Metallica released 'Beyond Magnetic' EP with four tracks recorded in 2008
The heavy metal band Metallica have released for the fans' pleasure a four-track EP, suggestively entitled "Beyond Magnetic", which was made available on iTunes today, December 13th just for one week only in North America.
"Beyond Magnetic" EP tracks are:
- Hate Train
- Just A Bullet Away
- Hell And Back
- Rebel Of Babylon
The band explained their EP release:
"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."
You may listen below to two of the songs below:
Metallica "Hell and Back" :
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