AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME DIGITALLY AND ON VIDEO ON DEMAND
LIMITED EDITION "LORDS OF SUMMER" 12-INCH VINYL TO BE RELEASED TO INDEPENDENT RETAIL ON BLACK FRIDAY RECORD STORE DAY
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LOS
ANGELES, CA - September 24, 2014 - Metallica today announced they would
release a ten-year anniversary 2-disc Blu-Ray of their long out of
print, groundbreaking movie, METALLICA: Some Kind of Monster on November 24, 2014.
Originally released on July 9, 2004, METALLICA: Some Kind of Monster
follows the band through three of the most turbulent years in their
over three-decade long career, and gives viewers an incredibly raw and
intimate look into the lives and psyches of the members of one of the
most successful rock bands in music history as they battle their way
through addiction, domestic life, backlash from their fans, and
near-total disintegration during the making of their St. Anger album.
The documentary, directed by the award-winning team of Joe Berlinger
& Bruce Sinofsky (Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost 1-3), won the
Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature.
"Two Thumbs Up!" -Ebert and Roper
"Cinematic Gold." -Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"Even if you're not a fan of
their music, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster is a revelation: Funny,
fascinating and insightful." -USA TODAY
"Entertaining, moving and historically significant" -New York Times
This ten-year anniversary release marks the first time METALLICA: Some Kind of Monster
will be available digitally and via Video On Demand. The updated
version will contain an additional bonus feature, "Metallica: This
Monster Lives," a 25 minute follow-up piece filmed at Toronto
International Film Festival 2013 during the release of the band's second
film, Metallica: Through the Never, which features interview footage
with the band and Berlinger & Sinofsky that looks at the decade
since the release of the documentary film.
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On
Black Friday Record Store Day, November 28, 2014, Metallica will
release a limited-edition 12-inch vinyl of "Lords of Summer." Side A
will feature the "First Pass" (studio) version of "Lords Of Summer" as
well as a previously unreleased live version recorded at the Rock In
Rome Sonisphere Festival on July 1, 2014. Side B will feature a laser
etching of the Metallica "M" logo. This collectable vinyl will only be
available through independent retail and metallica.com. For a list of
Record Store Day shops please visit http://www.recordstoreday.com/Venues
About Metallica
Formed
in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist and vocalist James
Hetfield, Metallica have become one of the most influential and
commercially successful rock bands in history, having sold 110 million
albums worldwide and playing to millions of fans the world over. They
have scored several multi-platinum albums, including
1991's "Metallica" (commonly referred to as "The Black Album"), which is
the best selling album in the history of Soundscan, scanning 16 million
albums in the United States alone. Their latest studio album, Death
Magnetic, was certified platinum just six weeks after it debuted atop
the Billboard Top 200 Album chart in October 2008. "Death Magnetic"
charted at #1 in 32 countries and sold five million copies worldwide.
Metallica have also garnered numerous awards and accolades, including
nine Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, and multiple MTV Video
Music Awards, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and
Museum in 2009. The band celebrated its 30th-Anniversary in 2011 with a
week's worth of fan club concerts at the Fillmore Theater in San
Francisco, CA. In 2012, Metallica unveiled a brand new stage in Mexico
City that featured iconic elements that spanned its 30-year career and
is featured in the film Metallica Through the Never. They played eight
shows to nearly 180,000 fans at the Sports Arena in Mexico City.
Picturehouse released Metallica Through the Never in North America on
September 27, 2013. The music-driven, 3D motion picture film immerses
audiences in a bracing, raw and visceral cinematic experience with
spectacular live performance footage of Metallica's most iconic songs --
created exclusively for film -- combined with a bold, narrative story
featuring imagery drawn from the band's trailblazing iconography. In
December 2013, Metallica performed a rare concert in Antarctica where
all attendees listened to the performance through headphones to protect
the environment. With that show,
the band made history by becoming the first act to ever play all seven
continents (all within a year), earning themselves a spot in the 60th
Anniversary Edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. Metallica
performed "One" with Chinese Pianist and Grammy Ambassador Lang Lang on
the 56th Annual Grammy Awards on January 26th and two days later
Metallica Through the Never was released on DVD and Blu-Ray.
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