Newsreel - Metallica.

* Robert Trujillo told The Pulse of Radio, that with lead guitarist Kirk Hammett away for part of the time with a new baby, it fell to him to act as the referee between frontman James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich. "It was an honor for me to sort of mediate most of the time, 'cause Kirk was away, and to be in the same room with Lars and James when they're arranging a METALLICA song is a wonderful experience, like going to the best school of music and arranging and songwriting you could ever imagine," he said. Trujillo also said that Hetfield and Ulrich, the band's chief songwriters, were "open" to his ideas as well.

* El Universal México conducted an interview with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich at the "Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2008" event, which was held on October 16, 2008 in Guadalajara, Mexico. View the interview here.

* After only six weeks on the shelves, Metallica's Death Magnetic has been certified platinum by the RIAA. The album, released on September 12, is the band's ninth album and their fifth #1 album. To date, it has sold over 1.2 million copies in the US alone.

* Metallica has added a second show in Madrid to their upcoming Euro tour, on the 14. July.
Complete List here.



* The summer of vinyl has stretched into Fall with the re-issue of "…And Justice For All" as part of the on-going series that will eventually see the entire catalog available again. "Justice" is now available in North America as a two disc package for the 33.3 version, and in a box for the four disc, 180 gram, 45 rpm edition. Rest of the world will get it on December 1. Next up is the "Black Album"



* The second show of Metallica's North American indoor arena tour took place at the Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico (Thursday, October 23). Support at the show came from The Sword and Down.


SetList :

01. That Was Just Your Life
02. The End Of The Line
03. Creeping Death
04. For Whom The Bell Tolls
05. One
06. Broken, Beat And Scarred
07. Cyanide
08. Sad But True
09. Until It Sleeps
10. No Remorse
11. The Day That Never Comes
12. Master Of Puppets
13. Blackened
14. Nothing Else Matters
15. Enter Sandman
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16. Die, Die My Darling
17. Stone Cold Crazy
18. Seek and Destroy


* Official Metallica.com footage of "That Was Just Your Life", from Glendale, Arizona.


* Footage of DOWN performing the song "Bury Me In Smoke", as the support act for Metallica in Glendale, Arizona.