With Metallica hitting Australian shores with their World Magnetic Tour next week, they’ve announced a treat for fans with the release of a limited edition EP – Six Feet Down Under.
The eight track EP, to be released on Monday 20th September, features two live recordings from every previous Australian tour by the metal icons. As the band only started making sound board recordings at every show in 2004, the material from the 1989, 1993 and 1998 tours has been sourced from bootleg recordings. [See the irony in that folks – Metallica who sued Napster were forced to suck up to bootleggers- Ed] The band warns fans: “Be gentle with us . . . a few of these songs are, well, we’ll say “rough,” which may be an understatement!! They do, however, capture the live moments and hopefully you’ll have as much fun listening as we did playing on those nights.”
Six Feet Down Under EP tracklist:
Eye of the Beholder – Recorded live on May 4, 1989 at Festival Hall in Melbourne
…And Justice For All – Recorded live on May 4, 1989 at Festival Hall in Melbourne
Through the Never – Recorded live on April 8, 1993 at the Entertainment Centre in Perth
The Unforgiven – Recorded live on April 4, 1993 at the National Tennis Centre in Melbourne
Low Man’s Lyric (Acoustic) – Recorded live on April 11, 1998 at the Entertainment Centre in Perth
Devil’s Dance – Recorded live on April 12, 1998 at the Entertainment Centre in Perth
Frantic – Recorded live on January 21, 2004 at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney
Fight Fire With Fire – Recorded live on January 19, 2004 at the Entertainment Centre in Brisbane
