Mission: Metallica Offers Revolutionary Pricing Tiers
You thought Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead were making good use of the Internet? Well, Metallica have revealed the pricing tiers for the Mission: Metallica Platinum experience. For $25, you’ll get MP3s of the album on the street release date. (At midnight! How awesomely retro is that!) And for $12 more, they’ll throw in the actual CD. (Shipping included!) But true fans will cough up another $90 for a 5-LP box set of God knows what, and a Mission: Metallica lithograph. (Ow!) And don’t forget that all these great deals include the chance to download live shows, watch backstage footage, and enter contests for free tickets. You also get $10 off a Metallica Fan Club membership (normally $25-$45!) and riff ringtones. (Kirk Hammett on my cellphone? Widdly-widdly-wee!)
And if you’re one of those people who think you should be able to check out stuff for free, you’ll still get to hear some riffs and look at some photos. (But not as many as the fans that cough up the cash!)
So what if you want to buy the album through Mission: Metallica but don’t think those Platinum prices are worth it? Don’t worry, Metallica’s still looking out for you. Mission: Metallica members can order the MP3s (360k!) for only $11.99. And the physical CD? It’s yours, along with the MP3s, for twenty bucks. No shipping and handling, because shipping and handling is for asshole bands who don’t respect their fans.
Sadly, some fans are assholes too, and throwing the awesome shit up on YouTube. When these guys start talking about how much the new album sucks, tell them you won’t know until street date. (At midnight!)
Only hardcore fans should be aware of lyrics like “Suicide / I’ve already died / You’re just the funeral I’ve been waiting for!”
Mission: Metallica MISSION METALLICA – New Song Previews (Edit) [YouTube]
