Last week we reported that Metallica had a small listening party in London. A few select people were invited to hear the album. However, they were never supposed to write about what they heard. Strange.

So the blogger that was in attendance, wrote about what he heard. Excerpts of his thoughts can be found here. Here is the website's take on the whole matter:

"The story behind the removal of the article runs as follows: Metallica held an album listening party for selected music journalists in London this Wednesday past. One of the writers was kind enough to write a piece about the album which, if you were lucky enough to read it before it was taken down, was full of praise about a return to form. At no point was the writer ask[ed] to sign a non-disclosure agreement. The Quietus and other websites ran pieces on the album, but were quickly contacted by Metallica's management via a third party and told to remove the articles. The Quietus kept our article up the longest and, as no non-disclosure agreement had been signed, [was] not prepared to remove it merely due to the demands of Metallica's management. We only eventually removed the article earlier today to protect the professional interests of the writer concerned (the piece was written anonymously). Seems Metallica's fear of the internet shows no sign of abating."

Damn you Metallica! Now I hope your album fails. Megadeth is a better band and they have 1/4 of the talent. They have consistently put out great albums and never sold out. So I wil not listen to any of this album on sheer protest.