Metallica: soundboard audio recordings from Wiltern concert available

Soundboard audio recordings of several songs from Metallica's May 14, 2008 benefit concert at the 2,200-seat Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles can be heard below. All proceeds from the show will go to the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a nonprofit music school for low income students that was co-founded by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea. The opening act was Scars On Broadway, the new group featuring System Of A Down guitarist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan. Money raised from the show will go towards programs, operations and scholarships at the school, as well as a summer camp program and funds for a new building.

Metallica's setlist was as follows:

01. Creeping Death
02. Fuel
03. For Whom The Bell Tolls
04. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
05. ...And Justice For All
06. Sad But True
07. Disposable Heroes
08. One
09. Master Of Puppets
10. Battery
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11. Last Caress
12. No Remorse
13. Enter Sandman
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14. Fight Fire With Fire (with Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea)
15. Seek and Destroy

Check out pictures from Film Magic, Getty Images.

Tickets for the show went on sale last weekend at $200 each, with limited Vip seats available for $500.

Metallica will also play this week in Tucson, Arizona on Friday (May 16) and Irvine, California on Saturday (May 17), both radio festivals. The band is also one of the headliners at Tennessee's Bonnaroo festival in mid-June.

As previously reported, MissionMetallica.com launched on Monday (May 12). A montage of clips from the band's history, as well as a shorter collection of footage from its recent studio sessions, were posted at the site, along with short excerpts of at least two new songs. Other bonus content and exclusive offers will be made available at the site, although it's not clear if and what fans will have to pay.

The new Metallica album is due out this September. Its classic 1986 album, "Master of Puppets", is being reissued on heavy-duty vinyl on June 17, the third in the band's series of vinyl reissues.

"Creeping Death":



"...And Justice For All":



"Disposable Heroes":



"One":



"Battery":



"No Remorse":