Mission: Metallica Online Again
Metallica’s “Mission: Metallica” has fully launched at missionmetallica.com. The site is available in six different configurations ranging from a free package featuring fly-on-the-wall footage, live tracks and audio and video blogs to a $124.99 package which includes a vinyl box set, their upcoming studio release and a high quality digital download of the album once the it is released. Click here for individual package information.
The bands new studio album is due out this fall.
Chris said:
– MISSION: METALLICA. Includes fly-on-the-wall footage, riffs and
excerpts, new and archival photos, unique live tracks, audio and video blog
postings, plus the chance to win concert tickets and backstage passes.
Cost: FREE.
– HIGH-QUALITY DIGITAL ALBUM DOWNLOAD. Package includes a digital
version of the album at 320 KBIT/S, which is a better sound quality than
what is available through most digital retailers. Users can pre-order the
album download, delivered at midnight on street date. Cost: $11.99.
– PHYSICAL CD + HIGH-QUALITY DIGITAL ALBUM DOWNLOAD. Package includes
the physical CD, plus shipping, as well as the high-quality, 320 KBIT/S
digital version of the album. Users can pre-order the album digital
download, delivered at midnight on street date. Cost: $19.99.
– HIGH-QUALITY DIGITAL ALBUM DOWNLOAD + MISSION: METALLICA PLATINUM.
Package includes high-quality, 320 KBIT/S digital version of the album,
delivered at midnight on street date, plus Platinum Mission: Metallica
Experience. Cost: $24.99.
– PHYSICAL CD, HIGH-QUALITY DIGITAL ALBUM DOWNLOAD + MISSION: METALLICA
PLATINUM. Package includes the physical CD, plus shipping, high-quality,
320 KBIT/S digital version of the album, delivered at midnight on street
date, plus Platinum Mission: Metallica Experience. Cost: $32.99.
– LIMITED EDITION: FIVE VINYL LP BOXED SET, PHYSICAL CD, HIGH-QUALITY
DIGITAL ALBUM DOWNLOAD, LITHOGRAPH + MISSION: METALLICA PLATINUM. Limited-
edition package includes a boxed set of five LP’s, each pressed on 180-
gram, 45 rpm vinyl, with five individual sleeves, the physical CD, the high-
quality, 320 KBIT/S digital version of the album delivered at midnight on
street date, a Mission: Metallica lithograph, the Platinum Mission:
Metallica Experience, plus all shipping included. Cost: $124.99.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Mikel said:
This is a great marketing idea…i won’t personally buy any of it, but I imagine tons of their die-hard fans will.
May 27th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Dude said:
$12 for a bunch of MP3s!?! And FIVE vinyl? NIN ‘Ghosts’ was only four, and that was a 2 CD set. Oh, and ‘Ghosts’ was only $5 for FLAC.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
twistedriffster said:
hey, at least they’re taking baby steps, right? lol.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Reid said:
I’m so getting that 124.99 one.
May 27th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Cfw828 said:
This is definitely a step in the right direction.
The misconception of the Napster battle was that they were fighting for their labels. They were really fighting for themselves because they saw that artists weren’t really getting their piece of the pie. If they didn’t do something, the artists (many smaller than them) would really be screwed over.
This multiple package deal seems to benefit the artist more…and I’m all for the artist getting the bigger piece of the pie whether they’re big or smaller label artists.
May 28th, 2008 at 11:42 pm