Metallica today announced the running order and the final song titles for their forthcoming 12th album Death Magnetic.
The full tracklisting is:That Was Just Your Life
The End Of The Line
Broken, Beat & Scarred
The Day That Never Comes
All Nightmare Long
Cyanide
The Unforgiven III
The Judas Kiss
Suicide & Redemption
My Apocalypse
Frontman James Hetfield has also explained the meaning of the record's title, saying, "It started out as kind of a tribute to people that have fallen in our business, like (Alice In Chains frontman) Layne Staley and a lot of the people that have died, basically , rock and roll martyrs of sorts. And then it kind of grew from there. Thinking about death...just like a magnet, some people are drawn towards it, (and) other people are afraid of it and push away."
Hetfield added, "The concept that we're all gonna die sometimes is over-talked about and then a lot of times never talked about , no one wants to bring it up; it's the big white elephant in the living room. But we all have to deal with it at some point."
In other news the band have announced via their website and Mission:Metallica that the album will be available for Guitar Hero. It's a first in both music and gaming . . . the same day that "Death Magnetic" hits the streets, every song will be available to download for "Guitar Hero III!" And for those of you who are awaiting the next Guitar Hero, "World Tour," the band are ready for that too . . . you will be able to experience "Death Magnetic" for drums, vocals, and guitar when that game emerges this Fall. More info on this to follow.
The band have just finished the July leg of their European tour, and will return in August, when they headline the Reading and Leeds festivals in the UK.
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