Mandatory Metallica is an amazing amalgam of the greatest rock band in
history. The channel will play music from the entire Metallica catalog,
including rare live recordings from the band’s personal concert
archives, extensive interviews with the band and more. Metallica is one
of the most influential and commercially successful heavy metal bands,
selling more than 100 million albums world-wide – more than half of
which were sold in the U.S.

“Mandatory Metallica” (XM 51) will be available on XM from August 16 through September 30.

On XM Madatory Metallica, a wide range of artists
will be featured as they talk about what Metallica means to them
including the likes of Linkin Park, Slipknot, Disturbed, Guns N’ Roses,
Chris Cornell, Ashes Divide, Blackstone Cherry, Five Finger Death
Punch, Atreyu, Skid Row, Cinderella, Mastodon, Dragonforce, Triumph,
Tesla and dozens of others!

Since their formation in the early
1980s, Metallica has released eight studio albums, two live albums, two
EPs, twenty-one music videos, and thirty-nine singles. Discography
includes: Metallica’s Collectors Box (2006), St. Anger (2003), S&M
Live (1999), Reload (1997), Load (1996), Metallica (1991), … And
Justice for All (1988), Master of Puppets (1986), Ride the Lightning
(1984), and Kill ‘Em All (1983).

Death Magnetic, is the band’s ninth studio album and will be released in the U.S. in September.

The track listing for Death Magnetic includes: That Was Just Your Life,
The End Of The Line, Broken, Beat & Scarred,The Day That Never
Comes, All Nightmare Long, Cyanide, The Unforgiven III, The Judas Kiss,
Suicide & Redemption, My Apocalypse