Metallica release 'Beyond Magnetic' EP

Throughout the week Metallica had been leaking previously unheard material from their Death Magnetic recording sessions from 2007.

Now the four tracks, 'Just A Bullet Away,' 'Hate Train,' 'Hell And Back' and 'Rebel Of Babylon', are available to download. However, they will only be available via iTunes for one week only in North Amrerica. After that week, the songs will be available from digital retailers. 

Here is what the band have to say about the new EP

'During the Death Magnetic album sessions in 2007 and 2008, we originally recorded 14 songs. When it came time to pick the songs for the final album, we decided on 10 songs that you’ve all come to know over the last three years… Some of you may have heard bits and pieces of those other songs on ‘Mission Metallica’ (remember ‘Mission Metallica’?!) or heard rumors about them during the recording process, and wondered, ‘What ever happened to those other four songs???.’ We kept them in the vault and decided to pull them just for this special celebration, so here are the four leftover tracks from the Death Magnetic sessions. They are ROUGH mixes, unfinished to their original degree of mixing from March ’08. These four songs were released as gift to our closest fans, the members of our Fan Club, to enjoy. Now they’re being made available to you'

'Beyond Magnetic' EP tracklist

1. Hate Train
2. Just A Bullet Away
3. Hell And Back
4. Rebel Of Babylon