Metallica fans will have the opportunity to see a lot of the band on TV next month when the band launches a weeklong performance residency on the Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on CBS and the band also announced plans for reissues of their first two albums.

The band provided the following details about the late night TV plans, "We're excited to celebrate Craig Ferguson's final season on CBS as he has personally invited us to join him for an entire week of performances starting Monday, November 17th. We'll be playing every night that week and on the first night (Monday) we'll sit down with Craig to chat about all things 'Tallica.

"Met Club members should log in for information about how they can be a guest in the studio audience during the filming of the show in Los Angeles, CA. Tune in to the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on weeknights at 12:37 AM EST."

The band also announced on Wednesday that they are seeking audio recordings, videos, ticket stubs, snapshots and anything else from fans from their Kill 'Em All and Ride The Lightning eras for use in upcoming deluxe reissues of their first two studio albums.

Here is what the band had to say, "A little over two months ago we reached out to you for your assistance with the definitive Master of Puppets book that author Matt Taylor is assembling and you came through in a very big way - thank you!! We're back again hoping you can dip into your personal archives and find some gems from the Kill 'Em All and Ride The Lightning eras as we prep deluxe remastered versions of those two albums coming in 2015.

"We want it all! Did you manage to sneak a video camera into a show long before they fit in your pocket? Maybe your old instamatic camera for some snap shots? A cassette Walkman with a microphone? We're looking for anything and everything... audio, video, photos, fliers, ticket stubs, the set list you picked up off the floor, and in general any mementos you may have from that around that time.

"Make your mark on these albums by e-mailing us at submissions@metclub.com to share your story and receive more info about submitting photos, videos, audio recordings and other mementos. Remember, we want everything (well, everything that's yours)! Nothing is too small or too trivial... share your archives with your fellow fans and have some fun with us walking down memory lane. By submitting it, you're saying we can use it should your piece of history land on a release (yes, the lawyers made us add this part!)."

FINALLY!!!

About 3 years ago they did a complete remastered, mini-lp reissue series for Metallica in Japan. I bought the entire set. I would describe the mastering of those as poor. The original CD issues are far superior. Maybe they'll buck the trend and do some quality soft remasters (like Led Zeppelin) for the American market but I'd say odds are against it.

I also doubt they have much in the way of quality unreleased material. They basically got all the quality non-lp stuff out there with the Garage INC collection.

Only way I'd buy these is if they get some really positive reviews once they hit the market.

I would think given the treatment of mastering the last decade+ for this type of music (and most music in general), that expectations should be that this will be terrible. I would be shocked if these aren't terrible.

Wasn't there a remix of "Whiplash" on the Whiplash EP that Megaforce put out with a couple of live tracks? I have the vinyl but haven't listened to it in over 20 years I'm sure. Has that ever made it to a CD?

If any albums are in danger of being heavily compressed in mastering, yes these are possibly those.

But why are we assuming so? Yes, many remasters have an issue, but plenty don't.

Death Magnetic was indeed harsh sonically, but I won't judge these until I hear them myself.

The thing that Metallica could put out that would likely interest a whole lotta folks is a complete remix of ...And Justice For All.

I don't think the Whiplash remix ever made it to the compact disc.

I would love to hear a complete remix of And Justice For All. Great songs but the drum sound was terrible.

So I wasn't imagining that? How about the two live tracks? They're the same ones that were on the "Jump In The Fire" 12" once upon a time.



Lars' drum sound has never been that good, but that whole disc needs some bottom end. Poor Jason... all that hell to replace Cliff and they castrate his sound on the album.

Also, no bass to be heard.

Yeah, I remember really liking the bass on the Garage Days EP--very nimble and not the typical metal lines--and then being incredibly disappointed at the sound on "Justice" because I couldn't hear him at all.

The Creeping Death and Jump In the Fire 12" singles were issued on a "2 for 1" compact disc by Music For Nations in the 80s. So the two live tracks have been issued on CD.

I'm amazed that it's taken this long to do this.

Bump: The remasters for Kill 'Em All and Ride The Lightning have been announced with a release date of April 15, 2016. There will be multi-disc deluxe box sets of each album (pre-order links in the opening post) in addition to simple 1CD versions (pre-order links in the second post).

Talk about fleecing the fans. $150 clams for 4 LP's I don't want or need to get the CD's and DVD. I am sooooo sick of this shit.

I have to believe a CD/DVD combo will arrive, but I'm sure the uberbox will have content that the other does not.

I will never buy one of those things.

I can't wait to see what these remasters entail and what they do with sound on And Justice for All.

Full tracklists now available at the Metallica website... lots of live stuff.

https://metallica.com/kill-ride-deluxe

I have interest in 2 CDs and the DVD in each of the box sets. I'm not going to pay $300 to get them.

Metallica Detail Deluxe 'Kill 'Em All,' 'Ride the Lightning' Reissues

Metallica have revealed the contents of the deluxe editions of Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning that they will be putting out this spring. Each album has been remastered and will be available on CD and vinyl, as well as in a deluxe box set. In addition to the original albums, the lavish box sets will contain original source material from the band's vaults, including previously unreleased music, and a book containing rare photos and essays. All editions will come out on April 15th.

