Das neue Album kommt! Metallica bieten ihr neues Werk in verschiedensten Versionen und mit exklusivem Material über die Website Mission Metallica an und vor allem: das neue Album wird von ihnen selbst als ungeschützte 320kB-MP3-Version angeboten, darüber hinaus als Vinyl und CD, je nachdem, welchen Website-Account man kauft.

“When the two-years-in-the-making album is finally ready to be released, members of the site will be able to download it in the DRM-free MP3 format (320 Kbps) — quite a big step for the band that sued the original Napster.

The album will also be available in vinyl and CD formats, each of which will also come with release-day digital download versions. But the album’s just the tip of the iceberg, according to the band, which plans to use the site to open up to its fans, somewhat in the style of Some Kind of Monster.

“Mission: Metallica is your inside look at the past two years of riffing, writing and recording,” reads a note on the site, which was created by the band’s label, Warner Music Group. “[It's] proof that we’ve actually been doing shit most of this time! We’re gonna open the floodgates and share with you photos, videos, riffs and a lot more.”

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