"

"yea, i think he does to!"

dave!dave!dave!dave!

Dave admitted in the SKOM DVD that everyone was making fun of him at how much better Kirk is than him and how feels soooo sad about it. I also agree, Kirk's solos are kickass, anybody can play fast, Kirk puts more feeling into them which + much better.

[Gregray88]

EDIT^^^^^ = much better

[freshtunes]

The only one with talent in that band is Kirk. I watched some kind of monster and was horrified.

[warlockking]

Metallica Rules and Megadeth Rules. Period. I hate comparing bands, especially when they are so similar the way Metallica and Megadeth are. I can't wait to hear the new album when it comes out. I didn't think St. Anger was that bad. Sure it wasn't Master of Puppets, but it had some good songs.

[gallagher2006]

BREAKING NEWS: James Hetfield Gets a Haircut!

Full story at 11

[ClickClick]

sneaky11 wrote:

METALLICA!!!!! KIRK HAMMETT IS THE BEST GUITARIST EVER!!!!!

GRRRRR PENTATONIC MINOR!!! GRRRRR MELODIC MINOR!!!!

[Dilweed]

outlawtorn3711 :
You ****s just call Metallica sell outs cause they became the biggest ****ing heavy metal band in the world...just because they aren't scared to write a slow sonf like most of these new bands and just because they made a video for"one"....god forbid...Judas Priest made videos and really ****ed themselves with the turbo album, does everyone still like like them **** yeah, do i think "Ripper" is a better singer than Halford, yeah but who cares, Metallica rocks and thats all there is too it, you douche bags that call them sell outs prolly listen to boy george, and also they didnt massacre the cover songs on Garage Inc. they actually kinda made them better and more playable!!!! BITCHES

No, I don't think because they made a video for One they sold out, in fact I think One is one of the best songs (even though I wasn't too wild about And Justice). I think when they came out anti-napster right as they were "changing their music" for the mainstream (i.e. the black album) they sold out. Don't get me wrong, I think the band is incredibly talented and were great back in the day.

[Jdfs1]

nedthehead wrote:

Metallica will particiapte in an signing? Are they trying to be an heroes?

Haha, no, i dont think they wanna do that... yet, maybe they will after thier next album fails too tho

[GoWithTheFlow]

totally thought they meant the album would be coming out on record store day. thanks ug for the day after day misleading headlines. nobody does it better than you guys!

[JRB Dog!!]

Marlboro Medium wrote:

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?
You little f u c k i ng fagot poser your just saying they sold out because everyone elses says the same thing get a life you pussy ass poser and don't ever claim to even like Metallica.

whoa dickhead...i personally dont think that metallica did sell out on st anger, im just sayin what the majority of ppl that i know say, so back the f u c k off...metallica is my favorite band of all time and i like all of their stuff but st. anger was definatley a dissapointment seeing how hetfield finally comes back from rehab, you'd think the album would impress alot of ppl, but it didnt and thats why ppl say they sold out...SO F U C K YOU!!!

[sneaky11]

ClickClick wrote:

sneaky11 wrote:

METALLICA!!!!! KIRK HAMMETT IS THE BEST GUITARIST EVER!!!!!

GRRRRR PENTATONIC MINOR!!! GRRRRR MELODIC MINOR!!!!

I personally hate people like you that try and act like a metallica fan and talk shit about one of the best guitarists and nicest people on earth. obviously you havent heard many metallica solos because he doesnt pentatonic and melodic minors in all of them. hell all you wah-wah haters should know that he doesnt even use the wah-wah in half his solos. I just cant understand how there could be so much hate about kirk hammett in a metallica article. if there actually is some other true metallica fans out there other than me, then you understand what im talking about.

[rock4christ]

^ yeah no shit!! i was like yes!!!!! finally ill be able to get thier album but NNNNNOOOOO!!!! it doesnt come out till septmember now!!!! i really cant wait to hear the new album i just hope they dont just redo other peoples songs again ( enter sandman + garage inc) even though they did a grerat job most of the time better than the originals i love their own stuff way more!!!!!

[axejam123]

Yo, i like hammet more than mustaine. i can't exactly pinpoint why, but after reading all this, i listened to enter sandman and hangar 18, and halfway thru hangar 18 i stopped it and went hmm...okay, lets find some slash..... Hammet's melodies are just better. im not a very fast player myself, so being a fast player doesnt hold that much weight as far as im concerned.

[darkslde91]

just waiting for the album =///

[Luke666]

rock4christ wrote:

^ yeah no shit!! i was like yes!!!!! finally ill be able to get thier album but NNNNNOOOOO!!!! it doesnt come out till septmember now!!!! i really cant wait to hear the new album i just hope they dont just redo other peoples songs again ( enter sandman + garage inc) even though they did a grerat job most of the time better than the originals i love their own stuff way more!!!!!