The deluxe box set of Kill 'Em All will contain four LPs, five CDs, a DVD and a deluxe book with rare photos and a patch. Ride the Lightning will also contain four vinyl records, along with six CDs, a DVD and a book with previously undistributed photos, a mini-book of James Hetfield's handwritten lyrics, and three posters. The full track list for each is below.

The group also posted to samples of rarities that will appear on the deluxe box sets. The first is a version of Kill 'Em All's "Phantom Lord" that they recorded live in Paris in 1984. Hetfield introduces the band as "a bunch of alcoholics from California" to the audience and dedicates to the people who had the group's early demos and "all the old stuff."



The second is an instrumental, raw "garage demo" of Ride the Lightning's title track that Lars Ulrich uncovered while putting together the reissues. It begins with the band members declaring the tape recorder is playing.



Metallica kicked off their reissue campaign last year, when they reissued their No Life 'Til Leather demo cassette. Ulrich told Rolling Stone at the time, that it was a sign of things to come. "It's time for us to put out some next-level reissues and do the song and dance of the catalog that everyone else has done; the U2s and the Led Zeppelins and the Oasises," he said. "Instead of starting with Kill 'Em All, which came out in 1983, we figured we'd go back another two years to when the band was formed in 1981."

Kill 'Em All Deluxe Box Set Track List:

Vinyl: Kill 'Em All (Remastered)

"Hit the Lights"
"The Four Horsemen"
"Motorbreath"
"Jump in the Fire"
"(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth"
"Whiplash"
"Phantom Lord"
"No Remorse"
"Seek and Destroy"
"Metal Militia"

Vinyl: Live At Espace Balard, Paris, France - February 9th, 1984 (Two LPs)

Previously Unreleased

"The Ecstasy of Gold"
"Hit the Lights" (Live)
"The Four Horsemen" (Live)
"Jump in the Fire" (Live)
"Phantom Lord" (Live)
"No Remorse" (Live)
"Ride the Lightning" (Live)
"Motorbreath" (Live)
"(Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth" (Live)
"Whiplash" (Live)
"Seek and Destroy" (Live)
"Metal Militia" (Live)

Vinyl: Jump in the Fire (Picture Disc)

"Jump in the Fire"
"Seek and Destroy" ("Live" at The Automatt)
"Phantom Lord" ("Live" at The Automatt)

CD: Kill 'Em All (Remastered)

"Hit the Lights"
"The Four Horsemen"
"Motorbreath"
"Jump in the Fire"
"(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth"
"Whiplash"
"Phantom Lord"
"No Remorse"
"Seek and Destroy"
"Metal Militia"

CD: Interview and Radio IDs

Previously Unreleased

Metal Forces Interview With Lars, January 1984
Radio IDs With Lars, James and Cliff From 1984

CD: Rough Mixes From Lars' Vault, Bootleg Tracks and Whiplash Remix EP

Previously Unreleased except "Jump In The Fire," "Whiplash (Special Neckbrace Remix)," "Seek and Destroy ("Live" at The Automatt)" and "Phantom Lord ("Live" at The Automatt)"

"Motorbreath" (Rough Mix)
"Hit the Lights" (Rough Mix)
"(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth" (Rough Mix)
"Seek and Destroy" (Rough Mix)
"Whiplash" (Rough Mix)
"The Four Horsemen" (Rough Mix)
"Seek and Destroy" (Not Live from The Automatt)
"Phantom Lord" (Not Live from The Automatt)
"Jump in the Fire"
"Whiplash" (Special Neckbrace Remix)
"Seek and Destroy" ("Live" at The Automatt)
"Phantom Lord" ("Live" at The Automatt)

CD: Live at J Bees Rock III, Middletown, NY - January 20th, 1984

Previously Unreleased

"The Four Horsemen" (Live)
"Jump in the Fire" (Live)
"Fight Fire With Fire" (Live)
"Ride the Lightning" (Live)
"Phantom Lord" (Live)
"Seek and Destroy" (Live)
"Whiplash (Live)"

CD: Live at the Keystone, Palo Alto, CA - October 31st, 1983

Previously Unreleased

"Hit the Lights" (Live)
"The Four Horsemen" (Live)
"Jump in the Fire" (Live)
"Fight Fire With Fire" (Live)
"Ride the Lightning" (Live)
"Phantom Lord" (Live)
"When Hell Freezes Over ('The Call of Ktulu')" (Live)
"Seek and Destroy" (Live)
"(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth" (Live)
"Whiplash" (Live)
"Creeping Death" (Live)
"Guitar Solo" (Live)
"Metal Militia" (Live)

DVD: Live at the Metro in Chicago on August 12th, 1983

Previously Unreleased except "No Remorse" and "Metal Militia"

