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Yahoo! Music — Reuters - Metallica's first album in five years will take the No. 1 slot on the U.S. pop chart when sales data are issued on Wednesday, according to preliminary estimates. more info

NME — Metallica played a fan-only 'Death Magnetic' album launch party at the London O2 Arena last night (September 15). more info

Rolling Stone — This week’s featured releases are at opposite ends of the sonic spectrum: Metallica’s speedy, brutal Death Magnetic and Ne-Yo’s lush, soulful Year of the Gentleman. But which does Rolling Stone’s Christian Hoard prefer? Is Death Magnetic the ... more info

Thrash Hits — The day before Metallica play London O2 Arena, they performed a very special show for the BBC to just 300 people. Lifelong ‘Tallica fan, Tony Hampton was there to soak up the atmosphere. Ok, so everyone at this special BBC Radio 1 Presents… show... more info

Rolling Stone — Fresh off a launch party/concert for Death Magnetic in Berlin, Metallica checked into London’s BBC Theatre last night to record a one-hour live radio broadcast that saw the band test five new tracks and rifle through a handful of old favorites. “... more info

Idolator — File under "scenarios that I kind of wished had played out in real time": "Apple had reportedly been sufficiently annoyed by [Warner Music Group's decision to pull Estelle's Shine from the iTunes Store] that it threatened to retaliate by pulling all ... more info

Mojo 4 Music — Hard rock giants play the BBC Radio Theatre. Phil Alexander reports… more info

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Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Rock band Metallica cancelled an interview with a Swedish newspaper after discovering a journalist had illegally downloaded their new album. more info