Errrrm, Metallica actually wrote enter sandman, it's not a cover




Duuuuur

[Set-Abominae]

Glad to see it's Kill and Ride being vinyl-ized, easily their two best albums.

[LynchMobster]

sambargun wrote:

Gimmicks, gimmicks and more gimmicks. They made us buy two double albums, one full of covers where they absolutely massacred classic tracks (from Queen to Thin Lizzy, from Diamondhead to Mercyful Fate) and the other old songs with an orchestra(bloody mess). Now the new album is coming up and preparations have already started.....

you dont know what your talking about. S&M is one of the best albums i have ever heard in my life. It was still just as heavy as the studio recordings, except it had an orchastra to add more depth. And for the covers, i think their cover of Stone Cold Crazy is one of the best queen covers out there, especially the verion on Live Sh*t.

[ViperScale]

fruitypebbles34 wrote:

metallica didn't sell out with st anger. They sold out with the black album. but as long as their making the kind of music they wanna make i really dont care.

They became a sell out at the point when they started listening to lars option over james.

[ViperScale]

sambargun wrote:

Gimmicks, gimmicks and more gimmicks. They made us buy two double albums, one full of covers where they absolutely massacred classic tracks (from Queen to Thin Lizzy, from Diamondhead to Mercyful Fate) and the other old songs with an orchestra(bloody mess). Now the new album is coming up and preparations have already started.....

S&M is one of their best albums

[geneticlone]

lol i know where it is too :-D ha ha its going to be awesome.

[Strausser33]

sambargun wrote:

Gimmicks, gimmicks and more gimmicks. They made us buy two double albums, one full of covers where they absolutely massacred classic tracks (from Queen to Thin Lizzy, from Diamondhead to Mercyful Fate) and the other old songs with an orchestra(bloody mess). Now the new album is coming up and preparations have already started.....

^ are you serious? whiskey in the jar by them is a million times better than thin lizzy
turn the page was awesome todays gone.....how can u not like that.....u even listen to it all the guitar parts are awesome.....they did a great job i think personally.....anyone who thinks else dont kno good music then

[Strausser33]

yea and st anger was alright.....but it was the only half decent song.....they need solos in this new one.....its wat makes metallica metallica

[mhylands]

I was going to write some more, XD.

Metallica are a pretty cool band, definitely one of my favorites, and I'll be one of the first to buy their new album, 'bad' or 'good.'

[koolfoolinapool]

Flying Afros wrote:

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?

they never sold out, they can make whatever kind of music they want. its not your decision to tell them what they can and cant play

I agree.

[koolfoolinapool]

sneaky11 wrote:

ClickClick wrote:

sneaky11 wrote:

METALLICA!!!!! KIRK HAMMETT IS THE BEST GUITARIST EVER!!!!!

GRRRRR PENTATONIC MINOR!!! GRRRRR MELODIC MINOR!!!!


I personally hate people like you that try and act like a metallica fan and talk shit about one of the best guitarists and nicest people on earth. obviously you havent heard many metallica solos because he doesnt pentatonic and melodic minors in all of them. hell all you wah-wah haters should know that he doesnt even use the wah-wah in half his solos. I just cant understand how there could be so much hate about kirk hammett in a metallica article. if there actually is some other true metallica fans out there other than me, then you understand what im talking about.

exactly bitches.

he isn't huge on the wah-wah pedal. he uses it every now and then. listen to all their older stuff. he didn't use the pedal so much back then.

[nudge]

DANZIG767 wrote:

priestfan76 wrote:

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?

The Damage is already done, so technically yeah they are still sell outs.Cuz now they would be selling out to all the people who tell them to go back to thrash


I hate people who say that they are sell outs! They are not, theyve been making albums they way they want to make them, if you listen to St Anger its one of there most angry album with the most message behind because of what was happening to them at the time, and i know that metallica is not the first band to write about the current situation. And theyve never put out the same album twice (excluding Load and Reload because they originally were supposed to be a double disc) i think that bands that put out the same album every time are doing an injustice to theyre fans by just copying what they did last time, so dont hate on metallica for being human and actually growing with theyre music, and because they are successful, i dont see them as "sell outs" and never will

Good comment
Completely Agree

[thereverendsoup]

luke1169 wrote:

why don't they stop screwing around and release the damn album we're all waiting for?

Are people seriously waiting for this album? I could just imagine some dude listening to St. Anger and saying, "man, I could go for some more of this!"