"Hit the Lights" (Live) (Video Only/No Audio)
"The Four Horsemen" (Live) (Video Only/No Audio)
"Jump in the Fire" (Live) (Video Only/Partial Audio)
"Phantom Lord" (Live)
"No Remorse" (Live)
"(Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth" (Live)
"Whiplash" (Live)
"Seek and Destroy" (Live)
"Guitar Solo" (Live)
"Metal Militia" (Live)

Ride the Lightning Deluxe Box Set Track List:

Vinyl: Ride the Lightning (Remastered)

"Fight Fire With Fire"
"Ride the Lightning"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls"
"Fade to Black"
"Trapped Under Ice"
"Escape"
"Creeping Death"
"The Call of Ktulu"

Vinyl: Live at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA – March 10th, 1985 (Two LPs)

Previously Unreleased

"The Ecstasy of Gold"
"Fight Fire With Fire" (Live)
"Ride the Lightning" (Live)
"Phantom Lord" (Live)
"(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth" (Live)
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Live)
"No Remorse" (Live)
"Fade to Black" (Live)
"Seek and Destroy" (Live)
"Creeping Death" (Live)
"Am I Evil?" (Live)
"Motorbreath" (Live)

Vinyl: Creeping Death (Picture Disc)

"Creeping Death"
"Am I Evil?"
"Blitzkrieg"

CD: Ride the Lightning (Remastered)

"Fight Fire With Fire"
"Ride the Lightning"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls"
"Fade to Black"
"Trapped Under Ice"
"Escape"
"Creeping Death"
"The Call of Ktulu"

CD: Metallica Interviews

Previously Unreleased

Metal Forces Interview with Lars, November 1984
WUSC Cleveland Radio Interview with Cliff and Kirk, February 1985
Metal Madness Interview with Lars, March 1985

CD: Demos and Rough Mixes From Lars' Vault

Previously Unreleased

"Ride the Lightning" (Studio Demo)
"When Hell Freezes Over ('The Call Of Ktulu')" (Studio Demo)
"Creeping Death" (Studio Demo)
"Fight Fire With Fire" (Studio Demo)
"Ride the Lightning" (Garage Demo)
"When Hell Freezes Over ('The Call Of Ktulu')" (Garage Demo)
"Fight Fire With Fire" (Garage Demo)
"Ride the Lightning" (Boom Box Demo)
"Blitzkrieg" (Rhythm Track Rough Mix)
"Am I Evil?" (Rhythm Track Rough Mix)

CD: Live at Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco, CA – March 15th, 1985

Previously Unreleased on CD

"Fight Fire With Fire" (Live)
"Ride the Lightning" (Live)
"Phantom Lord" (Live)
"The Four Horsemen" (Live)
"(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth" (Live)
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Live)
"No Remorse" (Live)
"Fade to Black" (Live)
"Creeping Death" (Live)
"Guitar Solo" (Live)
"Am I Evil?" (Live)
"Motorbreath" (Live)

CD: Live at the Lyceum Theatre, London, UK - December 20th, 1984

"Phantom Lord," "The Call Of Ktulu," "Creeping Death" and "Guitar Solo" Previously Unreleased. All Other Songs Previously Unreleased on CD.

"Phantom Lord" (Live)
"The Four Horsemen" (Live)
"(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth" (Live)
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Live)
"No Remorse" (Live)
"The Call of Ktulu" (Live)
"Seek and Destroy" (Live)
"Whiplash" (Live)
"Creeping Death" (Live)
"Guitar Solo" (Live)
"Metal Militia" (Live)

CD: Live at Castle Donington, UK – August 17th, 1985

Previously Unreleased on CD

"Creeping Death" (Live)
"Ride the Lightning" (Live)
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Live)
"The Four Horsemen" (Live)
"Fade to Black" (Live)
"Seek and Destroy" (Live)
"Whiplash" (Live)
"Motorbreath" (Live)

DVD: Metal Hammer, Day on the Green and Danish TV

Live at the Metal Hammer Festival in St. Goarshausen, Germany - September 14, 1985

Previously Unreleased except "The Four Horsemen," "Fade to Black" and "Seek and Destroy"

"Creeping Death" (Live)
"Ride the Lightning" (Live)
"Disposable Heroes" (Live)
"No Remorse" (Live)
"(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth" (Live)
"For Whom The Bell Tolls" (Live)
"The Four Horsemen" (Live)
"Fade to Black" (Live)
"Seek and Destroy" (Live)
"Whiplash" (Live)
"Fight Fire With Fire" (Live)
"Guitar Solo" (Live)
"Am I Evil?" (Live)
"Motorbreath" (Live)

Live at MTV's Day on the Green at Oakland Stadium, Oakland, CA - August 31, 1985

Previously Unreleased except "For Whom the Bell Tolls"

"Creeping Death" (Live)
"Ride the Lightning" (Live)
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Live)
MTV Day on the Green Interview with Lars and James

Danish TV

Previously Unreleased

Lars Ulrich When He Was Young (Lars' first television interview)
Spot – Lars Ulrich

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