Metallica’s New Song: Definitely A Lot Better Than The Album Title

noah | August 11, 2008 11:30 am
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Speaking of festivals, this weekend Metallica played the whittled-to-one-day Ozzfest, and as an addendum to their “nothing after 1991” set the band debuted a song from the forthcoming Death Magnetic, which they’d finished mixing Saturday morning. “Cyanide” is one of the “seven-minute, eight-minute, nutty-ass songs” that incorporates “kind of hardcore, nutty super-fast speed stuff” that Lars Ulrich promised would be on Death Magnetic back when it was but a gleam in Rick Rubin’s eye. And it actually sounds kind of good, if a little overlong, with maybe one or two too many repetitions of the “Wherever I May Roam”-reminiscent bit. YouTube embed after the jump, along with just-announced tour dates.

All October/November dates with Down and The Sword :

October 21 – Glendale, AZ Jobing Arena October 23 – Albquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum October 25 – Kansas City, MO Sprint Center October 26 – Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena November 1 – Portland, OR Rose Quarter November 3 – Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena November 4 – Denver, CO Pepsi Center November 6 – Omaha, NE Qwest Center November 8 – Moline, IL iWireless Center November 9 – Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center November 17 – St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center November 18 – Tulsa, OK BOK Center November 20 – Houston, TX Toyota Center November 22 – Little Rock, AR Alltel Arena November 23 – New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena

All December dates with Lamb of God and The Sword:

December 1 – Seattle, WA Key Arena December 2 – Vancouver, BC GM Place December 4 – Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome December 7 – Edmonton, AB Rexall Place December 12 – Ontario, CA Citizens Bank Arena December 13 – Fresno, CA Save Mart Center December 15 – San Diego, CA Cox Arena December 17 – Los Angeles, CA The Forum December 20 – Oakland, CA Oracle Arena

All January dates with Machine Head and The Sword:

January 12 – Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center January 13 – Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena January 15 – Washington, DC Verizon Center January 17 – Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center January 18 – Boston, MA TD Banknorth Center January 26 – Chicago, IL Allstate Arena January 29 – Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum January 31 – Newark, NJ Prudential Center

Metallica – Cyanide [YouTube] Ozzfest 2008: Metallica, Ozzy, Serj Tankian, Jonathan Davis Pummel Texas Stadium [RS] TOUR SHOCKER … METALLICA TO PLAY IN N. AMERICA! [Metallica.com] [Photo: AP]

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