Drummer Lars Ulrich acknowledges that file-sharing is "part of how it is these days."Metallica has seemingly come a long way since back in 2000 when it led the charge against illegal file-sharing. It was their case against Napster that really made Metallica the face of file-sharing critics and really incensed a lot of their fans who couldn't understand how a band that had already made millions was concerned with making millions more. It became the poster boy for greedy artists everywhere and caused many to turn their backs on the band that had turned it's on them. Things at Metallica Inc. then changed a few months ago when Ulrich said in an interview with Rolling Stone that "We've been observing Radiohead and Trent Reznor and in twenty-seven years or however long it takes for the next record, we'll be looking forward to everything in terms of possibilities with the Internet." Since both of these artists allowed fans to download a recent album for free the comments were understood to mean that it had a change of heart and was starting to look favorably upon file-sharing. Fast forward to yesterday, when Lars gave an interview with San Francisco-based radio station Live 105 to promote Metallica's upcoming "Death Magnetic" album, and again we hear him having a new found laid back attitude when it comes to P2P and file-sharing. "Listen, we're ten days from release," Ulrich said. "I mean, from here, we're golden," he added. "If this thing leaks all over the world today or tomorrow, happy days. Happy days. Trust me. Ten days out and it hasn't quote-unquote fallen off the truck yet? Everybody's happy. It's 2008 and it's part of how it is these days, so it's fine. We're happy." Well, "Happy Days" are already here because it leaked to BitTorrent several days ago. The leak reportedly occurred after it was accidentally sold in a French record store, the buyer then wasted no time in sharing his treasure.  I think deep down file-sharing still irks Metallica Inc. and they only say they don't care because they've finally realized that there's not a whole lot you can do about it. "Happy Days" Metallica. jared@zeropaid.com |
 
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In re Metallica: Their music both sucks and blows at the same time, that's the only accomplishment those turd burglars can brag about.
Apparently someone got the CD and encoded it as a 128k WMA file. Someone else took that 128K WMA file and re-encoded it as a 320 K (not 192 like I originally posted) mp3 file.
Several reports from different people (on different sites) seem to confirm that. Reports of pops, clicks, and other audio artifacts in the files abound.
If you decide to steal it, check the comments from people who have already got it before wasting your time.
(p.s. I agree - Metallica haven't been musically relevant for nearly two decades, and I really don't have high hopes for this despite the rave reviews it's drawing.)
It's not commercial Metallica (aka Bob Rock phase) but a good true metal album.
Unfortunally (for them) I will not buy it and I hope they learn their lesson well. This should be an "I'm sorry" kind of release and be totally free (like the new NIN).
And, by the way...anyone cares to invite me to waffles or what.cd?? Maybe soulxtc could help me wiht this?
Thanks and cheers to everyone!