Metallica will be releasing a limited edition 16 vinyl set next month. It will feature double albums recorded at the following shows: Bogotá: Live at Parque Simón Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia on March 16, 2014, Helsinki: Live at Hietaniemi, Helsinki, Finland on May 28, 2014, Istanbul: Live at ITU Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey on July 13, 2014, and Montreal: Live at Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, Canada on August 9, 2014. You can preorder that HERE, and if you just want the Montreal one, on its own, you can purchase that HERE.
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In other news, Kirk Hammet was recently interviewed by About.com, and had the following to say about the band’s new album progress:
“Absolutely. One always wants to work at the pace that they’re most comfortable at. It’s been about, what, seven or eight years since our last album? It doesn’t feel like that to me, but I know it is. Our first three albums came out our first three years, and for some reason that boggles my mind nowadays. Back then, it was just what everyone did. New year, new album and tour.
Even a generation before that it was every six months a new album and tour. So, having said all that, taking seven or eight years between albums is a lot of time, but we’ve filled it up with other things, like making a movie, making an album with Lou Reed, going on tour pretty regularly.
Let me just say that I’m grateful that we’re at a point where we can put out an album at our own pace, because there’s just so much other stuff that takes up Metallica time that’s maybe not as equally as important, but just as relevant.
So, the answer to your question is yeah, it’s great being able to work at your own pace, and still be able to be a father and be a husband, and everything else that comes in the wake of that. We have songs, and we are recording them, so that’s a good sign.”
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