Metallica planning box set for new album

Metallica is planning to issue a deluxe box set edition of its upcoming album, Death Magnetic, according to Blabbermouth.net. A Norwegian music retailer has posted at its web site that a limited edition, two-CD, single DVD version of the record will arrive in September. The set will be packaged in a coffin box and come with an exclusive T-shirt, a Metallica flag, a collection of guitar picks, a poster and a USB memory stick. The second CD will include demos of 10 songs from the album, while the DVD will chronicle the making of the record.

There is no word on whether a similar deluxe version will be available in North America.

A Finnish retailer called Record Shop X recently listed September 17th as the release date for Death Magnetic. An official release date has yet to be announced by the band or its label, although band members have been saying that the album will arrive in September.

Death Magnetic was produced by Metallica and Rick Rubin, and marks the recording debut of bassist Robert Trujillo, who joined the lineup in 2003 shortly after the last Metallica album, St. Anger, was completed.

Metallica will hit some European festivals starting later this month. The band's next U.S. date is the one-day Ozzfest on August 9th in Dallas, with a full North American tour slated to begin in October.
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