Metallica fan forums have gone into meltdown in the last 48hours as the world's heaviest touring band played 2 of their songs live on stage for the first time. Suicide and Redemption from the band's latest release Death Magnetic and the Grammy-nominated Ecstasy of Gold were both played in full in front of 18 000 hardcore Metallica fans in Copenhagen's Forum on the 27th and 28th of July respectively. The track Ecstasy of Gold was originally composed by Ennio Morricone for the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and has been used by the band as the introduction music for their shows since 1983. In 2007 the band recorded the instrumental song officially. Ecstasy of Gold is one of the few songs where frontman James Hetfield plays the solo.
Metallica recorded their performance on July 7 in Nimes, France and plan to release it on DVD exclusively in France through their official website. Furthermore the band has shot parts of their Latin American tour for a South America only DVD release.
Continuing with the story mentioned yesterday, Arctic Monkey's 3rd album Humbug has been leaked in its entirety today. The band has not issued any statements yet on their reaction to the leak, which has occured almost 4 weeks before its official release date. I will review the album in full this weekend but in respect for the band I will refrain from posting any of the leaked tracks.
2009 has been relatively quiet year for British rapper-singer M.I.A. in terms of music after giving birth to her first child. Earlier this year she made appearances at the Grammy Awards and California's Coachella Festival. The influential artist has now appeared on a new mix from DJ Major Lazer. She provides a verse on the Keep Watch series which is avaiable here. M.I.A. starts at 11:20 on the song.
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