But really, I think it's pretty cool they're playing at an indie store. I'm not a fan, but I'd rather see people getting their music at independent shops than going to Best Buy or wherever. They don't need the money anyway.

[Wayward Sean]

Danzig767, I love Metallica and have since I was a kid, but I'd have to disagree. They may not be sellouts in the conventional sense, but they are sellouts in the fact that their business practices no longer represent what their music has always embodied. This is mostly due to the fact that Lars Ulrich has become such a tool. It is good of them to do this at an Indie shop, though. Maybe they're learning to step off of their mighty pedestal.

[GNR'n'A7X]

Shuk wrote:

I will be sure to illegally download this album as soon as it comes out, in as much as an illegal way as possible. Possibly thepiratebay.

Thanks Metallica for suing Napster so that torrent sites started and became popular, so I can download your whole albums instead of individual songs at a time!

+1, They are bastards but I gotta see 'em live... I just have to, they're ****in' Metallica!

-DDP

[jamiehubbs]

dude my piano teacher is the 2nd engineer on the album, ive heard its gunna be really really sweet. like rick rubin is breaking shit down but they're still trying to go back to their old glory

[savory_softy]

Flying Afros wrote:

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?

they never sold out, they can make whatever kind of music they want. its not your decision to tell them what they can and cant play

He said 'supposedly' sold out. I agree however. It takes balls to make that sorta change. It'd be selling out to not have done that. I mean, 'St Anger' was a step in a different direction, a failed one yes but still an attempt. I'm pretty sure the guys knew that it might not do so well with enthusiasts because of the lack of technicality and diversity in the songs but they tried anyway. Hell, they could've gone old school but they knew that'd sell well. So I think the only real sell outs are people who play it safe.

[metalmanjosip]

look i can say f u c k lol

metallica owns but this whole record thing and the vinyls are pretty sellout

still dont mean they dont kick ass though

[Gtr_god_69]

du du du metallica \m/ yeah.. i like metallica i dont kno u guys ^^

[Red Death]

When I read the comments to this article, I was completely disgusted by the insane level of stupidity and I know that by commenting, I'm only fueling the insanity, but some things need to be said:
get a frikkin' life people! Pull your head out of your ASS, and stop being an immature moron for ONCE in your life! Enough with the selling out comments, the mustaine vs hammett comments, and all the bitching! Don't you people have better things to do with your lives? Grow up!

[bassboy 999]

Luke666 wrote:

LOL

Looks like I'm gonna be the person to bring up the whole Dave Mustaine Vs Metallica thing


Discuss

Yeah... see the thing about that is you get a ban for that now.

Also this is about Metallica appearing in a record store.

[tobuei]

The Arch Enemy wrote:

Metallica....meh

agreed

[mrbiscuits315]

Flying Afros wrote:

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?

they never sold out, they can make whatever kind of music they want. its not your decision to tell them what they can and cant play

We can still critisize them all we want. And its pretty arguable that they sold out. So you =fail.

[say5ss2]

tobuei wrote:

The Arch Enemy wrote:

Metallica....meh
agreed

+100

[DeanMarkleysDad]

Metallica fell off, does anyone really care if they try and sell another crappy album. i guess the sales will tell.

[Magero]

kinghate69 wrote:

indie usually = gay and/or sucks.....thats why its still underground. Sure...keep telling yourselves that indie and underground are all about the music and the best music in the world.....but its underrated for a reason.....cause it usually sucks

It's an INDEPENDANT record store, not for indie music you ignorant jackass.

[bucketbots]

only metallica

[creed110]

no we call them sellouts because they abandoned their style and tried to write a record which sounded almost nothing like them because it fitted in with what was popular at the time. They were pretty much the dogs bollucks of metal when master of puppets was released and if not then they defnitely were by the time the black album was released and they weren't sellouts by then.

Personally I think metallica can do what they like, not because I'm some super-fan with my head up lars' arse...but because no matter what they've done that we dont like, we can't argue with what they did do for the metal scene back in the 80s with thrash, along with the big 4.

So i guess if you make a band... and start playing a genre...that 20 years down the road if you wanna do something slightly different your a sell out?..as far for st.anger..i don't see how it fitted in with whats popular at the time. if you said it about say finger ll for example they went right down the hole to the 13 yr old pop/rock much music scene. A band can play whatever they want, but selling out is something metallica never did....i think people just like calling them sell outs just to stir shit up basically, and because an album wasn't totally the style you like, you say sell out....i doubt any of you would go face to face to each member and say you suck your a sell out...at least not if your a fan and your capable of showing any type of respect for music which a lot of people seem not to.

\m/

[classicrocker01]

^ +1
I have to agree with the people sayng that Metallica should make whatever music they want to.

