New Metallica song posted online

 A very rough audio/video recording of Metallica performing a second new song — tentatively dubbed "The Other New Song" — during their headlining appearance Sunday night (August 13) at the Summer Sonic Festival in Osaka, Japan has been posted online at this location (a low-quality Mp3 file can be downloaded here). According to one Blabbermouth.net visitor (jason_813) who attended the Tokyo concert on Saturday (where the new track was also performed), the song is "totally different from 'New Song No. 1'. It's about three minutes long and very fast and seems to be based around two searing [Kirk] Hammett solos. It was a very rough performance, especially from Lars [Ulrich] but definitely shows promise."

As was the case with all the concerts on the band's recent European tour, Metallica played their entire 1986 album, "Master of Puppets", during the two Japanese shows, including rarely performed tracks such as "Orion" and "Disposable Heroes".

"Master of Puppets" came out in the spring of 1986 and was Metallica's first gold album and mainstream success. It featured staples of the band's live set such as "Battery", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" and the title track.

It was also the last Metallica album to feature bassist Cliff Burton, who was killed later that year in a tour bus crash.

Metallica's setlist – August 13, 2006 at Summer Sonic Festival in Osaka, Japan:

01. Creeping Death
02. Fuel
03. Wherever I May Roam
04. For Whom The Bell Tolls
05. The Unforgiven
06. Battery
07. Master of Puppets
08. The Thing That Should Not Be
09. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
10. Disposable Heroes
11. Leper Messiah
12. Orion
13. Damage, Inc.
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14. Sad But True
15. Nothing Else Matters
16. One
17. Enter Sandman
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18. The Other New Song
19. Seek and Destroy

Metallica is currently writing material for its ninth studio effort, which is tentatively expected in the summer or early fall of 2007. "i think we've realized that the creative process works a little slower for us than it used to, and we're Ok with that," Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich recently told Bbc Radio 1. "It's not a bad thing, unless, of course, you're waiting for a record."

(Thanks: Jacob Brossard)