Grandma Got Run Over By Metallica

There's a sweet new Christmas present out on iTunes today for Metallica fans. The band has released an EP called "Beyond Magnetic" to coincide with the bands anniversary shows, which they released a new song for all 4 days of the shows. The four songs featured on the EP were all recorded during the Death Magnetic sessions but were never released.



Needless to say I've downloaded all 4 tracks and they pretty much will wash the nasty taste of that LuLu CD right out of your mouth. My personal favorite so far is Hate Train. Merry Christmas!

The band stated the following about the EP.

“During the Death Magnetic album sessions in 2007 and 2008, we originally recorded 14 songs. When it came time to pick the songs for the final album, we decided on 10 songs that you’ve all come to know over the last three years… Some of you may have heard bits and pieces of those other songs on ‘Mission Metallica’ (remember ‘Mission Metallica’?!) or heard rumors about them during the recording process, and wondered, ‘What ever happened to those other four songs???.’ We kept them in the vault and decided to pull them just for this special celebration, so here are the four leftover tracks from the Death Magnetic sessions. They are ROUGH mixes, unfinished to their original degree of mixing from March ’08. These four songs were released as gift to our closest fans, the members of our Fan Club, to enjoy. Now they’re being made available to you."