[Emopunk824]

sneaky11 :
METALLICA!!!!! KIRK HAMMETT IS THE BEST GUITARIST EVER!!!!!


why must people like you always post pointless comments so people can start arguing?
Metallica needs to stop wasting time and release the album already.
POSTED: 03/18/2008 - 01:32 pm / quote |

so true

[shadow_murph]

Shuk wrote:

I will be sure to illegally download this album as soon as it comes out, in as much as an illegal way as possible. Possibly thepiratebay.

Thanks Metallica for suing Napster so that torrent sites started and became popular, so I can download your whole albums instead of individual songs at a time!

same here! downloaded all their albums! their already rich enough as it is so i don't see why it would hurt to download another

[gaith]

thank god .....
monsters of metallica comes back and nothing else matters.

[saturns_bassman]

gaith wrote:

thank god .....
monsters of metallica comes back and nothing else matters.

Go **** yourself.

[petergreen]

sneaky11 wrote:

ClickClick wrote:

sneaky11 wrote:

METALLICA!!!!! KIRK HAMMETT IS THE BEST GUITARIST EVER!!!!!

GRRRRR PENTATONIC MINOR!!! GRRRRR MELODIC MINOR!!!!


I personally hate people like you that try and act like a metallica fan and talk shit about one of the best guitarists and nicest people on earth. obviously you havent heard many metallica solos because he doesnt pentatonic and melodic minors in all of them. hell all you wah-wah haters should know that he doesnt even use the wah-wah in half his solos. I just cant understand how there could be so much hate about kirk hammett in a metallica article. if there actually is some other true metallica fans out there other than me, then you understand what im talking about.

yea sneacky you tell him, kirk doesnt use pentatonic minor and melodic minor all the time, he's mistaking them for the Phrygrian mode!

[Marlboro Medium]

JRB Dog!! wrote:

Marlboro Medium wrote:

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?
You little f u c k i ng fagot poser your just saying they sold out because everyone elses says the same thing get a life you pussy ass poser and don't ever claim to even like Metallica.whoa dickhead...i personally dont think that metallica did sell out on st anger, im just sayin what the majority of ppl that i know say, so back the f u c k off...metallica is my favorite band of all time and i like all of their stuff but st. anger was definatley a dissapointment seeing how hetfield finally comes back from rehab, you'd think the album would impress alot of ppl, but it didnt and thats why ppl say they sold out...SO F U C K YOU!!!

First of all learn how to spell you illiterate f u c k and second of all Metallica isn't trying to impress a little fagot poser like yourself there doing whatever the fu c k they wanna do cause they can they don't need to conform to your tastes they play what they want.

[kinghate69]

Magero wrote:

kinghate69 wrote:

indie usually = gay and/or sucks.....thats why its still underground. Sure...keep telling yourselves that indie and underground are all about the music and the best music in the world.....but its underrated for a reason.....cause it usually sucks

It's an INDEPENDANT record store, not for indie music you ignorant jackass.

Magero...stop crying. the only way i think you could get any more emo is if you started a symphonic/progressive metal project called "Under A Weeping Moon"....now that would be emo, but I know your more astute than that.

[Flame-MetalHead]

It is all very well saying that Metallica are major and it's silly for them to promote an indie record store. but 'tallica wern't always famous.

More to the point stop pissing about with record stores and go on tour.

[himetal]

is it coming "a new album, with new songs" or is it re-releases of kill em all, ride the lightning?

[metallica-#1]

holy shit, everytime there is a tallica artical people always flip on them for selling out on st anger because it was the type of music from that time...when st. anger came out, i never ONCE...EVER...heard n e thing from st. anger be played on radio/much music w/e, and who ever says they sold out on load/reload can f u c k right off cuz if u listened to the songs you'd no that they songs on those albums are about they ****ed up things they were going through (like st. anger)...listen to Mama Said...or Until It Sleeps...or The God That Failed...those are songs about james' parents and how ****ed up his childhood was because of his religeon and his way of life, they are not sell-outs...these songs are golden...these albums are golden, metallica are GODS, Kirk is good, but i think James is better compared to kirk. James is more creative and has better riffs, excluding enter sandman (kirk's FIRST riff with metallica), i like james' solos a bit better too.

[extrememetal129]

priestfan76 wrote:

JRB Dog!! wrote:

i have a question...since metallica supposedly sold out with st. anger and lets say that their new cd is BADASS just like their old stuff...can we still say they sold out?

The Damage is already done, so technically yeah they are still sell outs.Cuz now they would be selling out to all the people who tell them to go back to thrash


so u still listened to priest after they released turbo because if u did them u r hypocrite.

[extrememetal129]

them=then