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Metallica to Re-Record “Kill Em All” For Release On Blackened Recordings
Metallica has announced that the second release on its recently formed label, Blackened Recordings, will be a re-recording of “Kill Em All.”
The band is said to be considering naming the re-recording “Metal Up Your Ass,” the debut’s original working title, but no final decision has been made.
Under provision of a renegotiated joint venture agreement with the Warner Music Group in 1994, all of masters of Metallica’s albums reverted back to the band as of November 30th, 2012.
Addressing the reasoning for re-recording the band’s classic debut instead of simply remastering it, drummer Lars Ulrich had this to say:
“The songs on Kill Em All are vintage Metallica, but will benefit so much more from today’s studio and mixing technology. So we decided it would be better to re-record them entirely than release a simple remaster from those old analog recordings. I can’t wait to get in the studio and do these songs justice and give them a polished, modern sound.”
A producer has not yet been chosen for the “Kill Em All” recording sessions.
Blackened Recordings will handle all marketing and promotion duties for the re-release of “Kill Em All,” which will be manufactured and distributed by Rhino Entertainment in North America and licensed to the Universal Music Group internationally. A release is tentatively being targeted for late 2013.
The re-recording of “Kill Em All” will be the label’s second release. The first release from Blackened Recordings was the live DVD, "Quebec Magnetic," which was released on December 10th, 2012.
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This is a straight up terrible idea. If you want to re-record an album, how about re-recording Death Magnetic because that sounded like an intern mixed it. Not to mention Kill em All sounds fine..all of the first four sound fine. They're the sound that defined Metallica. 80s albums don't need to be remastered/rerecorded. 50s/60s/70s albums do. Why they continue to think this "modern" sound approach is correct is beyond me. Death Magnetic would've actually been memorable had it not sounded like crap.

I love the Kill Em All album but I , really hope Metallica isn't just going to release a bunch of re-recordings of old stuff and best of type albums for the next several years to keep their name out there and not release new albums and ep's. That's annoying when a band does that for several years before putting out an album .

If this is an April fools they got me! I think it says more about Metallica at this point in time that it is actually some what believable, the joke is on them. After recording a spoken word album with Lou Reed, this actually seems like something they would do.

For all those negative posters, get a life!!
This project is sooo much better than a token effort of remastering. It's something that all bands should do when they rerelease an old album or greatest hits. If you don't like it, don't buy it or even better, try to make something better and hard hitting yourselves you awesome music critics you are... (not)...
Metallica 'till Death \m/
A number of us have discussed this before actually and in fact an Op/Ed was written about it.
Testament and a number of others have done a fine job re-recording older material, but I would never, ever want Metallica to re-record anything. Neither James nor Lars are up to the task, IMO. James' vocal delivery hasn't been to my liking for years now.

I would prefer they not re-record the album as James' voice is just not the same as when "Kill em' All" was recorded. Whats done is done. They cannot recreate the past. Let us remember Metallica for the band that they were in their prime. A remaster would be much better.
I sit here reading all these and not one of you "Fans" ever say that Rob wouldn't make a zit on Cliff Burton's ass! How could they possibly re-make that album without Cliff!?! It can't be done. Don't get me wrong, Rob is a hell of a bass player, but come on, he is no Cliff Burton! I know this is a prank article, but facts can't be ignored!
Am i the only person who cant stand hetfields voice until he did the black album?. I cant sit and listen to kill em all or ride the lighting because his vocals are sh**.
I kno il get alot of hate for my opinion but metallicas first few albums are terrible to my ears. Whiplash sounds like a joke.
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I don't like this idea. Unless you're going to include Mustaine on this project then maybe. Doesn't seem right to re-record a classic.