Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Metallica's fury at download reviewer


(Monday September 15, 2008 12:55 AM)

Rock band Metallica cancelled an interview with a Swedish newspaper after discovering a journalist had illegally downloaded their new album.

The Seek and Destroy hitmakers - who are famously opposed to file-sharing websites - pulled out of a chat with reporters from Sydsvenskan in protest at the publication's review of their new LP, Death Magnetic.

In the article, a journalist admitted downloading a different version of the album - and described it as better than the official cut.

Bosses at the rock band's record company cancelled a scheduled interview with the newspaper - and slammed the reviewer's behaviour as "totally unacceptable".

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