Lars Ulrich pirates Metallica album

In a recent interview Lars Ulrich, probably, the most hated heavy metal figure in the computer world admitted that he downloaded the new Metallica album Death Magnetic to see what it's like. Wow Lars. Welcome to the 21st century!

He said "I was like, 'Wow, this is how it works.' I figured if there is anybody that has a right to download 'Death Magnetic' for free, it's me.".

Over the years Metallica have changed their stance against music downloading allowing the songs to be downloaded from Napster and also giving free songs from their website. The have gone as far as to welcome the Death Magnetic leak on the Internet.

Lars stated that he was shocked to find out that everybody was hating him and calling him greedy after napster closed down, since he believed that he was doing to the right thing for Metallica and that they were always anti-record company. I do not know what to make of it. The guy might just be dump-enough not having realized exactly what he was doing at the time or he is just trying to fix his public image now. This is coming from someone whose band was welcoming filming of concerts from the fans during the 80s and early 90s.

All Nightmare Long - Metallica music video

It is no secret that I am a big fan of Metallica. Their forty fourth single All Nightmare Long from their new album Death Magnetic has the most interesting music video I have seen for a really long time. It is a documentary-style horror film including a cartoon animation sequence about an alternate history of the cold war. In the film the tunguska event introduced the Soviet Union to a new extraterrestrial organism that they used to create a biological zombifying weapon that unleash on the USA. Apart from the old bad communists aspect of the film it is very-very well done. Its nightmerish creepy look and its documentary style Grindhouse worn film look make it very unique. Enjoy it.

* UPDATE: Apparently the music companies don't want you to watch the music video. They prefer to gather around in their corporate offices and watch it alone, them and only them, they did not make it for you....If I find another version somewhere else I 'll post it.

* UPDATE 2: you can view the video from the official Metallica website

Kirk Hammet said he bought the original cartoon video in Russia years ago and he always wanted to incorporate it in one of Metallica's music videos. I just now have to find the original video and watch it all.