Metallica Preview New Album Tracks At Reading Festival

Metallica previewed two tracks from their forthcoming new album, ‘Death Magnetic’, as they closed the Reading Festival last night.

Both songs – ‘Cyanide and ‘The Day That Never Comes’ – were enthusiastically received during what was an otherwise hit laden set from the American group.

Earlier in the day, the band had praised the festival, telling the BBC that it was both an “honor and a privilege” to be performing.

Other highlights of Metallica’s set included raucous versions of ‘Master of the Puppets’ and the evenings final song ‘Seek and Destroy’.

Metallica released their new album worldwide on September 12th.

Metallica’s setlist was:

'Creep'
'For Whom The Bell Tolls'
'Ride The Lightning'
'Harvester Of Sorrow'
'Welcome Home (Sanitarium)'
'Cyanide'
'...And Justice For All'
'No Remorse'
'The Day That Never Comes'
'Master Of Puppets'
'Motorbreath'
'Nothing Else Matters'
'Sad But True'
'One'
'Enter Sandman'
'Last Caress'
'So What'
'Seek And Destroy'