When the 'Big Four,' Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax shared a stage together on June 22nd, 2010, in Sofia, Bulgaria, it was the moment their fans had waited decades for. That monumental show was beamed live into over 1000 theaters worldwide via satellite in a special HD cinematic event.

On November 2nd, 2010, this legendary concert will be available on DVD and Blu-ray through Warner Bros. Records. 'The Big Four Live From Sofia' includes full shows from all four bands on a two-disc set as well as behind the scenes and interview footage.

In addition to the two DVD set and the corresponding Blu-ray, there will be a limited edition 'Super Deluxe' Box Set including the 2 DVD set, five CD's with ALL 5 HOURS of music, a 24 page booklet, a two-sided poster, photos of each band, and a collectable Big 4 guitar pick.

These four acts broke out of the underground thrash movement in the 1980's to dominate the metal world, selling millions of records and packing arenas across the globe. Despite huge demand, these musical giants had never shared the same stage. The legendary June 22nd, 2010, concert from the tour's stop of the Sonisphere Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria aired the same day in 79 movie theaters in the U.K, over 450 theaters in over 140 markets in the US, as well as being beamed into
theaters in Europe, Canada, Latin America, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.

In December 2009, the bands announced that they would be joining forces to take part in the traveling Sonisphere Festival for only 7 shows across Europe. This one-time only event, from the Sofia show, made it possible for fans far and wide to participate in what otherwise was a very limited run of dates.

Lars Ulrich of Metallica says of this historic show, 'Who would have thought that more than 25 years after its inception, thrash metal's Big Four would not only still be around, be more popular than ever, playing shows together at stadiums all over Europe, and on top of that, coming to a movie theater near you in High Definition (for better or worse??!!). Bring it on!'

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian says, 'Damn, as if this Big 4 tour wasn't exciting enough, now we get to be on the big screen worldwide! Metal at the movies, two big horns up! It is unbelievably gratifying that this means so much to the metal community around the globe. Get your tix, grab some popcorn and get ready to bang your head!'

Declares Slayer's Kerry King, 'I can't believe someone didn't make this happen 15 years ago! The fans finally get what they want. I think it's awesome!'

Says Megadeth's Dave Mustaine, 'The magnitude of this event hasn't really sunk in yet, and I am thrilled to know that people around the planet will be able to walk into a movie theatre and experience the greatest line up of Heavy Metal in the history of the world!'


The band's setlists were as follows:

Metallica:

'Creeping Death'
'For Whom The Bell Tolls'
'Fuel'
'Harvester Of Sorrow'
'Fade To Black'
'That Was Just Your Life'
'Cyanide'
'Sad But True'
'Welcome Home (Sanitarium)'
'All Nightmare Long'
'One'
'Master Of Puppets'
'Blackened'
'Nothing Else Matters'
'Enter Sandman'

Encore
'Am I Evil? (with the Big Four)
'Hit The Lights'
'Seek and Destroy'


Slayer:

'World Painted Blood'
'Jihad'
'War Ensemble'
'Hate Worldwide'
'Seasons In The Abyss'
'Angel of Death'
'Beauty Through Order'
'Disciple'
'Mandatory Suicide'
'Chemical Warfare'
'South of Heaven'
'Raining Blood'

Megadeth:
'Holy Wars... The Punishment Due'
'Hangar 18'
'Wake Up Dead'
'Headcrusher'
'In My Darkest Hour'
'Skin O' My Teeth'
'A Tout Le Monde'
'Hook In Mouth'
'Trust'
'Sweating Bullets'
'Symphony Of Destruction'
'Peace Sells'

Anthrax:
'Caught In A Mosh'
'Got the Time'
'Madhouse'
'Be All, End All'
'Antisocial'
'Indians'
'Medusa'
'Only'
'Metal Thrashing Mad'
'I Am The Law'

I believe this amazing set is available for 19.99 at both Best Buy and Amazon.com this week.

Wow, three Death Magnetic songs! Awesome.

I've seen clips of this-the high-def cameras and the sound quality are incredible. A must have-especially Metallica and Slayer for me.

It is, and I've also added the link for the 2-DVD/5-CD "Super Deluxe Box" to the first post.

That was most Metal of you Linda.

I went to Barnes & Noble today near where I work and they won't be getting the Blu ray only the cd/dvd set.[it's not listed on their computer]

Looks like the DVD and Blu-ray contain the entire setlists, so unless you want the booklets, poster, etc. you can probably get by with the less expensive versions.

The super deluxe box set (5 CDs + 2 DVDs) was waiting for me at 'Rama today. I couldn't say no.

Anyone know if Mustaine came out to play anything with Metallica?

Yes, Mustaine along with members of Anthrax and Slayer played on the encore cover of "Am I Evil?".

Incidentally, it's also been widely speculated that Mustaine re-recorded at least some of his vocals from the original concert for the home video release.

Sadly, it's not specualtion-it's very true. About 80% or so was new vocals. The 20% that wasn't is bad. I did not get this yet-I'll wait for it used now.